The moving dragon writes

Category: Music

  • Also in my dreams

    Also in my dreams

    For some reason, without being in touch with each other about this, we seem to have had a couple of dream posts, one from Lois, ‘A thing of disturbing dreams‘ and a poem from Gillian, ‘In my dreams’. Seeing Gillian’s title, Lois was reminded of a song by her favourite band, The Mavericks from their…

  • L v B’s birthday celebrations

    L v B’s birthday celebrations

    I’m sure you know who’s birthday I’m talking about? But if you ask, ‘which year’? The answer is obviously,’every year’ – just don’t ask about the swan. Now we’ve got that sorted out, I can get on with the rest of it. Ludwig van Beethoven was born in December 1770. That makes 2020 the 250th…

  • The Mavericks in Glasgow, 2013

    The Mavericks in Glasgow, 2013

    Lois shares an old story which she wrote a couple of years ago about going to a Mavericks gig in Bristol, and then reminiscence about other gigs she’d been to. The Mavericks in case you don’t know, are a genre-defying American/Cuban/Tex-Mex bunch of a band. They are a little bit rock, a little bit Latin,…

  • ROCK AND ROLL’S FIRST CASUALTIES 

    ROCK AND ROLL’S FIRST CASUALTIES 

    We’re going back and revisiting Bari Sparshott’s popular stories… and here it’s all about rock ‘n roll! ROCK AND ROLL’S FIRST CASUALTIES  Until about 1953 people were either children, or adults. Teenagers were created in the 1950’s. By the end of that decade, certain standards had arisen by which you were judged. Possession of a…

  • Critics… and criticism

    Critics… and criticism

    We share our work… we are always very grateful for comments and positive criticism. We love praise, obviously, and we appreciate people pointing out typos and errors, and we welcome conversation about what we have written. We think we are brave enough to take people’s difference of opinion over what we have written – an…

  • 73.6 Listicle

    73.6 Listicle

    Our dragons Brimdraca and Eorðdraca  have been challenging themselves to tackle a list of seventy-three different subjects on which a blog could be written…  The suggestions are very wide-ranging and aimed at people from every area of life who might want to write a blog, not just writers. This is one in the series –…

  • 5 tips from Lulu (might make you wanna shout!)

    5 tips from Lulu (might make you wanna shout!)

    There is a wonderful amount of advice out there for writers these days, no more scribbling away in a lonely garret – now, with a click of the mouse you have the whole world in your room. Lulu is a publishing on demand site which allows people to self-publish their work if they have been…

  • Write more about music!

    Write more about music!

    We shared a review written by Lois Elsden of a gig she went to, many years ago, but vividly remembered. If you’re in the mood to write but stuck for an idea, then think back to an event you went to, or a band you like and see if inspiration lies there: Sometimes things go…

  • Stuck? Write about music!

    Stuck? Write about music!

    Lois Elsden usually writes about music events she’s been to… here’s a blast from the past: Cardiff and Bristol- April 2004 On a pleasant evening in April, 2004, I found my way to the Point, an old converted chapel in the middle of a new dockside development, a great venue! I knew I was going to…

  • The 49th Band

    The 49th Band

    An insight into music, rock and roll, groups and bands, from Bari Sparshott: THE 49TH BAND “It breaks my heart; To see us part; So sad to see good love go bad.” This aged, and rather mawkish hit by  the Everley Brothers has had more than a tinge of relevance recently. Don’t get me wrong—this…