Jamie's Blog

Glinka at 300mph

2010-02-21T13:27:00.002Z

We did a concert last night to a clubby audience, and it was more successful than anyone had hoped. People who had never seen an orchestra before, watched and enjoyed, and with a bit of luck and sponsorship, we'll be able to do it again soon.

2009-12-15T12:46:00.001Z

Trafigura have taken out an injunction to prevent the BBC showing this film. Pass it on, they can't injunct the world can they?

Oh God, what a day.

2009-07-12T10:33:00.003+01:00

Yesterday, was rotten. We did an outdoor concert and it poured with bloody rain non-stop. The roof was leaking right onto me, and my trousers are coming apart, luckily in a place that's not visible when I sit down.

It baffles me why 2500-3000 people will turn up and sit on the ground in the pouring rain for about £25 a go, when if you build them a concert hall, with proper walls and a roof, comfy seats and give them a well rehearsed concert that doesn't involve queuing for 45 minutes to get out of the car park at about £18 a go, they won't come.

Basically, I think British people don't like comfort or convenience. We like the idea that we are eccentric, and will put up with things that others wouldn't, but we don't have to, we just want to so we have something to moan about.

New conductor's first day.

2008-11-24T15:43:00.000Z

It's Kiril Karabits' first day as our principal conductor and he seemed a bit shy and nervous until he started conducting, and then he was just great.
Unlike Marin, he can describe how he wants something to sound, and then conduct it too. We're doing Shostakovich's 11th symphony and I can imagine how it could really be a very boring first movement if it wasn't done right, but this is going to sound really good.
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Really not what I was expecting.

2008-01-21T22:18:00.001Z

This one made me honk with laughter, as it was the opposite of what I was expecting to happen. Hahahahahaha!

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Tipper.

2007-09-02T11:38:00.001+01:00

DSCF0274, originally uploaded by Jamie Pullman.

I took this picture in the front garden, when we had come back from trying to catch tiddlers in the stream. I've got a new camera, and am busily taking pictures of everything I see!

2007-08-06T17:08:00.000+01:00

I went crabbing with Freddie today, at Poole Quay. We had a pair of stinky squid to use as bait, and I had no idea how easy it would be to catch them. We just plonked ourselves on a concrete spur, and dangled our lines in the water. Crab after crab grabbed hold, and in the end we had about 20 or so. None of them were big enough to eat though.

rock

2007-05-23T14:04:00.001+01:00

rock, originally uploaded by Jamie Pullman.

Caldey island

2007-05-22T16:09:00.001+01:00

Caldey island, originally uploaded by Jamie Pullman.

IMAGE_00203.jpg

2007-05-22T12:49:00.001+01:00

IMAGE_00203.jpg, originally uploaded by Jamie Pullman.

Manorbier beach

2007-05-21T10:24:00.001+01:00

Manorbier beach, originally uploaded by Jamie Pullman.

Rock pool

2007-05-20T13:35:00.001+01:00

Rock pool, originally uploaded by Jamie Pullman.

Second session, second day.

2007-05-11T15:17:00.001+01:00

Second session, second day., originally uploaded by Jamie Pullman.

Nicole has had enough, and is asleep in a bass case!

The recordings.

2007-05-10T17:57:00.001+01:00

The recordings., originally uploaded by Jamie Pullman.

This week we've been playing Bartok's 'The Wooden Prince', and for the next couple of days we are recording it, and I've got to say, it's bloody hard work. We had a backdrop of an abstract film supposedly illustrating the story as we played for the concert yesterday, but it was so abstract as to be almost pointless. One of the trumpeters described it as being Ken Russell without the tits, and he was pretty much right.

Next week it's Bluebeard's Castle, which is supposed to be a bit better.

Nothing ventured and certainly nothing gained.

2007-05-04T03:40:00.001+01:00

75 votes. Not much change from the last time, so I think of it as a moral victory.

Quarter past three

2007-05-04T03:15:00.001+01:00

And still no bloody result. I've really had about enough of hanging around, and trooping upstairs to hear other people's results. Bloody hell.

Only me!

2007-05-04T01:54:00.001+01:00

Only me!, originally uploaded by Jamie Pullman.

turnout

2007-05-04T00:32:00.000+01:00

In my ward it was a mighty 39.21%

The count.

2007-05-03T23:37:00.001+01:00

And just to add insult to injury, thr bar is shut because the BNP are in, and the woman runnig the place doesn't fancy the idea of pissed-up racists charging around, looking for a fight.

