*I have tastes well above my pay grade :'(
"Lost" Duncan Grant pictures found. Slightly rude...... :jurek:
*I have tastes well above my pay grade :'(
I want this one: https://www.themodernhouse.com/sales-list/outhouse/ (https://www.themodernhouse.com/sales-list/outhouse/)
*I have tastes well above my pay grade :'(
I want this one: https://www.themodernhouse.com/sales-list/outhouse/
https://welovebrussels.org/2020/10/hotel-frison-by-victor-horta-a-living-museum/
I visited the Horta museum when I was in Brussels, but hadn't heard of this place.
https://theculturetrip.com/europe/belgium/articles/horta-museum-art-nouveau-artistry-in-brussels/
https://www.apollo-magazine.com/bicycle-racing-modern-art/ Too many words , not enough pictures.
"heavy betting, wild drinking and the sort of raucous merriment more akin to that at the Moulin Rouge" typical YACF camping weekend ....
https://www.apollo-magazine.com/bicycle-racing-modern-art/ Too many words , not enough pictures.
"heavy betting, wild drinking and the sort of raucous merriment more akin to that at the Moulin Rouge" typical YACF camping weekend ....
Can't be - there's no mention of the Parsnip of Serendipity or the Yellowed Thong of Ambition... ;D
https://www.apollo-magazine.com/bicycle-racing-modern-art/ Too many words , not enough pictures.Don't tell him what we get up to when he's not there!
"heavy betting, wild drinking and the sort of raucous merriment more akin to that at the Moulin Rouge" typical YACF camping weekend ....
Redundancies & restructuring at the V&A.
Redundancies & restructuring at the V&A.
What you get when you put money people in charge of art... the living embodiment of Wilde's quote about cynics.
In other news, I discovered today that St Vincent started her career as a member of the Polyphonic Spree, who I had completely forgotten about. Dug out their first album, which I remember enjoying very much back in the day. Fantastic. Completely mad twee hippy shit but truly uplifting. Love it.I saw them live 3 times. I was in a period of quite severe depression and boy they brought light into my life.
Helpful reminder:
https://youtu.be/qt6dqnSeaVc
In other news, I discovered today that St Vincent started her career as a member of the Polyphonic Spree, who I had completely forgotten about. Dug out their first album, which I remember enjoying very much back in the day. Fantastic. Completely mad twee hippy shit but truly uplifting. Love it.I saw them live 3 times. I was in a period of quite severe depression and boy they brought light into my life.
Helpful reminder:
https://youtu.be/qt6dqnSeaVc
Which leads to another thought. Is there some super-hero/heroine equivalent of Saville Row were your newly minted hero/heroine can stroll up and say, "I need something in figure hugging stretchy kevlar that will accentuate my chest development and will pick up the green flecks in my eyes and it'll need somewhere I can put my mobile 'phone."?
Tenement Tiles https://twitter.com/TnmntTiles
A Twitter account concentrating on the decorative tiling used in the communal areas of some Glasgow tenements.
I suppose it's like Rule 34. If it exists, someone has an account dedicated to it.
What exactly is the statue depicting? I got the title - Fate - so I assume it's Classical, but I don't know the story. Looks a bit creepy to me!
Love the style though. Very much of its time - in a good way.
What exactly is the statue depicting? I got the title - Fate - so I assume it's Classical, but I don't know the story. Looks a bit creepy to me!
Love the style though. Very much of its time - in a good way.
It's based on an old Greek proverb which, roughly translated, goes - "Children are a drag.....and then your dress falls down." Sandie Shaw, who modelled for the picture, encapsulated it in her hit, "Always Dragging Something Behind Me".
(I may have made some, or all, of this up.)
Dr. Raymond Stantz: Everything was fine with our system until the power grid was shut off by dickless here.
Walter Peck: They caused an explosion!
Mayor: Is this true?
Dr. Peter Venkman: Yes it's true.
<pause>
Dr. Peter Venkman: This man has no dick.
Dr. Raymond Stantz: Everything was fine with our system until the power grid was shut off.
Walter Peck: They caused an explosion!
Mayor: Is this true?
Dr. Peter Venkman: Yes it's true.
Dear Raghav and Pamela,
Whenever I have heard Nick Drake’s music over the years I have enjoyed it, but that’s not the reason for replying to your letter, Raghav. I want to tell you a story, a sort of Nick Drake story, and try to answer your question, Pamela, in the process.
Sometime in the early eighties, on London’s Portobello Road, I was approached by a man who wanted to take my photograph. He said that I looked ‘interesting’. He gave me his address and told me to come to his flat the next day. This is before I had developed an acute dislike of having my photograph taken, and when I was dumb enough to think that going to a stranger’s flat to have my photo taken might be a good idea. Anyway, the next day I went to his place, somewhere in Ladbroke Grove.
