pictorial soup

Reading, like speech, is an ancient, preliterate craft. We read the tracks and scat of animals, the depth and lustre of their coats, the set of their ears and the gait of their limbs. We read the horns of sheep, the teeth of horses. We read the weights and measures of the wind, the flight of birds, the surface of the sea, snow, fossils, broken rocks, the growth of shrubs and trees and lichens. We also read, of course, the voices that we hear. We read the speech of jays, ravens, hawks, frogs, wolves, and, in infinite detail, the voices, faces, gestures, coughs and postures of other human beings. This is a serious kind of reading, and it antedates all but the earliest, most involuntary form of writing, which is the leaving of prints and traces, the making of tracks.

Robert Bringhurst, A Story as Sharp as a Knife (1999), p.14.

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Arran, 28.05.07

Wed, 30 May 2007 09:05:09 +0200

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Garden, 27 May, 07

Sun, 27 May 2007 17:21:47 +0200

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Celtic v Inter Milan, 1967

Sun, 27 May 2007 10:22:01 +0200

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCZ5NzmGdkI&mode=related&search=
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Arran from Jack's View, West Kilbride, May 26th, 6.30pm

Sat, 26 May 2007 20:22:00 +0200

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Neighbours, animation - Norman McLaren, 1952

Mon, 21 May 2007 09:40:01 +0200

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgoVugoRZXE

these sites give good historical info and further movies:

http://www.nfb.ca/animation/objanim/en/filmmakers/Norman-McLaren/films.php

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_McLaren

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Ewan meets Sir Hugo at Saltcoats Museum

Sat, 19 May 2007 10:45:08 +0200

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Stuart Annan's Museum Research Blog

Tue, 15 May 2007 12:09:20 +0200

http://stuartannan.blog.co.uk/

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The Specials - Old Grey Whistle Test

Sun, 08 Apr 2007 10:52:33 +0200

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxHcx7FO8nI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGDQ85Dg-ss&mode=related&search=

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Paul McCartney - Jenny Wren

Sun, 03 Dec 2006 13:00:22 +0100

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTQhpIa3xH8

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Paul McCartney on ukulele

Tue, 28 Nov 2006 13:52:12 +0100

beautiful

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwKTXyF_6B8

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Some kind of Joke . . . By Ian Brotherhood

Sun, 12 Nov 2006 11:03:05 +0100

So there’s this Englishman, an Irish man, a Scotsman, a Welsh man, Attila the Hun, a guy with no ears, David Bowie, Denis Thatcher, a paralysed guy fae Carlisle, Noddy, a headless body, Lloyd Cole, Colin Powell, a complete loser fae Gretna Green, Freddie Starr, Captain Picard, a hard-ticket fae Bishopbriggs, Ronnie Biggs, Carla Lane, Hans Christian Andersen, a cretin fae Tullamore, Sean Connery, a halfwit fae Kilmarnock, a defrocked priest, Captain Mainwaring, Stephen King, Britney Spears, Charlie Dimmock, a couple ay bears fae Govan, Father Ted, a pure mince-heid fae Newton Mearns, Gerry Adams, Mary Mungo and Midge, a Pakistani guy, an old boiler fae Summerston, Sheena Easton, an Afghan, a fireman, a guy wearing a de-mob suit, Prince Nasseem, The New Seekers, three hundred and ninety-seven asylum seekers, Elkie Brooks, a Biafran, a pure shtumer fae Largs, an Iraqi Kurd, Obi Wan Kenobe, Van Morrison, Paddy Malarkey, James Bond, Basil Brush, Harry Potter, a Red Indian, Oscar Wilde, Barbarella, Chic Young, the Bay City Rollers, Patsy Kensit, Walter Cronkite, a heid-the-baw fae Portree, Brian Cant, the Tweenies, Posh Spice, Ally McCoist, Tim Henman, a sick wombat, Monsieur Le Pen, an escort girl from Nottingham, a dozen Japanese tourists, Freddie Mercury, Freddie Parrott, a fly,

