The Truth will set you free.

Ferrari Bahrain Practise 1

First blood to Ferrari then....

Coldplay - New Album - Prospekt - Viva La Vida - Death and all his Friends

Coldplay's new album is slated for a mid-May release.
The songs are said to be 'very different' from the previous 'Trilogy' of Coldplay's output - taking a more percussive and distorted guitar backdrop to Chris Martins more personal and real vocal performance.

Produced by Brian Eno, who was brought onboard in the new year.
Eno was quoted as saying on BBC's front row program (in January) "(it) will be very original and very different from what they've done before."

For an informative news story on the Albums creation see here

Meanwhile the 'Provisional Track-listing is as follows:

1 Famous old painters
2 Glass of Water
3 Lost!
4 Cemeteries of London
5 Violet Hill
6 Poppy Fields
7 42
8 Yes!
9 Leftrightleftright
10 Rainy Day
11 Prospekt's March

Other Song Titles flying about are as follows:
"Death and All His Friends"
"Life in Technicolour"
"Strawberry Swing"
"Reign of Love"

Whether these are different songs to the track-listing above or just alternative titles that have been dismissed and replace by the ones above remains to be seen.

The 'End is nigh' for Felipe Massa at Ferrari ?

As per my previous post on March the 23rd, The silly season (at Ferrari at least) has already started, Massa is under pressure to perform this wknd, and if he doesn't ..well there's that Alonso bloke waiting in the wings to take his seat in 09, That has got to be Ferrari's worst kept secret. Mind you Vettel is being eyed up by Ferrari as well - but that would be a mid season swap if the worse came to the worse with Massa - and as we know he doesn't perform well under pressure does our Massa.

Brett Anderson Quote 'Love is Dead'

...the telephone rings but no-one ever thinks to 'speak' to me.

Loneliness.
Image - (c) Sergei Chepik

Radiohead Remix Site Nude/Stems

Radiohead have announced today a Re-mixable version of 'Nude' available from the ITunes store, so for a small amount of money you can save them £20,000 on getting some bloke in to do a crap re-mix for a b-side. Though I'm sure they don't see it quite like that - cynical moi?

The Book of Revelation Book/Film

Having read the book some time ago,I was surprised to see that an Australian Film has been made. The book is originally set in Amsterdam - so you'd think euro-chic exploitation would be just around the corner. (ala Baise moi without the guns) .

What struck me about the book (I can't comment on the film as I have not seen it yet) was the premise of 'normal' life torn away in seconds, A man (who is a Dancer- so sic physically attractive and desirable ) goes out to buy a pack of cigarettes and is abducted by three cloaked women for 12 days.
The journey of the book is the character trying to put his life back in order after the 'event' and how he emotionally feels about what has happened to him. Did he enjoy it ? was it a wish fulfillment fantasy? was it the empowerment of these women at the expense of his ego and imprisonment? These questions and more are raised.

Books and films that deal with sexuality in all it's -shall we say non normal desires - are always going to be hard on the eyes.and yet anything that reflects human desires in whatever shape or form is not to be ignored because the cost of doing so leads to closure of the mind, with that in mind the filming of 'Book of Revelations' is to be applauded - however whether it is as effective as film as it was as a book I will have to wait and see.

Brett Anderson 'We Can Be Anyone' Lyrics

You can almost feel the 'emotional tension' when listening to this song.

We Can Be Anyone

Evening arrives with it's scandals and lies
and it's breeding grounds
and the lights on your face show up all the mistakes
so I dim them down

You are electric tonight you are connected tonight
you can be anyone
you feel the tension inside as I turn out the lights
you can be anyone

Evening is here with it's scandals and fears
and it's shadow play
and the lights on your arms show the scratches and scars
so I turn away

You are electric tonight you are connected tonight
you can be anyone
cos if I turn out the lights If I screw up my eyes
you could be anyone

And as this tensioning night
and with this feeling inside
we can be anyone

cos if turn out the lights
if I screw up my eyes you could be anyone

Evening arrives with it's scandals and lies
and it's shadow play

and the lights on your face show up all the mistakes
so I turn away

Keane 'A Bad Dream' Lyrics.

