Testing a 5GHz analogue microwave video link, comparing a homemade double biquad antenna with a commercially made omnidirectional slot antenna. #ATV

Suggested videos for me to watch on my Inner Marshland covers YouTube account. See if you can spot the odd one out😳🤔

A few of my photos from a great night at the Waiting Room in London with Beautify Junkyards, currently touring the UK, recommended. #psych #kosmische #CanonFD #100mm #Sonya6500

A simple TV test card generator using a Pi Zero. I'm using the PAL video output here, but the HDMI out is also an option. #testcardf #PM5544

Anyone fancy finishing off this bottle of vodka? 😳

Fixing a Cry Baby Wah pedal, which had lost its wah... Original inductor measures fine here, but it was badly intermittent; despite my best efforts, it couldn't be fixed. Inside is a potted core, thwarting rewinding. New one required, expensive for what it is, but necessary. #crybaby #pedal #fasel

The term "stomp-box" should not be taken this literally... 😉 #mxr #pedal

"Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven. And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God." 🤨🙄 #Basildon #crematorium

Thought I'd try and flesh out my sheet music sales by adding a few covers, starting with Hatfield and the North: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWNS... FWIW, you can see my best sellers here: www.sheetmusicplus.com/en/category/... #InnerMarshland #sheetmusic

as far away in time from us now as it was from the premiere of "The Rite of Spring"

Why yes, lots of crackling, and it kept skipping. Had to blu tack a coin onto the tone arm...

Some views from Sunday, atop the St. Clement's Church's 80-foot west tower, in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex. #SonyA6500 #CanonFD #100mm #photography

A few of my photos from another ridiculously hot day, at Sunday's Leigh-on-Sea Folk Festival. With Weaving in Purgatory, Wendy Solomon, Dawnette Fessey and Ozlem Simsek. #SonyA6500 #100mm #CanonFD #photography #LFF2025 #Essex

FWIW, a few of my photos from a ridiculously hot day at Saturday's Leigh Folk Festival, with Drift, Isabel Inkcap, The Ondines and Veryan Weston. #SonyA6500 #100mm #CanonFD #photography #LFF2025

Firefox extension for those who are interested.

This year's Leigh-on-Sea Folk Festival kicked off last night at The Moonraker in Westcliff, with some electronica at Control Voltage, with Kate Mahoney, Lee Ashcroft, Now & Qubik. #A6500 #CanonFD #50mm #photography

The final Konsztrukting Soundz until September at the Fishermen's Chapel in Leigh-on-Sea last night, with Caroline Kraabel, John Butcher/Luigi Marino/Mark Wastell Trio, Khabat Abas and Tom Mills. #SonyA6500 #CanonFD #100mm #improv

Meanwhile, in The Village, Number 2 sets a fiendish trap...

He clearly needed to get himself a Doepfer Hilarity module

Testing some old Gunnplexers, yay, they all work. These transmit above 10GHz, the same range as satellite TV. No, you can't cook anything with them, except for your eyes, if you look directly into the waveguide opening when powered on 😲

Imagine the sheer horror of waking up one morning and finding yourself in Dire Straits, destined to play Sultans of Swing and Money for Nothing for the rest of your life.

Perhaps not the best way to secure your bike🙄

This could well be my epitaph... 🙄😉

Good old Aliexpress, they've asked me to send them photographic proof that an item I ordered from them didn't actually arrive 🙄

Nominative determinism at its finest

Absolutely stunning gig at Café Oto last night, with Anna Webber's Simple Trio, with John Hollenbeck & Matt Mitchell. So good to get back to London gig going once more after a frustratingly long absence. #jazz #Sony6500 #CanonFD #100mm

The penultimate Konsztrukting Soundz at the Fishermen's Chapel before the summer break was quite something on Saturday, with RM23's debut and the Noisy Women Present collective. www.noisywomenpresent.co.uk #SonyA6500 #CanonFD #50mm #improv #Essex

Dear 8647, We know what it's like to be a misunderstood 4-digit number. Hang in there. 2600

Finally got around to doing the extended PWM mod on my Behringer Model D. Unfortunately the LFO oscillator doesn't have enough of a voltage swing for full PWM, so I'll need to add a single op-amp stage to increase it. The resistors to remove to enable the PWM mod are also shown. #Behringer #synth

