Author: ashleyelsdon

Storyteller - Poet - Explorer

And back to the Hornet’s Nest

Posted by on in Books and Audiobooks, Listening

I’ve had this audiobook for about 4 or even 5 years now and I still love it. I can remember the first time I listened to it and just how much I enjoyed it. The thing is, I still do. It’s a great Doctor Who story, part of a nice arc too. The whole story arc runs to about five hours, which is just right as far as I’m concerned.

It’s such a good vehicle for Tom Baker’s doctor. It allows him just the right amount of space to be himself and move the story along too.

I decided to listen to all three story arcs from the pen of Paul Magrs. This is the first, the Hornet’s nest, then there’s Demon Quest, then Serpent Crest. I wish that there were more of these, but now that Tom Baker has started to do stories for Big Finish I’m not sure that there will be space for any more of these. Still, never mind. Whenever I listen to them I enjoy them and find something new in the story.

Neville Staples at Under The Bridge

Posted by on in Music

I wasn’t sure what to expect with this gig, but it was actually immensely good fun. I knew a lot more of the songs than I thought I would do and the atmosphere was fantastic, as was the venue.

Doctor Who: The Light at the End

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So it arrived. The Big Finish 50th anniversary adventure, and I’ve been listening to it today. In fact I’ve listened to about half of it so far. Often I don’t enjoy multi-doctor stories. I find that they can be a little confused. However, so far, this story is quite good. I’m enjoying it and the interactions between the doctors, especially the 4th and 8th especially.

So I’m looking forward to part two and also the ample CD extras.

Ableton, M4L and BEAP

Posted by on in Music, Tech

I got very excited when I heard about BEAP.  A modular thing for Max 4 Live, which looked like just the right thing for me in terms of messing about with max a bit more.

So I’ve downloaded BEAP and started to install it, which isn’t as easy as any kind of normal installation, but it seems to be going in the right direction. Next I have to see if I can get it to do things I like, and when I do, I’ll post some results I expect.