“Have you tried turning it off and restarting it again?” must be anyone who has worked in computer support’s favourite phrase. To be fair, if your computer starts behaving oddly, not to mention freezing, that it a great first step to solving things. But yesterday this was applied to a whole train. The Virgin train from [...]
Archive for February, 2010
Virgin Trains -Try Turning them Off and Restarting Again.
Posted in Techie Stuff, transport, travel on February 4, 2010 | 1 Comment »
RSAMD + BBC Scottish – Concerto Masterclass
Posted in Music on February 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
There is a brand new collaboration between BBC Scotland and Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama across all atristic genres. Today saw a wonderful workshop with top players from RSAMD getting the chance to play a concerto with the whole BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra at the City Halls. Kirsten Jensen played the Schuman ‘Cello [...]
Film – Biopic 2 – Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll
Posted in film on February 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Ian Dury and the Blockheads was part of the soundtrack to my College days, as was the Stiff tour which finally reached the northern outpost at Aberdeen. More recently, Ian and the band played Perth Festival of the Arts – Ian was pretty ill by this stage, but it was still a great gig, and [...]