a pole-vaulter, an alky fae Aberdeen, a rhinoceros with a cold, Sidney Poitier, two eskimos, a bampot fae Auchenshuggle, Ian Paisley, Tinky-Winky, Willie Wonka, Salman Rushdie, a pure space-budgie fae Milton, a guy in an iron lung, Bonnie Tyler, a proboscis monkey, Marvin Gaye Senior, a fiddle-de-dee, a processed pea, a knobbly knee, a Samoan, Geri Halliwell, a Gary Numan impersonator, The Lone Ranger, Donald Dewar, Peter Greenaway, Michaelangelo, a man covered with big warts, a right muppet fae Troon, Cher, a total scunner fae Montrose, James Brown, Lord Lucan, a toucan that can say gerritrightupye, a Bosnian Serb, a rent-boy, Terry Wogan, Mott the Hoople, Ronald Reagan, a tap-dancer, three cannibals, Des Lynam, Sooty and Sweep, a right creep fae Bridge of Weir, a blind guy fae Kilwinning, three lawyers, Frank Bruno, David Icke, Vincent Price, George Orwell, Perry Como, Yoko Ono, Spandau Ballet, a pure wally fae Mount Florida, a Scottish Jew, Looby-Loo, Iggy Pop, a doughball from Forfar, Bob the Builder, all of Spinal Tap’s drummers, another fly, the first one’s wee brother

a big-game hunter, a punter fae Yoker, Bram Stoker, Robbie Williams, Ringo Starr, Nessie, Jimmy Hill, The Two Ronnies, Martina Navaratilova, Graham Norton, Brigitte Bardot, an arms-dealer, a tattie-peeler, a peely-wally lassie fae Barassie, Kylie Minogue, The Pogues, Fran and Anna, Charlton Heston, a guy with no toes, a man fae Arbroath under oath, The Artist Formerly Known As Prince, Tarzan, Batman, Stanley Baxter, Paul Daniels, the Andrex puppy, an orang-utan, a lousy wean fae Easterhouse with half a dozen fleas, three MSPs, Billy Fury, Madame Curie, a mental bairn fae Auchinleck, a high court judge, a toy poodle, a pot-noodle, George Robertson, Imelda Marcos, a French maid, Lionel Blair, Lena Zavaroni, Sonny Liston, Mulder and Scully, John Lennon, a black guy chained to a bike, a Spud-U-Like, a suppository, a grassy knoll, a greasy pole, Mary Queen of Scots, a suicidal businessman, Barbara Windsor, a pure loony fae Westerhailes, Hugh McDiarmid, Eddy the Eagle, Captain Pugwash, another fly, the other two’s pal

Bobby Davro, Bobby Elbow, a traffic warden, Zippy, a pure numpty fae East Kilbride, Fraser Elder, Maisy Mouse, a taxi-driver, Siouxie Sioux, Miss Universe, The Three Stooges, Humpty Dumpty, Gloria Hunniford, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, a lad fae Garngad who’s as daft as a brush, Korky the Cat, Billy McKenzie, an arse fae Lenzie, Peter Purves, The Original Fleetwood Mac, a right dud fae Cardross, a dosser fae Mosssblown, a zebra on it’s own, Reginald Perrin, Orla Guerin, Charles Haughtrey, Harrison Ford, a right pillok fae Aviemore, another fly, but she hasn’t met the other ones yet

Clark Kent, Donald Findlay QC, The Three Musketeers, Woody from Cheers, Ant and Dec, a jibbering wreck fae John O’Groats, a pure stoatir fae Maryhill, a couple a wiseguys fae Skye, a German tourist, a Glasgow junkie, a junk-yard dog and a wide-mouthed frog all walk into this bar.

The barman looks up and says, ‘What is this ? Some kind of a joke ?’

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The Red Balloon, 1956

Wed, 08 Nov 2006 20:57:09 +0100

A classic short film and a beloved children's story, Albert Lamorisse's Le Ballon Rouge (1956) radiantly celebrates the ability of a child's imagination to take flight.
Starring Lamorisse's winsome son, Pascal Lamorisse, and the most expressive crimson helium and rubber object ever, Le Ballon Rouge's tale about a boy and his eponymous object is a touching fable of friendship and loss, as the balloon takes it upon itself to join the boy in his daily activities.
Floating along with the boy, the balloon wreaks comic havoc on the boy's daily routine, and moves lyrically through his Paris neighborhood; their seemingly doomed adventures reach a magical conclusion that caps the film's visual beauty.

http://worldofkane.blogspot.com/2006/10/red-balloon-1956.html

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Balancing Point

Mon, 06 Nov 2006 10:46:18 +0100

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7133147240713628774&pr=goog-sl&hl=en-GB

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Bulletproof Suzy, Ian Brotherhood

Sun, 29 Oct 2006 12:43:01 +0100

Was at the launch for Ian's book on Friday and what a great night it was. Met lots of old friends from art school as well as Ian's family. The book has gone down well and I hope that it goes from strength to strength.