Inside the flat, the photographer told me he had to set up his camera and asked me to sit and wait on a little sofa in the middle of his rather dark living room. I remember that there was an unsettling atmosphere in the room, heavy and strange, but I sat down anyway.
After a while, I felt a presence behind me, as someone entered the room, walked slowly around the sofa, and then very carefully sat down beside me. It took me a moment to realise that this person, this woman, was the singer, Nico. Now, Pamela, at that time in my young life, Nico, who had sung with The Velvet Underground and made some classic solo albums herself, was, by any measure, a hero, and she was there beside me, sitting very still, and wearing green rubber, knee-high wellingtons. She didn’t speak for a long time. Then she turned slowly toward me, and said, very deliberately, in her thick German accent –
“I knew a boy who was just like you.”
I said, “Oh yeah?”
She said, “He was a singer and his name was Nick.”
And I said, “Well, that’s strange, because I am a singer and my name is Nick.”
And she said, very slowly, “I know.”
Then she said nothing for a while and my mind rushed all over the place, and I’m thinking, “Fuck, I’m sitting next to Nico. Fuck, I’m sitting next to Nico.”
Eventually she said, “He died.”
And I said, “Oh, you mean Nick Drake?”
And she said, “Killed by his own hand.”
And I said, “Well, that’s where we diverge.”
She turned to me and after the longest time said, “Really? That’s what you think.”
Then she stood up and in slow motion walked out of the room.
And I’m thinking, “What the fuck.”
Anyway, the photographer’s way of taking pictures was to have you look in a mirror, in this case, his bathroom mirror, and he would photograph your reflection. As I was arranging my face, there in the mirror, from the end of the hall behind me, Nico appeared, like an apparition, standing very still and looking into the mirror. The photographer took the photo and I said, “I want that one.”
Sadly, I can’t remember what happened to the photos. I’m not sure I ever saw them. But, sitting here now and remembering, I sure would love that photograph.
So, that was the day that Nico, who famously sang ‘I’ll be Your Mirror’, became ‘my mirror’, the day she wore green rubber wellington boots and moved very slowly, the day she prophesied wrongly my self-destruction, and the day she did in no way disappoint. I send the fullest version of my love to her, wherever she may be, and Nick Drake too, all of it.
Love, Nick
*I have tastes well above my pay grade :'(
I want this one: https://www.themodernhouse.com/sales-list/outhouse/
A house for dysunctional families and/or criminals. I've seen enough Scandi-noir to know this.
Vienna tourism board has started an Only Fans account in order to show artworks that Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and so on won't let them show, ie anything involving nudity. Even Rubens.
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/oct/16/vienna-museums-open-adult-only-onlyfans-account-to-display-nudes (https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/oct/16/vienna-museums-open-adult-only-onlyfans-account-to-display-nudes)
I'm actually in two minds about this. In the case of classical nudes like Rubens, it's clearly ridiculous, but with artists like Schiele, wasn't part of their intention to be shocking? In which case, that they're still doing so a hundred years later is quite a success.
https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2021/8-october/books-arts/visual-arts/global-images-of-christ-challenging-perceptions-at-chester-cathedral (https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2021/8-october/books-arts/visual-arts/global-images-of-christ-challenging-perceptions-at-chester-cathedral)
This was very good. I'll post some pictures when I've uploaded them. Chester Cathedral is lovely. I've never been :jurek:
Gotta be Adam Ant. He was actually the first face that leapt out at me. Well not so much his face as his hat, to be fair. I'm assuming Kim actually knew this (and that later she will educate me as to who on earth Guybrush Threepwood is
I haven't played beyond the opening sequence but I've got the recent(ish) remaster on the Xbox and it's great in that it has original graphics and updated. Ok lots of games do this. But you normally have to pick which version to play. This one lets you switch on the fly with a single button press so you can bounce back and forth at will.Gotta be Adam Ant. He was actually the first face that leapt out at me. Well not so much his face as his hat, to be fair. I'm assuming Kim actually knew this (and that later she will educate me as to who on earth Guybrush Threepwood is
Guybush Threepwood is a MIGHTY PIRATE, as anyone who had an Amiga in the early 1990s should know (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_of_Monkey_Island).
(https://www.freepngimg.com/thumb/sprite/87699-curse-monkey-of-guybrush-secret-square-threepwood.png)
(You've got to be careful when googling for images, because you'll turn up lots of rubbish from sequels made after computers got good enough for people to do artwork for them without meticulously hand-crafting the pixels.)
