A believer of possibility
Brian was connoisseur of the science fiction genre loved ideas and believer of possibility. Distant events over time and space appear entangled via a single thought.
The Dumb Waiters – The Keele Tapes Vol. 1
The Dumb Waiters … the band lacked equipment and ability but had more than enough enthusiasm to overcome any obstacles. This was a time where garage bands were considered the norm if your music was to have integrity and authenticity.
The death of the monarch inspires interest in the art of campanology
Only a few weeks after the Britons celebrated Queen Elizabeth’s Jubilee the nation received the announcement that the monarch had died. Otley Parish Church historic bells peal at the onset of a period of mourning.
Bradford City of Culture 2025
Gradual decline, entropy, or death by natural causes: buildings are still there, but look structurally unkempt, free from droppings, no longer teaming with wildlife, except the occasional clinging shrub or weed sprouting from waterlogged gutters or fall-pipes. Walls strained with the seasonal flow of rain cascading down the side of the building caused by glogged arteries and moribund maintenance cycles.
Langsame Motoren, “Ships passing in the night”
Asymmetric spinning tops, always turning, always wobbling, like cams turning, piston shafts moving, tugboats on the river passing in the night fog. I remember when I was a child my dad would show me the ships in Hull dock. He recounted seeing the Graf Zeppelin, children left their school classrooms to see the giant airship pass overhead.
The Bells are captured ringing on the Jubilee
It was the 3rd June 2022, the Queen’s Jubilee and a public holiday for Britain. In Otley the Parish Church bells would ring at three o’clock in the afternoon. This was an opportunity to not to be missed to record the unique sound of the recently refurbished bells.
Slickstercast 