17/09/2012
Night Toad Natterjack Spotting
Earlier in the year we ventured down to the local toad pool to see if we could be lucky enough to hear any toads, it was so dark so we couldnt see the toad responsible for this recording, but its good enough for us! enjoy near to what we enjoyed toadside near the pool ,
Alex is ...
well, our newest recording session is with Southport's Alex Baker, he is improvising and composing a tune around the idea of being in an adult movie, on this fantastic piece Lemon J starts the ball rolling with his guitar and a tune idea, after which Alex and me (Chris) join in and add to the song. Enjoy!
01/06/2012
20/04/2012
17/04/2012
Daniel J Arabson
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| Lemon J Arabson |
13/04/2012
Australian Crunchers
During my visit to Australia to help with some heater work, I found a few folk in a Darwin bar that were very happy to receive a crunchy biscuits badge - if you're visiting the blog and spot yourselves very nice to meet you and hope you enjoy what we are documenting about on here. Great!
Chris
Chris
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| Darwin : Bartender |
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| Darwin's only organic food store owner |
11/03/2012
09/03/2012
Legopool
With Dan Lemon J Harrison back from his travels for the time being, we decided to have our second day out in Liverpool, following our coffee cakes and jelly day out a year or so ago, and me and Dan's n Jo's excurtion the night before to see Veronica Falls in Leaf Café, so we set off on the train to see what we could see...
So we had a walk around for a bit , eating a bit of food - sausage roll, bit of coffee, jason perused the comics and then we came across this:
Next stop Liverpool One shoppig bit. where we had a bit of a look round the tiered carpark and lift facility - Qpark!
We were then surprised to find a Lego shop, very pleased too considering the hatstand we have been building from Lego for the past 12 weeks is about 1 session away from completion, maybe we finish it tomorrow, we were given helpful advice by the Lego staff team, who advised us on special pieces and how to make curvy bits, and various websites...
Then we saw a sand dog...
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To finish off , just a look about the guitars and some final comic shopping for Jason.. while me and dan played with the novelty key-fobs , finding one that did sound from Jim Bowen on Bullseye,, i think we have an intro to the song 'super smashing great' then a drink at Nero's
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| Dan , and the sign which is designed to piss people off, when they have drunk too much beer and must not leave the train... |
So we had a walk around for a bit , eating a bit of food - sausage roll, bit of coffee, jason perused the comics and then we came across this:
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| I think this shop has been there a while, but escaped jason's notice! |
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| Trying on a coat, I think it would make him look a bit like bungle from rainbow , but he couldnt stretch the entire collar over his head properly... oh well! |
Next stop Liverpool One shoppig bit. where we had a bit of a look round the tiered carpark and lift facility - Qpark!
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| Good structures, not to mention throwing pennies off the spiral staircase.. a view from the bottom (actually the floor) |
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| Dan photographs us from above,, my penny landed on the bottom right quarter, and bounced 6 feet in the air |
We were then surprised to find a Lego shop, very pleased too considering the hatstand we have been building from Lego for the past 12 weeks is about 1 session away from completion, maybe we finish it tomorrow, we were given helpful advice by the Lego staff team, who advised us on special pieces and how to make curvy bits, and various websites...
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| Jason: Just how can I fit as many as poss into my pick and mix tub.. need more of those structural supporting oblongs too |
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| Yep, Lego band and stage, hope they're singing about hatstands |
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| Flies |
Then we saw a sand dog...
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| A Sand Dog |
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To finish off , just a look about the guitars and some final comic shopping for Jason.. while me and dan played with the novelty key-fobs , finding one that did sound from Jim Bowen on Bullseye,, i think we have an intro to the song 'super smashing great' then a drink at Nero's
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| Jason shown here enjoying tiramsu cake |
31/01/2012
Former RBS chief Sir Fred Goodwin 'threatened staff with disciplinary action over biscuit'
Having the wrong kind of biscuit served with his tea drove disgraced banker Sir Fred Goodwin to threaten catering staff with disciplinary action, according to a new account of the financial crisis written by Chancellor George Osborne’s former chief of staff.
The former boss of Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) vented his anger over the pink wafer in an email titled “Rogue Biscuit” in an example of his “overbearing” management style that may help explain the collapse of the bank in 2008, the new book claims.
