Last night I found and watched this! - 'From Sea to Sky' - The Flying Boats in Australia ( Read more... )

Oh yes, Bagpuss etc

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35846898
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35846898

I don't know why i've only just thought about putting this up just now.. I was adding everything to My list on Discogs and Musicbrainz but I ran out of steam. Actually it's easier just to show the list from the boxes of my LPs. It took me years to collect these records (having no money) as I explored and grew my musical taste as I grew up. In my ( Read more... )

1. Acker Bilk outlived both my parents (who liked him).
2. Le Tour de France going through Cambridge was wholly underwhelming (but a nice day).
3. My friends mean a huge amount to me and it was great catch up with more of them (not really a surprise that one).
4. Getting sucked into a 'computer game'. (aka very good data capturing interface5. ( Read more... )

Aaah, nostalgia

Sorting out and clearing through my various stuff - contributing to music history :)

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Fish/Marillion lyrics to be inscribed in Gala Market Square

Ah, memories... but ours are 'Marketgait' Heroes at the end of a Friday night at the SU.

• The Edinburgh Gig Archive

I might have highlighted this before, but it is a wonderful archive for Edinburgh music. I was trying to update my list of gigs - "seen live" tags. Somewhere back in Scotland, I have a photo album full of my early ticket stubs. One day maybe I'll be able to scan any unique ones and contribute to the archive. My first ( Read more... )

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Bon Jour!

Oui, I am watching French films again. I love to do this every now and again. Today it is Amelie, that I am watching. This is by the same director who did Delicatessen and City of Lost Children. I still haven't seen the latter actually. One day. Anyway, Amelie is a wonderfully colourful and cheerful querky set of stories leading to ( Read more... )