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Meet my friend Marina..and her work!
For some time now, I have been conversing with a lady in Greece…her name is Marina Kanavaki. Her work has me enthralled, cut a long story short! Her latest work has blown my mind….so without further ado, take a look … Continue reading
Posted in art, For book lovers!, journaling & writing, music
Tagged art, enthralled, friend, greece, kanavaki, marina
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More film noir from world cinema…
Following my short post yesterday regarding film noir from India, it seems a whole lot of readers are very interested in this subject, judging by the emails I have had overnight. I had to have a private chuckle to myself, … Continue reading
Posted in cine film, Classic film cameras, film noir, journaling & writing, music
Tagged 1936, asian, ben hur, cinema, classic, expression, film, indian, japanese, lavish, mughal-e-azam, music, noir, western, world
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Filmcamera999 ventures into moving pictures!
Been a long time since my last post…believe me, it,s taken this long to finally get rid of the post-Xmas blues! With my final few days here in merry ol’ England coming to an end very soon, I’ve just had … Continue reading
Posted in Classic film cameras, film noir, journaling & writing, music
Tagged creativity, film, foray, idea, james brown, moving, noir, pictures, studio, vancouver
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A can of worms has been opened, I fear!
Hot on the heels of my little article yesterday about the re-emergence of vinyl record sales and the benefits of valve amps over transistor/IC powered ones, emails have been pouring in from readers all over the place, some supporting my … Continue reading
Posted in journaling & writing, music
Tagged distortion, electronics, hi-fi, linear, nerds, non-linear, output, solid state, sound, transformers, valve. amps, warmth
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Let’s all walk down to the record shop….!
I know this has nothing at all to do with photography, but as a user of, shall we say, old technology, I still hanker about the old days whenever I pull out my collection of vinyl LPs and EPs! It … Continue reading
A different take on my John Lennon post…
A couple of days ago, I posted an article here about the music and message of John Lennon. To me, I suppose, the Beatles were part and parcel of my youth…wherever me and my friends went, to whichever bar or … Continue reading
Posted in 1960s London, Classic film cameras, journaling & writing, music
Tagged 60s, china, imagine, john lennon, kennedy, martin luther king, music, peace, protests, student, vietnam, war
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Let’s end nostalgia week with this….
I remember hearing this on the radio sometimes….the voice, the words, the harmonica was mesmerising even way back then….Howlin Wolf…..1965…… Thanks for joining me on the trip! 🙂
Posted in 1960s London, Classic film cameras, journaling & writing, music
Tagged harmonica, howlin wolf, mesmerising, voice, words
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Nostalgia week….
Posted in 1960s London, Classic film cameras, For book lovers!, journaling & writing, music
Tagged everly brothers
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A bit of poetry from my Sikh friend….
You may remember some time ago, I mentioned here about my very good friend, who happens to be a Sikh, and how he tends to get deeper and deeper into things than anybody else I’ve known? He is one hell … Continue reading
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Tagged alcoholic, caste, friend, hindu, indian, poet, poetry, religion, shiv kumar batalvi, sikh
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Join me for a few seconds of groooove….!
Mmmmm…..I can’t stop my feet from rocking to this! 😉
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