Selectadisc To Close Down

05Mar09

This is terrible news.

I grew up in Nottingham and bought my very first records in Selectadisc many years ago. It all started with ACDC when I was 11, but by the time I was 14, I started buying New Order, the Smiths, Echo and the Bunnymen and Talking Heads records. With my limited pocket money, their second hand records enabled me to start a music collection that has grown to obscene levels now.

I also remember when they had Space Invader machines downstairs. A group of us used to go there during our lunch break from school and spend our pocket money on shooting down space ships.

With Jimmy Sirrell dying recently, what great institutions are left in Nottingham? Maybe Rock City?

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Charlie Brooker in Today’s Guardian

02Mar09

Here is an article that strikes a chord with today’s feeling of powerlessness to influence the political debate. An erudite polemic that barely puts a word wrong.

Charlie Brooker: To politicians, we’re little more than meaningless blobs on a monitor | Comment is free | The Guardian .

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Gatehouse

30Dec08

 

Gatehouse, originally uploaded by Andrew Eberlin.

An early experiment with HDR software.

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Avoncliffe Aquaduct

23Dec08

 

Avoncliffe Aquaduct, originally uploaded by Andrew Eberlin.

I really like the Poladroid application. It processes your photo like a polaroid and produces some very nice effects as you can see with this photo of Avoncliffe Aquaduct.

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A Passage From Mr Stephen Fry

10Dec08

This is a short passage from Stephen Fry’s latest blog post about smartphones. It is about how good the iPhone is and how poor its competitors were and are. It should also inspire one to strive to be better in one’s life.

 

Don’t you sometimes long to be CEO of a company like Sony Ericsson, Samsung, Nokia or Microsoft? So that you can say to your coders, your designers, your development teams and your software architects: “Not F***ing Good Enough. I haven’t said ‘Wow’ yet. I haven’t gasped with pleasure, amusement or admiration once. Start again. Not F***ing Good Enough.

 

via The New Adventures of Mr Stephen Fry.

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2008 Playlist

09Dec08

Here it is: the eagerly awaited eberlin playlist for 2008:

Standing Next To Me – Last Shadow Puppets

Olympic Airways – Foals

Your Protector – Fleet Foxes

The Rip – Portishead

Lump Sum – Bon Iver

Supernatural Superstitious – REM

Uh – Fujiya & Myagi

Heavyweight Champion of the World – Reverend and The Makers

Always The Quiet One – Wedding Present

No Need To Cry – British Sea Power

Biko – Bloc Party

Elvis – These New Puritans

Weather To Fly – Elbow

Too Clever By Half – The Long Blondes

Happiness – Goldfrapp

Shut Up And Let Me Go – The Ting Tings

Echoes – I Was A Club Scout

Sex On Fire – Kings of Leon

Strange Overtones – David Byrne and Brian Eno

Clowns – Brett Anderson

Glen’s Goo – The Dead Texan

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Tags: Music, playlist 2008

Everyone Else is Doing It, So Shall I. Here Are My Albums of the Year

08Dec08

In no particular order:

Antidotes – Foals

For Emma, Forever – Bon Iver

The Age of Understatement – The Last Shadow Puppets

Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes

Lightbulbs – Fujiya & Miyagi

The Seldom Seen Kid – Elbow

Do You Like Rock Music? – British Sea Power

Missiles – The Dears

Intimacy – Bloc Party

Wilderness – Brett Anderson

I Want You To Know That There Is Always Hope – I Wish I Was A Cub Scout

Only By The Night – Kings of Leon

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Tags: albums of the year, Music, top albums 2009

Filming Creation in Bradford on Avon

03Dec08

Filming Creation in Bradford on Avon, originally uploaded by Andrew Eberlin.

A film about Charles Darwin and his life leading up to the publication of ‘The Origin of Species’ was being filmed in Bradford on Avon during late November.

Here is an image from a scene in Church Street. A very brief take that took many hours and many people to set up……

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Tags: bradford on avon, charles darwin, creation, filming, origin of species, wiltshire

Yahoo Glue

23Nov08

Yahoo! Glue looks like an interesting new search tool. Enter a topic and it returns images, videos, articles and the conventional search results all on one page.

Despite Yahoo’s trials and tribulations on the stock market, they still run very good web based tools. Flickr (photo sharing), Delicious (boomarks) and Upcoming (events) are all the best websites in their category.

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A Walk Around Britain

14Nov08

This article from the Guardian about three chaps walking around Britain with no money and nothing but an English folk song in their hearts is inspiring.

People walk less and less, cycle less and less, and get in their car for the most trifling of journeys. Yet these three walk the length and breadth of our land, breaking the law by trying to lead a rousing rendition of John Barleycorn in a public house, and singing for their supper.

I am of the mind to follow them.

…. but my bed is too comfortable.

You can see a short video of their travels and listen to their ditties on their myspace page.

If I see them sing a song, I am sure to donate a coin or two to their travels and I urge you to do the same.

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