Embedded video " HUUUURH! where is this young gallant that is so desirous to lie with his mother earth? " is a line from this scene in The Abbey Shakespeare production of…
Art
Artists and their work. Original creation that’s not crap. Man made stuff for the senses that the senses haven’t sensed before.
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File management is the new Rock n RollMy boy Felix created this almost exactly 6 years ago to the day. It's one of the 'why do you do this blogging thing?' answers. I love making stuff and I love the stuff I'm making. The notion of creating, gives me a…
Benefit show for SkateistanWe went to a leaving do in Leeds last night. Another never before experienced format of an evening for us; a benefit gig and art auction raffle for a skateboard based charity. Wharfe Chambers - the utterly unique venue…
DragonFly Tattoo EP LaunchThere's one constant quality of art that's hard to describe. Originality. There isn't a readily available frame of reference because no one has done what they are doing before. This can either mean original 'crap',…
RIFE RADIOSo, I've had this project bubbling away for a few months now. Myself and a friend DJ a weekly radio show. I've not talked about it at all on DragonDrop so far. I guess I'd been waiting till it hit critical mass -…
LadyfingersWe were lucky enough to be invited to the UK premier of what turned out to be a funny, heart warming short film called Ladyfingers. The venue was fascinating; The Wharfe Chambers in Leeds. Stories of_ moles going…
But is it art?Yesterday, I fancied a beach walk. Bridlington, on the East Coast of Yorkshire was the destination I plumped for, so having suitably enthused my family, off we set. We parked at a spot about 2 and a half miles south of…
Double helping of artWe experienced two incredible and quite unique pieces of Yorkshire Art this weekend. The first being in the form of a play at Harrogate Theatre on Friday night. The Lighthouse on Shivering Sands. Adapted from a short…
Hymn for her and meIv'e just had a birthday. A stupendous day where I coincidentally picked up a new (to me) car, had the day off work to spend with my fantastic wife and went out for a meal. What I thought was going to be a nice steady…
Yorkshire Sculpture Park revisitedHere's my Jaygo taken on 'The Walk of Art' On the [[1-Projects/DragonDrop-Adventures/posts/2003/2003-11-16-373|16th of November 2003]] and again last Sunday. We were in the area so decided to visit the 500 acre art park…
As You Like it - Abbey Shakespeare 2012Photo taken by, and published with kind permission of Stephen Whitehead Pictured above - my boys (front, centre) in the final scene of this years Abbey Shakespeare Players production of "As You Like It" directed by…
DragonGate Festival 2012What a splendid festival that was. I'll get the hick-ups out the way first up - the main one being the lack of main stage drum kit early doors, having a knock on effect (combined with a couple of other factors * ),…
Atomic Jam reminded me that I ♥ TechnoAt the weekend Eirene and I along with a collective of 10+ other people convened in Birmingham to join several thousand other people in The Q Club for the last ever Atomic Jam there. Back in the mid 90's, Eirene and I…
Talking headCompletely out of the blue on Friday afternoon, I got a call from an old friend who was involved with an event in Leeds that needed a photographer as the arranged chap had dropped out. I jumped at the chance, then…
L.S. Lowry. Artist of the peoplePerhaps his broad appeal and accessibility is behind the fact that he has not only a gallery honoring his name, but a theatre, a car park and a shopping centre also. I'd had "take family to the Lowry, Manchester" on my…