Many fascinating reads this month, mainly because I’ve been on holiday and so had more time to read. Anyway, here’s my top five:
 | August 28: Jafaican Doesn’t Exist A glorious response to some of the comments made by David Starkey on Newsnight about the recent London riots, including the now much-qualified claim that “the whites have become black”, speaking a “Jamaican patois”. Don’t worry: it’s not a political but a linguistic reading of the situation. |
 | August 25: Eeker Listens To Kick Drum Heart Sample quote: “There are some weeks when a certain event influences the songs in your head. Other times, a news story could trigger a reaction. Or it could even be something someone has said to you. This week has not been any of those.” |
 | August 24: Early Wildlife Recordings: Songs of British Birds In 1953, Ludwig Koch, the renowned wildlife sound recordist, was responsible for a number of recordings of common species, providing an aural identification guide to British birds. |
 | August 23: Leiber & Stoller on Charlie Gillett The site, which frequently features old Gillett shows, here becomes a double tribute, since the DJ’s guests are none other than Mike Stoller and his songwriting partner the late Jerry Leiber (left in the pic). |
 | August 21: Dmitri Nabokov Sings The Music from Tetris That is, here are some Russian lieder performed by the author’s son, who is, as his father was, to say the least, multitalented: at various times he’s been curator of lepidoptery at Harvard, a semi-professional racecar driver and translator of many of his father’s works. |
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