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Humph
I'm watching "Humph's Last Stand" (from the Brecon Jazz Festival last year) and the solo that opened Trouble In Mind was just beautiful - you could see that Humph wasn't quite able to pull off the technical feats he used to be capable of, but the passion for the music, the ability to communicate it - that was still there and shone through. Then the ( Read more... ) -
Let's talk about Control, George...
Buried in the announcement that ISIHAC will return (something I'm ambivalent about - how do you replace Humph? - the only person who could do that mix of charm and bewilderment is Bill Bailey) the BBC also announced that that there'll be a new radio adaptation of all of John le Carré's George Smiley novels, 20 hours long ( Read more... ) -
London from above
aldabra links to these stunning images of London. Thanks!
That first shot over the City is just stunning - I sense a print coming on ;) -
RIP Don LaFontaine
You've probably never heard of him. But if you've ever seen a slightly cheesy movie trailer, you've heard his voice. Yes, that guy. With the big, ominous voice.
Don LaFontaine, The Voice Of God, 1940-2008. -
Arachnophobes....
...steer WELL CLEAR of Liverpool for the next few days. "La Machine" (the latest entertainment from the people who gave London the Sultan's Elephant) features a BLOODY BIG SPIDER - like, 50 feet long!
My dad's been out photographing it, and has sent me a load of pics...
( ...including this one. ) -
Photosynth is still evolving...
...and becoming even more stunning.
Yes, it's Microsoft.
And yes, it's sheer bloody genius and I want one. I want every picture in flickr, smugmug and picasa in there. Maybe with a time dimension too ;) -
RIP Terence Rigby
One of the best 'heavies' around - which combined with his particular talent for Pinter always made him immensely watchable. Rigby always created a threatening, looming, brooding presence, and his Watson against Tom Baker's Holmes in The Hound of the Baskervilles was a wonderful example of playing against the text. My two favourite Terence Rigby ( Read more... ) -
Let's all wake up in the year 2000...
If perchance you were not lucky enough to hear the first part of Jarvis Cocker's Musical Map of Sheffield last night... well, there's the link. A wonderful little piece of radio. -
Album covers in Lego
For the benefit of anyone who's not already seen it - some of these are rather splendid.
Album covers recreated in Lego