The 7″ record is 60 years old today! Several have been manufactured since then. I have quite a few. It is a wonderful format, bigger than a CD and rounder and blacker than a digital audio file. Actually the very first one was not black, but green. Thanks to Disgraceland for bringing this anniversary to [...]
The police have some new posters on display around the UK. I don’t like the posters. It was a definite case of dislike at first sight. It turns out the posters are there to advertise the new Policing Pledge: The Policing Pledge is a set of promises to local residents that not only gives more [...]
By Carl Morris
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Tagged advertising, big brother, communication, orwell, orwellian, police, policing pledge, propaganda, uk, wales
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It’s Ada Lovelace Day today and the brief was very open – just write a blog post about a woman in technology who you revere. So here’s mine. The above video shows Delia Derbyshire demonstrating reel-to-reel music recording and production. Derbyshire was known for her creative sound engineering work at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop (which [...]
However you translate “epic FAIL” into Welsh, this recent Guardian error tickled me: A letter to the editor, which touched lightly on English ignorance of Welsh matters, was attributed in an early edition to Hwyl Fawry. It should have been attributed to Gill Caldwell. She signed off her letter with hwyl fawr, which translates roughly [...]
Here’s a music video for scene stealers Truckers Of Husk. I’m sure you will agree it is mighty fine – a carnival of craziness, much like their genre-mashing music. For this we can thank Casey Raymond and Ewan Jones Morris, the co-directors. They were the ones who made the recent Future Of The Left video [...]
Happy Saint David’s Day! Here’s an electric take on the Welsh national anthem. Tich Gwilym – Hen Wlad Fyn Nhadau (YouTube) [1:36] Tich Gwilym – Hen Wlad Fyn Nhadau (Spotify) [1:59] Best version ever.