Why do I have to fly
Over every town up and down the line?
I'll die in the clouds above
and you that I defend, I do not love

I wake up, it's a bad dream,
No one on my side
I was fighting
But I just feel too tired to be fighting
Guess I'm not the fighting kind

Where will I meet my fate?
Baby I'm a man and I was born to hate
And when will I meet my end?
In a better time you could be my friend

I wake up, it's a bad dream
No one on my side
I was fighting
But I just feel too tired to be fighting
Guess I'm not the fighting kind
Wouldn't mind it


If you were by my side
But you're long gone,
Yeah you're long gone now

Yeah
Where do we go?
I don't even know
My strange old face
And I'm thinking about those days
And I'm thinking about those days

I wake up, it's a bad dream
No one on my side
I was fighting
But I just feel too tired to be fighting
Guess I'm not the fighting kind
Wouldn't mind it
If you were by my side
But you're long gone,
Yeah you're long gone now
Yeah


Linked Photo taken by myself.

Portishead - Machine Gun

Well Portishead return to the land of the 'Living' with a new single.

A bizarre mix of Old school Portishead and Aphex Twin , think there may be a bit of Kraftwerk in there as well.

Excellently diverse not to everybody's taste I am sure but it's got something deep in it's soul.

P2P Limewire/Frostwire vs Transmission on Mac OSX Leopard.

Well I updated to Leopard some months ago, and ever since then Frostwire which I was currently using died (Something to do with the 'Mac Firewall' methinks).
After an exhautive search of the WWW the answer was 'not out there' so did what some posts suggested and installed 'Limewire' , this worked for a while but still showed that I was behind a 'Firewall' (even though I had set security to allow Limewire access to ports).

Limewire over the last week or so has slowly died...great connection on start up then ..pooh.
This morning I researched the web and no more info available. so had to get my thinking cap on.

So reverted to 'Transmission' and as of this morning it is working ok  (fingers crossed and wood touched - and somewhere in my local area there is a 3 legged rabbit).

So the answer to all those people who are trying to use P2P apps on Mac OSX 10.5 'Leopard' is to use 'Transmission' instead.

Horton Hears a Who! (Best film of 2008....?)

I have to say it's not many times a film lives upto your expectations, but Horton Hears a Who! did (well ok apart from the naff song bit at the end).

This film is excellent does what it says on the 'tin' and is full of film refs for the movie buffs (2001/Invasion of the bodysnatchers etc...) so plenty for adults as well as kids.

Infact the funniest film I've seen since RV

Throughly recommended to all.

T.I.A. comes to the UK at last (Heathrow Fingerprint Scanning to be a reality).

Having just finished watching the 'Last Enemy' on UK tv , I find the announcement of Fingerprint 'Control' rather alarming. The future of citizen control is coming soon to a country near you.

All this technology is being used to prove you 'Guilty' rather than to prove you innocent.

Want to borrow a library book sir ?  'Just scan your fingerprint please/ Want to complain about Council services sir ? 'Just scan your fingerprint sir so we know who you are 

Want to take some cash out of the ATM? .....Just scan your fingerprint.

I could go on but you get my drift.

The future is 1984.

Ferrari at Malaysia ....Oh Yes!

Well the Malaysian GP went a tad better than the Oz one did (though Massa managed to make an idiot of himself yet again)
Raikkonen was supreme throughtout the race, lived up to his name 'Iceman' once again. 

You know something i think we've got a strong chance this year of winning the Constructors title if we could just get Massa to perform consistently

...and remember kids you heard it hear first - Massa will be out of Ferrari this season.

Snow Patrol Lyrics take two....

'We Can all Run away now they're all dead'.

One step too far 
Is not far enough away from here 

Stay close to me 
Don't relax your grip on my right hand 

But you are all I really want in this life 
You could be the summer rain on my face 
You push a little tear into my eye lid 
Don't torture yourself thinking that it must sting 

Don't turn your head 
Pretend they're all dead and gone by now 

Can you feel that? 
Feels like breath on the back of my neck 

But you are all I really want in this life 
You could be the summer rain on my face 
You push a little tear into my eye lid 
Don't torture yourself thinking that it must sting

Manic Street Preachers cover Rihanna's 'Umbrella'

Shimmering Guitar sound, Worth a listen for that alone.

And I have to say a pretty cool version to boot!

Who watches the 'Watchmen' ?

