I’ve played this song in a band before and we put our spin on it… which makes me appreciate the Scary Pockets spin on it all the more.
20 November 2018
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Month: November 2018
19 November 2018
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Empty and Full
A temptation when working on a drawing is apply equal attention and effort to every area of the page. However, my experience, certainly at the level of sketching, is that stronger results are often much less homogenised. The image above … Continue reading
18 November 2018
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The Sound of Voices
In a break from routine, today saw us popping down to North West Kent to attend a memorial service in the afternoon. It is quite a while since I was last back in that area and it was interesting to … Continue reading
17 November 2018
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Bohemian Rhapsody
This week, Oxford’s Ultimate Picture Palace is showing Bohemian Rhapsody (2018). It charts the story of the band Queen from their formation to appearing at the Live Aid concert in 1985. The story is more about Freddie Mercury than Queen … Continue reading
16 November 2018
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Six Forms
Earlier this week, I revisited the modern art room (gallery 62) in the Ashmolean and sketched all of the Barbara Hepworth sculptures. It ended up that the one I devoted the quickest scribble to was the one that ended up … Continue reading
15 November 2018
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I’m Turtley Cool With This
More-so than other forms of fiction, comics seem to have a real problem developing a continuing narrative. Instead, they are all about the reboot: the same heroes, villains and supporting settings featuring in repeated retellings of the the same handful … Continue reading
14 November 2018
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Pictures that were at an exhibition
Last night, I discovered that I still hadn’t uploaded the photos I took of the 2018 Artweeks exhibition at St Clement’s. Consider that now done. Above is the display I put together, which is interesting for me to review at … Continue reading
13 November 2018
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And Rotate…
Recently I posted a drawing I did in St Giles Church. It was one of those times when I did a couple of similar drawings in the same session, although the latter was rotated by 90°: The other difference is … Continue reading
12 November 2018
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Checking the Weather
A friend of mine recently started University and, in a recent epistle, mentioned that he was listening to a brilliant jazz fusion album. I couldn’t resist asking what although I expected the answer would be something I’d never heard of … Continue reading
11 November 2018
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Deep Autumn
With today’s glorious sunshine and the rich autumn colours in the garden, I couldn’t resist popping out to take some photos this afternoon. I’ve got several on my Flickr account but this was one of my favourites.