JF 29.10.06

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Watch "Where the Hell is Matt?" on Google Video

Wed, 25 Oct 2006 23:42:02 +0200

cool video from a happy dancing man!

Where the Hell is Matt?3 min 42 sec - 11-Jul-2006
.
http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-3180361962616283789&q=WHERE+THE+HELL+IS+MATT&pr=goog-sl

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Watch "Les Kiriki acrobates japonais" on Google Video

Thu, 28 Sep 2006 23:50:03 +0200

Les Kiriki acrobates japonais2 min 40 sec - 24-Jan-2006

Description: Les Kiriki acrobates japonais [1907]

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=238654981022382584&hl=en-GB

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London to Brighton in 2 minutes

Wed, 30 Aug 2006 23:14:37 +0200

http://www.lobsterpictures.tv/webcom/lonbri.php

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Storm clouds over West Kilbride, 20th August 2006

Mon, 28 Aug 2006 06:39:42 +0200

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Watch "Rendez-vous" on Google Video

Tue, 22 Aug 2006 19:16:02 +0200

On an August morning in 1978, French filmmaker Claude Lelouch mounted a gyro-stabilized camera to the bumper of a Ferrari 275 GTB and had a friend, a professional Formula 1 racer, drive at breakneck speed through the heart of Paris.
No streets were closed, for Lelouch was unable to obtain a permit."

This legendary French movie of a Ferrari racing through the early morning streets of Paris is combined with a google map. Follow the instruction and enjoy Rendez-vous
Description: C'était un rendez-vous Want to see more cool videos? Go to video.google.co.uk/ Think you have an even cooler video? Add it at video.google.co.uk/videouploadform
If you're having trouble watching the video, try copying the following URL into your browser:

http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=5967384923877111213&q=claude+lelouche&pr=goog-sl

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"Salvador Dali - Genius" on Google Video

Tue, 08 Aug 2006 07:24:01 +0200

Salvador Dali - Genius
Description: Great Documentary!

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docidI67774035074269299&pr=goog-sl&hl=en

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La Linea

Tue, 27 Jun 2006 08:31:21 +0200

La Linea is an Italian animated series created by Osvaldo Cavandoli. The cartoon features a man walking on an infinite line. The man himself is drawn using one line and is a part of the line he is walking on.

The character encounters obstacles and often turns to the cartoonist to draw him a solution. The background color changes as mood or feelings of the character change, but most of the series was black and white. The cartoon was originally used for advertisements, before the animated series was created.

Here are
56 episodes of La Linea
(just click on a number).

http://www.tv5.org/TV5Site/la_linea/

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New novel by Ian Brotherhood: Bulletproof Suzy

Thu, 18 May 2006 17:22:00 +0200

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1905802005/qid%3D1147969156/202-0234677-7387074

Synopsis

Employing dark humour with a political edge, this is a literary novel with an urban setting.

Order a copy from the Amazon link above

Ian, Yvonne, Aiden & Joy:

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Govanhill Cinema

Sat, 13 May 2006 15:02:40 +0200

http://www.chem.gla.ac.uk/~gbarr/cinemas/index.html

The B-listed Govanhill Picture House opened in 1926. Built to the designs of Eric A Sutherland, it featured an interesting Egyptian-styled facade, with columns and a moulded scarab above the entranceway.

The interior sat 1,200, and although described as having stalls and balcony, the front of the 'balcony' came right down to the rear of the 'stalls' level, with a wooden dividing wall to keep the separate areas apart.

The building was sold to ABC in 1929, and remained open until 1961, from when it was used for bingo. That ended in 1974, since when the building has mainly been used as a warehouse.

However, the cinema is now derelict, and the building is on the Scottish Buildings At Risk register, so its future is uncertain - reports suggest an application to demolish the building to replace it with flats may be in the pipeline.

A 1980s exterior is available here, courtesy Chris Doak.

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Calder Street Cinema.

Sat, 13 May 2006 14:59:47 +0200

Here's one for you Neil. Check this photograph out!

Opened 25.4.32 by Harry Winocour (W Regent) at back of the Govanhill Picture House. Arch. Cowieson's. s. 1,250. Sold, 1954, to Green's. Cl. 1967. Bingo until 1972. Dem. 1981.

Photo c1980 courtesy Chris Doak.

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