Rob Telford

It might just be sample bias, but I have noticed that lighting at The Empire is often great, even when compared to other venues of a similar size round London

Blue vs Orange

Cathedral of light

Autumn tones

Yellow/Purple blobs

Also, a big hand for the lighting, which was a third character on stage

Madison at her piano

Madison sings

Madison with her rubber-bridge guitar and Jesse Chandler on various other instruments

Madison Cunningham sings

Madison Cunningham at Shepherd's Bush Empire last night

It was a magical experience; I was slack jawed in awe of the performance at the end of it

#photography #music #London

A stage bathed in blue light

Stage setup ahead of Madison Cunningham’s appearance at the Shepherds Bush Empire tonight

#london #music

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Male choir singing by the escalators of a department store

The conductor leading the choir with bilingual signs for Home Design Service/Gwasanaeth Dylunio Cartref behind

St David's day parade passing down Working Street; lots of colourful costumes and flags

Welsh flags flying above the parade

A couple of colourful St David's Day events in Cardiff on Sunday

- Cardiff Arms Park Male Choir drew a crowd to watch them sing inside John Lewis department store

- the regular Parade passed around the centre of the city before finishing up at Cardiff Castle

#photography #Cardiff #Wales

I am beginning to feel like I have wandered into a Stewart Lee routine

Oh, sorry!

I had some bought from a bakery at Cardiff Central Market yesterday

Nom

Indeed it is ☔️

YouTube video by TELEPHONE Le Groupe TELEPHONE - Cendrillon (Audio officiel)

Et voila! (I have had 40+ years of enjoying that album)

https://youtu.be/_tHbSMQeCdk?si=0Cza26huJ7ttWjpx

Now I am wondering if either of them ever released a Maxi Single… 🤔🙂

everything from the fit of the jacket to that head tilt as he says it is so completely Brass Eye i actually cannot cope

Google Maps screenshot showing the Marché du Connard Arrogant

According to Google Maps, this corner of St Ouen in Paris (famous for its extensive flea markets) is the location of the 'Marché du Connard Arrogant' - in English, the 'Market of the Arrogant Asshole'

I suspect a market stall nearby left some customer very disgruntled 😆

Detail of the main arch on the principal elevation to the street

I was astonished by St Mary & St Nicholas when I first discovered it about 20 years ago

Some of the stone carving is delightfully crisp

Sid and Peter take a number off the stage together

Peter Case playing guitar

Peter Case with the Sound Lounge sign behind him

Sid Griffin studies his set list

Peter Case (The Nerves/The Plimsouls) and @sidthesquid.bsky.social (Long Ryders/Coal Porters) at @soundloungecio.bsky.social last night

A fab set from each and then a few songs together at the end; my first time seeing Peter live and I was not disappointed

#photography #music #London #Sutton

my local park is full of hundreds of snow sculptures and someone has been adding museum labels

The stage set up for the gig

At the @soundloungecio.bsky.social in Sutton this evening for @sidthesquid.bsky.social and Peter Case performing together 😎

Fans of Andy Warhol and The Velvet Underground, obviously 🙂

A random collection of paintings on the wall of the Caballo Lounge in Epsom

The is not exactly Una Paloma Blanca, is it #totp

Not a shark at least, but beware it’s the start of a slippery slope…

Our house is teeming with IKEA sharks (not mine but my 18 yo daughter’s)

SSDDI

Solid State Drive Defence Initiative

One of the more peculiar experiences as a Brit visiting the US was advertising of prescription-only products on TV; we never see it here

Okay, this is quite outstanding from Bedford Council.

Talk Talk’s The Colour Of Spring album cover. Illustration of an assortment of varied butterflies.

'In limiting its value to where it led, we damn The Colour Of Spring with faint praise. Itself a vital manifesto, it’s always deserved its own raptures, and not just for familiar songs'

Many Happy Returns to Talk Talk’s The Colour Of Spring, which turns 40 today!

buff.ly/lh69Z5M

< stifled guffaw >

Ottimo 🙂

Netherlands Foto Museum. Excellent.

There may be no finer place to see photography than Rotterdam’s Fotomuseum One of the world’s largest national collections has a new home in a former coffee warehouse

www.ft.com/content/d613... There may be no finer place to see photography than Rotterdam’s Fotomuseum. This really is an excellent museum. I’ll post pics shortly.