Managed to catch up with some reading Yeah Yeah Yeah the history of Pop Music is most excellent – I’ve been reading it next to a lap top and so combining the sounds and images of the past with the words of Bob Stanley some of the gems are when rock and roll didn’t have a name and they were making it up as they went along.
So far I’m up to British Beat Groups...
and then there are the Beatles...the book has really turned up the grit in these tracks
I think we have all been inspired and/or had our thoughts on creativity and education confirmed by watching Ken Robinson’s TED lecture – how schools kill creativity http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html His new book continues the theme, widening ideas around education with stirring examples of individuals finding their element.
