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Music never lets you down

Puts a smile on your face

Any time, anyplace…

(and especial thanks to Daze who ran through the crowd to get the autograph)

An interesting, and recently done site devoted to the final Merzbau project of artist Schwitters, unfinished Merzbarn in Cumbria:
http://www.merzbarn.net/

there is also a wonderful Dutch site on the barn project - with detailed photographs and outline of the work.

in the above video clip, from a generously posted series, is Max Ernst and toward the beginning, short footage of the Merzbarn, and Schwitters during the war.

RON BUTLIN Thursday 27th November, 7.30pm, Sloan’s
Edinburgh based Poet - hosted by Vital synz. ( website ) Tickets available on the night Thursday 27th November, 7.30pm, Sloan’s 108 Argyle St, Glasgow G2 8BG
And the following night

nice intro to the dvd released last year of this amazing film. nice stills too!

“Just to let you know on 9 November between 5 and 6 pm GMT on Jazz FM Radio the Johnny Mathis single “I Love My Lady” is to be played by DJ Ralph Tee as a special favour to me. He’s actually got the whole album but because of legal reasons is unable to play it or let anyone else hear it.”

best album you have never heard!

Simon has commented on this justifiably, I omitted his name from the quote - my apologies, Simon. I was in some excitement

Norma Jean CD with Chic Organization selling on eBay at a good price of £30 GBP - considering Amazon has it from several people at 200€ euro plus!!!!

It is a great Chic CD, with all the extended mixes Norma Jean and Chic came up with. Features some classic Nile and Bernard stuff on Saturday, Sorceror and High Society. It’s got evrything Chic and Norma Jean Wright did together.

Had a lot of fun this week heading down the Championships, which have been played at Glasgow Academy, in Kelvinbridge.

I played the morning lightning tourney, yesterday, on the sensory boards (!) and got 3/6, although narrowly seemed to have missed getting the Grading prize

There are some games of this on the net, but the names are all wrong - I salvaged the 3 games of mine I could find…

Browse them here - I have annotated them a bit too

My congratulations to Evis who *did* get the grading prize (the under 1750! one) in the blitz tourney this morning - excellent stuff from the Maestro

The Championships themselves have seen the 2 players I know well, doing *very* well - Allan Brown stormed to a 3.5 in round 5, and has slightly faltered since, but his performance rating gave evidence of his subtle skills. Allan is a great presence at Phones chess club, where I play, he is always keen to instruct us lesser players and I am happy he has done us all very proud with his participation at the Champs.

Also, my good friend Chris (with Blair in this pic) has done very well, after a great start then disastrous 2nd game (which was live on the internets!).

Good luck to both of them in today’s finale.

Check the Scottish Chess 2008 website - with all games, results and live coverage of top boards.

The tournament is very exciting with Markos (GM) still leading and unbeaten but he can be caught still… the young Uzbek greatly impressed yesterday against Markos - getting a draw in a Sveshnikov Sicilian.

 I took a few nerdy pics of my chess set that I totally love. It has sentimental and aesthetic value, but doesn’t seem to help my playing level that much :/

A site by Infinite Eye for the new Glasgow Poetry Society: Vital Synz.

www.vitalsynz.co.uk

Really enjoyed the Oran Mor launch event, despite only snarfing one canapé…

Worth not staying in and installing Leopard on my new Mini for, even!