This week I have learned: the restorative power of a good break.that it seems I'm getting the key people onside with the longer term approach.liminal is becoming increasingly important. That chap Roland Harwood is a visionary.Back to the office is not the same thing as back to work. I've never worked as hard as I … Continue reading Weeknote 499: Back to it
I know that Lily Allen annoys some people, but that's probably even more reason to like her. Clever, witty lyrics, and not all about pop song guff. The single The Fear, for example, being a caustic analysis of the consumer/celebrity world that no doubt Lily skirted in and out of. We listened to this album … Continue reading 51 for 50 – 2009
In the sheep-filled fields surrounding the Yorkshire Dales village of Threshfield where we spent last week on holiday, we stumbled across some strange earth workings whilst out walking with the kids. Built between 1900 and 1902 at the peak of the speculative railway building in the UK, the Yorkshire Dales Railway was hardly a rip-roaring … Continue reading The cost of failure
The albums in this list generally fall into one of two categories; those that contain music that sum up in some way events contemporary to their release (from when I was 16 or so onwards, for the most part), and those that sum up a particular period of my life but I came to late.Seventh … Continue reading 51 for 50 – 2008
The week in a photo...
In 2007 my now wife and I got together. When we first met she had a Mazda MX5 and I have delightful memories of driving around with her in that summer listening to Soundboy Rock, the top down on the car, in love. https://open.spotify.com/album/7tRuSfPQNDZ5IbWFS6dNF9?si=6kY0jB9ESl2doFMEFg3GXg You can see the #51for50 project to date here: https://mmitii.mattballantine.com/category/projects/51-for-50/
The week in a photo... Aberdyfi
Coldcut have been a huge part of my musical lIfe, through their performances (playing the Black Beauty theme during a set at Tribal Gathering, four deck wizardry at the 333 in Hoxton, and an amazing night at the Imperial Gardens in the late 1990s are particular fond memories), their recorded music and also the huge … Continue reading 51 for 50 – 2006
The week in a photo... East Wittering
This week I have learned: why they put health and safety notices on the back of product packagingthat I've yet to find a sector where everyone rants and raves about the incumbent industry Line of Business software providersthat maybe all language is metaphorthere are definitely some metaphors where people generally don't understand the original meaning. … Continue reading Weeknote 495 – sticky fingers
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