Well the comic book that refused to be filmed is due for release in little less than a year, lets hope it turns out better than the disaster that was 'Sin City'!!

Saddleworth, Whit Friday Band Contest (And Whit Walk)

A bizarre link I know , but a piece of my past , and a lovely one at that.
Nostalgia is a powerful thing never forget that.

Snow Patrol 'Chocolate'

The one and only snow patrol song for me...

This could be the very minute
I'm aware I'm alive
All these places feel like home

With a name I'd never chosen
I can make my first steps
As a child of 25

This is the straw, final straw in the
Roof of my mouth as I lie to you
Just because I'm sorry doesn't mean
I didn't enjoy it at the time

You're the only thing that I love
It scares me more every day
On my knees I think clearer

Goodness knows I saw it coming
Or at least I'll claim I did
But in truth I'm lost for words

What have I done it's too late for that
What have I become truth is nothing yet
A simple mistake starts the hardest time
I promise I'll do anything you ask...this time

BBC wins rights to F1 from 2009 onwards

Bernie Ecclestone announced today that the F1 tv rights have been transferred to the BBC (UK Viewers) for the start of the 2009 season.
As the link above describes 'the BBC has some innovative new ideas' lets hope one of those is HD coverage !!

See also BBC news Story

Arthur C Clarke Dies

A sad day for Science Fiction fans worldwide. He will be sorely missed. A true pioneer of Science mixed in with fact and fiction.
A foreteller of Satellite technology that we now in our modern world take for granted.

A great visionary.

Brett Anderson 'Infinite Kiss'

And when your clothes are on the ground
and your hair is falling down
Will you surrender to it now?
Because yes only we exist in our symphony
of flesh in our universe of bliss

In the infinite kiss, the infinite kiss

As it subjugates you now, as it pins you
to the ground like a tethered animal
As it drags you by the hips and it forces
you to this, it is hell but it is bliss

It's the infinite kiss, the infinite kiss

As you move like a machine and the child within
you screams 'when was heaven so obscene?'
It's our playground of excess, it is poetry made
flesh, it's our symphony of bliss

The infinite kiss, the infinite kiss

China subjugates Tibet once again....

China has proved itself once again to be a 'Force' of conquest in Tibet rather than realize that Tibet is a separate Country and not China's to rule as it sees fit.

The Deaths in Tibet by Chinese troops is reprehensible and should be roundly condemned by other nations. Sanctions against China are surely the only way it will realize it has gone too far this time.
(Remember 'Massacre in Tiananmen Square' anybody?).

I for one do not want my Country (UK) to be competing in the Olympic Games at 'Beijing' this summer , if the Country that is 'Hosting' the games commits human rights infractions without a care or concern for life or sovereignty of that people or state.

Sign the Government e-Petition (UK Residents only) Boycott the Beijing Olympics

I really don't care if it is a great world trade partner..... money is not everything.
The time to stand is now and 'enough is enough'

NIN (Nine inch Nails) You tube Festival for 'Ghosts'

NIN are doing a fan submitted Videos for their new album 'Ghosts' the idea is described by Trent Reznor in the 'Link above'

General idea is you 'compose' a piece of Video for a Track (or even tracks) from the Ghosts album , and submit it , and if your lucky it gets included.

So get thinking ...you just never know :)

For those of you who are not aware of Ghosts the link will explain a bit more.

F1 Australia - Not a good Ferrari day out....

Todays race was not a good race to watch if your a Ferrari fan (I am) , talk about how much worse the result could have been, geez makes me wonder sometimes why I bother getting up at 04:15am!

Thanks guys - can you get your act together for next wknd please ! 

See link below:
Race Report Australia

Zero-Sum Lyrics....

'And you never get away
And you never get to take the easy way
And all of this is a consequence
Brought on by our own hand
If you believe in that sort of thing
And did you ever really find
When you close your eyes
Any place that was still
And at peace
And I guess I just wanted to tell you
As the light starts to fade
That you are the reason
That I am not afraid
And I guess I just wanted to mention
As the heavens will fall
We will be together soon if we
Will be anything at all'


Trent Reznor.

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The great things you have to fight for in life, the pointless things just fall into your hand.