I haven't played beyond the opening sequence but I've got the recent(ish) remaster on the Xbox and it's great in that it has original graphics and updated. Ok lots of games do this. But you normally have to pick which version to play. This one lets you switch on the fly with a single button press so you can bounce back and forth at will.
https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2021/8-october/books-arts/visual-arts/global-images-of-christ-challenging-perceptions-at-chester-cathedral (https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2021/8-october/books-arts/visual-arts/global-images-of-christ-challenging-perceptions-at-chester-cathedral)
This was very good. I'll post some pictures when I've uploaded them. Chester Cathedral is lovely. I've never been :jurek:
Pictures now uploaded to Flickr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/andrewclark/albums/72157720038312258 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/andrewclark/albums/72157720038312258)
TPIUWP.
TPIUWP.
That needs printing at A4 (or leftpondian equivalent) and accompanied in an unmarked envelope by an open-reel tape that will self-destruct in 5 seconds.
Colin Portente to Jonathan Kendrick Mcsrsb:
I think this is your man!
Jonathan Kendrick Mcsrsb to Colin Portente:
Yes I need this man for a photo shoot
:-D https://www.kendricksbarbers.com
A chance encounter during my constitutional in Priory Park yesterday morning resulted in this rather good photo of me, which the photographer published on the "We love Southend!" facebook group.
I can honestly say that I was surprised, touched and flattered by some of the comments, from people who know me (I've been in Southend for quite a long time, most of it as a teacher) and also from some who don't. I thank you all for your kind remarks!
However, I have had one approach, from someone with the letters "MCSRSB" after his name. Mr. Google tells me that they stand for "Master Craftsman Senior Registered State Barber".
This chap, a hairdresser in Rochford, seems to think that I will allow him to trim my hair and beard whilst wearing a "Santa" suit, all for a photo/video shoot.
Quite apart from the fact that the last time I had anything whatever to do with a hairdresser, it cost me 2/- (two shillings to those unfamiliar with pre-1971 currency), one doesn't acquire the (dare I say) distinctive appearance that I have (not that I've ever tried to acquire any kind of appearance-related image - I'm just me), and that clearly appeals to photographers and other online observers, by allowing hairdressers anywhere near one's Barnet, to turn it into some bland one-size-fits-all colour-supplement-appeal bollocks.
Indeed, I would respectfully suggest that the said hairdresser acquaint himself with the works of Douglas Adams. In order to speed up the process, a google of Golgafrinchan Ark Fleet Ship B would be of assistance.
Thank you.
The EBU is an alliance of broadcasters for cooperating on technical issues. It has nothing to do with the EU or even the continent of Europe, so I don't think the BBC ever had reason to leave.
Last night at work, noting an unusual surname, I asked "Any relation to Brian?"
His grandkids. I was honoured. I met the man many years ago at an events in my old school, and he was charming, witty, erudite and so, so sweet to a Fan in her early twenties. We chatted about my then fascination with hard SF, and while he encouraged me to rey more new wave stuff, not once did he belittle my taste.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Aldiss (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Aldiss)
https://twitter.com/myldn/status/1519345344835948546 (https://twitter.com/myldn/status/1519345344835948546)Baynard House and the Camden Sainsburys look rather oppressive. But the Greenwich Tesco is rather fun (at least compared to most supermarkets) while Trellick Tower, Balfron Tower and 1255 High Rd Barnet are just rather standard blockology. The Brunel Uni lecture theatre is odd, brutal made fun. I wonder what it's like inside.
"The 'ugliest building' in every single London borough according to Londoners." https://www.mylondon.news/news/nostalgia/london-flats-homes-prices-ugly-23626773
Baynard House is a personal dislike of mine. I've had to endure meetings there. Trellick Tower is OK.
https://twitter.com/myldn/status/1519345344835948546 (https://twitter.com/myldn/status/1519345344835948546)Baynard House and the Camden Sainsburys look rather oppressive. But the Greenwich Tesco is rather fun (at least compared to most supermarkets) while Trellick Tower, Balfron Tower and 1255 High Rd Barnet are just rather standard blockology. The Brunel Uni lecture theatre is odd, brutal made fun. I wonder what it's like inside.
"The 'ugliest building' in every single London borough according to Londoners." https://www.mylondon.news/news/nostalgia/london-flats-homes-prices-ugly-23626773
Baynard House is a personal dislike of mine. I've had to endure meetings there. Trellick Tower is OK.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/art/what-to-see/visitors-will-shocked-society-painter-glyn-philpot-went-rogue/ (https://www.telegraph.co.uk/art/what-to-see/visitors-will-shocked-society-painter-glyn-philpot-went-rogue/)
Another artist who's name I don't recognise, though I must have seen his work in a few places.
