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Blog 'give-away' prize! 1269/5000 designer USB flash drives!Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Download December Duet on iTunesIn March I uploaded December Duet onto YouTube (direct link). December Duet (iTunes) is now available for playback on portable devices such as iPod, iPod nano, iPod touch, iPhone and Sony PSP!Subscribe to my podcast.
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My mother's memorial garden as seen this weekend. The first Easter without her soulful presence!Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website December Duet Online PremiereIt only took 12 years (the original Star Wars trilogy appeared on DVD before it)! Now, thanks to an afternoon spent in my Panasonic VHS to DVD transfer suite, for your pleasure and delight, is my video major 'December Duet' (1996).I co-wrote (with novelist and friend Nick Smith - 'Milk Treading'), produced, directed and edited (non-linear for the final EDL) 'December Duet' (shot on Beta SP format), which was the culmination of the (BA Hons) Media Production course at the University of Bourn ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Invisible LineUK electronic rock act Temposhark to release debut albumThe Invisible LineOn March 25, UK electronic rock act Temposhark celebrates the North American release of its critically acclaimed debut album The Invisible Line. A massive hit on London’s Uber fashionable electro scene (Bjork, Placebo and Darren Hayes are notable fans), Temposhark creates a slick and sexy sound comprised of synthesised pop, underground electronica, angst rock and film score soundscapes.Two-time Grammy nominee Imogen ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Silver Bells Angel [Flickr]John Hood posted a photo:
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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Reluctant Spice WorldWhen I began my tenure at Reuters in 1996, the Spice Girls appeared on the pop scene and, mentored by their manager Simon Fuller, sold the ideological premise of "Girl Power!" wholesale to the masses.This equated to a license to print money and, whatever you may think of the Spice Girls musical oeuvre, there's no denying Fuller's conquest of the retail aisles! From CDs to posters and toys to sweets, the Spice Girls foreshadowed the arrival of Bratz and the brand dilution of Barbie!Incidenta ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ridge Racer [Flickr]John Hood posted a photo:
Ultimate Bumblebee has eclipsed my modest expectations! Here he is, case fresh, direct from Hasbro UK's warehouse! Bumblebee elicits the kind of gadget-geek excitement once reserved for Tomy's Omnibot!Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Shut Up & Drive [Flickr]John Hood posted a photo:
Ultimate Bumblebee has eclipsed my modest expectations! Here he is, case fresh, direct from Hasbro UK's warehouse! Bumblebee elicits the kind of gadget-geek excitement once reserved for Tomy's Omnibot!Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2 Fast 2 Furious [Flickr]John Hood posted a photo:
Ultimate Bumblebee has eclipsed my modest expectations! Here he is, case fresh, direct from Hasbro UK's warehouse! Bumblebee elicits the kind of gadget-geek excitement once reserved for Tomy's Omnibot!Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Alternator Shockblast [Flickr]John Hood posted a photo:
One of the coolest Transformers period! Shockblast AKA Shockwave is arguably the best Alternator! And a long awaited replacement for my Shackwave AKA Galactic Man rip-off.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Alternator Rodimus [Flickr]John Hood posted a photo:
San Diego Comic-Con Exclusive. This is truly one of my all-time favourite Transformers and a rarity to boot!Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Alternator Rodimus [Flickr]John Hood posted a photo:
San Diego Comic-Con Exclusive and the last, for now, Alternator.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Titanium Die-cast Menasor [Flickr]John Hood posted a photo:
San Diego Comic-Con ExclusiveListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Decepticon Comic-Con Exclusives [Flickr]John Hood posted a photo:
San Diego Comic-Con Exclusives - Transformers Alternator Nemesis Prime and Titanium Die-cast Menasor!Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Shockwave Vs Grimlock [Flickr]John Hood posted a photo:
Heroic Robots with a G1 Transformers twist!Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Alternators meet Menasor [Flickr]John Hood posted a photo:
San Diego Comic-Con Exclusives - Rodimus is the epitome of cool, a great alt mode. And Nemesis Prime, Dodge, is a great incarnation of Prime's Decepticon alter ego!Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Grecians Goal!In my never ending quest to be at the vanguard of multimedia, and in anticipation of new Apple iPods (6G) on September 5th, I've uploaded my video clip of Exeter City FC's one and only goal during their Conference "play-off" final against Morecombe at the new Wembley Stadium.Don't forget that iTunes UK now features hit television shows such as Lost and Desperate Housewives. I'd be most surprised if Apple doesn't announce movies to coincide with the launch of new iPods next week!
... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Scoring Pictures: Part I"How much do we see when we hear? How much do we hear when we see?" - American film composer John Williams. From the liner notes of Star Wars - The Empire Strikes Back album.Transfering archive analogue recordings has afforded a rare luxury to revisit many of my audio recordings! And I’m delighted to finally present the evocative score composed for December Duet (1996).This suite (MP3) was composed and performed by Barrie Cole and recorded at Knighton Heath Music Center, Bournemouth and P ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Money For NothingApple has dropped the ball and jettisoned FireWire support in iPod nano. Therefore my money has gone towards Xbox 360 games Perfect Dark Zero (Collector's Edition) and Dead or Alive 4 - I purchased Xbox solely to play Dead or Alive 3 and Halo (developed by Bungie for the Mac prior to their sale to Microsoft Game Studios).Remember when Zelda III - A Link To The Past (1992) cost more than £74.99 on the SNES*? Games for Microsoft's next generation console are priced at £44.99 (shop around). ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Push The ButtonStill suffering from flu-like symptoms, which is most likely related to exhaustion and the arrival of Autumn/The Fall. This hasn't deterred me from watching the conclusion of Lost (written review to follow). The introduction of Michelle Rodriguez, in Exodus Part 1, as new cast regular Ana-Lucia Cortez was a surprise! And recordingthisshort audio blog sans script (gradually gaining more confidence).The Xbox 360 Premium Pack pre-order has been cancelled in favor of a replacement GameCube (Res ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Bobbing for applesApple's announcement of a video iPod, iTunes 6 (including obligatory QuickTime update) and Front Row Media Experience was almost too much to digest in one evening. And the closer content ties between Cupertino and the Magic Kingdom, hint at possible merger* plans! At the very least Pixar should continue to leverage Disney's considerable marketing might coupled with vertical integration. In return Disney secures lucrative brands and artistic talent.Churlish comment alert! In its present form ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website ConfluenceKeeping with the informal oriental theme of yesterday. Due to the stress of real world events, I suffered an uncommon migraine and was forced to bed early. Whilst still feeling a little groggy, found time to listen to John Williams' score for Memoirs of a Geisha (Spielberg passed on directorial duties).A work of beguiling beauty, Geisha effortlessly combines the Orient with Copland flourish. The silhouette of Shindler's List (2003) cast by Itzhak Perlman's arresting violin solos.This year W ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sony's BoomboxSony continues to empower the PSP. As a member of SCEE Press Office I received the latest announcement with great interest.Apply the update. Then grab the instrumental version of Def Track's single Don't Judge A Book By Its Cover to play on the ubiquitous portable. I'll post a 'live' version soon.Latest Firmware Upgrade Available for Download NowLondon, 25th April 2006 – Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) today announced that the latest firmware upgrade for PSP, available now, woul ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Christmas NiGHTSIn the spirit of the season. Here's The Night Before Christmas by Clement Clarke Moore:'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the houseNot a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there;The children were nestled all snug in their beds,While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads;And mamma in her 'kerchief, and I in my cap,Had just settled down for a long winter's nap,When out on the ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Dark MatterClym, a friend whom I met as an undergraduate at Bournemouth University and worked on December Duet (1996), wrote to me to announce that Darker Projects' latest audio drama, in association with Infected Books, is now available online!Autumn, by David Moody, is a vision of apocalyptic horror.Autumn Trailer (MP3)A Word from the ComposerI have been a tremendous fan of Zombie "culture" ever since experiencing Romero's Dead series. I can remember a friend's reaction of horror when he learned I h ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Frankie Say RelaxBack in 1991 I co-wrote and produced several radiodocumentariesas part of an Exeter College/BBC Radio Devon partnership.Audience reaction to the broadcasts was overwhelmingly positive. This synergy was ultimately under-exploited (for too many reasons to go into) to the detriment of all parties involved.I've transferred these aging analog recordings, after years of sitting on the shelf, to my Mac. For audiophiles here's my analog to digital workflow (subject to change):*Sony Stereo Cassette ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Melbourne PlaceHere is my second documentary produced for an Exeter College/BBC Radio Devon partnership. This time concerning the popularity of Australian soap opera Neighbours and its appeal to UK audiences. At its peak Neighbours garnered over 18 million viewers on terrestrial television.Neighbours is a weekday soap opera exploring the lives and relationships of the residents of Ramsay Street in Erinsborough. Now in its eighteenth year of production, Neighbours is