Our nifty wind turbine in the fog

Turbine and abandoned cars (retinex)
Lots of people have been taking photos of our nifty wind turbine (or a PDF fact sheet), including some very cool sunset shots by biology prof Van Gooch that will be hanging up here in the Science Building sometime soon.

We had a very cool fog last week, and when I dropped Sub-Evil Boy off at school, the turbine was just peeking out through the top of the fog bank. With WeatherGirl‘s encouragement, I grabbed the camera and dashed off to snag some shots, several of which I’ve uploaded to Flickr.

I never did get the image that first caught my eye because we just don’t have anything telephoto enough for that shot, and by the time I was closer I was down in the fog looking up at the turbine. Yet another reason why we really need to get a digital SLR so I can buy fancy lenses again (evil grin). Still, I was able to have some fun and grab some pretty nice images.

Turbine, fog, and sunA cold reception at the gate

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A wonderful Ivor Cutler clip

Copper Lines by imago on Flickr
In one of those happy on-line community moments, I got a cool pointer on Flickr from imago (who has some very cool photos – see the example to the right) to a neat clip of Ivor Cutler performing a great little song “Shoplifting”. This was pulled from an old UK TV show called The Old Grey Whistle Test (also here, and the Beeb will sell you DVDs), and features Ivor playing his harmonium and singing. It’s a wonderfully goofy song and a totally dead-pan performance that is, in some ways, just what I would have expected from Cutler.

The cover of Ivor Cutler\'s Jammy Smears LP
Check out the video here. imago found it on WFMU’s blog, and they snagged it from YouTube. Great fun and definitely recommended.

It looks like Andy Kershaw’s BBC Radio 3 show on Sunday is a very popular “Listen again” show this week, which is a nice sign. The show featured a great Cutler session recorded for John Peel in 1979, as well as a fine tribute to Ali Farka Toure, who also died recently. And who couldn’t love that Rev. Charlie Jackson guitar sermon track! This show should be available until sometime Sunday, so check it out while you can!

And again a huge thanks to imago for the tip!

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