The final Tea & Oranges for a while last Saturday at The Moonraker in Westcliff, going out in style with Daltons Fen, Damo, I Knew These People & Tea Vision #SonyA6500 #CanonFD #50mm #Westcliff #Essex

Konsztrukting Soundz 14 at a packed Fishermen's Chapel in Leigh-on-Sea on Saturday evening, with Teresa Hackel, Julia Brüssel, Scott Biagi & John Bisset #improv #experimental #Sony6500 #CanonFD #100mm

Thanks John Erik Hmiel and @jacobinmag.bsky.social for the thoughtful article on WFMU and our history: jacobin.com/2025/04/wfmu...

Open Theremin v3 update: still trying to play it... 👋👌🤏🤞

While touring aliexpress for dubious rackmount knockoffs we came across this work of genius. Check out the 'statement' begging people to not copy their stuff, and then the absolute deathtrap underneath recommending that people definitely open up the mains power supply and repair it while its live!

The problem with most machine-based random number generators is that they’re not TRULY random, so if you need genuine randomness it is sometimes necessary to link your code to an external random process like a physical noise source or the current rate of US tariffs on a given country.

ORGAN THING: This week's Other Rock Show on Resonance 104.4FM is a Spratley's Takeover. Tonight's show, Sunday 6th April. A special show, hosted by Jo Spratley and Bic Hayes, to celebrate the bands and musicians who contributed to 2024's astonishing Sing To Tim concerts... wp.me/p2ScbB-uDv #Cardiacs

My latest: Spotify is streaming-enabled grift. This is my review of "Mood Machine," the fabulous new book by @lizpelly.bsky.social - with a couple of mentions of @dadadrummer.bsky.social and @umaw.bsky.social as well. We deserve so much better. buttondown.com/creativegood...

Trawling through my old VHS tapes as part of a lengthy decluttering/archiving process, it's always great to find some 'rare' footage, recorded from TVN's Bootleg show in 1994: www.youtube.com/watch?v=duQB... Anyone know the title? #MirandaSexGarden #TVN #Bootleg #SentrumScene #Norway

Always good to see a vintage synth in the wild, a Korg MS-10 in this case. I'd like an original Korg MS-20 one day, when I have £1000 or so to spare...

Back at the Fishermen's Chapel last night for Konsztrukting Soundz 13, with Ivor Kallin, Lawrence Casserley/Philipp Wachsmann/Bruno Guastalla Trio, Martin Hackett & Dan Goren, Kostas Chondros/Andrea Bolzoni/Francesco Forzani Trio #CanonFD #100mm #Sony #A6500 #improv #experimental

Another good evening at the Fishermen's Chapel in Leigh-on-Sea for a fundraiser, with Goodnight Crow, Marine Mammal, Mirrored Daughters & Yes Today #CanonFD #100mm #Sony #A6500 #folk

“It was the exchange of mutual admiration that really mattered. I was so delighted to see him there and he told me he’d heard us play the piece before, in Berlin. It was a nice coming together.”

HELP US SAVE OUR STREET The other week we shared an article about the threat to artists studios on our street. We have provided full details of how you can help here : tinyurl.com/mkmcb7z9 Together let's do what we can to support artists and retain the unique character of our street.

Every mind-bending TV show:

I love this song, so just had to transcribe it, Jessica Pratt's "Better Hate". Song here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9swJ... PVG sheet music available here: bit.ly/BHateSMP bit.ly/BHateSMD Also available in the key of C major, for those who aren't keen on reading/playing in the original Db.

A fab Saturday evening at St Marks Church in Southend once again, with the @tumbledryerbaby.bsky.social‬ 50th (!) album launch, with TCBTBC & MelodieGroup #Sony #A6500 #CanonFD #100mm #gigs

Why, er, thanks Anne, but you're, um, just not my type

A few photos from another evening of improv/experimental Konsztrukting Soundz on Saturday at the Fishermen's Chapel, The Bohman Brothers, Charlotte Keeffe, LUFT & Angela Hui Wai Nok #SonyA6500 #CanonFD100mm #improv #Leigh-on-Sea #Essex #avant-garde