Just the Universe
Check out Boy's latest thing, Just the Universe . The Mandarin voice over is coincidental in any direct sense to my current location. I'm told that the young lady is a fan of Tom Waits. Or something. Enjoy.
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Blow Your Mind
This is Boy's latest thing. It's the dog's. Move the furniture out of the road, turn up the volume, and get on down . [thanks to the other Alex , for telling me about divshare]
kodak 66 last roll 5
That's Alexander in the Iona club, on my last night in Hebburn. I'd taken the Kodak because it had a full roll of HP5 in it that I wanted to use up before I put it on eBay. (I'm boycotting Kodak, remember? And trying to garner some cash into the paypal account to get my first Leitz lens). I like the way this has turned out with the flash. Lots of contrast, the white tee-shirt and nearly black background. Just the postmodern British Weegee look I'm after cultivating. It was HP5, in ID11 at 70F for 6.5 mins. That's the last of my ID11. I've bought a couple of litre bottles of cider, strictly in the interests of using them for solutions of Perceptol and properly diluted Ilford Rapid Fixer. I've probably developed 10 or more rolls of film now, all in ID11. Frankly, I've been rather slap dash about dilutions and times and temperatures and what have you. But it's been working out ok, (which makes me wonder if the rather intense middle aged...
No Voigtlander or Brownie: Giving Not Receiving
I didn't win those cameras . Some experienced eBayer upped the bid 5 seconds before the auction ended. I was impressed at their dedication - hope they use the cameras. But it got me thinking about using eBay as a kind of lending library for cameras - buy them, use them, sell them. AND I will have a go with a Brownie in due course. It'll be an experience. I'll flog the Kodak 66. And Alexander's going to Vatuatu for his gap year. I haven't got the full story from him yet. I'll give him the D50 and suggest he opens a Flickr account.
That's my boy!
My son, Alexander, has some of his music on his myspace thingummy . Brilliant. I've downloaded them to put on my MP3 player. I especially like Smile . Mind you, I can't get to like myspace. It feels very cluttered. It's like going into a bar and finding you're the only person there over 21.