Mike Brook
@mikebrook.bsky.social
Art, photography, history, music, travel, politics.
Scotland.
Scotland.
Probably fasces into the prevailing wind.
December 13, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Probably fasces into the prevailing wind.
How do you get to 14 without seeing anyone eat an egg?
December 13, 2025 at 9:08 PM
How do you get to 14 without seeing anyone eat an egg?
Younger….last month?
December 13, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Younger….last month?
I would try the composer himself. My favourite recording is Colin Davis with Jessye Norman, Janet Baker and John Shirley Quirk. The tenor is Richard Cassidy and he sounds a bit out of place.
December 5, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I would try the composer himself. My favourite recording is Colin Davis with Jessye Norman, Janet Baker and John Shirley Quirk. The tenor is Richard Cassidy and he sounds a bit out of place.
It was super, the youth choir that sang it did fantastically. It was moving, so many warnings about what is happening now.
I first sung it about 1972 in the same hall with Tippet conducting.
I first sung it about 1972 in the same hall with Tippet conducting.
December 4, 2025 at 10:29 PM
It was super, the youth choir that sang it did fantastically. It was moving, so many warnings about what is happening now.
I first sung it about 1972 in the same hall with Tippet conducting.
I first sung it about 1972 in the same hall with Tippet conducting.
We are in Glasgow for the Greig Piano Concerto and Tippet’s Child of Our Time.
There is a line in it: The world turns on its dark side.
There is a line in it: The world turns on its dark side.
December 4, 2025 at 6:38 PM
We are in Glasgow for the Greig Piano Concerto and Tippet’s Child of Our Time.
There is a line in it: The world turns on its dark side.
There is a line in it: The world turns on its dark side.
We have heard that before. Odd of him to suggest he knows something.
December 4, 2025 at 6:36 PM
We have heard that before. Odd of him to suggest he knows something.
The Finns will love him. A good match.
November 28, 2025 at 10:11 PM
The Finns will love him. A good match.
Do some work for a charity or community organisation. Go learn a skill or a subject.
November 28, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Do some work for a charity or community organisation. Go learn a skill or a subject.
I assume that it is the family who have banned her for supposedly not remembering she ordered lots of crap.
November 22, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I assume that it is the family who have banned her for supposedly not remembering she ordered lots of crap.
That is one indisputable fact about him, but not gracefully.
November 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM
That is one indisputable fact about him, but not gracefully.
The indulgent Dada.
November 22, 2025 at 12:46 PM
The indulgent Dada.
That is not my reading of the photo at all.
November 22, 2025 at 12:45 PM
That is not my reading of the photo at all.
The President’s brain is missing!
November 22, 2025 at 12:44 PM
The President’s brain is missing!
It made it moist too.
November 22, 2025 at 12:43 PM
It made it moist too.
I like ChatGPT and I clarify with it how it is set up.
November 19, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I like ChatGPT and I clarify with it how it is set up.
The responses that X AI gave struck me as the canary in the mine dropping dead. It suggested the remark was ok as the President had shown patience. There were other excuses constructed and not a word of caution.
The tool is dangerously corrupt and corrupted. It gave permission to behave that badly.
The tool is dangerously corrupt and corrupted. It gave permission to behave that badly.
November 19, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The responses that X AI gave struck me as the canary in the mine dropping dead. It suggested the remark was ok as the President had shown patience. There were other excuses constructed and not a word of caution.
The tool is dangerously corrupt and corrupted. It gave permission to behave that badly.
The tool is dangerously corrupt and corrupted. It gave permission to behave that badly.
Is honking your horn exercising freedom of speech?
November 18, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Is honking your horn exercising freedom of speech?
I suppose you think Toy Story is a documentary.
November 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I suppose you think Toy Story is a documentary.
I read this twice as someone who is a Trump supporter. Sigh.
November 17, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I read this twice as someone who is a Trump supporter. Sigh.
You mean someone who smells wonderful but tastes disappointing.
November 17, 2025 at 5:20 PM
You mean someone who smells wonderful but tastes disappointing.