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News story, in French, about Pink Floyd’s Dave Gilmour making a song from the SNCF audio ident…marvellous.

Strangely beautiful…and a kind of music.

This is definitely a kind of music, but I’m looking for this sampled and looped…and turned into something that’s not just a ring-tone. The starting point for this would be Kraftwerk’s, Trans Europe Express (1976). But there would also also … Continue reading →

A railroad standard, recorded in 1939 and filmed here, in 1943, on a train…Perfect. And with wonderful jackets and an easy style. Genius.

Lovely.  

Another one, lovely. Austin Cooper was a tutor at Byam Shaw…and a great poster designer. He was one of the “big five,” offered exclusive contracts by the LNER in the 1920s. The five poster designers were Tom Purvis, Frank Newbould, … Continue reading →

Just arrived. Lovely.

Here is Johnny Cash singing along with some lovely old steam trains…Just to get us rolling.