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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/359350/fuzzyness.jpg http://posterous.com/users/4aAQcmSa5FlL Dave Foy fuzzyness Dave Foy Sat, 15 Oct 2011 10:00:00 -0700 I never much liked Charlie Parker http://fuzzyness.co.uk/75587981 http://fuzzyness.co.uk/75587981

Paul Desmond and Art Pepper, my 2 favourite alto saxophonists of all time. Interestingly, the only 2 players of their generation not influenced by Charlie Parker.

And yes, I never much liked Charlie Parker.

 

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/359350/fuzzyness.jpg http://posterous.com/users/4aAQcmSa5FlL Dave Foy fuzzyness Dave Foy Fri, 14 Oct 2011 11:35:37 -0700 The gifts just keep on coming http://fuzzyness.co.uk/the-gifts-just-keep-on-coming http://fuzzyness.co.uk/the-gifts-just-keep-on-coming
If you're labouring under the misapprehension that you have the loveliest cat in the whole world, stop! Let me assure you, you don't. We do.

This gorgeous creature's name is Gomez. Below is just 1 example of the many (many many many) leaves and other assorted  leafy gifts he thoughtfully brings in for us on a daily basis. 

This morning he dragged this particular fine specimen in, dropped it at my feet and then casually laid there, admiring his handiwork (whilst probably angling for some more biscuits).

At least they're not mice, eh.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/359350/fuzzyness.jpg http://posterous.com/users/4aAQcmSa5FlL Dave Foy fuzzyness Dave Foy Thu, 13 Oct 2011 07:16:00 -0700 I need to hide a body http://fuzzyness.co.uk/i-need-to-hide-a-body http://fuzzyness.co.uk/i-need-to-hide-a-body

Siri
Damn, I really want to upgrade to an iPhone 4S now!

http://shitthatsirisays.tumblr.com

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/359350/fuzzyness.jpg http://posterous.com/users/4aAQcmSa5FlL Dave Foy fuzzyness Dave Foy Wed, 12 Oct 2011 12:37:00 -0700 Like it says on the box... http://fuzzyness.co.uk/like-it-says-on-the-box http://fuzzyness.co.uk/like-it-says-on-the-box

Check out Josh Topolsky's brilliant iPhone 4S review - especially the last question he asks Siri...

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/359350/fuzzyness.jpg http://posterous.com/users/4aAQcmSa5FlL Dave Foy fuzzyness Dave Foy Sun, 09 Oct 2011 11:57:00 -0700 Genius: Paul Desmond http://fuzzyness.co.uk/genius-paul-desmond http://fuzzyness.co.uk/genius-paul-desmond

If I ever learn to play even a tenth as well as Paul Desmond I'll be deliriously happy. Pure genius.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/359350/fuzzyness.jpg http://posterous.com/users/4aAQcmSa5FlL Dave Foy fuzzyness Dave Foy Sun, 09 Oct 2011 09:29:00 -0700 Archie Pelago: Turntable Meets Cello, Sax, Laptop http://fuzzyness.co.uk/archie-pelago-turntable-meets-cello-sax-lapto http://fuzzyness.co.uk/archie-pelago-turntable-meets-cello-sax-lapto

I've been loving playing the saxophone again recently. While I've been digging back into old school swing and jazz for inspiration (the late, great Art Pepper is my sax hero), I can't help thinking that there are new ways to use the saxophone that don't just emulate playing styles from 60 years ago.

I'm thinking of the possibiities of mixing sax with Ableton Live, non-traditional ways of playing and composing that don't just rely on furious scales-based virtuosity and emulating Messrs. Parker, Coltrane, et al. 

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Really pleased, then, to stumble across Brooklyn-based Archie Pelago doing some really interesting (but highly listenable) stuff with traditional instruments like sax and cello along with laptops, mixers, Ableton Live and turntables.

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There's a great article on CreateDigitalMusic.com, an in-depth that's well worth checking out, on how they're pulling it all together for some marvellous 21st century performance techniques. 

Archie Pelago have a ton of stuff on their Soundcloud page; some video goodness on their own site; a free download of their latest EP here; and the recent Chocolate Waveplates EP streamable here too.

Great find.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/359350/fuzzyness.jpg http://posterous.com/users/4aAQcmSa5FlL Dave Foy fuzzyness Dave Foy Sun, 09 Oct 2011 05:18:00 -0700 War Is Stupid http://fuzzyness.co.uk/war-is-stupid http://fuzzyness.co.uk/war-is-stupid

The only winning move is not to play.

War Games, 1983.

