Prile of Three

 His Dad wrote this...

 

His Mum sang this... (It wasn't Audrey Hepburn).

 

 

He wrote and sang this...

 

Ernest Gold 

Marni Nixon

Andrew Gold 

The Accidentals - The Silence

 

Winter Solstice

 Shorty after sunrise..., Glastonbury Tor in the distance.

 

Robert Redford - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

 Robert Redford passed recently.  I watched Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid on first release, and always reckoned this was the best scene. 

Butch and Sundance, lying low in Bolivia, have obtained legiimate employment as bodyguards to a mine owner, played by Strother Martin. Here, the trio ride to collect the mine's payroll. The heroes conscientiously check the surroundings for robbers.... 

Panasonic DMC-LC50

 

Axbridge Reservoir, Somerset.     8th August 2007  at 20.48

Panasonic DMC-LC50   3.2 Megapixels  (2004).

 

Sony Nex-3N + Canon FD 50mm F/1.8

 

 

 

 

Sony Nex-3N 16.1 Megapixel Mirrorless Digital Camera (2013).

Canon FD 50mm F/1.8 lens (1982).  

The Doors - Ray Manzarek

Brean Down - Somerset

 2/12/2019   @ 16.03

 2/12/2019  @ 16.12

 3/12/2019  @ 15.38

Photos above done with Iphone 6. 

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Photo with Nokia Lumia 830  ( 10 Megapixels ). 

7/12/2016  @ 16.01 

 

 

 

Canon T70 - w/ Kodak Ultramax 400 Film

Weston super Mare    May 2025

 

Done with this.... Canon T70 ( 1985 )... 

 I love doing film photography. The costs nowadays are high, so I only do it sparingly. Very little change from £30 after the cost of the film, then sending off for development, prints, and return.  

I bought a T70 new in 1985. Canon's first foray into SLR's with microprocessors. I'd  been using a Nikon L35AF compact camera, and underestimated how inconvenient to lug around a full size SLR could be. Ultimately, the T70 didn't receive too much use. 

Many of the Nikon L35's have now succumbed to age, electro-mechanical, and lens issues. The Canon T70's, however, seem to be just about bomb-proof.  There's loads of working T70's on Ebay, and for not much money. The Canon FD lenses are excellent. You just have to be OK with doing manual focusing. Having said that, the split prism focusing aid in the viewfinder almost does the job for you. Lens here is the 35-70mm zoom lens that I think most T70's came with. 

 

Springtime....

 

Island Dream - Chris Haugen

 Cool...

 

Dreadlock Holiday

 Still sounds fresh...

 

And accoustic...

Fuji Finepix F30

 

 

Fuji Finepix F30

6 Megapixels

Date of Manufacture : 2006

All photos taken 2024.

US Affairs Far, Far Away

 

Bad Manners

Bad Manners way back when..

I saw them at the Mayflower Theatre in Southampton around 1981. Difficult to call it a gig, or a concert. More of a raucous theatre performance. Loved it. 

Still going today, very popular live, they could fill a gig every night of the year if they toured that often. 

Today....

Doug Trendle ( Buster Bloodvessel ) is the one original member. The others are several long time members, and a rotating, regular cast of freelance musicians. Bassist Lee Thompson, 2nd from right,  has been with the band for 14 years. Adrian Cox, tenor sax, in red shoes the far side of Buster, has also been the tour manager and promoter for the band for 10+ years. Here when not on tour with Bad Manners....

Huge Car Insurance Increases

My car insurance came up for renewal. The quote was almost 50% higher. Fortunately, by scouring the comparison sites, I managed to renew at almost no increase. 

The insurance companies blame the big increases on the Red Sea crisis. Apparently, the insurances come from China and it costs more to transport them round South Africa.

The Model - Remixed

Came across this, seems appropriate for the new world of AI now upon us. Kraftwerk released the original in 1980. Yes, I bought the single almost immediately.  

I love this version too. Some hefty '90's elements in there.

Bethlehem on Christmas Day : 20,000 Dead - The Hypocrisy of The West

 

Nirvana / Marine Girls

 

 

 

Marine Girls was an English band that comprised Tracey Thorn, Alice Fox and Jane Fox. Thorn later became famous as part of the duo Everything But The Girl.

In 1994, eleven years after the Marine Girls split up, Thorn was appearing on Later with Jools Holland. Also on the TV show that night, with her own band, was Courtney Love, the widow of Kurt Cobain. Just before the cameras started rolling Love looked across to Thorn's stage, put down her guitar and strode across the empty central area. "Hey", she said, "you're Tracey from the Marine Girls! Kurt and I were both huge fans of your band". Thorn managed to mumble something polite in return, before Love strode back and the show continued.

At the time Thorn wasn't sure that she entirely believed her. Later, though, she discovered that an old friend had travelled to Oregon, formed a band, and then signed to the same record label that ultimately signed Nirvana. He had played the Marine Girls album Beach Party to Kurt and Courtney. 

Years later, in 2002, Kurt Cobain's journals were published. The album Beach Party is listed as one of Nirvana's Top 50 albums, along with the Sex Pistols, the Clash, and Public Enemy. 

From that album...

 

 And from the album 'Lazy Ways'...

Place In The Sun (1983).

Pub & Cinema : Canon T70

Canon T70    (1985).

 

Odeon Cinema, Weston super Mare. June 2023.

[ Tch.., I forgot to ask the developer to scan the above, so this is an Iphone photo of the original ]

Kodak Colorplus 200

1980's Angular design, I love it.