Saturday, 1 January 2022

Happy New Year everyone.

 Happy New Year.
 
Hopefully this movie isnt an accurate prediction of the year to come.
 
It's the year 2022
People are still the same.
They'll do anything to get what they need.
And they need Soylent Green.
 
Oh dear :-)
 

 And another film to watch which is set in 2022 is the anime
  • Blade Runner Black Out 2022
The first & original Blade Runner movie was shot in 1982 but set in the year 2019.
This anime is set three years after those events
The Tyrell Corporation has now developed the new Nexus-8 line of replicants which are now more human than ever. This leads to a massive backlash against the replicants
 

I'm happy these predictions haven't come to pass.

May the real 2022 be full of good health and synths.

Roofs over Fez - Morocco

 These pics were taken it seems a life time ago.
One day I'll return to Morocco to see how things have changed.

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Thursday, 30 December 2021

2021 - two years on

 2021 is nearly over.
So many things happened but it sometimes feels like 2020 just repeated.


I was reflecting on the late Chinese Ophthalmologist, Li Wenliang. It's the 2nd anniversary of the day he first learned about Covid-19. He was reprimanded by the local police.
On Jan 12, 2020, he went to hospital infected by the virus and died on Feb 7, 2020.
 
Lets not forget Dr Wenliang and the millions of people who have suffered these last 2 years.
I hope 2022 is better for everyone.

Wednesday, 29 December 2021

DFAM - Moog - Acidish Baseline

 Certainly not a 303 but a really cool baseline.
 
 
 
The more I use this box, the more I realise it isn't a drum machine.... well it is ... but...
Oh dear. i might have to buy a second one to be a drum.



Monday, 27 December 2021

Talking Bass

 New Tunes

 

 

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Wednesday, 22 December 2021

Allinaire - Northern Beaches Soundscapes

These are a series of five Soundscapes inspired by locations on the Northern Beaches of Sydney. 
The tracks include 'found sounds' and field recordings taken around Narrabeen Lagoon, Turimetta Beach, Warriewood Wetlands and Ingleside Reserve.
 

The first soundscape is titled Lagoon.
 
 
 
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The other soundscapes and detailed info of each track can be found here:


Sunday, 19 December 2021

Hugo Awards 2021

 Just announced
The Hugo awards for 2021
 


 Network Effect, Martha Wells (Tor.com) - best novel

This book is part of the Murderbot Diaries



The books in the series are:

+ All Systems Red (2017)
+ Artificial Condition (2018)
+ Rogue Protocol (2018)
+ Exit Strategy (2018)
+ The Future of Work: Compulsory (2018)
+ Network Effect (2020)
 + Fugitive Telemetry (2021)


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A Murderbot short story, "The Future of Work: Compulsory", taking place before All Systems Red, was published in Wired in 2018.