Profound.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/359350/fuzzyness.jpg http://posterous.com/users/4aAQcmSa5FlL Dave Foy fuzzyness Dave Foy Fri, 07 Oct 2011 09:57:07 -0700 I appear to have company http://fuzzyness.co.uk/i-appear-to-have-company http://fuzzyness.co.uk/i-appear-to-have-company The view from my seat at my desk just now. The handsome dude is called Gomez. The other handsome dude is, ahem, out of shot.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/359350/fuzzyness.jpg http://posterous.com/users/4aAQcmSa5FlL Dave Foy fuzzyness Dave Foy Thu, 06 Oct 2011 12:54:00 -0700 Dad, what's a twat? http://fuzzyness.co.uk/dad-whats-a-twat http://fuzzyness.co.uk/dad-whats-a-twat

Lucy (9) just walked into the living room:

Dad… what's a twat?
Methinks someone's been watching Outnumbered…

Karen

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/359350/fuzzyness.jpg http://posterous.com/users/4aAQcmSa5FlL Dave Foy fuzzyness Dave Foy Thu, 06 Oct 2011 12:42:00 -0700 RIP Steve Jobs http://fuzzyness.co.uk/rip-steve-jobs http://fuzzyness.co.uk/rip-steve-jobs There's an iPhone in my pocket, an iPad on the living room table, and several Macs around the house. Steve Jobs' products have played a major part in my work and play for 10+ years.

Sincere condolences to his family. RIP Steve.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/359350/fuzzyness.jpg http://posterous.com/users/4aAQcmSa5FlL Dave Foy fuzzyness Dave Foy Wed, 05 Oct 2011 13:01:14 -0700 Best. Saxophone. Website. Ever. Is. One. Today. http://fuzzyness.co.uk/best-saxophone-website-ever-is-one-today http://fuzzyness.co.uk/best-saxophone-website-ever-is-one-today One of my favourite websites turns 1 year old today. Congrats!

http://www.bestsaxophonewebsiteever.com/celebrating-our-one-year-anniversary/

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/359350/fuzzyness.jpg http://posterous.com/users/4aAQcmSa5FlL Dave Foy fuzzyness Dave Foy Wed, 05 Oct 2011 12:41:00 -0700 By Any Other Name http://fuzzyness.co.uk/by-any-other-name http://fuzzyness.co.uk/by-any-other-name

Would as many people be disappointed if Apple had released the same device but called it the iPhone 5?

http://www.marco.org/2011/10/04/iphone-4s-by-any-other-name

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/359350/fuzzyness.jpg http://posterous.com/users/4aAQcmSa5FlL Dave Foy fuzzyness Dave Foy Thu, 09 Dec 2010 14:27:57 -0800 Robbie's Christmas wreath http://fuzzyness.co.uk/robbies-christmas-wreath http://fuzzyness.co.uk/robbies-christmas-wreath
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A local chap who's a gardener asked us if we wanted to buy a custom-made Christmas wreath, ten quid. I admit, I imagined a kind of round, boring green thing (never really understood the point...) but, apparently, ten quid for such things is rather a bargain, so...

Check out the photo of what he turned up with! Nothing like I expected, it's all fancy and impressive and imaginative. 

Proper delighted I am.

(In case you're wondering: Robbie Griffiths, 07734 858608.)

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/359350/fuzzyness.jpg http://posterous.com/users/4aAQcmSa5FlL Dave Foy fuzzyness Dave Foy Tue, 07 Dec 2010 01:04:26 -0800 Where do you draw the line? (look closely) http://fuzzyness.co.uk/where-do-you-draw-the-line-look-closely http://fuzzyness.co.uk/where-do-you-draw-the-line-look-closely
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Poster: spotted while visiting our son's school for Parent's Evening.

Look closely - notice the 2 answers... heh heh.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/359350/fuzzyness.jpg http://posterous.com/users/4aAQcmSa5FlL Dave Foy fuzzyness Dave Foy Tue, 07 Dec 2010 01:02:49 -0800 Tree carving down our street http://fuzzyness.co.uk/tree-carving-down-our-street http://fuzzyness.co.uk/tree-carving-down-our-street
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There are loads of trees where we live with amazing carvings. Here's one I hadn't seen before, spotted yesterday.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/359350/fuzzyness.jpg http://posterous.com/users/4aAQcmSa5FlL Dave Foy fuzzyness Dave Foy Sat, 11 Sep 2010 06:57:07 -0700 Patty and Chips With Scraps Ta http://fuzzyness.co.uk/patty-and-chips-with-scraps-ta http://fuzzyness.co.uk/patty-and-chips-with-scraps-ta If you've ever been to Hull you'll know what this means.

Streetlife Museum, Hull

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/359350/fuzzyness.jpg http://posterous.com/users/4aAQcmSa5FlL Dave Foy fuzzyness Dave Foy Sat, 11 Sep 2010 05:30:51 -0700 Drummers in the sky http://fuzzyness.co.uk/drummers-in-the-sky http://fuzzyness.co.uk/drummers-in-the-sky Not sure if you can make this out but yeah... the everyday sight of folks drumming in the sky. Hull, Freedom Festival, Victoria Square.

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Eggs and shoes thrown at Tony Blair
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/sep/04/tony-blair-attacked-memoirs-signing

Skirmishes broke out between protesters and police at the first public signing for Tony Blair’s memoirs, with shoes and eggs hurled at the former prime minister.

I'm surprised it was only shoes and eggs. He got off lightly.

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