The Last Electro-Acoustic Space Jazz & Percussion Ensemble Miles Away Discovering quite a lot of interesting new music at the moment. The Last Electro-Acoustic Space Jazz & Percussion Ensemble is a project by Jazz, Hip Hop and ‘World’ cross-over supremo Madlib and ventures into the realm of heritage jazz with tracks dedicated to the pioneers. [...]
Categories: Scattered ramblings
Tagged: Last Electro-Acoustic Space Jazz & Percussion Ensemble, madlib
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- March 18, 2010 – 3:31 pm
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- By Oliver Wood
It’s about time I made one of my quirky little videos about one of my favourite local spots, the iconic White Nancy on top of Kerridge Hill overlooking Bollington. This video constitutes something new for me, it is the first (to go online) which actually features a sort of reflexive monologue, it also has a [...]
Categories: Scattered ramblings
Tagged: bollington, video, white nancy
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- February 20, 2010 – 3:25 pm
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- By Oliver Wood
Oliver Wood in Prestbury Living Magazine Prestbury Living magazine has done a feature on me this month, essentially following on from a number of photo contributions. I provided all of the content and most of it has been printed faithfully which is very good. I believe I may be the first and possibly the last [...]
Categories: Scattered ramblings
Tagged: feature, prestbury living
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- February 1, 2010 – 3:15 pm
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- By Oliver Wood
It is still very cold though most of the snow has disappeared. Things are proving to be tougher than ever for yours truly at the moment but as I always say I am sure I will prevail and better times are just around the corner. Experience has taught me that dark skies never linger! I [...]
Categories: Scattered ramblings
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- January 13, 2010 – 3:12 pm
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- By Oliver Wood
{Transfigured Norms, A car passes by and the Christmas tree shines out across the way} Snow and ice continue to be the dominant weather theme into the first month of 2010. It is all so photogenic and I have such a lot of work to upload and publish here there and everywhere else. More creative [...]
Categories: Photo Stories,Scattered ramblings
Tagged: experimental, new road, photography, prestbury
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- January 3, 2010 – 3:10 pm
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- By Oliver Wood
I seem to have missed my usual pre-Christmas update on here this year so this entry will have to suffice. I’m still running other more ‘business’ orientated blogs elsewhere but have since decided to use the blogger space (may soon move to WordPress) as a sort of overflow for these pages as well as a [...]
Categories: Photo Stories,Scattered ramblings
Tagged: cheshire, christmas, prestbury, winter
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- December 27, 2009 – 3:05 pm
- Author:
- By Oliver Wood
Snow in the top field Prestbury, yes I have had another session in the snow, I’m in love with it all! Snow is still lying on the ground as I speak. These are fairly unusual winter conditions in the UK now and again it all makes for interesting change, photography wise. Christmas is almost upon [...]
Categories: Photo Stories,Scattered ramblings
Tagged: cheshire, prestbury, snow
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- December 22, 2009 – 3:01 pm
- Author:
- By Oliver Wood
The weather over the last few days has been very cold but also extremely scenic, we still have a lot of snow on the ground. I just had to get out with my camera and indulge that fascination for the kind of forms and vistas that others may miss. I now have quite a backlog [...]
Categories: Photo Stories,Scattered ramblings
Tagged: cheshire, cold weather, prestbury, winter
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- December 21, 2009 – 2:55 pm
- Author:
- By Oliver Wood
It is extremely cold tonight yet beautifully clear outside. I have used the last few shovelfulls of coal on the fire and once again a prevailing lack of funds is making life very difficult. I keep meaning to get out with my camera on a night such as this and attempt some more long exposure [...]
Categories: Scattered ramblings
Tagged: cheshire, cold weather, prestbury, winter
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- December 18, 2009 – 2:53 pm
- Author:
- By Oliver Wood
{ A leaf in suspension by my front door. A chance find that attracted my gaze and which has yielded an image with both Rothko and Miro like qualities I think. }
Categories: Photo Stories,Scattered ramblings
Tagged: abstraction, photography
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- December 12, 2009 – 2:50 pm
- Author:
- By Oliver Wood