Thursday 27 March 2014

Who'd've Thought It? or What's In a Name?

Apart from stating that I do not recall Gene Vincent and The Bluecaps ever being described as a Rockabilly band, and observing that the term 'Rockabilly' seems these days to be thrown about indiscriminately, I'd offer my layman's opinion that the songs performed in this video sound as good as the originals.


If what was once called 'Rock 'n' Roll' (a term I have always disliked) is now to be habitually misnamed I may, as a long, long, long time Rockabilly afficianado, just get 'into' what I once disliked as 'Rock 'n' Roll'.

Tuesday 18 March 2014

Scott Ainslie: Various Blues on a Cigar Box Guitar



Juan Enriquez: The Big Reboot



George Dyson on The Birth of Computers



A photograph of his baidarka is here

More baidarkas here

Thursday 13 March 2014

A Picket Fence of Mirrors



I like that sort of thing. The picture was lifted without permission from Colossal. It can be found here.