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Comment on Rediscovered Music by Tales From A Crowded Island» Blog Archive » Rediscovered & Newly Discovered Music

Fri, 25 Feb 2011 22:02:13 +0000

[...] the vein of this blogpost of mine, I thought I would share some more rediscovered music. The other week I was browsing the [...]

Comment on Rediscovered Music by Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 17:28:00 +0000

It was a great gig; although McRae has always been value for money every time I have seen him. I might get Snyder’s 2nd album. Do you have McRae’s latest? If not, you can have a listen when you are up this weekend.

Comment on Rediscovered Music by Lee

Lee — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 08:18:00 +0000

Adam Synder is great. I still listen to him now (a name starting with the letter A helps). One of the best gigs I’ve been to that – Tom McRea and Adam Synder in one night.

Comment on Death of Contemplation? by Susan Duffy

Susan Duffy — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 18:03:00 +0000

Shaun – who gave you permission to read my mind, darling? You have just brilliantly captured my thought processes, and articulately expressed them in writing. You ask if your experiences register with other people. They parallel my thoughts and present-day life, and I have abstractly sieved each and every component of your article through my brain-strainer on numerous occasions. I have printed out your “Death of Contemplation” as it is beautifully written and concise. Thank-you for such a lovely piece of work.

Comment on Yorkshire Reserve by Tales From A Crowded Island» Blog Archive » Autumn Sun At Old Moor

Tales From A Crowded Island» Blog Archive » Autumn Sun At Old Moor — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 22:31:31 +0000

[...] Wath Ings hide, normally so good for spotting waders, was a bit of a let down after my last visit, with just a couple of Greenshank and 4 Dunlin amongst the flock of Golden Plovers and Lapwings. [...]

Comment on Goodbye to The Florry by Tales From A Crowded Island» Blog Archive » The Drinking Establishments of Yesteryear

Sat, 30 Oct 2010 00:13:39 +0000

[...] did a post a couple of years back about the explosive end of one of my favourite Leeds pubs from those years [...]

Comment on Social Media: A Community Asset by Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 16:38:00 +0000

Thanks for the comment Nick. Sadly I missed Bill Thompson’s session, but following the Open Tech hashtag on the day, there were a few people raving about it, so I will have to go listen to the audio at some point.

The social surgery idea struck me as a great way of fostering the online community presence that you talk about; even better if you can trigger a collection of community focused blogs that feed off one another whilst providing their own unique voice.

Comment on Social Media: A Community Asset by Nick Booth

Nick Booth — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 21:14:00 +0000

Thank you – it was fine conference. @Billt on digitising really roused my interest. We also work with neighbourhood managers, encouraging them to blog about the places they serve and run surgeries to compliment the work, nurturing online civic plurality within a neighbourhood. Sometimes it really works like a dream!

Comment on Death of Contemplation? by Susan Price

Susan Price — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 12:45:00 +0000

Heidegger also said that “questioning is piety of thought”.
In a purely secular sense (but using language usually associated with religion) I do wonder how individuals and future society will be impacted upon by the shattering of “sacred space” i.e time to think, reflect, be alone with oneself.

External: Rush rush work work.
Internal: techplug scan, distract, rush.

Comment on Death of Contemplation? by Susan Price

Susan Price — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 12:31:00 +0000

Heideggers “Seinsfrage”. The “forgotton question of being”.
Is it more than concentration that is being fragmented, shattered, lost?

Multi-tasking is a myth. What is actually occuring is rapid moving back and forth between each topic, or sensory object, giving each a tiny sliver of mind time.