Poetry moment

" I asked your friends if they had seen you around?
They said yes but they had seen you wearing a frown.
We came to this point my love , through words that were cast like stones, into a shallow pool of love"

Photosinferno 

Eve of the Eve of F1 2008

Well it all starts tomorrow night  (Practise starts in 90mins but I have to get up in the morning so will have to miss the live Web streaming of that on the ITV.Com website :( )

However all is go for Qually and the race so am soooo looking fwd to having me F1 back ... to mis-quote a famous commentator.. it's (nearly) go go go of the 2008 F1 season! 

(about bloody time an all lol)

A bit of a lyric thing with the blog at the moment - 

"I put one foot forward and ended up thirty yards back.
And am I losing touch or am I just completely off the track?
And I don't know why I want to voice this out loud,
It's theraputic somehow".


Wombats -  Moving to New York

I've got the hump with my phone (LG Viewty) cos the bluetooth is not working with my Mac - my relationship with this phone has got an end date I can see it coming.

Thought provoking 'Keane' lyrics

Lyrics to 'He used to be such a Lovely Boy'

Time to leave this town
now your dreams have all let you down,
No one here will miss you now,
Time to wake up and look around.

He used to be a lovely boy,
lovely boy, lovely boy.
He used to be a lovely boy.

Turn away and turn a head,
just a hopeless dreamer she said,
Eyes of cloud and feet of lead,
find a shore that needs you instead.

He used to be a lovely boy,
lovely boy, lovely boy.
He used to be a lovely boy.

Time on your hands,
world at your feet,
no adventure left incomplete.


Find a place where you can hide
from the love that holds you inside,
time's so unkind,
like an old friend leaves you behind.

Mac OSX 'Blog Widget'

Just found the world's coolest 'Blog' Widget,
I can now add txt straight onto the blog via a 'Dashboard Widget' , this has probably been around for eons but hey it's new to me! and it's cool for adding that 'instantaneous thought' to the blog , which was the reason i started the blog in the first place.

Feedburner ??

Well I've started a 'feedburner' profile , and to be honest I'm just so confused with it . It just ain't going to make it onto this blog at the moment. Infact I don't think i understand it. 
And as they say if you don't need it ya don't use it. (Well they don't say exactly that but you catch my drift).

I hate getting up late, throws you out for the rest of the day , think it is something that just happens  - it feels like your whole body and mind is out of sync with the 'hour' of the day.

My sense of 'creativity' has waned somewhat of late.

LInk posted to 'Live' webcam transmission...on YahooLive! ..if this video is live ..i'm transmitting.

24 days 15 hours to the aussie GP ...just thought i'd mention that.

added link to del.icio.us bookmark site, to sidebar.
Just to let ppl know what if anything was catching my eye in the world .

"Nothing ever goes right
Nothing really flows in my life.

No-one really cares if there's horror's inside my head"

Brett anderson.

Well the Great one does it again with a brilliant new track.

"That's how people grow up"

Inspired poetic excellence...

From today the future will be different from how it was yesterday.

Looks like life is changing again , ah well ya gotta keep up ...and It don't half keep you awake!!

'Lying in my bed watching my mistakes run through my head'.

Inspired by 'The 2 of Us' by Suede.

life is not designed for our comfort but for our struggle, for in struggle there is growth.
Now don't you all feel better now that question is resolved?

The Song list is more interesting ...that shows a good choice of songs even if I do say so myself ;)

Well that's the training done.... so next up on Monday it's all on me own-eo !

Sometimes whatever you do it's not enough... and that is a reality we all have to face sometime.

NIN remix com has accepted my mix ... so that is a much easier way of listening to it ....the link is : http://remix.nin.com/play/mix?id=789 

A slight redisgn of the front page view..was sending me a little dotty ...an attack of minimalism is order methinks.

Well after what feels like about 2hrs sleep and loads of worrying the first day on rota is over. It went well I think , a tad stressful driving to leeds in the dark and the rain at 05:10 but hey you can't have everything can you? lol

Am absolutely worn out it has to be said. Mind you that's probably because I've caught the cold my other half had last week .

Somehow I don't think I'll be long out of bed tonight methinks.

Considering it's a 05:15 depart from home tomorrow morn I suppose I should go to bed a tad early thinking about it ;)

Right the first problem i've noticed is everytime you access the page the player starts ....might have to look at altering the code for this ..if i get any complaints.

