Birthday cake anyone?
July 30th, 2010
Wondering how large images are dealt with by default…
I’ve just set up a posterous account
July 30th, 2010Yes, I have.
It will post to facebook, twitter, flickr, blogger and my website, (and LOTS of other places) from LOTS of places.
Update from android os
June 29th, 2010(Photo had resize problem previously experienced with Blackberry app )
Test update from nexus one with photo from camera..
Updating with wordpress for blackerry v1.1
April 30th, 2010This doesn’t seem much different than before…need to test the picture insertion. – edit – it didn’t work.
Leeds Festival Line up
March 29th, 2010
Reasonably uninspiring. Yeasayer will make it worthwhile, hopefully, and maybe Mumford & Sons. QOTSA, Biffy Clyro and The Cribs of the rest….but from miles away on the main stage.
Mono and Rose Kemp at The Asylum
March 17th, 2010I went to see Mono at The Asylum in Birmingham last night. Support came from Rose Kemp. I was hoping that she’d perform Tiny Flower, or Fire in the Garden, or get lost in some looping. But she didn’t. There were numerous occasions that made me think of the charge of the Orcs in LOTR. To say I was disappointed with her performance is perhaps a little unfair, as it was probably my expectations that were wrong, having only heard her album ‘A handful of Hurricanes’. I was more disappointed in having to move to get away from the terrible stench of body odour from somebody stood near me. Do some people just forget to wash?
Mono, on the other hand, were incredible, and I was moved, mesmerised and spellbound. It even made me forget my back ache.
Following on from my thoughts on regional accents last week (ish?), Craig ‘Vinnie’ Whitehead has a new song up on his myspace, dealing with criticism he’d received that he sang in a fake American accent. Worth a listen. You can really pick up the drawl ‘Arrrm from Hull’.
200 year celebrations
March 11th, 2010My firm, Brethertons LLP of Rugby and Banbury are celebrating their 200th year in business this year. The firm has been practising since 1810 when Count William Ferdinand Wratislaw (1788-1853), a Bohemian nobleman, began his legal practice in Rugby, Warwickshire, aged 22 years. There’s all sorts of things we’re going to be doing to celebrate. I am in danger of being roped in to a 200 kilometre celebratory charity bike ride. You can read more about their history here.
Who invented Lent anyway?
March 10th, 2010I have fallen foul of my giving up not writing on here, partly because I’ve moved house and was without the proper internet, and now I have got it, because I haven’t had time due to moving house and having to sort things out. But, I am back. Not fully, as I still don’t have a wireless router, so am cabled up to the cable modem, so am writing this on my knees in front of the set top box.
A few things are now worth a mention. This video for one.
Lone Wolf – Keep Your Eyes On The Road from Bella Union on Vimeo.
It’s an homage to Peter Gabriels ‘Sledgehammer’ video, widely thought of to be the best video of all time. It’s by Lone Wolf aka Paul Marshall, signed to Bella Union. I think it’s absolutely astounding. Not just the video either, but the song. I can’t get enough of it, and can’t wait for the album release.
I’ve just finished uploading the current issue of Vibrations too. Interviews with The Sunshine Underground, Henry Rollins (!) and Leeds band Hope & Social, and the usual live reviews.
Fuel prices slowly going through the roof.
February 24th, 2010Has anyone noticed how fuel prices are slowly creeping up? Not only have I noticed that, but as I travel a fair few miles every week, I’ve noticed the difference in prices. At one Shell petrol station in Hopwood, (just off the M40) diesel is currently 122.9 pence per litre. A few miles down the road at West Heath, another Shell petrol station is selling diesel at 109.9 pence per litre. How can this be allowed to happen? Check out the highest and lowest in your area here – http://www.petrolprices.com/search.html?search=b30
I’ve got to thinking about accents lately too. It started the other night whilst listening to Richard Hawley in ‘The Ocean’ on Radio 2. People’s origins from all over the country were instantly recognisable by their accents – Stuart David from Belle and Sebastian (Glasgow) Robert Wyatt (Bristol) and The Watersons (Whitby), along with the show’s host being the architects of those thoughts.
Why is it…
February 22nd, 2010…that the one thing you make an effort for never works out? I made the effort to go to Ikea this evening, to get some boxes to start packing. The cheapest large boxes had sold out, so I had to go for the ones that were more expensive, and not as big.
Defender have got some songs up on Myspace – check them here – http://bit.ly/an9v37
Also check out Juffage, especially the video nearly half way down the page. Brilliant. http://bit.ly/nDA5N
