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The random album meme
11:04am, Wednesday 4 March 2009

I don't usually "do" memes but this is more fun than most.

1. Go to "wikipedia." Hit "random" or click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random. The first random wikipedia article you get is the name of your band.
2. Go to "Random quotations" or click http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3. The last four or five words of the very last quote of the page is the title of your first album.
3. Go to flickr and click on "explore the last seven days" or click http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days. Third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.

Or cut out the faff and click here!

Armistice Day
11:01am, Tuesday 11 November 2008

Beep beep
10:04am, Thursday 20 December 2007

Here's a truly excellent way to stop mobile phones and such disrupting a ballet performance.

Blowzabella
11:43pm, Tuesday 16 October 2007

I think the usual suspects know about this already, but...

Blowzabella, Friday 16 November 2007, Corn Exchange, Bury St Edmunds. Starts 8pm. Box Office 01284 769505. Be there or be... Octomento?

Best CD ever
11:38pm, Tuesday 16 October 2007

Bombarde, Ocarina & Organ

I got this on a whim after reading about it in uk.music.folk. It's astonishing. The little ocarina holds its own against the big pipe organ. So does the bombarde (no surprise there). The music is by turns exuberant and atmospheric and the first track ("Dérobée") just blows me away. It made the kids get up and jump around the room. :-)