It’s sad to see the end of Kruger magazine. I’ve been away for a while in the USA recently but intended to mark the event in a fitting manner. The next few posts on this blog will be some of my occasional Kruger writings from the archives, originally published in the magazine. The first issue [...]
The new Guardian Cardiff blog is shaping up well. Hannah Waldram suggested I could write a post about something related to Cardiff, Welshness and the Welsh language. I figured it might be fun and hopefully insightful to talk about music, so here’s my new post about the Cardiff-based musician Geraint Jarman.
Mae tair enghraifft o wefannau am newyddion lleol yn y brifddinas yn dechrau. Bydd y blog The Guardian gan ‘beatblogger’ lleol yn dechrau cyn hir. Roedd Guardian yn esbonio’r meddyliau a staff tu ôl y fenter. Twitter: GdnCardiff Mae yourCardiff newydd wedi cael eu lansiad gan Media Wales. Mae 16 person gwahanol yn cyfrannu ond [...]
Underpass is a Cardiff-based musician and DJ. Above is a video for a new tune from his new album. It reminds me of home. He and I have a long history as colleagues and friends, including running a club night called Machine Meadow. It was 2004 and we wanted to DJ and book people we [...]
Just a couple of days ago, I mentioned some really odd police posters I’d seen in Cardiff. This isn’t about those posters. (At least those police ones were trying to make some kind of valid point, but failed.) It’s about the ones that say “These chemicals won’t be used in a bomb because a neighbour [...]
Here’s a music video for scene stealers Truckers Of Husk. I’m sure you will agree it is mighty fine – a carnival of craziness, much like their genre-mashing music. For this we can thank Casey Raymond and Ewan Jones Morris, the co-directors. They were the ones who made the recent Future Of The Left video [...]
I was DJing there only last Friday, now it’s finished. Full statement from The Point. The Point has been a terrific place for the music scene in Cardiff. I have witnessed and participated in so many awesome gigs and events there. Just off the top of my head, who remembers Polar Bear, Johnny Clarke, Candi [...]
There’s a scene in Alan Bennett‘s semi-autobiographical play The History Boys where two teachers are discussing the English language. Hector, played by Richard Griffiths, remarks to his colleague that he loves language. Not merely “words”, he says. “That would be so… Welsh!”. They both chuckle. I wasn’t able to quote that one exactly as I [...]
The last year has been a bit of a language learning adventure for me. I was preparing a massive post but it’s rapidly expanding into several posts. So I want to blog about the Welsh language, for these reasons: I love it I’m learning it To offer my perspectives Recording my thoughts for a year’s [...]
My name's Carl Morris and this is my blog. It's about language, music, art, business and other stuff I care about.
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