Performed at Norwich Arts Centre 6th April 2013: Comus Saturday 6th April 2013 8:00 PM Courted by Bowie in his Arts Lab days, Comus created impassioned and complex rock music with a medieval flavour that to this day defies a satisfying definition. They made just two albums, of which their debut, 1971’s First Utterance, […]
PROLOGUE Two identical, professionally bound books consisting of 600 blank pages, were each given titles representing headings from Roget’s Thesaurus. Book 484 was Roget’s heading for the term “Discovery” and Book 507 for the term “Expectation”. The pages of Book 484 and 507 were filled with identical notes, poetry, and narratives mostly concerned with […]
The original 8mm film was shot when Glenn was studying his art degree in 1975. He rediscovered the reels, nearly destroyed by mould in a box under the stairs, and had them digitally converted. He then edited the resulting, “…damaged and richly atmospheric…” conversion, adding audio atmosphere and sound effects, as the original footage was […]
Here I am, taking a break from restoring. It’s just a few steps away from the easel to the guitar cave. I’m playing this on my Garrison, which has since been stolen. It’s been replaced by a Martin 000-18. Needing a bit more cheering up I decided to commission a Fylde acoustic. Hopefully, that should […]
I originally wrote this piece for GQ magazine in the wake of David Bowie’s passing. Decided to post it here for those who might be interested. It has since been published in Dylan Jones’s biography “David Bowie a Life” 2017. I first met David Bowie in the spring of 1969 when Comus, the band in which […]
THE SLOW TRAIN by Glenn Goring Because the action moves so slowly we are given the opportunity to observe the characters as if under a microscope. We are able to scrutinize their actions and perhaps secretly wonder about their destinies. Using many layers of sound I have tried to create an atmosphere that reflects, in the […]