John Adams premieres his ‘son of chamber symphony’ in the UK this weekend when he conducts the London Sinfonietta at The Queen Elizabeth hall on London’s South Bank (27th September).Adams is best known for his minimalist influenced Opera ‘Nixon in China‘ and although often cited alongside Philip Glass and Steve Reich is perhaps more accurately amongst the generation after them.
The humble analogue cassette continues its rise as a cultural design icon even when its functional use has declined.
I caught this amusingly creative trailer the other night about an upcoming series called Electric Revolution on BBC Four which apparently will examine Britain’s current love affair with technology. Looks like it’ll go into the history of gadget dependency and then subject families to periods without modern tech. What will we learn if anything?
Source: Household energy bills explained
That old symbol of East Germany The Trabant car returns albeit in an updated electric form. The Channel 4 reporter is temporarily either aghast or disbelieving of the quoted driving range per charge.
Old tech re-used
The hedgehog hotel that I DIYed a couple of years ago needed it’s inner wall bolstering too keep out the inquisitive cats of the neighbourhood. An old shelf bracket and a couple of old gutted VHS tapes that seem made to slot in that rigid groove make for a handy damp proof modular inner wall that stops those cats getting to the extra food we leave out for our annual nocturnal garden hedgehog visitors. One day I might even get a wireless web camera in there who knows.
Clocks come in all shapes and sizes. This 35mm film canister styled clock evokes those dwindling days of film photography. In the future will any possible memory card styled clocks look anywhere near as stylish?
