Around it are those countries which, according to History, constitute the civilised world ie, a world that can support historians
I think entertainment is a perfectly noble occupation.
I am not scared of making mistakes.
When I was growing up, my idea of Led Zeppelin was all epic lasers, castles, and ten-minute drum solos - that sort of thing.
I do understand the perspective of die-hard fans who complain that we don't play the same as the record, but at the same time I think fans are getting an amazing deal.
In Western classical music the idea of holiness, purity, perfection, and total beauty is expressed through clarity of sound - a bell-like sound. Obviously, that has its own place, and it's a beautiful way of doing it. But I don't think I am the first to point out that in Africa, the more buzzing the sound is, the more it indicates the other world - the spirit world.
In a lot of African instruments, you find a rattle, and sound engineers have a hard time making sense of it.
Your body is the ground metaphor of your life, the expression of your existence. It is your Bible, your encyclopaedia, your life story.
If you're a terrorist, you're a terrorist.
Sucking the marrow out of life doesn't mean choking on the bone.
Is this muteness a real physical handicap? One of the many symptoms of being Dead?Or do we just have nothing left to say?