stick technique

 along with dance, if i had a degree of repeat in life, i'd include more drums. so tricky, so absorbing! 

the morgan notebook

 isaac newton primary source! 

cinnamon rolls

i'm not going to lie, cinnamon rolls in english just doesn't have the same ring to it as kanelbullar but nonetheless this recipe is worth a go 

direct positive reverse prints

another one of these..  

henry VII

if you got thru last week's wars of the roses epic (i listened rather than watched and it worked well) then here's the natural successor (sic lol). i read thomas penn's winter king a while back and i never really got into it. i did get into this tho. that said with all the above you're not likely to walk away enamoured wiht the human condition! 

svaneborg kardyb

to be honest, not what i was expected from this pair but equally i'll listen to just about anything with a gondwana label on it 

jess hobbs

another one of these wee docos from ilford. community dark rooms are a rarity round these parts now. i remember not even twenty years ago i could locate one with ease. now, as far as i know, there's one that the local photographic club has but, beyond that, there's a privately run public access one about 40 miles away. plus, film is just expensive, and there's no two ways round that. that said, getting out, even with 'just' your phone is the easiest it's ever been. no excuses! 

marina viotti

 whole album! 

wars of the roses

 full fat three hour long doco. packed with info, very pausable, very googleable. absorbing 

*i've not watched all of this in one go. you could, if you wanted to but where's the fun in that!

bass lines

 a wee drum machine, keep time and you're away 

marco cirillo

 pretty and not difficult

max richter

 

caoilfhionn rose

 another winner from gondwana 

starting field recording

 field recording was, and is, a bit impenetrable at times. not leastw ehn you're starting. this helps 

a true renaissance

behind the scenes with visma lease a bike on the 2024 tour. really quite an affecting wee doco. jonas appears even more grounded and poor old wout, in a team that couldn't buy luck this year, doesn't know what's coming. good watch 

zizek gets criticized

i don't know a whole lot about religious philsophy but i'm reading a fair bit about the reformation at the moment so any information is handy. plus carefree wandering is a good yt channel for stimulating listening. thus with this, which i've really been quite enjoying 

marina viotti

 lovely 

recreating the first folio

 another pleasing wee doco from lrb  

jasmine myra

 

guillaume poncelet

 more plinky plonky piano music. there's a comparison to richard clayderman in the comments, which seems a bit harsh. whatever, i find this sort of thing deeply soothing 

eric hobsbawn

lovely wee doco of a time and, perhaps, a type of approach that feels like it's passed by and which wouldn't survive in the modern day politics of soundbites and name calling. nice too, to watch something where the maker doesn't treat the viewer like an idiot 

noisy noise

 then i listen to a bunch of female fronted punk bands. great energy but a law of diminishing returns and none of them get near hearing pj harvey for the first time. or now for that matter. but i had a lovely shouty afternoon.

what a great noise this squad make. their videos tho, genuinely awful and what live performances i saw were not the best. this tho, is a laugh and, if was i was going to soundtrack rita bullwinkel's novel headshot, this would be ideal. their follow up i hate when girls die is an absolute metal riff monster 

pleasing old school vibes. their frontperson knows what the job is and the band is supertight. 

as above, frontperson knows how to do her job and band solid. i read criticism of them that their latest stuff has become too generic but the l7 vibe here is clear to hear and i'm not complaining 

at points their garage band vibe seems almost too self conscious but i love this lot. plus the bass player is no nonsense 

and this? if i was in the car and in the mood, this would be my happy place 

as for this, bad brains throwback fabulousness. 

ecca vandal

 this doing heavy rotation on my playlist. rhythm section is relentless and she's got real presence. plus,a song that's about something. i thought those days were past! 

An-Ting

came across an-ting vis an insta real where she was apparently out doing some sound recording. couldn't see what her gear was but, if this was the result (and hasn't been stepped all over), what a good job. altogether intriguing tho and am surprised i haven't heard of her in any of the sound recording things i'm on

*i'm still doing no sound recording despite the recent purchase of new mics. am hoping this'll inspire me a bit!