All of a sudden, quite a lot of new stuff coming up all at the same time… I’ve been on the singing team at church for quite a while – not bad as a way to be involved, and more creative than cleaning the loos. (If you’ve come up with a creative way of cleaning …
Category archives: Music and sound
Rock unsteady
Thought I’d published this one quite a while back, but doesn’t seem like I hit the right button. Better late than never… ============= Have been following some of the BBC series on rock music, running on Saturday nights. Conveniently, there is time to watch Dr Who, have something to eat, and then settle down for …
Of maps and men
Having revisited one former home, found myself visiting the town where I spent my secondary years, only half a week later. (Reasons for this less positive, though perhaps I’ll do a separate post about that.) Otley has its market, and Upton-on-Severn has its maps…and also morris men (though thankfully not all the time). I used …
Foggy ‘cross the Mersey
The season of work trips has started again, and the start of February saw me visiting Liverpool for the first time. One advantage of these weekend trips is that you get the chance to see something of the place where you’re staying. Given my parents’ choice of music while I was growing up, walking round …
Lego, Bill Bailey and Chopin
I’ve been having some real fun over the last few days getting my entertainment from YouTube and not just from TV or what’s on the Mac. There’s some great stuff there and like people, a real mixture. There’s the kid in me that loves to see animated lego, the 30 something who thinks Bill Bailey …