Local election count

2007-05-03T23:32:00.002+01:00

Local election count, originally uploaded by Jamie Pullman.

At the count.

2007-05-03T23:32:00.000+01:00

Watching the votes being counted is hilarious. Ream after ream of libdem and tory votes and the odd one for us. I saw one paper which cheered me up. The person had voted only once, and for me. Ahhh...

The election count.

2007-05-03T22:57:00.001+01:00

I'm knackered, and have just arrived at the count for the local elections. God only knows what kind of time the result will be announced but, I've decided that my target is 30 votes. That's based on Labour only getting 220 votes last time, divided between the three candidates, and Labour are abouth half as popular as they were, so around 30 would be par.
*sigh*

Baptista misses another chance

2007-04-29T16:47:00.001+01:00

Baptista misses another chance, originally uploaded by Jamie Pullman.

IMAGE_00173.jpg

2007-04-29T15:11:00.001+01:00

IMAGE_00173.jpg, originally uploaded by Jamie Pullman.

Last one of the tortoise

2007-04-13T15:59:00.001+01:00

Last one of the tortoise, originally uploaded by Jamie Pullman.

Cotswold wildlife park

2007-04-13T15:27:00.001+01:00

Cotswold wildlife park, originally uploaded by Jamie Pullman.

Solar fountain

2007-04-11T11:44:00.001+01:00

Solar fountain, originally uploaded by Jamie Pullman.

Our new solar fountain arrived 10 minutes ago, and was plugged in 5 minutes ago. So far, not even a dribble has made it up the spout.

Resufacing the road

2007-03-01T09:30:00.001Z

Resufacing the road, originally uploaded by Jamie Pullman.

Two weeks ol drilling and ripping, and now the new road surface is being laid. Very smelly it is too.

In with the broad beans.

2007-02-22T15:50:00.001Z

In with the broad beans., originally uploaded by Jamie Pullman.

In only two and a half months late, the broad beans are planted and the cause of much anticipation.

Nearly finished

2007-02-21T14:03:00.001Z

Nearly finished, originally uploaded by Jamie Pullman.

With the rubble and rubbish shifted to the drive for the next year or so, the vegetable patch can be seen in a state of near completion.

The Truth

2006-11-24T11:30:00.001Z

This is a party political broadcast from the Argentinian presidential elections, and it is very cleverly done. Well worth a watch.

Freddie made a hole in Annes trousers in the park.

2006-11-18T15:49:00.001Z

Freddie made a hole in Annes trousers in the park., originally uploaded by Jamie Pullman.

Jude brought a present into work for me!

2006-11-14T11:32:00.001Z

Jude brought a present into work for me!, originally uploaded by Jamie Pullman.

Wasn't that nice of her.

More rubble

2006-11-09T16:43:00.001Z

More rubble, originally uploaded by Jamie Pullman.

Hard work

2006-11-09T16:39:00.001Z

Hard work, originally uploaded by Jamie Pullman.

A days drilling and carrying has got this far.

Photo of the rubble

2006-11-09T15:04:00.001Z

Photo of the rubble, originally uploaded by Jamie Pullman.

I forgot that pictures won't post stright to the blog, I have to do it through flickr

Garage

2006-11-09T11:55:00.000Z

The two poor sods who've been given the job of demolishing the garage have spent since 8 this morning lugging the rubble from the demolished garage up the drive , and now they're busy drilling out the concrete base. Judging by the amount they've done in the last half an hour, it's going to take them around 4-5 hours of drilling just to get the first layer out. Rather them than me.

It's back!

2006-11-03T20:57:00.001Z

It's back!, originally uploaded by Jamie Pullman.

Proper Bovril is back on the shelves at last. None of that ridiculous veggie nonsense for me thank you.

What a bunch of wusses.

2006-11-02T14:00:00.000Z

Animal rights activists in Switzerland who broke into a circus intending to liberate a rare white tiger, quickly changed their minds when they saw the animal up close. After a hurried re-think, they opted for a pet rabbit beloning to the clown's six-year-old daughter!

I saw this in the New Statesman, but couldn't find it on their website to link to.

Time, time, time is on my side.

2006-10-30T17:57:00.000Z

Freddie is now at school full time until 2020, so I've now got a bit of spare time in the day sometimes. I managed to fill it today by getting very dirty insulating the loft, and finding an excellent way of showing my photos here. The map above comes from www.trippermap.com and it scrapes your flickr account for geotagged photos and displays them very cleverly. I've also started using a firefox plugin for quick geotagging. I can see the next 14 years just whizzing by...