Chichester https://pallant.org.uk (https://pallant.org.uk). Looks worth a visit, but probably too far for me to travel. :(
You could point out that Lou Reed (a singer and guitarist both solo and in a PBC named the Velvet Underground, {velvet being a soft luxurious fabric, underground being subterranean [the name actually deriving from a work by the Marquis de Sade ((a writer from France {{a country in Western Europe [[the western portion of a continent to the east of the North Atlantic ocean]]}}))} from Long Island, New York (one of the five boroughs or subdivisions of a large city on the eastern seaboard of United States of America {a country occupying a large proportion of North America [a continent to the west of the North Atlantic ocean]}) famously sang about "drinking sangria in the park" (possibly a reference to Central Park, New York {a park in the centre of New York [qv]} but could really be any park).;D
Then you could get some paella and throw it in their face.
https://www.dartmouthfilms.com/eric-ravilious-drawn-to-war (https://www.dartmouthfilms.com/eric-ravilious-drawn-to-war)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OBHPszoi2so (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OBHPszoi2so)
An upcoming film about landscape & war artist Eric Ravilious. I shall try to see this when it’s on in July.
I think if I saw one of these coming towards me on the beach I'd be making a rapid retreat!
https://www.dailyartmagazine.com/theo-jansen-strandbbest/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LewVEF2B_pM&t=255s
"Strandbeesten (or Strandbeest in singular) means “beach beasts” in Dutch. Since 1990, Jansen has created large moving kinetic structures that are sometimes wind-propelled and in that way able to move on their own. He entitled them collectively as Strandbeest. These breathtaking creatures traveling over sand resemble walking animals and they are constructed from PVC pipes, wood, fabric airfoils, and zip ties. In fact, materials used for their production are being constantly improved and designed to adapt sand beaches or different types of environments in which Theo releases them."
Hat tip https://twitter.com/Freya_Gowrley/status/1541145765371957248
The lift doesn't really look big enough to easily get bikes in; doable but a bit of jiggling.
https://c20society.org.uk/news/development-threat-for-category-a-listed-scottish-widows-hq
(https://c20society.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Scottish-Widows-aerial-view-588x379@2x.jpg)
I didn't venture to that side of Embra when I was up there a few years ago. A striking complex of buildings. It would be a shame to replace it with something dull, and they want to cut all the trees down :-( .
I see Annie gets a mention.I was thinking "cyclists and cafes, supporting each other since the 1870s".
WTAF ???Must be incredible live!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2WTCs8BITI
... looks like a very earnest teenager throwing shapes at a school disco
Serial kiddy fiddler Gary Glitter will apparently be out at Christmas. Probably a bit late to organise a Gang Show tour. He must have been responsible for more hurried re-masters of compilation albums than anyone else*.He's just been released.
*we had some CDs for the kids of classic children's songs and they were a bit Rolf-heavy.
Serial kiddy fiddler Gary Glitter will apparently be out at Christmas. Probably a bit late to organise a Gang Show tour. He must have been responsible for more hurried re-masters of compilation albums than anyone else*.He's just been released.
*we had some CDs for the kids of classic children's songs and they were a bit Rolf-heavy.
Dear Peter,
Thank you so much for taking one the solo passages in the Crucifixion. It was good to be able to rely on your confident singing. Your splendid performance brought out the lovely resonance of your voice and fitted the narrative really effectively.
Again, very many thanks and very best wishes,
Colin
I learned last night that he's planning to "go out with a bang' and that the final work he will direct will be Bach's B minor mass. I don't think I've ever listened to it all the way through*. I seem to recall my late brother opining that it was pretty much the pinnacle of all Bach's work and Chris Knew What He Was Talking About.It is marvellous - I hope someday to have a chance to sing it. I’ve seen Andreas Scholl perform in it a couple of times.
Bach's ass conducted by John Butt...... :facepalm:
PBC advertises new 45.33 (and a third)!
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/aug/23/the-rolling-stones-sneak-cryptic-teaser-ad-for-new-album-in-local-london-newspaper-hackney-diamonds
https://slippedisc.com/2023/08/exclusive-sir-john-eliot-gardiner-quits-trojans-after-singer-incident/ (https://slippedisc.com/2023/08/exclusive-sir-john-eliot-gardiner-quits-trojans-after-singer-incident/)
Combative conducting…… :facepalm:
https://slippedisc.com/2023/08/exclusive-sir-john-eliot-gardiner-quits-trojans-after-singer-incident/ (https://slippedisc.com/2023/08/exclusive-sir-john-eliot-gardiner-quits-trojans-after-singer-incident/)
Combative conducting…… :facepalm:
Gardiner has been the subject of various allegations of rudeness and bullying of performers and colleagues.with three referring links to citations, at least one of which is defunct. Another is here (https://www.spectator.com.au/2015/05/the-heckler-why-does-john-eliot-gardiner-have-to-be-so-rude/).
Haaning told Danish radio at the time: “The work is that I have taken their money. It’s not theft. It is breach of contract, and breach of contract is part of the work.”