Authors Matthew Hancock, who worked for Mr Osborne before becoming an MP himself in the last General Election, and Nadhim Zahawi, the founder of YouGov and a fellow Tory MP, have argued that the peculiar characteristics of key figures are vital to understanding the crisis.
Their book, Masters of Nothing: How the crash will happen again unless we understand human nature, calls for regulators and politicians to focus more on dominant characters to prevent dangerous financial exuberance in the future.
According to a piece published in Prospect Magazine on Thursday, the book includes an account of how RBS staff “went into panic mode” after a window cleaner fell off a ladder in Sir Fred’s office and broke a small model aeroplane. Recalling staff’s trepidation at explaining the accident to Sir Fred, Peter de Vink, managing director of Edinburgh Financial & General Holdings, claims they “were absolutely terrified of him”.
The authors reveal that Sir Fred “went so far as to refuse to allow his chief economist to attend the Select Committee hearing, until the chair of the committee was forced to call and explain that if he chose not to attend he would be summoned, with the full force of the police in reserve.”
The former boss of Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) vented his anger over the pink wafer in an email titled “Rogue Biscuit” in an example of his “overbearing” management style that may help explain the collapse of the bank in 2008, the new book claims.
Authors Matthew Hancock, who worked for Mr Osborne before becoming an MP himself in the last General Election, and Nadhim Zahawi, the founder of YouGov and a fellow Tory MP, have argued that the peculiar characteristics of key figures are vital to understanding the crisis.
Their book, Masters of Nothing: How the crash will happen again unless we understand human nature, calls for regulators and politicians to focus more on dominant characters to prevent dangerous financial exuberance in the future.
According to a piece published in Prospect Magazine on Thursday, the book includes an account of how RBS staff “went into panic mode” after a window cleaner fell off a ladder in Sir Fred’s office and broke a small model aeroplane. Recalling staff’s trepidation at explaining the accident to Sir Fred, Peter de Vink, managing director of Edinburgh Financial & General Holdings, claims they “were absolutely terrified of him”.
The authors reveal that Sir Fred “went so far as to refuse to allow his chief economist to attend the Select Committee hearing, until the chair of the committee was forced to call and explain that if he chose not to attend he would be summoned, with the full force of the police in reserve.”
29/01/2012
All I Want is a Bounty
New Song, recorded tonight at gra n sarah's flat,, using his new strat with tremolo,, this song had to be sketched down on the mobile phone voice recorder as we didnt have vocal mic's available.. but the idea is there for future reference , we will hopefully use it to develop a song from this idea...
lyrics came from an imagined drive to Scotland, stopping off at a trailer park. hoping mostly to get hold of a bounty chocolate bar... some excellent guitar work from Gra here, incorporating his new fender mexican strat, with floyd tremeolo.. a comforting and slightly haunting song!
lyrics came from an imagined drive to Scotland, stopping off at a trailer park. hoping mostly to get hold of a bounty chocolate bar... some excellent guitar work from Gra here, incorporating his new fender mexican strat, with floyd tremeolo.. a comforting and slightly haunting song!
24/01/2012
Save the Whale
I Have got the idea , from a John Shuttleworth song, to save the whale - i will make some whale shaped biscuits, using a whale shaped biscuit cutter I found and bought off ebay, and bring these along to the new art exhibition in portland hall spa:
Facebook Event
hopefully this will successfully raise awareness for saving the whale, i will put the whale biscuits up for sale at £50p each. then all the proceeds will go to the save the whale charity donations:
Save the Whale Webiste
if you would like to see the video of John Shuttleworth singing his song 'save the whale' just look here below!
John Shuttleworth - Save the Whale
- Getting the hang of cutting
the dough
loads of whale shaped biscuits!
... should raise a few squid for the whales!
There may also be further whale biscuits available in the future, please contact us for details
Thanks!
and thanks to all the people who bought whales.. raised £40.00 for the whale
07/01/2012
Reply
Hey fellas,
The hatstand looks cool. I haven't seen many here, so I can't give you any tips for the structure. Like with the music, I guess just going for it and trusting the flow goes way beyond any research as to 'wot is right'. Afterall everything we do (not just the music) should reflect who we really are. Part of that is original creative leading edge genius', so let the hatstand be that too, a work of original creative leading edge genius. That's my input.
