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Anyone seen this...?
Posted Sep 17, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7619828.stm
What do you think?
I'm not being a traditionalist, I'm sure he'd do a good job, but I'd rather they leave the series as it is. "If it ain't broke...."
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Latest reply: Sep 17, 2008
BBC Proms Folk Day
Posted Jul 22, 2008
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00clyvc
I hope that's the right link. I caught the folk day prom on BBC4 on Sunday. Really good. Martin Simpson and Bellowhead were brilliant and Bella Hardy has a good voice (and is very clever in my view as she can sing and play violin at the same time!).
My favorite Martin Simpson tunes include: When a Knight Won His Spurs (ok, he didn't write it, but I love the arrangement) it's @ roughly 45.47 on the timecounter if anyone's interested and his song, Never Any Good is after it.
He's also the only artist I know who can turn tuning his guitar into a piece of music in itself!
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Latest reply: Jul 22, 2008
Doctor Who Trailer
Posted Jul 11, 2008
I was bored the other weekend so I put this together:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/trailermaker/view/7ffy8b
on the trailer maker. Dunno why but there's a bit of a blip in it. He's supposed to say "I'm the Doctor..."
Oh well.
Anyway that's my little effort. Hope you like!
Kaz 
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Latest reply: Jul 11, 2008
To blog or not to blog? That is the question
Posted Jun 3, 2008
Hello people
While I am sitting here with the most appalling sore throat and feeling terrible (I hope I don't have tonsillitis-yuk!) I pondered on this:
I want to try and get my proper writing (articles and such like) out to other people so I can hopefully get contracted to a music magazine.
I write stuff for a live music promotions co locally and the work goes up on the company web site and to the local papers. But, my opposite number who covers the music scene south of my town has a blog and a Myspace page as well.
I have been wondering whether I should set myself up a blog too, but which should I go for? Blogspot or Myspace?
My initial preference would be to go for Blogspot because it looks more professional, you can name it yourself and simply, I find it easier to look at. I think you can upload pics on there too. What I wanted to do was put PDFs or Jpegs of my published stuff on there so people can read it and see that it is actually published work, rather than just being part of the blog.
The thing is Myspace is such a big community and it is really key to:
a) The whole new music scene
b) Business and media (just look at what Channel 4 did with Skins)
But I don't like the associations the US has with sites like Myspace and Facebook and why should I give them my details? Have a look at this Guardian article:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/jan/14/facebook
That aside, only members can leave messages on either page can't they, but anyone can view it? So, I'd have to provide contact details on there for people who weren't members anyway. I'd have to write using my real name, which is something I'd just have to deal with (my name's already on Myspace because of the music stuff I do, and other places on the net). Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on your point of view) I have one of those surnames that is really unusual so it's easy to track me on the net. Kaz isn't my real first name, it's a nickname a friend gave me.
But would it be worth setting up another blog in reality? I'm not convinced I'd get enough hits on a blog to get people interested in what I do (I don't know how many people view my page on here (if you are looking at this and not a Hootoo member, hello and thanks for dropping by! 
).
Iain Dale and the guy behind Guido Fawkes blog have managed to make a living out of blogging but they're in a minority really (I don't agree with the former's politics but that's' another thing altogether).
Any thoughts?
Kaz.
Off to get some more 
for my sore throat... 
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Latest reply: Jun 3, 2008
Parties
Posted May 26, 2008
Got back yesterday from a family do near London. It was my second cousins' 21st birthday and she threw a big party.
We stayed over with my Uncle and Aunt and I met all my other cousins (not first cousins) for the first time ever. Was quite daunting at first, but it turns out that we have tons in common because they are all music crazy as well. One of my cousins is a record collector and works in a record shop in London as well as having a band, and nearly every one of my relatives plays a musical instrument or sings. We joked that we have easily enough people to form a family band and that next time we get together we should all bring an instrument with us.
I am just totally gutted I have had to wait this long to meet them all, but now we've all exchanged email addresses and things it should be easier.
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Latest reply: May 26, 2008
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