Australia’s most successful televisio ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website View AskewToday's post is a little different! Instead of the usual ramble, I've decided to step aside and promote Brian Edward'sScifind.co.uk! Let me stress that this is not a paid-for post in the style ofReviewMe. I know Brian through his management of the Forbidden Planet International affiliate scheme. Nuff said.Exclusive Kevin Smith InterviewRecorded in September 2006. Listen to Brian's exclusivepodcast(iTunes link) interview with cool cult movie director Kevin Smith, creator of Clerks and Jay an ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Opulent TunesEnough ruminating on the Sony BMG Music UK competition fiasco! Yesterday, I discovered that singer Nerina Pallot is from South London! Her dulcet transatlantic intonations fooled me!Nerina sounds reminiscent of Sheryl Crow (famous former backing singer on Michael Jackson's Bad Tour). In the words of Times Online, Nerina has an 'astonishingly versatile voice' and a 'knack for alchemising half-focused images into phrases that haunt as long as her opulent tunes echo in the head'. Her album "Fi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Requiem of DecemberLast week The Power of Love (performed by Frankie Goes To Hollywood) was on heavy radio rotation. The song was officially used during the end titles of December Duet, my 1996 video major project, and it's only appropriate to repost the following audio clips for those who may have missed them the first time around:Opening narration (performed by Bob Sessions) (MP3)Soundtrack suite Part 1 (MP3)Soundtrack suite Part 2 (MP3)Those of you with a keen ear will hear fragments of The Power of Love i ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sony BoomboxSony continues to empower the PSP. To mark the occasion I'm releasing an instrumental version of Def Track's Don't Judge A Book By Its Cover.
Latest Firmware Upgrade Available for Download Now
London, 25th April 2006 – Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) today announced that the latest firmware upgrade for PSP, available now, would dramatically enhance the capabilities of the PSP™ (PlayStation® Portable), with the ability to now playback most popular music file formats, str ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Scoring Pictures: Part IIIn this second part of my scoring pictures feature. I'm releasing the second soundtrack suite (composed and performed by Barrie Cole & James Makin) from December Duet and address the use of non-diagetic sound.
For this production I had always desired and envisaged an emotive classical score. Rendered in the tradition of American film composers such as Eric Wolfgang Korngold who pioneered the swashbuckler scores for early Hollywood, up to present day practitioners such as Danny Elfman a ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Scoring Pictures: Part I
"How much do we see when we hear? How much do we hear when we see?" - American film composer John Williams. From the liner notes of Star Wars - The Empire Strikes Back album.
Transfering archive analogue recordings has afforded a rare luxury to revisit many of my audio recordings! And I’m delighted to finally present the evocative score composed for December Duet (1996).
This suite was composed and performed by Barrie Cole and recorded at Knighton Heath Music Center, Bournemouth and P ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Blame It On The BoogieIn 1990 a Media Studies assignment, the music industry, resulted in the brief formation of my Pop/R&B band - Def Track - when I co-wrote "Don't Judge A Book By Its Cover".
Don't Judge A Book By Its Cover, inspired by a verse from Bros’ Life’s A Heartbeat (The Time album), was recorded at Exeter College’s Bishop Blackall annexe to the chagrin of the music department! How dare media studies students display creative versatility and ungraciously use the main studio to produce comm ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Melbourne PlaceHere is my second documentary produced for an Exeter College/BBC Radio Devon partnership. This time concerning the popularity of Australian soap opera Neighbours and its appeal to UK audiences. At its peak Neighbours garnered over 18 million viewers on terrestrial television.
Neighbours is a weekday soap opera exploring the lives and relationships of the residents of Ramsay Street in Erinsborough. Now in its eighteenth year of production, Neighbours is Australia’s most successful televis ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Frankie Say RelaxBack in 1991 I co-wrote and produced several radio documentaries as part of an Exeter College/BBC Radio Devon partnership.
Audience reaction to the broadcasts were overwhelmingly positive. There was a synergy that was ultimately under-exploited (for too many reasons to go into) to the detriment of all parties involved.
I've transferred these aging analog recordings, after years of sitting on the shelf, to my Mac. For audiophiles here's my analog to digital workflow (subject to change):
... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Flash GordonThe first step in 'remastering' my portfolio site is complete (see here)! So, this morning I took a look at Flash 8 and created the following sample Flash Video (FLV) clips:
1 This clip showcases original CGI material generated using Bryce.
2 This clip is a short montage of photos and music (using a portion of Jennifer Lopez' Waiting for Tonight). Not for commercial use.
