As today is Valentine’s Day 2023, it seems I would be missing a trick not to resurrect an apposite blog post from my long gone music website about some records I’ve released on Valentine Records. As today is Valentine’s Day… Read More »Valentine Records – Valentines Day Nostalgia
Here we continue the ill-fated, and resurrected journey of watching each of the British Film Institute’s 100 best films of the 20th Century. Starting at 100 and working my way to Orson Welles’ The Third Man at number 1 through… Read More »BFI 100 – 99: Carry On Up The Khyber (1968)
In January, I began a list of 10 podcasts I wanted to recommend. What follows is the second half of that list. Another 5 podcasts I think you should listen to. Enjoy. Despite his face being familiar from TV and… Read More »Casting Pods, Again (Podcasts pt. 2)
Several years ago, I began the – as yet, at least – ill-fated journey of watching each of the British Film Institute’s 100 best films of the 20th Century. Starting with The Killing Fields at 100 and working my way… Read More »BFI 100 – 100: The Killing Fields (1984)
Taking the leap into street photography can be an unnerving one, particularly if you have the shy, introverted core shared by many of our kind. Nevertheless, it’s not impossible. The key is to be out there, camera in hand, at… Read More »5 Assignments For Street Photography Beginners
Last month, I prefixed my first Christmas in Scotland since 2019 with 3 ferocious nights of live music. Two of my all-time favourite Scottish bands, Idlewild and Mogwai, were playing over 3 successive nights. Idlewild were belatedly celebrating the 20th… Read More »Idlewild and Mogwai. December 2022
Though largely forgotten about now – even by members of the group themselves – my first band in Poland, the Post-rock effort, the Frozen North had an exciting first year. Recording, radio, TV, wee festivals, TEDxWarsaw, and other bits and… Read More »Marain (a tribute to Penderecki)
Though we may not know who first coined the nebulous phrase street photography, they certainly have a lot to answer for. Not only is the name of this beloved genre of ours so broad as to be almost meaningless; it… Read More »Where do we make street photography?
Let’s set the scene. Circa 2002 or 2003, Glasgow. Classic iPods with the click-wheel, attached by a long cord to white earbuds, are all the rage. A record collection on a player the size of a fag packet. The future.… Read More »Casting Pods (Podcasts pt. 1)
Understanding what street photography is brings us, rather helpfully, to the question of why we make street photography. The words of Garry Winogrand are an appropriate place to start in answering this question: “I photograph to find out what something… Read More »Why do we make street photography?