6 August

Music was always my greatest passion, and the thing I was best at. But have posted before how I listen to it less than I used to. It nearly always leaves me feeling a bit unsatisfied now. Like it’s pointing at a something I can’t quite reach. I think the African fans at the netball world cup are showing that thing. Cultures that integrated music into everyday life, they turn even the jobs and work of everyday life (and watching sport) into song and dance. The melodies and rhythms of Western music became separated from that everyday activity, not integrated. The closest link back to that integration is concepts like ‘groove’.