Paul Mison’s random stuff that doesn’t go elsewhere. Is it microblogging, or microactivity? (Previously known as ‘tumblr is my sock drawer’, for reasons that are somewhat unclear.)Tumblr (3.0; @blech)http://notes.husk.org/<iframe width="400" height="320" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/xdJB3N9pK0k?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>“With specially-composed music by David Gow and no commentary, Overture One-Two-Five was the last complete production to be shot on 35mm film by British Transport Films. It was produced to mark the introduction of the new Inter-City 125 High Speed Train services between Paddington and Bristol.”</p>http://notes.husk.org/post/1114313672http://notes.husk.org/post/1114313672Mon, 13 Sep 2010 08:42:24 +0100videobritish railintercity 125trainhigh speed trainbfi<iframe width="400" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/cl4pJwcE7JI?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl4pJwcE7JI">Snow</a>, directed by <a href="http://filmstore.bfi.org.uk/acatalog/info_59.html">Geoffrey Jones</a>, 1963. From the BFI’s archives.</p> <p>“Comprising train and track footage quickly shot just before a heavy winter’s snowfall was melting, the award-winning classic that emerged from the cutting-room compresses British Rail’s dedication to blizzard-battling into a thrilling eight-minute montage cut to music.”</p> <p>Said music is by <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2669735.stm">Daphne Oram</a>, an early British electronic music pioneer, instrumental in founding the Radiophonic Workshop. From the notes to the album <a href="http://www.stalk.net/paradigm/pd21.html">Oramics</a>: “The 1963 ‘<b>Snow</b>’ is ingenious, but somehow uncharacteristic. For this, a tape of a Sandy Nelson jazz drumming piece is slowly speeded up according to an accelerando structure.”</p> <p>Amazing stuff.</p>http://notes.husk.org/post/201972111http://notes.husk.org/post/201972111Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:59:00 +0100videobritish railrailwayssnowweatherwinterhistoryyoutubebfi<iframe width="400" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/vnvYymrCn4g?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnvYymrCn4g">Tea Making Tips</a> from the Empire Tea Bureau, from the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/BFIfilms">BFI’s national archive</a>. So many great moments.</p>http://notes.husk.org/post/201682540http://notes.husk.org/post/201682540Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:12:22 +0100videoteabfitea making tipsbritainhistoryyoutube