Henry And The Giant Harp
Sunday, January 31 2010
It’s not really a new blog post! It’s just this week’s Observer column, cunningly disguised as one.
But there’ll be a new “news” page tomorrow, for February.
Comments
Andy W says:
January 31st, 2010 at 5:56 pm
“It is also a fantastic-looking thing. If I had a spare £27,000 and a giant house with a working, replica sun in the lounge, I would buy it.”
A friend of mine at work used to make bizarre mad-scientist art pieces. I blogged about an exhibition of his here :
http://getitquietly.blogspot.com/2006/04/art-for-arts-sake.html
One of his later projects was the “star in a jar”, which was a sort of nuclear reaction thing, in a jar. Sounds like it would be the perfect companion piece !
Andy.
David R says:
February 1st, 2010 at 12:27 am
I read in one article that Henry Dagg plays keyboards for a Genesis tribute band, and in the article below, it says that one of the admirers of his work includes “an unnamed member of Genesis”.
Hmm, the plot thickens…
http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/arts_entertainment/music/the+pin+barrel+harp+is+born++four+years+late/3514942
David R says:
February 2nd, 2010 at 2:20 am
Here’s another example of men getting a little too carried away with their love of machinery:
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/news/a197015/boyzone-stars-fell-out-over-exhaust-pipe.html
Sarah B says:
February 2nd, 2010 at 9:55 am
Good blog Andy W. I hope that being in a Genesis tribute band will prove an insulating layer for Henry Dagg through which the acquisitive desire of the cool crowd cannot penetrate.
“Even the valium doesn’t kill the pain any more” lol [1]
[1] not in a cruel way
Victoria Coren says:
February 2nd, 2010 at 10:08 am
Being the only girl at my school allowed to give up physics before GCSE (too much risk of bringing down the grade average), I’d never heard of Tesla Coil. My first guess would have been a member of the cabinet.
But I’ve looked it up now and a giant one sounds brilliant. I hope it did this.
MJ Bridger says:
February 2nd, 2010 at 12:34 pm
Good to see you’ve taken to Art journalism Victoria - the Art world needs you - and you’re reviving an interest in Physics. So what would you make of my painting “The Explanation of Olbers’s paradox” (search: Bridger Olbers)
Andy W says:
February 2nd, 2010 at 6:08 pm
Thanks Sarah .. and Vicky, yes, that’s the basic idea with the Tesla coil !
Andy.
seven2off says:
February 4th, 2010 at 7:44 pm
very pleased to see you defending martin’s comments…
i think people forget his main goal has always been to pinpoint the humour that exists in life’s darkest moments and locations…
some people just have no sense of humour.
Phil says:
February 5th, 2010 at 9:01 am
As usual an enjoyable read. I can understand rallying to the defence of Martin Amis, but I’m fairly confident that you’re being a bit unfair on that were / was business. I’m pretty sure ‘were’ in that context isn’t strictly incorrect. It reminds me of an interiew with Michael Burke a few years ago where he complained about people incorrectly using the word ‘decimate’ to mean ‘almost totally destroy’ when it means ‘reduce by one tenth’ - refusing to accept natural changes in language, understood by all without ambiguity. I’m sure Amis wouldn’t approve.
Phil says:
February 9th, 2010 at 2:15 am
http://xkcd.com/298/