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Canadian politician and humanitarian Dr. Lloyd Axworthy spoke here in Budapest the week before last at Eötvös Loránd University, by invitation of the International Committee of the Red Cross. I went to hear his talk and it has provoked some interesting reading and thinking.
It’s difficult to summarize his talk; he […]

Since first writing the preceeding post late last evening, I’ve gone back and edited it two or three times, refining my words. It still isn’t where I want it to be, but rather than tampering with it any further, I’ve decided - for the time being any way - to continue my thoughts on […]

Since first writing this, I’ve thought about both films some more and really, what I’ve written here is quite pathetic, and both films deserve a much deeper discussion.
Wim Wenders/Sam Shepherd ‘Don’t Come Knocking’ has a young man singing with a wonderful voice, and he has an equally vibrant actress playing his girlfriend. d […]

I haven’t posted much in the past couple of weeks. I’ve had a cold and I’ve been thinking. Colds are good for that, don’t you think? They make us hibernate, and with hibernation comes reflection.
I performed my poetry last Saturday evening at a private party. It was great. The […]

I was talking to my mother earlier this week via Skype and at the end of the conversation she read me a monologue she had written about her feelings about my father’s illness.
You know, my father - the Reverend Henry Boston - who spent the last 30 productive years of […]

In the two years I’ve sat in concerts here in Budapest I’ve heard a lot of technically sound musicians.
Sometimes when I listen to musicians I know they’re connected to the creative center of the universe and when they play, they just open their third eye and go for it. Richard Bona is one […]

As usual, this week’s Stuart Maconie’s Freak Zone opens my ears to unbelieveably unique music, but even more so, he brings me another mind-expanding story about a musician. This week he introduces me to Vashti Bunyan - a true blue 60’s hippie singer songwriter - she was even a friend of Donovan […]

listening to the program reminds me of the live show I saw last evening on the Columbus Jazz Boat. Andre Ochodlo and the Jazzish Quintet from Sopot, Poland are nothing like these ‘out there’ musicians. They come from extreme opposites of the musical spectrum. Where Kevin Blechdom (who is really a woman) performs with an outrageously raw energy, accompanied by music that challenges the boundaries of what is music, Andre Ochodlo and his quintet sing and play with absolute precision.

…I went to Kultiplex tonight. Gimmeshot had about 8 MCs on the program and I thought it would be a great way to get to know some of Budapest’s mikers. Besides, Senna - who fronts Kamu - was on the bill and I wanted to hear her in this version. […]

I went to hear Varga Zsuzsa last night on the a38 concert boat. This was the second time I’d heard her with her new band - the Stopsonic - (the first being during Sziget Festival) and I was even more impressed than when I first heard her in her more poppy incarnation […]

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One of my favorite spots in Budapest is Nyitott Műhely on Ráth György ut in Buda (just off Alkotas near the Deli railway station).. Since I moved from the first to the eighth district, I don’t get there as often as I’d like to - but I do try to get there at least […]