In the summerhouse

2006-10-15T11:58:00.001+01:00

In the summerhouse, originally uploaded by Jamie Pullman.

Radu Lupu looking like a tramp.

2006-10-10T19:29:00.001+01:00

Radu Lupu looking like a tramp., originally uploaded by Jamie Pullman.

Strange but true. Radu Lupu, the world famous pianist, is the spitting image of the tramp who lives in Poole Bus Station. The tramps beard is very slightly longer at the moment, but they both mutter to themselves.

Katherine in the Elephant.

2006-10-08T11:40:00.000+01:00

Fox on the run.

2006-09-26T14:48:00.000+01:00

Amazingly, Fox News have traced every single instance of the Clinton interview on YouTube, and demanded that they are removed citing copyright infringement. Technically correct, but what income were they being denied by it's viewing on the internet? Why have they not had every other interview or clip removed? Because this was the one that showed them for the weaselly liars that they are.

Fox News getting the slapping they so richly deserve.

2006-09-24T20:00:00.000+01:00

This is a clip from Fox News of Bill Clinton giving an interviewer a real going-over about whether or not he was to blame for all the ils of the world as they constantly infer. It's also worth remembering the statistics that show that although 50% of the American still think that Al Quaida was involved in the 9-11 attack, that rises to over 90% amongst people whose primary source of news was Fox. It is a channel created for brainwashing and rightwing propaganda.

Pointing out the wrong side of the tracks.

2006-09-23T17:59:00.001+01:00

DSCF0083, originally uploaded by Jamie Pullman.

I've just spent a hideous day trying not to yell at Freddie every time he starts a sentence "Ohhh, why can't I have chocolate/icecream/a new car/everything I want? God, it drives me mad, anyway thankfully there is a light on the horizon, Flickr maps. I've just spent a happy half an hour trying to find exactly where to put my photos in Hong Kong, Bali, Lisbon and Madrid. You can see them here.

Freddie goes to school.

2006-09-15T10:27:00.000+01:00

It was Freddies first day at school on Wednesday, and he was very pleased with himself in his new uniform. His teacher seems nice, and although they do use reading scheme books, they also have a fair selection of proper books to read too. He only goes in the mornings until half-term, but as Katherine is also going to pre-school on Tuesday and Thursday mornings, there are two and a half hours of utter peace and quiet in the house. Fantastic.
Katherine loves going to pre-school, right up until the point where she actually lets go of our hands and goes into the room, then she screams like a banshee while we turn tail and run. When we pick her up though, she is having a great time.
Only 16 more years of waking them up in time for school to go, and we can have a lie-in again.

A Moment of History

2006-08-16T11:35:00.000+01:00

There was a glorious moment for the Pullman family last week, as both sons turned out to play for Bournmouth Symphony Orchestra Cricket Club. Less glorious was the fact that I got out first ball, Tom didn't bat or bowl, and my only over had 3 wides in it. Never mind, there's always next year I suppose.

Up a tree

2006-08-04T11:58:00.000+01:00

Up a tree
Originally uploaded by Jamie Pullman.

In Throop, we found a perfect tree for climbing on, with blue beetles in

it.

Cabbage White Blight.

2006-08-02T12:05:00.000+01:00

Our cabbages have been covered in caterpillars for a few days now, and just like the way I was always delighted with the caterpillar outbreaks on my parents vegetables, Freddie and Katherine are captivated with the little buggers. One good thing about being infested is that we've got a couple of thrushes starting to visit the garden.

Memories

2006-08-01T19:10:00.000+01:00

I put on Don Byron's Bug Music for my children to dance around to, and found myself being roped into dancing around too. The memory it brought back was one of me and the rest of a quartet I was on a cruise ship with, along with the seediest 'violinist' you'll ever meet, Gary Lovini, doing the madness walk around a nightclub in Tahiti. It wasn't Madness playing at the time, but it seemed the thing to do, and we carried on for around 10 minutes I suppose. The Tahitians had no idea what the hell we were doing, but as far as I can remember, when we started up again, in a perilously advanced state of refreshment, quite a lot of them joined in! That's what I call cultural exchange.
I've also just remembered that we were staying in a hotel that night, as we were going home the next day, and I didn't wake up in time to get dressed properly, and left a shoe in the bedroom somewhere.

