Monday, October 31, 2011

Happy Halloween!

Tonight's after s'ghoul special: Watcher in the Woods. Happy Hallowe...

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Ed Emshwiller

Just start watching these and see where they take you. Ed Emshwiller - new favorite filmmak...

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Colour Piping (1969)

Revealed - the secret to playing the recorder: use colors! Midweek inspiration from the books of Candida Tobin, a music teacher who used colors to help kids remember their notes....

Saturday, October 22, 2011

Techbuilt

I thought I would take a break from the usual to share some things about our home. This summer my wife and I bought our first house! It's a quirky modern house halfway into the woods, a short walk to the college. We both loved it immediately. It has these great big floor-to-ceiling windows that look out at birch trees and fields beyond. But we were also intrigued by the house's slightly mysterious history. The previous owner was the eccentric widow...

Sunday, October 16, 2011

Roberts Robots

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Friday, October 14, 2011

Welsh records

Some beautiful Welsh records on this Flickr.Also, I did a guest post over at Teenage blog recently. Thanks Kelly! And thanks to the anonymous reader who told me about those Thamesmead photos (you know who you ar...

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Margaret Tait

Why did the pan drop?You don't know?I'd butter not tell you.It's her grandchildren who call her Ga.And I suppose I called her mother Ga.But I only dimly remember that grandmother, my mother's mother.An old lady, quietly dressed in bla...

Sunday, October 9, 2011

Tooth for a Tooth

The leaves are turning and we've been seeing roadside signs for haunted hayrides and corn mazes. It might just be time for some spooky music. This record is a bit of a dark horse as I had never heard of it until recently. But it's a gorgeous little album of how should I say... noir exotica? There are hypnotic organs and flutes, chiming mallet instruments and a particular electric bass guitar sound that I like to call "punchy." This music is way,...

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

DireTube mix

A mix of my favorite songs from DireTube videos. VHS wobble!**...

Monday, October 3, 2011

Evariste

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