Disneyland Moscow

Posted By Mark on Mar 31, 2012

Visual Instruments Triple

Posted By Mark on Mar 31, 2012

I readily acknowledge that “visual instruments” isn’t the right description here but I’m referring to videos that are designed around the song so that elements in the visual medium reflect what you hear. Am I making sense? Watch these videos and you’ll get what I mean. The Wiseguys – Start The Commotion Daft Punk – Around The World Kate Bush – Army...

Busker's Assistant

Posted By Mark on Mar 31, 2012

Right at the end of yesterday's lunchtime, on the way back to the drudgery of an afternoon of work (thanks mysterious, benevolent billionaire for not stopping by yet again) we passed by a busker playing guitar in the Spanish style. He was a very skilled man, clearly someone who would be the victor against the devil in one of those famous devil/human music play-offs that have souls and golden instruments as wagers, and the way that his fingers danced across the face of his guitar, alighting on the strings and plucking them with a flourish was like watching a cascade of fireflies… oh who am I kidding? I didn't even notice him. His assistant was lovely though. For #StreetSaturday . Google+: View post on...

Wax On, Wax Off

Posted By Mark on Mar 31, 2012

The trouble with photographing karate back belts is that they are able to fend off your shots with flicks of their hands. Curse their martial artistry! For #StreetSaturday . Google+: View post on...

Dotty

Posted By Mark on Mar 29, 2012

Having watched the excellent Sherlock Holmes TV series I've taken it upon myself to learn a lesson or two from the fictional detective, first of those being that I try to be more observant of everything around me these days. Before, I might simply have been able to tell you that this woman had been shopping and was heading east; now, however, I can also add that she had recently received a large payout to compensate for a botched surgery which left her suffering from nerve damage that prevents her noticing when she gets in the way of out-of-control games of full contact tiddlywinks. Google+: View post on...