Month: April 2010

  • 6 Music Campaign

    I’ve not been into Fopp for ages so it was very interesting to see their default till message.

  • The Art of Re-Mastering

    I listened to this on the way into work this morning, and it’s a great little documentary about the art of re-mastering. Mohr-Pietsch talks to a number of different people who’ve been through the re-mastering process, and talks about the pros, and perhaps not so much, the cons. This is one of those instances where…

  • Radio Times 27 April 2010

    Just for a change, I thought I’d look at the radio pages of the (new look) Radio Times. This was inspired by Steve on the Radio 4 blog doing a similar thing with Radio 4’s listings alone. See the Radio 4 Flickr photostream for more. As always, best viewed large. And since this is radio,…

  • Charlotte Street During Rush Hour

    Listen!

  • River Sounding

    I visited River Sounding over the weekend – the audio/video exhibition by Bill Fontana at Somerset House. He’s recorded audio and shot video along the full length of the Thames and then used it in an installation placed in the Lightwells and Dead House beneath Somerset House’s courtyard. There are lots of little rooms and…

  • BBC Destroying Its Own Drama Series

    I’m absolutely appalled. Really, really, appalled. If I was Steven Moffat, I would be wanting words with Jay Hunt, the Controller of BBC One. I’ve just watched this week’s episode of Doctor Who – Time of Angels. It’s a follow-up to an episode written by Moffat in the last full series, Blink, featuring once again,…

  • Out To Get Clegg

    I saw the Telegraph’s headline on Newsnight last night, and it was pretty clear that the right-wing press are out to prop up Cameron in any way they possibly can. But I didn’t see the Mail, Express or Sun front pages! “Clegg in Nazi Slur on Britain” in the Mail must surely take the biscuit.…

  • On Volcanoes

    If things had gone to plan this week, then I could currently be driving a rental car from Los Angeles to San Francisco by way of various national parks. This was after I’d taken photos of a friend’s wedding. Sadly, things didn’t happen that way, and instead I’ll be back into work this week. What…

  • Orange World

    Sometimes I think that Orange really is very classy. Orange is currently trying to merge with T-Mobile in the UK. If they get regulatory approval, the combined company will be the biggest mobile operator in the UK. So isn’t it charming when you open Orange World, their website which is set to be the default…

  • 3D Football

    Sky is trumpeting the fact that last weekend’s fixture between Man Utd and Blackburn Rovers (a 0-0 “thriller”) was watched by 200,000 viewers. A remarkable achievement based on average of 133 people per pub in the 1500 or so pubs that have the 3D TVs so far. These are obviously all pretty large pubs! But…

  • Breakfast Show TV Ads

    At the weekend I was idly watching some television with the netbook on my lap (something that happens a bit too much) when out of the corner of my eye I noticed Johnny and Lisa on a TV ad. I looked up, keen to see what the new Capital Radio TV ad would look like.…

  • Local Politics

    My local MP is Labour member of Parliament, Joan Ryan. Not only does she have a second home close to Westminster despite living in a London Borough with tens of thousands of commuters who have journeys of equal of greater distance into work every day, but she also “flipped” her home. The Telegraph piece on…