A really good event. Well worth the visit. I think that if I manage to go to Edinburgh for next year’s festival I’ll have to try to get along to more stuff.
Month: September 2012
A visit to Turing Fest
I really wanted to get along to something at Turing Fest this year and as I was in Edinburgh I was able to. It was a bit of a stretch though as I was leaving on the day that Turing Fest started. Anyway, I got along for a session on the first day. The session was about aligning the interests of investors and entrepreneurs. Whilst it was largely based around the Edinburgh start up scene I learnt a lot about the venture capital process itself and how VCs and angel investors look at start ups.
I wish I could have stuck around for more of the sessions, but that wasn’t possible sadly. Maybe next year.
Edinburgh: Mr Wood’s Fossils
I had to check out this shop when I was in Edinburgh. What a lovely place.
Re-listening to Concreted0g
I have known Concreted0g for a while now and I really do like his music, so when I was looking for some CDs and stumbled over this one again, which was the first CD of his music I ever heard, it was like bumping into an old friend again. It’s good to hear it again, and just as fresh as ever.
Of course, this is an electronic / circuit bent release, and is really only once facet of his musical talent. His more recent work is just as impressive but in a very different direction. He’s a talented chap you see, and I’m glad to know him.
If you get a chance to listen to his music, or indeed see him live, I’d grab it.
Finishing off Survivors
I’ve been watching the BBC’s re-make of the Survivors for a while, including a large gap in watching. But now, I’ve finished it. It only got 2 seasons, and I think it could have gone on for longer, but never mind. In the end I thought it was very good. Very good for a post apocalyptic view of the world. It wasn’t as bleak as some, like “The Road” for instance, but it was quite an interesting perspective.
King’s Cross, only better
When I went up to Edinburgh this year for the festival I was really impressed by just how good the new King’s Cross station is. I always remember the station as cramped and unpleasant, and that’s what it was last year when I went up to the festival, but this year it is transformed!
What an improvement.
Molecule Synth
Strange friends
A bit of instagram fun. From Princes street Edinburgh.
GBBF Programme
Another great event to remember from this summer. The GBBF was great fun this year, at least what I can remember of it anyway!
30 years of WOMAD
I sort of wish I hadn’t folded this programme in half, but I did, and I probably won’t keep it. It was one of the best programmes for WOMAD I’ve seen in years.
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