HeyJaredNotations
Writing about music, musicians and other things that bring joy by leading South African music journalist, now living in the Netherlands.
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The Life and Death of a Rock ‘n Roll Sailor (opens the original)
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It was around 2012 that my brother-in-law, Anthony Murray, and I started to get serious about the book that we wanted to write together.Anthony had long wanted to capture his life as a working sailor that had, by then, spanned more than a quarter of a century and had seen him sail hundreds of thousands of sea miles, delivering yachts in ports scattered across the world. That I was a writer meant he saw a way to turn that desire into a reality. He was also adamant that the book should not shy awa
“I want to move people to dance and cry at the same time” (opens the original)
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It is not a word I have used with any frequency during my music writing career, but one of the most delightful music television experiences I have had in recent months was watching American Utopia on HBO.Directed and produced by Spike Lee, the feature length film captured a Broadway performance of David Byrne’s tour of the same name that gave life to the songs on his 2018 album, also called American Utopia. Joined on stage by eleven musicians, Byrne performed 21 songs - the Americ
In My Little Red Book (opens the original)
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In 1988, the year I began working at the anti-apartheid news agency Press Trust of South Africa, I started my first contact book.Back then, stationary pickings were limited so when I couldn’t find an A-Z small enough to carry around with me on assignments, I bought a red spiral bound notebook and created my own handwritten index. Nearly forty years on, that contact book is still with me, carefully shepherded through the multiple geographic locations where I found myself living - Durban, London,
If Only You Could See Into Me (opens the original)
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How could I not have liked the just-released The Invite, directed by Olivia Wilde and starring Wilde, Seth Rogan, Penélope Cruz and Edward Norton? After all, the film is dedicated “To Diane”.Of course, the “Diane” in the closing credits of the film isn’t me but Diane Keaton, the actress who died last year before she could see the unadorned, loving dedication. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Wilde said, “I really wanted to show this movie to Diane. I don’t think that there is an Invi
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