frey

all right, that was surprisingly painless.

now running the newest most spangliest version of WordPress. huzzah!

the tracks stuff is still a bit broken. i’ve been meaning to overhaul that for ages anyway…

hey,

this site got hacked – probably because i was running a very old version of WordPress. update, children! updating is Good!

will be restoring most content soon, hopefully.

cheers

Hey,

I’m at Ars Electronica, as part of the openFrameworks Lab @ars:

http://ars.oflab.cc/
http://www.aec.at/en/festival2008/program/project.asp?iProjectID=14447

More updates later, possibly, if I’m not having too much fun… ;-)

I’m in Lisbon, Portugal, which is warm, and beautiful.

I’ve done a couple of performances organised by André Gonçalves, performing with Pedro Boavida in the wonderful Estudio Bomba Suicida, and with some of the super-rad NIP folk on another night, all as part of a NIP – Sonic Scope – Upgrade! Lisbon event, last weekend. There should be audio from the night with Pedro and audio and video from the night with the NIP folk making its way here in the near future.

Also, a website reorganisation is in order. Per some advice from others I’m going to put the blog on a separate page; plus, I’d like a separate section dealing with upcoming performances and another just for documentation of said performances.

Over the last few weeks, through performing at Ars Electronica, and then coming here to Lisbon and sort of falling into a NIP workshop week, I’ve become reinspired about performing live as a musician, and I want to start developing that here in Europe a bit more.

More soon.

P.S. – do you all like Five? Comments appreciated, as always…

linky

12.9 miles! Doubling back on myself multiple times! And that’s from the exit of the canal, and doesn’t count the part when I travelling from the centre of the city to the start point of this route via the canal.

I’m feeling quite fit at the moment.

Monday 6th August

Birmingham to Stirling by train (map), Stirling to the Lake of Monteith by bicycle (map)

Nice train station; Stirling castle; very very country back road; camp site night 1

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I’m in Kenmore, having come from Stirling via Thornhill, Aberfoyle, Loch Katrine, Callander, and then National Cycle Network route #7.

linky

Off to do more. Bye!

Right. This time, I really am going on my mission.

First bit: linky

Then, a train to Achnashellach

Then the second bit: linky

Then, if I’m not dead from exhaustion, the Isle of Skye and some island-hopping.

I am going cycling in Scotland from tomorrow. I will catch a train to Stirling, bike to Aberfoyle and try to camp by Loch Ard tomorrow night, getting to Lock Katrine by Monday, catch a ferry over Loch Katrine and then come back, hopefully back near a railway line, probably Dunblane by Tuesday/Wednesday morning. Catch a train from Dunblane to Achnashellach in the Wester Ross region, go up over the Coulin Pass, stay in a bothy, come down the other side, head down the A896 and on to the Isle of Skye.

Will let you know if I make it.

this city is fucked up. i don’t get it. i don’t get it at all.

it’s bloody enormous but it’s tiny.

it’s full of people who are making creating playing living but nothing’s ever on.

it’s vibrant and dead. punk and pop.

something.