Oh dear, looks like Cycling Weekly went to press too soon.

2006-08-01T12:54:00.000+01:00

Oh dear, looks like Cycling Weekly went to press too soon.
Originally uploaded by Jamie Pullman.

BEYOND NORTHERN IRAQ: mail2bni@yahoo.co.uk

2006-07-21T21:04:00.000+01:00

BEYOND NORTHERN IRAQ: mail2bni@yahoo.co.uk

Never mind Nick Robinson's blog, this is fantastic. A BBC journalists blog from Beirut.

Resonance shapes.

2006-07-06T12:57:00.000+01:00

I came across this video of the shapes that sounds make, just a few days after reading about them in Fortean Times. It seems that someone reckons that the decoration of some of the sculptures in Rosslyn Chapel are a musical code. He's even tried to match the patterns to the sounds that might have been made by instruments of the day, and from their position, compose a tune. His plan is to play the music in the chapel, and hope that the resonances release a stone that will open some sort of secret chamber holding god knows what inside, the head of John the Baptist or something.

As good as John Redwood singing.

2006-07-04T17:56:00.000+01:00

This is taken from an interview with An American congressman who co-sponsored a bill to force all public buildings and courts to have the ten commandments on display. Towards the end of the interview he is asked to name them, and falls flat on his face. Priceless.

Tour de France LIVE Tracker - Google Maps

2006-07-04T10:17:00.000+01:00

Tour de France LIVE Tracker - Google Maps

Now this is a brilliant idea. A google maps page that tracks the Tour de France, and shows you where the riders are in real time. Todays stage starts in 1 hour 45 minutes time, and I can't wait to see how it works.

A Bournemouth balloon fiesta.

2006-07-02T14:58:00.000+01:00

Although moving has deprived us of the annual disappointment of the Cutteslowe Park Balloon Fiesta, thanks to the summer fete at Freddie's school, we had our own version.

There were about 500 balloons in the race, and the idea is, that each one has a ticket on it, with the address of the school, and if the ticket doesn't fall off your balloon, and if it lands where someone finds it, and if they bother to send it back saying where it had landed, then you stand a chance of winning a prize. Probably a balloon.

FRONTLINE/WORLD . Iraq - Saddam's Road to Hell - A journey into the killing fields . PBS

2006-07-02T12:50:00.000+01:00

FRONTLINE/WORLD . Iraq - Saddam's Road to Hell - A journey into the killing fields . PBS

This is a documentary about Saddam Husseins mass murder of around 8000 Kurds. For some reason Channel 4 have refused to screen the film, but luckily for us, it's been made available by pbs.org.

Bournemouth Symphony Cricket Club versus Broadstone Cricket Club

2006-06-28T09:50:00.000+01:00

Yesterday was a momentous day. After the trauma of my last innings, a golden duck in 1987, it was important to get straight back in the middle. As our allotted 20 over against Broastine Cricket Club started to run out, I began to wonder whether I would have a chance to redeem myself, but luckily, a couple of quick wickets fell, leaving me with just the last ball to face. The ball came towards me like a guided missile, only one going at about 30 miles an hour, and I managed to scuff it away to the leg side and scramble a run. 1 not out, a triumph. We scored 125 for 5, and made quick inroads into their batsmen, reducing them to 38 for 4 of 10 overs, but then, in came two heavy hitters, who got a quick 50. I bowled a couple of overs, mostly full tosses, and one delivery that would have got a wicket if it had hit the stumps, ending with figure of 2 overs, no maidens none for 18.
In the end, they needed 20 runs from the last 2 overs, and thanks to a couple of wickets from the captain in the penultimate over, and then another couple in the last from Bomber, we won by a comfortable 6 runs.
The next match is in a couple of weeks.

Musicians Wisden

2006-06-25T14:59:00.000+01:00

Well, today was supposed to be the first match of the season, and I went
and bought all the equipment. We knocked up a bit, and then decided that
as it was pouring with rain, we couldn't play. Bum.

Cricket.

2006-06-25T14:53:00.000+01:00

Cricket.
Originally uploaded by Jamie Pullman.

BBC NEWS | Scotland | Highlands and Islands | Sisters lose second coming cover

2006-06-22T19:25:00.000+01:00

BBC NEWS | Scotland | Highlands and Islands | Sisters lose second coming cover

This is hilarious, but what I don't understand is, if they did somehow give birth to a living god, surely it would be able to conjure up enough loaves, fishes and nappies to avoid needing a million pound trust fund.

