Typing In My Notebook

Reviews, personal essays, musings and more

Clare Dodd

February 11, 2015

Music

Diverted resources

Clare Dodd

February 11, 2015

Music

My week has not been without words: they were just published over on Daily Info because I went and watched a bunch of music and reviewed it.

Clare Dodd

January 26, 2015

Getting Excited, Music

Bestival 2014: the origins of adventure

Clare Dodd

January 26, 2015

Getting Excited, Music

2015 is the year of adventure because I looked back at 2014 and searched for the best moment I could think of. The answer was obvious: Bestival.

Clare Dodd

April 12, 2014

Getting Excited, Music

A panoply of talent in review

Clare Dodd

April 12, 2014

Getting Excited, Music

Where do I even begin in describing the various vitality that all the talent I've encountered this week exuded and induced?...

Clare Dodd

March 15, 2014

Getting Excited, Music

A beautiful thing: bringing back the love

Clare Dodd

March 15, 2014

Getting Excited, Music

Love and live music. Talking about some things that are hard to express, but very much need saying.

Clare Dodd

February 2, 2014

Getting Excited, Music, Uncategorized

Get better

Clare Dodd

February 2, 2014

Getting Excited, Music, Uncategorized

Get better. Think about it - those two words say a lot more than first appearances may suggest.

Clare Dodd

January 19, 2014

Music, Uncategorized, Writing

Transitioning to a new frequency

Clare Dodd

January 19, 2014

Music, Uncategorized, Writing

2013 meant dipping my toes in a lot of new things. 2014 means diving a little deeper into a few and transitioning to a new writing frequency.

Clare Dodd

December 31, 2013

Getting Excited

The inevitable new year notes

Clare Dodd

December 31, 2013

Getting Excited

It's that time of year again. And while I still remain skeptical about the whole resolution thing, I can't help but make the odd one...

Clare Dodd

December 15, 2013

Cities, Getting Excited

...And I'm home

Clare Dodd

December 15, 2013

Cities, Getting Excited

This post is my personal love letter to my very special new home. Finally, I'm where I belong.

Clare Dodd

December 1, 2013

Feminism, Popular Culture

Women who know their place

Clare Dodd

December 1, 2013

Feminism, Popular Culture

Women who know their place

A week of women who know their place has helped to put me back where I belong.

Clare Dodd

November 25, 2013

Getting Excited

Nailed it

Clare Dodd

November 25, 2013

Getting Excited

A few more hours in the day would be great, but it's distance that would help me get a little more writing done.

Clare Dodd

September 8, 2013

Getting Excited, Interesting things

Amazing musical things

Clare Dodd

September 8, 2013

Getting Excited, Interesting things

A varient on my occasional list of interesting things, here is a run down of top talent I've stumbled across on a recent whirlwind musical discovery tour.

Clare Dodd

August 4, 2013

Interesting things, Writing

The current trumps the conditional

Clare Dodd

August 4, 2013

Interesting things, Writing

If we lived perpetually in the conditional, we would never have anything new to say. It's the current that keeps us thinking.

Clare Dodd

July 7, 2013

Cities, Getting Excited

Carnival!

Clare Dodd

July 7, 2013

Cities, Getting Excited

In case you didn't catch the hint - I went to a carnival today, and I went alone. It was sunny, loud, fantastic and, inevitably, thought-provoking.

Clare Dodd

June 23, 2013

Books, Cities, Getting Excited

The New Yorker in the bath

Clare Dodd

June 23, 2013

Books, Cities, Getting Excited

The New Yorker in the bath, writing gloves, Greg Proops and all the things that do and will have one particular thing in common.

Clare Dodd

June 9, 2013

Interesting things, Popular Culture

Interesting things

Clare Dodd

June 9, 2013

Interesting things, Popular Culture

Coffee got me through the basics this weekend, but no further, so today I have left the creativity up to others. They're very good at it.