MORE to follow.
MORE to follow.
Hot Wheels
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Behold: the EQ Formula E Team eBike – a collaboration between electric bike maker N+ and Mercedes-Benz.
Weighing just 16.7kg, the Formula E has a 33km/h top speed, 100km of range, 50/50 weight distribution and pedal-assist technology via a mid-drive, torque-sensing power unit.
Yours for €2,680.
Pampered
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“It is recommended that cabin crew members wear disposable diapers and avoid using the lavatories barring special circumstances to avoid infection risks.”
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) December 10, 2020
Oh.
China flight attendants advised to wear diapers for Covid protection (CNN)
Pic: Cathay Pacific
1988.
Essex Street, Temple Bar, Dublin.
Honesty in advertising.
From #DublinBeforeTheTiger (1982-1992) by David Jayzay.
Look!
A real live concert!
Legendary genre-bending innovator Herbie Hancock and his All Star Band play Dublin’s National Concert Hall (NCH) next year on August 11.
Tickets are on sale from tomorrow at 10am from here.
Here he is with his classic video for Rockit from 1984.
Nick says: Herbie therapy.
This afternoon.
Via Dublin City Council:
The Dublin Place Brand team within Dublin Council have launched a new campaign called ‘Open for Christmas‘ to encourage people to support city-centre businesses in the run-up to Christmas. The campaign features ads across outdoor sites, print, digital, radio and social platforms. Plus a video (above), featuring Dubliners and narrated by poet Stephen James Smith with music by Hudson Taylor.
For Whovians and fans of early electronica alike, The Definitive Guide To The Doctor Who Theme Music is a fascinating guide to the construction of that iconic piece of music. To wit:
Created in 1963, the Doctor Who theme was one of the first electronic signature tunes for television and after nearly five decades remains one of the most easily recognised. The original recording of the Doctor Who theme music is widely regarded as a significant and innovative piece of electronic music, recorded well before the availability of commercial synthesisers.
Explore it here.
Above (top pic): Delia Derbyshire who, along with Dick Mills, arranged the theme music based on Ron Grainer’s composition.
O Canada
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The votes are in and fully audited.
Last week, with a wintry €25 Golden Discs voucher on offer, I asked: What’s your favourite song by a Canadian artist?
You replied in your dozens – creating a collection of genuinely fine Canadian choonage. Thank you.
But there could be only one winner.
Third Place:
Qu’Appelle Valley, Saskatchewan by Buffy Sainte-Marie
Specific Gravity writes:
‘I absolutely adore this evocative and v moving song by the remarkable Buffy Sainte-Marie. The wonderful Katell Keineg did a cover version of it on NIghthawks with Shay Healy in the early nineties and it still haunts me. Love it.’
Runner-up;
The Needle And The Damage Done by Neil Young
Ragamuffin writes:
‘My favourite Neil Young track, a poignant song about the desolation caused by heroin addiction in the 70s. Undoubtedly a great song, but the reason I particularly love it is because it reminds me of driving in the car as a kid with my dad. A deadpan RTÉ Radio 1 presenter ended an otherwise boring segment about oul ones knitting with this track and my dad nearly crashed the car he was laughing so hard. The next day he went out and bought me Harvest on CD, and to this day its one of my all time favourite albums.’
Winner:
River by Joni Mitchell
Henry Porter writes:
‘A melancholy Christmas song. Perfect for these times.’
Nick says: Thanks all.
Last week: Win Nick’s Voucher