As for blog writing, well I don't feel it right now. You know me, when I got something to say I'll say it. So it's not out of shyness or lack of enthusiasm that I don't blog about my current life. But I do appreciate your encouragement. It'd be nice to have a lot of interesting things to write in a blog post. Like meeting lots of biscuit fans, travelling the world, etc. So that's certainly my intention. I'd like to visit Thailand, maybe India (Kerala) and possibly kuaui, so I'm focusing on being in those places right now. I see this as a year of travels for sure, so I'll have no probs posting pics and thoughts. It's funny coz I could write a blog post out of this if it were not for my perception that viewers only care about the 'having done' part, as opposed to be 'intending to' part. Yet why should I care, when # 1 What other people think of me is none of my business (unless they're loving me, so I'll jump on that bandwagon, lol), and # 2 time and space is an illusion, so there is no difference between 'having done it' and 'intending to do it'. If I'm putting off blogging because I think nobody would be interested in what 'I'm intending to do' then equally I should not blog when 'I have done something'.
It is the 'putting off blogging' that is the core intention running things. If I 'intend to blog about my travels' with the realisation that there is no time and space, then, as that Crunchy Biscuits tune says 'Why wait?'
Oh I didn't, here I am! Hmm, I thought I was writing this in an email reply. Now I'm blogging it. I'm outta 'here'. I need some space!
Or do I?
Lemon.
The hatstand looks cool. I haven't seen many here, so I can't give you any tips for the structure. Like with the music, I guess just going for it and trusting the flow goes way beyond any research as to 'wot is right'. Afterall everything we do (not just the music) should reflect who we really are. Part of that is original creative leading edge genius', so let the hatstand be that too, a work of original creative leading edge genius. That's my input.
As for blog writing, well I don't feel it right now. You know me, when I got something to say I'll say it. So it's not out of shyness or lack of enthusiasm that I don't blog about my current life. But I do appreciate your encouragement. It'd be nice to have a lot of interesting things to write in a blog post. Like meeting lots of biscuit fans, travelling the world, etc. So that's certainly my intention. I'd like to visit Thailand, maybe India (Kerala) and possibly kuaui, so I'm focusing on being in those places right now. I see this as a year of travels for sure, so I'll have no probs posting pics and thoughts. It's funny coz I could write a blog post out of this if it were not for my perception that viewers only care about the 'having done' part, as opposed to be 'intending to' part. Yet why should I care, when # 1 What other people think of me is none of my business (unless they're loving me, so I'll jump on that bandwagon, lol), and # 2 time and space is an illusion, so there is no difference between 'having done it' and 'intending to do it'. If I'm putting off blogging because I think nobody would be interested in what 'I'm intending to do' then equally I should not blog when 'I have done something'.
It is the 'putting off blogging' that is the core intention running things. If I 'intend to blog about my travels' with the realisation that there is no time and space, then, as that Crunchy Biscuits tune says 'Why wait?'
Oh I didn't, here I am! Hmm, I thought I was writing this in an email reply. Now I'm blogging it. I'm outta 'here'. I need some space!
Or do I?
Lemon.
05/01/2012
The Lego Hatstand
Today we made a start on creating the new sculptural art piece, a hatstand made from lego, jason headed down to the waterfront art project space with a rucksack full of lego and, referring to the waterfront's own in house hatstand we began our journey modelling our own lego version.. we managed to sift through the lego we had and put our bricks into the beginning of the shaft and legs, scaled against the real thing, with some helpful input by waterfront artists as regards to accompanying the work with a lego hat, and umbrella, as well as some of the technical details involved in building. hopefully we will have this thing completed for the next exhibition, as well as collecting some sound files for an accompanying sound track and some video including real time noises of the lego being manipulated and live video from the creation of the hatstand! .. keep tuned for more progress over the coming weeks when we should have the finsished hatstand and video for the song 'got a hatstand, it's made of lego' (WEEK 4)
http://crunchybiscuitsblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/crunchy-catalogue-of-recordings.html
http://crunchybiscuitsblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/crunchy-catalogue-of-recordings.html
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