Picture Book

A few final images taken on the town.
Irish Boys gather in Heritage bars for Pints of Checkered Milk . Music courtesy of
Bob from Bow Bells serving us old time rag music . He truthfully proclaimed that he had met Mr Harry H Corbett during his Joan Littlewood years. ' A Lovely Man' he claimed. Thanks for the Tambourine Bob, come and cast your shadow again and I might too...........

Week 5. Conclusion

Over the course of this programme, I have gained a lot of insight and some technical capability in relation to the commonly used tools of our time. At this final stage it was wonderfull to explore Google maps and admire how such a creation has come about.
There will always be valid concerns surrounding privacy invasions but if used well, we can keep our vanity in tact. For me my biggest triumph ( albeit quite small) was finally learning how to post an item from You Tube.' I see it is the embed code'
Not bad for a fine crash course. Thanks. Edward Player.

Week 4 RSS and podcasts

Once again this session was help full in terms of presentation and navigation.
I really do like the idea of being able to utilise feeds and with a bit more time, could possibly set up a stream of content, perhaps from a James Joyce website which would be like a stream of conscious, stream of content.
Unfortunately for me the links provided to podcasts were helpfull but I found nothing I wanted to embrace. Also the podcast interface was like 2 penny chewing gum, for the benefit of mass appeal. Why can't I listen to Terry Hall??????

Ghosts on Australian soil.

In keeping with the theme of this blog and having explored flickr, I thought I would upload a couple of my own images. These were taken recently in Tasmania. The first image is from Port Arthur and is the Lunatic Asylum. Apparently they used to use music as a mehod of sedation. If it were me I would choose Madness, or perhaps Fun Boy Three, The second image is from Vanashing point in Salamanca. Tried as I did, Vanish I could not, and thirdly is 'The Isle of The Dead' in Port Arthur. A final resting place for those condemned.

Week 3. You Tube

A film of enviable proportions, consciously and subconsciously this has remained a significant influence. O Lucky Man

Week 2 Wikis.

Thanks to the guidance of Carmen, I had a further exploration into the world of Wikis and as a result I was horrified by the insolence and sick humour on display from Access Support.
PS, We are not Punks. We are the flowers in your backroom.

Week 3 Flickr. My home town .

infomatique's photostream

Having briefly explored flickr, I was enthused by it's democtatic/ photographic possiblities but felt let down by it's commercial restrictions. In saying this it is content that counts and there were plenty of fine images in my short search. You Tube is something of a godsend to me as it enables me to tap into performances and interviews historic and other wise that I would only have been able to hear of/read about in previous years. It does of course pay to be selective.

Vinyl online-yl

Below are some examples of vinyl from my own collection.
Icons from the kitchen sink era and those inspired by it.
The Facts of Life in it's black and white picture form was exclusive to Australia and indicates the poplularity of Steptoe and Son in Australia( which manifested in an Exclusive tour show in 1978) aswell as our common cultural points of reference. If you click on this link you will be provided with a tune from Harry H Corbett. Equally if you click on Wilfrid Brambells ( Albert Steptoe) lament to the Beatles ' Time Marches on', you will be presented with a tune by Pat Phoenix of Coronation St with a poetic monologue of Kitchen Sink life in all it's glory/gloom. This has been superbly provided by 45junkee. Check him out on You Tube.

Week 1.

His story lay in history which reqired an engagement with the tools of the time.