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http://boos.audioboo.fm/swf/fullsize_player.swfOriginally posted on Lloyd’s posterous
A voice on the train #llobo
I overheard the following side of a conversation on a train journey recently. I’ve replaced the names with initials, though it’s highly unlikely that even with names intact the people in this situation would be directly recognisable. Nonetheless, I can recognise the situation from my own experience and I imagine that anyone who’s spent…
Granville John Davis
My uncle, my dad’s little brother, died sometime this week. I hadn’t had much contact with him for some time, which I regret. He was christened Granville John and though in the family he was known as Granville, he preferred to be called John. Because he travelled so widely, he was only around from time…
External mic on N95
OK, so I thought everyone knew this already but it seems that it hasn’t gone as widely as I assumed. I picked up this hack initially from Jackie Danicki at Qik who did a little video of it. That led me to google “external mic for N95” and this article So in order to make…
interrail day 4
No pics yet because my phone’s running out of juice and there’s only wifi down in the hotel restaurant. A train day today (as is tomorrow) as it takes a surprising 9 hours to get direct from Berlin to Vienna – those of you who, like me have a rudimentary grasp of geography south or…
Plus ca change
“You wouldn’t steal a car, you wouldn’t steal a baby” I spotted this while flicking through @kamintone‘s bound collection of The Melody Maker (Syncopation and Dance Band News) from 1931. Note it talks about “Unlawful importation” as well as performance – looks like even possession of copyrighted American arrangements would get you in trouble.

