James Bywood - blog

Just nicked their Greatest Hits CD off my Dad. Reminded me what...

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 14:34:00 +0000

Just nicked their Greatest Hits CD off my Dad. Reminded me what a soulful voice Stevie Winwood had. Classic stuff

Bon Iver - Live 4AD session

Sun, 26 Feb 2012 15:01:00 +0000

Bon Iver - Live 4AD session:

Totally different arrangements of recent material, beautiful stuff.

Icelandic Road Trip - February 2012, a set on Flickr. Images...

Sun, 26 Feb 2012 11:21:00 +0000

Icelandic Road Trip - February 2012, a set on Flickr.

Images from when Celia, Aisling and I went exploring Iceland in an knackered old RAV4

Upper Wharfedale, a set on Flickr. I went looking for artistic...

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:07:00 +0000

Upper Wharfedale, a set on Flickr.

I went looking for artistic inspiration in the Yorkshire Dales yesterday and ended up in Wharfedale. A lovely quite day was spent wandering from Kettlewell to Buckden along the valley side, and then returning across the tops of Birks and Firth Fell.

I took a huge number of photographs, most of which will never see the light of day. This little set on Flickr are the cream of the crop.

Antoni Tapies, Spanish Abstract Painter, Dies at 88

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:30:00 +0000

Antoni Tapies, Spanish Abstract Painter, Dies at 88:

Seam - Decatur. I don’t expect anyone else to...

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:37:00 +0000

Seam - Decatur. I don’t expect anyone else to be excited by this, but; I’ve spent the last 10 years searching for this song. A happy day!

Snowdrop (I think) shoots in the garden. Hopefully this means...

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:01:20 +0000

Snowdrop (I think) shoots in the garden. Hopefully this means the constant winter darkness is on the wain?

Roxy Music - Mother of Pearl Random iPod classic for this week...

Fri, 23 Sep 2011 09:49:39 +0100

Roxy Music - Mother of Pearl

Random iPod classic for this week has to go to this beaut of a song. Roxy madness at it’s finest.

Lake at the back of the Coniston Hotel on the A65 to Settle

Mon, 19 Sep 2011 09:11:52 +0100

Lake at the back of the Coniston Hotel on the A65 to Settle

Any self respecting art student will have studied Richard...

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 20:12:00 +0100

Any self respecting art student will have studied Richard Hamilton. Sad to see he’s passed.

Jim Ford - I’m Going to Make Her Love Me I’m...

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 19:15:00 +0100

Jim Ford - I’m Going to Make Her Love Me

I’m intrigued by the enigma that is Jim Ford. A talent cited by many as amongst the best. How come I never noticed him before?

‘Funkiest white man I know’ - Sly Stone

Jim Ford died in complete obscurity in 2007. Here’s The Times obit.

IPod Shuffle re-discovery tune of the week. Tony Allen -...

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 14:17:50 +0100

IPod Shuffle re-discovery tune of the week.

Tony Allen - Busybody

Midtown(ish) from the top of the Empire State Building....

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 12:32:00 +0100

Midtown(ish) from the top of the Empire State Building. Original photo taken using a Canon 300D but then manipulated using the Tilt Shift Generator for the iPad.