I am Ashley Elsdon

I’m having a coffee (and Blancmange)

Posted by ashleyelsdonon November 4, 2010June 26, 2020in MusicLeave a comment

I was in the car listening to Blancmange and I knew I had to post something about them. Having checked their site I’m really pleased to find that they have a new album coming next year! Fantastic, I can’t wait.

Well there’s a thought

Posted by ashleyelsdonon November 3, 2010June 26, 2020in UncategorizedLeave a comment

Naples Archeological Museum

Posted by ashleyelsdonon November 2, 2010June 25, 2020in PlacesLeave a comment

I really enjoyed this museum in Naples. Not only was it an amazing building and really quite cheap to get into, but also it was almost completely empty.

Some amazing exhibits from Pompeii.

Back from Italy

Posted by ashleyelsdonon October 31, 2010June 23, 2020in PlacesLeave a comment

I’ve just got back from being in Italy for a week. It was wonderful. I haven’t been to Italy in quite a few years and I’ve never been to Rome or Sorrento before, so it was great to see new places.

I really enjoyed Rome and I did loads of tourist type stuff as you’d expect, but I really enjoyed just walking around the city and looking at it and it’s people. For late October the weather was great although there was a little rain at times it was was completely bearable.

I also visited Sorrento, and of course went to Pompeii and Vesuvius too. Great experiences both which I’d thoroughly recommend. I’ll be posting some more pictures and thoughts on my trip over the next few days I guess. For now I’ve got to get myself used to the UK weather again, which was a bit of a shock.

A happy thought for a morning

Posted by ashleyelsdonon October 30, 2010June 23, 2020in WritingLeave a comment

More words

Posted by ashleyelsdonon October 29, 2010June 22, 2020in UncategorizedLeave a comment

Better left alone

Posted by ashleyelsdonon October 28, 2010June 22, 2020in UncategorizedLeave a comment

Over the last year I’ve been trying to get in touch with people I’ve lost contact with for a number of years, in fact, some people who I haven’t been in touch with for a lot longer.

It was interesting to find that tracking people down was surprisingly easy. With sites like twitter and facebook you can find people very easily indeed. That was the simple part. The hard part was meeting, or in some cases not meeting, them again.

On the whole old friends were really happy to hear from me. However, after that it was a different story, and one that I’m not sure I really understand at all.

Rushmore

Posted by ashleyelsdonon October 27, 2010June 19, 2020in FilmsLeave a comment

I watched this film after a long time the other night and was so impressed again by how good it is.

I’ve been a fan of Wes Anderson since I first saw The Royal Tenenbaums a few years ago, and apart from one film I like all his work.

Revisiting the past

Posted by ashleyelsdonon October 26, 2010June 18, 2020in Music, ThinkingLeave a comment

Having spent a lot of time listening to my old material it has made me wonder whether I should re-work some of it. The sad thing is that much of the material was recorded using a fairly beaten up old X15 four track recorder and included multiple tape bounces which never adds much but noise.

I’m sure I could do a better job now, but is it healthy to go backwards like that?

I’m not sure at the moment. It all needs a bit more thought.

Coal Frankincense and Myrrh

Posted by ashleyelsdonon October 25, 2010June 17, 2020in ExhibitionsLeave a comment

I saw this small exhibition at the (always excellent) Horniman museum recently and found it fascinating so I thought I’d share it. It is on until the 27th of Feb if you want to see it. The details are here.