Liadnan

Popstarz fun, walk home from KingsX to Chalk Farm a blur, this morning not fun.
That is all.

I've just spent a fascinated half hour poking around Prokudin-Korskii's photographs of Russia from about 1907 to 1915. Colour photographs, some time before colour film was invented (he took three photos of each image, through red, green, and blue filters, the three negatives have now been digitised and had things I Do Not Wot Of done to them by magic computer elves).

They're absorbing in themselves, but the impact of colour is staggering. I'm having one of those "the past is just over there" moments. If that means anything to anyone else. Probably not. Link found by poking around on Ryan's journal, he being the man behind not only "Songs as Lists" but also the wonderful Dinosaur Comics (have a look at the archive, if you aren't already familiar with this work of genius). Like him, this, of Alim Khan, Emir of Bukhara (1880-1944, photo 1911) is my favourite.

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In a rash moment this afternoon I appear to have said I might go clubbing on Friday, albeit only to Popstarz. Hmm. We shall see. I also threatened to wear a tweed jacket, but suspect this will, in fact, not happen.

I am, actually, far too old for this.

10 years since the last time I was in the Camden Palace. Ooops.