80's week here at gtvone...

Inspired by a (today) leather clad friend, I've decided to dedicate this week to music from my...well... almost childhood! -- Careless Whisper | George Michael

image from last.fm | not taken by me, I would have been ten, wouldn't that be awesome!

Today we're going to step back to 1984, I was ten... George Michael's first solo single, though he was still performing with Wham at the time, number one in more than 24 (25!) countries and selling over 6 Million copies (as the single) ...there was a tragic Sax solo on the original, too... remember it? Click play before and CRANK IT! Let Seether massage your aural canals as only they can....

Are we tech mad, or does it really make a difference?

I was photographing a wedding at the weekend, a second shooter to my friend Gemma at Iris Creations (Images to follow on SimonPollock.com.au my photography site) and, all the while I was thinking "I wish I had a second camera" ....you know the funny thing, I did, but it was the Canon 30D... It still takes a nice photograph, but when compared with the Canon 5D MKII, it really doesn't cut the mustard, and I don't even like mustard! Do you think we've lost love for our older gear as newer gear has shown us something different, or is there a genuine divide, only a couple of years apart?

I know there's a lot of space between a crop sensor 30D and a full frame sensor 5D, but not so long ago, I was very happy with the images from that 30D, and have a handful of images that I love - but now, I hardly even bother to empty the CF card that comes out of it.. Is it just me, am I alone here? Shot below is an iso 800 image from my old 30D.. Gotta love Billy Ocean, right?

...Or am I just being a bit precious? Or am I trying to justify a second 5DMKII?....

Paul Weller | Dragonfly

I don't typically enjoy Paul Weller, though I quite enjoy this, his latest track taken from the anticipated 'Sonik Kicks' which is released on March 26th... The video below is a little bit NSFW, so if you're sitting at your desk with your tie on and your boss peering over your shoulder - clicking play wouldn't be the smartest thing you've done today... Here's a shot of Paul at Benicassim in Spain, I took it in 2009...

Bruce Robinson and Kelly Willis

Bill Wise as Gill Webb interviews Bruce and (his daughter) Kelly.. As soon as the singing starts, you know this is a good thing (Hey, Pasky.. I said something nice about Country!)

This is actually beautiful (The music that is!)

Right.. off to self medicate

--Sime x

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