At last a music player that works on eblogger !!

Music Player ?

Well I passed... so maybe I can relax a little bit now ;)

I've been quiet for a while... I'm thinking lots ..I'll be back.

Waymarker

Waymarker, originally uploaded by photosinferno.

Latest addition to Flickr, Downloaded a border app to add to aperture so i can get borders without having to faff in PS - but had to go back into Ps to add the text anyway ...infact processing of this photo was as follows :
Camera
iphoto (Generic storage of image)
Adobe Lightroom - creation of three different exposed images
Photomatix - HDR creation
Aperture - Crop of image and add border on export
PS - Add Text at bottom of image
Aperture - Store final image and export to Flickr

quite simple really !!

Nothing Is more Beautiful than the Woman you love.

I was thinking about her skin -(sic Sisters Of Mercy)

I am thinking about her smile 

I am thinking about her presence

I think about her love.

All these things I have missed over this last week.

Remember how you feel .. and use that to improve how you feel the next day.

All emotions are useless ..and all actions are reactions ..above all 'be true to yourself' 

Destiny is just fate spelled differently .

http://rapidshare.com/files/44044014/01_Me_I_m_Not__Atomized_Mix_.mp3.html


Link to Download a Remix of 'Me I'm Not' which I remixed via Garageband files from the New NIN album 'Year Zero.

A note on downloading the file , click on the link which says the file name and this opens the page up , and then leave the selection for the download server as it is and click on the 'free' option. enter the spam filter code and a the file will download and open in Itunes automatically (If you have Itunes?)

This was one of 2 shots taken of Clare from this viewpoint at Whitby Abbey (The second being more 'arty' and can be seen on my Flickr photostream) I love it when she smiles... :)))

You Are 50% Weird

Normal enough to know that you're weird... But too damn weird to do anything about it!

How Weird Are You?

That'll be about right then stuck at the crossroads of wicked and weird ..with the finger of normality beckoning....

Just did one of these test your 'IQ' Level thingies ... in this case it tests the way in which you think and then categorizes you into a 'group' ...have to say it's pretty spot on in some ways.

Musical thinkers:
Tend to think in sounds, and may also think in rhythms and melodies
Are sensitive to the sounds and rhythms of words as well as their meanings.
Feel a strong connection between music and emotions

Other Musical Thinkers include
Mozart, John Lennon, Jimi Hendrix

Careers which suit Musical Thinkers include
Musician, Music teacher, Sound engineer, Recording technician

link : http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/leonardo/thinker_quiz/results_and_answers.shtml

Alternate version of "Whitby Abbey 2 " on Flickr

Think positive-Stay positive-Be positive.

Whitby Abbey , seen this time from the Altar end, with the pond in the foreground, another view of this was taken and will make an appearance soon I"m sure.
3 exposures combined in HDR , yet again the Mist/Fog played havoc with the processing.

3 Exposures taken hand held, then processed in HDR. The Shot is overlooking the Whitby Harbour from the West Cliff Side. The effect is interesting but not what I would call a 'Classic' photo. Does have a look of a 1920's old lithographic picture now I think about it though.

One of a series of HDR photos taken on a day trip to Whitby. The ones not deemed good enough to put on my Flickr page ( http://www.flickr.com/photos/infernocolony/ ) I'll post on the Blog.

Control - The Movie

Undoubtedly the forthcoming movie event of the year for myself 'Control the Movie'.

viewing the trailer it looks eminently watchable and worth waiting for.

Thinking about a change of career...not sure what will happen at this moment but in the end it may give me more 'quality time' as the in saying goes ...after all that is a good thing especially if I spend less of my time being shattered. Might even make me more fun to live with as well - which has got to be better for everybody in the house :)

Sometimes life is all about decisions...and usually decisions have to made when your tired, some may say 'well don't make a decision then seeing as your tired' (normally said in a sing song know it all voice) - but aha here's the rub ..even deciding to not make a decision ...is a decision!

Well the new Editors album 'An End has a Start' is surprisingly good, only found a couple of duff tracks so far.
One of my Favs is the Albums Title Track, but overall the songs and words are excellent across the whole album.
Worth a listen if you get chance methinks.

today is a hard day.....................

