A final word on foxes
My love of Queen’s Greatest Hits has taken a bit of a battering. even though my last post (http://tiny.cc/552vy) did not really invite dialogue on fox hunting, the comment-leavers couldn’t resist and now, at the risk of getting as boring as they are, I feel it worth pointing out that journalists are not the only people who are guilty of never letting the ugly truth get in the way of the beautiful story…
By Simmy Richman | Notebook | Tuesday, 15 June 2010 at 4:51 pm
Hell hath no furry!
There are certain subjects you should never write about unless you can withstand a torrent of abuse. I encountered it once when I touched on Middle East politics, and I got it again when, in a piece for Arena magazine, I refused to accept that circumcision is genital mutilation.
This week it happened again. I wrote a [...]
By Simmy Richman | Notebook | Tuesday, 15 June 2010 at 1:00 pm
This week’s reviews: here’s how it worked
There are essentially seven slots for pop/rock/folk/blues/country/dance etc CD reviews in the IoS each week. Simon Price reviews three, Nick Coleman takes two and I do two myself.
SP’s three come about through a process of him telling me what he wants to do, me suggesting a couple that should be in there, and then us [...]
By Simmy Richman | Arts | Friday, 11 June 2010 at 10:53 am
A quick word before we begin…
It’s a blog, so it really doesn’t need any sort of mission statement, right? Of course it’s right. This is my blog. Having said that, I do want to make a couple of things clear before kicking off…
The main thing is that this blog will primarily be about life as a music editor/writer. If you’ve [...]
By Simmy Richman | Arts | Wednesday, 9 June 2010 at 3:59 pm
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