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Had the totally amazing opportunity to interview one of my all-time Spectrum heroes, the one and only RICK DICKINSON down in Cambridge. Rick, who designed the ZX81, ZX Spectrum, Sinclair QL, Spectrum+ etc etc etc was an absolute blast. A proper gent, full of brilliant anecdotes, wit and charisma, and a truly genius vision on […]
How awesome is that.
I’m slowly adding to my collection of Teenage Engineering stuff and my latest addition is the crank for the OP-1. As ever, the packaging is pretty cool too.
Some pictures from a great gig at Under The Bridge in Fulham. It was a brilliant night and great sound. I’d definitely go see them again without a doubt.
So this is the second part of this excellent 3 part story with the Master. I’m really looking forward to hearing this one, and if it’s even half as good as the first part it’ll be amazing.
You might remember that I posted about this a week or so ago as I’ve made a bot that tweets stuff about the VL-1 including ADSR settings every hour. It’s a little bit of fun and nothing more, but you might want to follow it if you’d like to think of the old days of the VL-1, or if you have a VL-1 and want some sound suggestions for it.
You can find it here https://twitter.com/VLTonifier.
That and the Palmorama library which has a lot of good stuff in it too. Of course a lot of those apps have gone and a lot of links lead to non-existent web sites, but then it was made in 2007, so what can you expect?
Generally speaking I’m not a big fan of massive venues, but you’re not going to get to see a band like ELO at a small venue, so this was really the only option. Having said that it was a great gig with some great songs, and of course, the light show was pretty spectacular.
I didn’t even know about this lock, but stumbled on to it after visiting Wisley for the day. It was a very nice little lock and right near a pub too. I think when I’ve got a bit more time I might go back.
It was such a lovely day for this craft fair at Wisley, but there was almost too much choice there. Lots of interesting stuff, some not so interesting too. But a good day out nevertheless.
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