Live subtitles

2006-06-13T20:14:00.000+01:00

They're normally good for a laugh, but whoever is doing them tonight has
just interpreted Dida, the Brazilian goalkeeper as D-Day, and Di-Dare!

BBC Sport Player

2006-06-13T17:17:00.000+01:00

Oh the glories of the digital age. While the children waste their lives watching Boogie Beebies in the living room, I'm watching the world cup in the kitchen on the laptop while doing the cooking, with the big speakers plugged in for excellent sound! Happy days.

Vegetable patch and human rights

2006-06-12T17:34:00.000+01:00

Our vegetable patch is now fully planted, with 7 cabbages taking up the rest of the space. So far we've had about 15 basil plants eaten by slugs, and the tomatoes have been flattened twice by the wind. Only the rocket has survived from seed, but that is fit and healthy and ready to be eaten.
As for human rights, I saw a piece in the Observer about putting information on your blogs, that other countries are trying to censor, so that's what that box on the left is for. It takes you to the amnesty site, and from there to the site being censored. I suppose it must be a mirror site or something like that, if the government in question hs blocked it.

Bunches and a mad smile.

2006-05-30T10:05:00.000+01:00

Bunches and a mad smile.
Originally uploaded by Jamie Pullman.

Freddie's self portrait.

2006-05-28T11:35:00.000+01:00

Freddie's self portrait.
Originally uploaded by Jamie Pullman.

Detour

2006-05-27T14:03:00.000+01:00

Instead of going to Winchester college, the coach driver took us to a
municipal dump, and I didn't have my viola with me. Another opportunity
for a career change gone...

Detour

2006-05-27T14:00:00.000+01:00

Detour
Originally uploaded by Jamie Pullman.

Omens.

2006-05-11T09:04:00.000+01:00

I've just seen a butterfly chasing a bee. What does that portend?

Carmina Burana with Marin Alsop

2006-05-09T19:05:00.000+01:00

Someone sent round a note pointing out that an anagram of Carmina Burana
is 'M. A. can ruin a bra'.

Birds

2006-04-28T18:38:00.000+01:00

Birds
Originally uploaded by Jamie Pullman.

Weird yellow eyes, that probably won't come out with this crappy camera.

Student conductors

2006-04-25T13:37:00.000+01:00

Bramwell Tovey came up with a good line today. He told us about a nasty
conductor who refered to his assistant as a mouse training to be a rat.
Ha ha!

news@nature.com

2006-04-16T20:15:00.000+01:00

It's evolution happening before our very eyes.

news@nature.com

"The journal Nature will be publishing a report on an African catfish that hunts its prey on land. The fish wriggles out of the swamps to catch land-based prey. From the article: 'The eel catfish, Channallabes apus, catches unsuspecting victims by arching upwards and descending upon prey, trapping an insect against the ground before sucking it up. The same trick may have been used by the very first vertebrates to venture onto land, the researchers speculate.' There is a video of the fish in action."

Says Slashdot

Astronomy Picture of the Day

2006-04-16T17:24:00.000+01:00

Astronomy Picture of the Day

A wonderful picture of the sun with a gigantic solar flare.

YouTube - Chocaholic

2006-04-13T17:19:00.000+01:00

YouTube - Chocaholic

Freddie telling us which of the many many chocolates he wants to eat.

New video

2006-04-12T13:41:00.000+01:00

Well an old one really, but in its entireity.
Www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-5G|RVIs78

MoneySavingExpert.com ad-free, free to use, Consumer Revenge!

2006-04-12T13:21:00.000+01:00

MoneySavingExpert.com ad-free, free to use, Consumer Revenge!

An excellent site, helping make sure that corporations get as little of your money as possible.

BBC NEWS | Business | Phone firm launches net price war

2006-04-11T08:27:00.000+01:00

BBC NEWS | Business | Phone firm launches net price war

Hooray! Now, finally I might be able to ditch the useless NTL forever.

Vista successfully installed on a Mac - Engadget

2006-04-11T08:18:00.000+01:00

Vista successfully installed on a Mac - Engadget

Goddamn, I meant 34.

Vista successfully installed on a Mac - Engadget

2006-04-10T19:23:00.000+01:00

Vista successfully installed on a Mac - Engadget

Comment 30 is hilarious.

Anne on our balcony.

2006-04-09T14:35:00.001+01:00

Anne on our balcony.
Originally uploaded by Jamie Pullman.

