We are starting to assemble a press pack and some promo pictures for FANS now.
There's the requirement for headshots, group shots, exteriors and promo shots with the logo included. I'm sure some will appear on twitter too, so there's a need for some with that very wide format.
Time to turn Lightroom up to 11. *no walls damaged during the making of this picture
Maybe time for a little boat trip.
Across to the island.
Be there in time for breakfast at the train station that doesn't run any trains.
Although it does have a passing trade in cyclists and walkers.
Then find a spot of beach that nobody else uses to spend some hours counting the waves.
Okay, a few people might use it.
And perhaps visit somewhere with more of a seaside postcard look.
Before thinking about something else to eat, perhaps brought in across the jetty.
Then evening in the busy town.
Aware that the sun is going down.
Then to head back for the harbour.
Wait for the crossing back.
And check out the moon.
I noticed that some of the USA Olympic cycling team have been riding around on a left-sided bike. By that, I mean that the bike chain is on the other side.
To start with I wondered if I was mistaken, but it's a definite thing this time around as part of the engineering. The design has been optimised for the direction that bikes go around the track in a velodrome.
I'm all for finding marginal gains, improving aerodynamics and so on, but I can't help wondering if this apparently yaw reducing optimisation is a little unbalanced compared with everyone else?
I assume there's no rules about this type of thing, although I seem to recollect that lightweight carbon frames and the use of disk brakes have previously caused issues when the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) has taken a look.
Now that ain't workin' that's the way you do it
Lemme tell ya them guys ain't dumb
Maybe get a blister on your little finger
Maybe get a blister on your thumb
Above video's soundtrack is Dire Straits vs Sex Pistols vs Basement Jaxx vs Simian vs Fatboy Slim [DJ Moule]
Based on people’s love affair with music, FANS is an eclectic mix of stories told through raucous live music, scripted drama and verbatim theatre.
Full of emotion , humour and musical pulse. featuring real fan confessions from North East England music fans.
Part gig. Part Musical. FANS includes well known hits, original music and a cast of top local musicians and performers. It’s a loud, fun and heart-warming tribute to music lovers.
Among the early fans was an unexpected stage invader.
The famous Alnwick Playhouse five-legged spider decided to have a close look at the action and crowd-surfed onto the stage.
Proceedings were temporarily halted to rescue the spider from the varieties of Doc Martens and similar heavy footwear. He's back in the equipment stacks now.
All this in preparation for Fans.
If you like music, go check out the special history pin site where you can record your own favourite gig experiences. It's here.
And yes, the publicity machine is rumbling into action.
Here's the poster for the show, used outside the Alnwick Playhouse. Did we mention that there's great coffee in Alnwick?
6-7 September - ARC, Stockton
9 September - Alnwick Playhouse
13-14 September - Northern Stage, Newcastle
15-16 September - Arts Centre, Washington
1 October - ARC, Stockton
Today I'll be looking for a cardboard box and some bubble wrap. After the recent exploits of an iMac drive failure, I've now got a Drobo disk failure as well. They always say with disks its not 'if', it's 'when'.
The Drobo 5N emailed me to say a disk was about to fail and then switched into a special orange flashing light mode which stripped all of the data from the failing drive. Eventually, a red light appeared in the unit signalling the defective drive could be removed, without powering off the unit.
I did so, and swapped in a replacement. The unit is still flashing a warning until it rebuilds the defective disk. It continued to function properly as a server throughout the mishap - showed by its current uptime of 21 Days.
Next I visited the Western Digital web site to obtain an RMA, so that I can mail back the defective WD Red unit for a replacement. I have around 15 of these WD Red units which are generally excellent and nowadays they are my disk of choice.
