I just wish, oh how I wish, someone had told David Starkey in the making or editing of this series that when you make a programme about music and when you gather exquisite performers to make that exquisite music that his voice should be there primarily to illustrate and explain the MUSIC; that the music is NOT there just to provide backing to the ( Read more... )

Just completed the slightly cumbersome process of web-converting the .CAF files of my Conterpoint set recorded on Lissa's iPod into a more PC-friendly format.  And then listened back ( Read more... )

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We went to see Avengers tonight. It's awesome! Spectacular, LoL funny , actors well on form, and just exquisitely done ( Read more... )

I approve of this research entirely, though I think more trials may be needed...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9069276/Chocolate-cake-breakfast-could-help-you-lose-weight.html

At Duple-Time, Brenda Sutton produced a beautiful chair cover she'd made by way of memorial for Keris and the future absent friends (there will sadly inevitably be), so they could be with us in spirit at future cons.  And this empty chair, decorated with Keris's con-badge and picture sat there by the sound-desk through the con - a beautiful thought ( Read more... )

And so we said goodbye to Keris.  We were lucky with the weather in that it didn't rain (barring a very few spots as we walked back) though it was more than a little on the COLD side, the site being lovely but rather exposed to a distinctly brisk wind, especially when standing still for a fair while.  And those who had been fooled by the brief ( Read more... )

As it happens, I'd seen quite a lot of Keris this last year.  He and I were both amongst the rashly curious bunch who were letting Marilisa give them some Greek lessons.  And both of us were also in Rika's backing band for her DFDF guest spots which meant, whatever it was, three or four weekend rehearsals for the 4 of us up in Peterborough.  Plus ( Read more... )

Filkcontinental was badly broken this year, the worst it has been since,  ooh probably Urban Tapestry's visit.  You see Rules is Rules - the Friday of Filkcontinental must be sun and blue skies, as must the Monday.  But Saturday and Sunday must be cold and misty, preferably with goodly amounts of rain.  Thus it was, thus it is, and thus it will ( Read more... )

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