I keep forgetting this is on and nearly missing it. Tonight was a real treat. Paul Simon did a couple of songs, including Graceland. David Gilmour played something from his new solo album, with two-thirds of Crosby, Stills & Nash on backing vocals, and wrapped the show up with Arnold Layne. The surprise act was […]
Entries Tagged as 'Pink Floyd'
Later with Jools Holland
May 27th, 2006 · Comments Off on Later with Jools Holland · Music
Tags: Pink Floyd·TV
New VCR goodness
May 25th, 2006 · Comments Off on New VCR goodness · Music, Technology
Back in January my old VCR died, and I was reconciled to living without access to the few essential things I still have on VHS. This week I managed to lay my hands on one in return for a token donation to a charity, and 4 months late I was able to watch a bit […]
Pulse
February 12th, 2006 · Comments Off on Pulse · Music
I am getting a bit annoyed about Pulse. Back in November it was supposed to be coming out on DVD in time for Christmas and I was dropping major hints to Jayne about it. When she tried to buy it she was told by the shop that it was not coming out until January. I […]
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Return of Pink Floyd
January 14th, 2006 · Comments Off on Return of Pink Floyd · Life, Technology
I’m on a roll today. I finally tidied my desk up, put a second hard drive in the PC and for an encore I managed to extract the Pink Floyd tape from the video recorder. I think the VCR is a write-off though…
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Think Floyd
January 13th, 2006 · Comments Off on Think Floyd · Music
Jayne is good to me – she came with me to see Think Floyd at the Hawth tonight, even though she really does not like Pink Floyd. At Live 8 she would happily have gone home after seeing Robbie Williams and skipped Floyd and the Who (but only over my dead body!) but while we […]
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That was the year that was
December 19th, 2005 · Comments Off on That was the year that was · Life, Music
2005 is nearly over, and its been an eventful one. There were some major events with a global impact – the earthquake in Pakistan and the floods in the US after hurricane Katrina – and some of more limited significance like West Ham getting promoted and Gang of Four releasing a new album. Not a […]
Tags: Computing·Football·Gang of Four·Live 8·Nostalgia·Pink Floyd·World music
89 is barely scratching the surface!
November 21st, 2005 · 2 Comments · Music
Lisa has been writing about this article in the Guardian last week. The article starts with a statistic from Napster, that the average person owns 126 albums, of which 37 have been lost, leaving just 89. It goes on to speculate which 89 albums you should own if that is the case. I was faintly […]
Tags: Gang of Four·Kraftwerk·Nostalgia·Pink Floyd·Spizzenergi·World music
Yes, but is it art?
November 9th, 2005 · Comments Off on Yes, but is it art? · Life
Today I occupied my lunch hour with a walk to the Tate Modern so I could see the new installation in the turbine hall – Embankment by Rachel Whiteread. I have to say that I was a bit disappointed by it. Maybe it was spoiled for me by having seen so many photographs of it […]
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Concert DVD goodness
November 5th, 2005 · Comments Off on Concert DVD goodness · Music
I was browsing a bit on Amazon, and found out that December 5th sees a couple of must-have concerts on DVD. First of all there is the Kraftwerk Minimum Maximum double-disc of their 2004 tour. I think at least one track is from the Brixton Academy concert which I went to. That was something I […]
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Gang of Four
September 3rd, 2005 · Comments Off on Gang of Four · Music
I found this site today. It gives details of all the forthcoming music releases. There are a few goodies to look forward to in the rest of this year – new albums from Audio Bullys, Afro Celt Sound System, New Model Army (!), Franz Ferdinand, the Darkness, Busta Rhymes, Dr Dre and loads more. Also […]
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