This is an alternative version of the Kirstall Abbey shoot, in the end there was about 4 versions processed up. This was a close second place. Difference here was the image was taken out of Lightroom (After being HDR'd) and imported into Aperture. BW treatment was then applied. Turned out a little noisey so was eventually discarded.

Anyway here it is for your delectation.

I now have an one line gallery of Images that can be purchased

Click the link to the Vision Gallery on the Top left of the Blog page.


So go on get me a bit of commision ;)

Adobe Lightroom is starting to bowl me over, after having tried Aperture by Apple and Lightroom side by side for a month - I have to say I find Lightroom much more user friendly (Take note Apple!) hence why it gets the thumbs up from me.

The truth is as the well know saying goes " Men are Dreamers and Women are the visionaries"

The James Dean Bradfield album ' The Great Western' is a bit of a classic me thinks ..not really been a devout Manics fan , so this one crept up on me .... songs of Note 'That's no way to tell a lie' - 'There's a Long way to go' and Emigre.
Worth a listen

Time waits for no man , or woman come to think about it......

I never ceased to be amazed by ppl, it's amazing how they can take the 'biscuit' .....and always at times when you feel your arm is twisted up your back because of your position.

The fields have released a new single this week 'Charming the Flames' available as a digital Download on Itunes.... it is another brilliant release ..lyrically adroit and musically strong.... a classic tune in the making ..and is second only to 'The Death' which is pure class.

ps: Spotted that I like this band quite a bit yet? ;)

Quicktime movie of a sequence of Photos I took of the Lunar Eclipse on 3rd March.

Still a place in my heart for Leonard Cohen..always will be.

Well as some of you may or may not of notice , with ref to the post about Morrissey that the attempt to get 'Life is a pigsty' into the Top40 failed ...can't say I am surprised but I was hopeful for a second there!
Just goes to show most ppl don't have taste when it comes to music ... but I knew that anyway.

Got up late for work this morning , was not a pretty sight me staggering around the house at 05:38 still asleep but feet moving - and no time for coffee.... hence not really awake till 16:00... hope I don't do it again 2mrw morning !

One of the best new bands around, challenges classification into any particular 'Indie' genre
Currently fav on my Itunes playlist.

Now this I have got to try seeing as it is my favourite track of the album. The thinking behind it is to download the track between the dates specified in an attempt to get it into the UK top 40 as album tracks are now allowed to be classified as chart entrys.

Fans are asked to sign up to the http://www.getmozinthecharts.vze.com/ and download the track between February 12-18.

Still think Minnie Drivers Song 'Everything I've got in my Pocket' is an achingly beautiful song.

Venus

Venus, originally uploaded by photosinferno.

Taken with a rather high ISO hence the 'grain'
Taken from the bedroom as the sun had just set and suddenly noticed Venus was visible ...hand held as well ...good job I had some optical stabilisation on the lens then!

Quite pleased with this not a true Astro Photo but like the cloud effect above and the way the clouds are rolling on the moors below.

Dalton Mills 2

Dalton Mills 2, originally uploaded by photosinferno.

Have been out and about ..a while ago now trying my hand at night photos... strangely enough (he said sarcastically) the main problem has been getting the scene in focus due to really no light at all (the auto focus does not work very well shall we say!) . So hence have been relying on depth of field and a sort of I think that's in focus approach ..which is a tad difficult with my eyesight!.

Anyway this one turned out ok ..(one of five taken that night) so was put into photoshop and the raw file converted .. two files joined together and treated as seperate images to get the effect required.

well well another xmas over all pressies opened ...and food consumed..... well must be going got me nose hair to trim with me new pressie... !! :)

Ah well the christmas pressie opening is done...so that's that then ....now I'm off to trim my nose hair with my xmas pressie !! ;)

David's Aussie Blog



This is a link to my other halfs fathers Aussie blog ...having fun by the sound of it :)

Tomorrow I may not be so tired :)

I'm still tired.

I'm Tired.

somebody once said if you can't say anything nice ..then say nothing at all.
And I know that we don't all follow that rule...but in public I at least try and follow that ....among friends you should be able to speak with your opinion on your sleeve...but as I say among friends... not strangers.

so much information to take in ....a consumer society can make your head spin ...