Both clips were edited using iMovie.
Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Christmas NiGHTSIn the spirit of the season. Here's The Night Before Christmas by Clement Clarke Moore:
'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there;
The children were nestled all snug in their beds,
While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads;
And mamma in her 'kerchief, and I in my cap,
Had just settled down for a lo ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website ConfluenceKeeping with the informal oriental theme of yesterday. Due to the stress of real world events, I suffered an uncommon migraine and was forced to bed early. Whilst still feeling a little groggy, found time to listen to John Williams' score for Memoirs of a Geisha (Spielberg passed on directorial duties).A work of beguiling beauty, Geisha effortlessly combines the Orient with Copland flourish. The silhouette of Shindler's List (2003) cast by Itzhak Perlman's arresting violin solos.This year W ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Hang OnYesterday I met an Aunt and cousin in town. Whilst loading the car we witnessed another driver reverse into a row of parked motorcycles - knocking them all over accompanied by a resounding "crunch!" Clearly most, if not all, the bikes had sustained some degree of damage. However, the driver drove off before onlookers could stop her! A testament to the self absorbed society that we live in; one where accountability is an unknown adjective!Knowing that this blog has an avid readership combine ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fire In The SkyUnlike 1985 when a high school friend ignited a rocket in my parents kitchen and burned a hole in the carpet (luckily for him we were moving house). This year's Bonfire Night passed without incident.Here's an in-depth look at the new Pace TDS470N.ConnectivityVCR A/V SCART VCR Scart for connection to Video Recorder.TV A/V SCART Provides either composite or RGB and composite video output. Audio volume can also be controlled in software.Analogue Audio Outputs An important addition for ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FantasiaApple's announcement of a video iPod, iTunes 6 (including obligatory QuickTime update) and Front Row Media Experience was almost too much to digest in one evening. And the closer content ties between Cupertino and the Magic Kingdom, hint at possible merger* plans! At the very least Pixar should continue to leverage Disney's considerable marketing might coupled with vertical integration. In return Disney secures lucrative brands and artistic talent.Churlish comment alert! In its present form ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Push The ButtonStill suffering from flu-like symptoms, which is most likely related to exhaustion and the arrival of Autumn/The Fall. This hasn't deterred me from watching the conclusion of Lost (written review to follow). The introduction of Michelle Rodriguez, in Exodus Part 1, as new cast regular Ana-Lucia Cortez was a surprise! And recording this short audio blog sans script (gradually gaining more confidence).The Xbox 360 Premium Pack pre-order has been cancelled in favor of a replacement GameCube (R ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Back to the future without an Atari PaddleCrumbs Chris Cringle! Autumn is in the air and holiday consumables are creeping into stores near you! Here's a fine product that may notsee release until November 2006. Nintendo's Revolution console.The Revolution's remote controller - Nunchuk - may ordain a seismic change in the gaming interface experience tantamount to the advent of Macintosh and mouse (1984). I sincerely hope that Apple's industrial design team is earning royalties from both Nintendo and Microsoft for all this gorgeous i ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Back to the future without an Atari PaddleCrumbs Chris Cringle! Autumn is in the air and holiday consumables are creeping into stores near you! Here's a fine product that may not see release until November 2006. Nintendo's Revolution console.
The Revolution's remote controller - Nunchuk - may ordain a seismic change in the gaming interface experience tantamount to the advent of Macintosh and mouse (1984). I sincerely hope that Apple's industrial design team is earning royalties from both Nintendo and Microsoft for all this g ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Money For NothingApple has dropped the ball and jettisoned FireWire support in iPod nano. Therefore my money has gone towards Xbox 360 games Perfect Dark Zero (Collector's Edition) and Dead or Alive 4 - I purchased Xbox solely to play Dead or Alive 3 and Halo (developed by Bungie for the Mac prior to their sale to Microsoft Game Studios).Remember when Zelda III - A Link To The Past (1992) cost more than £74.99 on the SNES*? Games for Microsoft's next generation console are priced at £44.99 (shop around). ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Tales From The Bat CaveIn 1994 BBC Radio One broadcast Batman: Knightfall and enthralled lunchtime listeners. Bob Sessions played the titular role with such panache and gravitas that many Batfans, myself included, consider his to be the definitive performance. When Bob emotes “If you’re threatening me, get in line!”, he’s not bluffing.In 1996 I was introduced to Bob Sessions, by Dirk Maggs, and asked him if he would like to participate in my video major December Duet, which was in pre-production for a sum ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | |