life
Flashback
About 8 years ago, while I was in Norwich, I recorded a few live takes of prepared piano for Simon Waters at UEA. At the time, I’d been practising a lot of Cage. Simon has just sent me one of the takes, and it was such a flashback, hearing what I was up to that [...]
Oliver Joseph Plans
We have finally chosen a name for our second boy. Oliver Joseph Plans. Despite the fact that our poll came in at 56 votes in all and Alexander won, we finally chose Oliver for a number of reasons, although Oscar came really close. First, it seemed to us that Oliver was a little more serious [...]
8 Days
So, as the poll continues on finding a name for the new baby, 8 days into his life, he’s looking a bit more rested and at peace with the world. He’s lost a bit of that ‘I’ve just been shipped from the Vega constellation’ puffiness, and he’s starting to look more like, well, himself.
Music for toddlers
Thomas Grill, an amazing composer/programmer whose Flext software C++ layer has helped countless PD/MaxMSP minions write their own objects (including me), just sent us an improvisation, dedicated to our two sons. All of us listened to it, and Thomas thought it was delightful (in fact hopped about for a bit exclaiming ‘Woo!Woo!’). In Grill’s words:
Here’s [...]
Naming our second son
So here’s the survey I was talking about. Go ahead, my blogosphere minions, vote! Add a name! Make yourselves at home! Come change some nappies!
The poll is going to be running for a week, after which we’ll take council, reconvene, and make a choice, hopefully.
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