Bum, we've got to go home.

2006-04-09T14:35:00.000+01:00

Bum, we've got to go home.
Originally uploaded by Jamie Pullman.

The wishing fish clock

2006-04-08T11:04:00.000+01:00

The wishing fish clock
Originally uploaded by Jamie Pullman.

The goose at the top lays golden eggs, which get carried down to the

clock, and every hour, the fish spins around, blowing bubbles.

Genetic engineering.

2006-04-07T16:00:00.000+01:00

Genetic engineering.
Originally uploaded by Jamie Pullman.

A hybrid pianist has been developed to cope with the opening bars of

Rachmaninoff's second piano concerto.

It's like a bad penny.

2006-04-05T14:24:00.000+01:00

It's like a bad penny.
Originally uploaded by Jamie Pullman.

Honestly, I think this piece will follow me to the grave.

Jamie.

Back to work.

2006-04-05T14:21:00.000+01:00

After a couple of weeks with the flu, it was a suprising pleasure to go
back to work, and a double pleasure knowing what a rotten couple of
weeks with Marin I had missed. It's been about 8 years since my last
dose of real flu, and that time I had to drag myself into the BBC
Concert Orchestra, or not get paid. This one was timed to perfection,
and hopefully in 8 years or so, when I get my next dose, we'll have
someone equally grumpy conducting us.
Jamie.

The First Ladybirds of Spring.

2006-04-01T15:26:00.000+01:00

The First Ladybirds of Spring.
Originally uploaded by Jamie Pullman.

He's older than he looks.

2006-03-30T17:50:00.000+01:00

He's older than he looks.
Originally uploaded by Jamie Pullman.

A comemmorative stone celebrating Phil's first sexual experience.

De La Ware pavilion

2006-03-30T15:53:00.000+01:00

De La Ware pavilion
Originally uploaded by Jamie Pullman.

This is the spiral staircase that goes up the front of the building.

The Great British Senile.

2006-03-30T15:52:00.000+01:00

The Great British Senile.
Originally uploaded by Jamie Pullman.

Or Ian Pillow as he's also known.

The Great British Seaside.

2006-03-30T15:49:00.000+01:00

The Great British Seaside.
Originally uploaded by Jamie Pullman.

It's freezing cold and blowing a gale. God knows what it must be like in

the winter.

Jamie.

Bexhill.

2006-03-30T15:48:00.000+01:00

Bexhill.
Originally uploaded by Jamie Pullman.

The De La Ware pavilion.

The scaffold.

2006-03-30T15:39:00.000+01:00

The scaffold.
Originally uploaded by Jamie Pullman.

The interval entertainment seems to consist of a half-time hanging. I

can't wait!

Jamie.

Photo 90.jpg

2006-03-29T19:55:00.000+01:00

Photo 90.jpg
Originally uploaded by Jamie Pullman.

This is the face of a man who is fed up that he agreed to go back to

work tomorrow. I'm still feeling fairly rubbish, and god knows how Anne

will be able to cope with the children, but hey ho, at least it's only a

crappy date in Bexhill. I can use it as a warm up for the rigours of

next week.

Jamie.

Astronomy Picture of the Day

2006-03-26T20:23:00.000+01:00

Astronomy Picture of the Day

I'm always interested in the daily pictures from this site, but on occasion, they just take my breath away. This picture of a star approaching supernova is just amazing. The globular dust and gas clouds around it, look like awful tumours sucking the life from the poor star, although I suppose it's the reverse of that really. The star is pouring its energy into the nebulas, expanding them away from it so they can perhaps form new stars with luck, before the awful certainty of entropy that awaits us all......NURSE, MORE PILLS, MORE VOLTAGE...

Bandroom banter

2006-03-11T15:44:00.000Z

There used to be a concert promoter in Newcastle who was very excitable in his descriptions of the orchestras he'd booked. The Concertgebouwe became 'The World Famous Concertgebouwe', the Halle became 'The Mighty Halle', but when it came to the Liverpool Phil, all he could come up with was '50 strings!'. Which reminded me of a poster for Carmen I saw last year which proudly said 'Featuring the horse from Gladiator'.

Morning Temperature

2006-03-10T09:06:00.000Z

7°
Jamie.

Morning Temperature

2006-03-09T09:18:00.000Z

10°
Jamie.

Morning Temperature

2006-03-08T10:26:00.000Z

8°
Jamie.