Sunday, 24 January 2010

A Comfortable Driver is a Safe Driver

I was given a book called "Motor Driving Made Easy" today and I thought I'd share some of the most charming illustrations. It was first published in 1919 by Iliffe and the edition I have is the ninth edition; published in 1946. The seventh and eighth editions came with a "wartime supplement" which would be nice to see. Here are some photographs:







Friday, 1 January 2010

Top albums of 2009

Shamefully I feel the need to produce a top of 2009 list on New Year's Day. It's seemed like a good year for music and it's spawned plenty of albums that I'll listen to again and again. In no particular order:


Converge - Axe to Fall

mewithoutYou - it's all crazy, it's all false, it's all a dream, it's Alright!

Dinosaur Jr. - Farm

Sunn O))) - Monoliths and Dimensions

Regina Spektor - Far 

Khanate - Clean Hands Go Foul

Archives - Decline

Isis - Wavering Radiant

Pelican - Ephemeral

Tortoise - Beacons of Ancestorship

The Humble Hoax - When Groves Were Temples


Happy New Year. Adam.