Steve Thompson 
Straad Kirk has been cast in the role of the captain of the Zeppelin that will fly over Skinningrove School re-enacting an event that took place nearly 100 years ago. Unlike the actual Zeppelin of 1915 the one Kirk will be flying has a fully stocked bar. Clearly the cast will be frequenting this craft … Read more
I’m in Prato for the CIRN (Community Informatics Research Network) conference. It’s rainy but nice. My conference paper is here. I’m spending time pre-conference getting some desk work done in a nice little alcove in my hotel room. I’m planning to run a community teaching session in Saltburn (UK) from here so I’m making some … Read more
I was contacted recently by Gordon Roxburgh who runs a website called www.songs4europe.com which is all about the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest and the Song For Europe competition. Gordon has been commissioned to write a book on the same subject and conducted an online interview with me about my involvement with Eurovision … Read more
It’s been a while but I’m trying to pick up my various experimental music projects and develop them further. About a year ago I started to produce a piece in Prato, Italy. I decided to call it “The Still Man”. It’s taken me until now to dust it off and upload it. It still needs … Read more
Here are two previews of the exhibition taking place on September 11th and 13th as part of the Heritage Open Day at Loftus Town Hall. . Although we can’t do the 8 screens and speaker of the Octorama justice here, these two clips may give you a flavour of the event NB – the audio … Read more
Trying to have a tidy up in my studio. I consigned to the attic two TX7 (DX7) sound modules and an Akai S950 sampler. I also took up there some 2 inch 24 track master tapes. These were from sessions I did with my old friend Gus Dudgeon and when Gus died a coupla years … Read more