"Bang Out of Order" by Simon Morris

Unattributed but almost definitely the work of Simon Morris of the brilliant Ceramic Hobs this 24 page booklet is a document of the early 1980's Power Electronics scene and contains both a hilarious and shocking account of the rise and fall of fictional PE band Hitler Rally as well as a potted history of all the scenes major players (and many not so major players) with the odd bit of actual PE ephemera thrown in for good measure.

Having not lived through this period and having only a very limited knowledge of the music, this booklet almost makes me wish I had and certainly makes me long for the pre-Paypal, pre-My Space (remember them?), pre-blog, pre-Sound Cloud days of D-90s and the actual writing and posting of letters and cheques rather than all this "add to basket" bollocks.

Disclaimer 1: Contains (not that kind of) adult content. Reader discretion advised.

Disclaimer 2: Pages 2 and 23 are missing from the zip as they are blank blue cardboard.

Download from the Archive.org

Some Photos of a Bridge In Hyde

Some photographs of a pedestrian bridge near junction 3 of the M67 in Hyde, Greater Manchester.

The photographs were taken after I discovered the bridge while walking westward along Hoviley Commercial Street having decided on a whim to make my way into Hyde from Newton For Hyde station on the Manchester - Glossop line rather than my usual Hyde Central station on the Romiley - Guide Bridge branch of the Hope Valley Line.

Here's a link to an aerial photograph of the bridge which shows the long curving climb you have to make from the north side of the motorway to cross: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&ll=53.452915,-2.07559&spn=0.001108,0.003449&vpsrc=6&t=k&z=18

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Field Recordings Made At a Paper Mill

Apologies for the poor sound quality:

http://www.archive.org/details/SoundsRecordedAtRomileyBoardMillTheAfternoonOfJuly29th2011

Made these as an experiment to test the quality of the sound recorder on my phone. Turns out it's crap.

I'm using them as part of a blog post on Very Good Plus forum at some point in the next few days. Will link when I do.