Life Less LiteraryA small selection of the many things that have happened to Dan Sumption, his family, friends and colleaguesMELT launch photos- August 30, 2006 It feels like I haven't been taking as many photos as usual recently, although from the number of new directories full of photos from the past month, that's probably not true. But yesterday, I went though a load of old,...http://www.sumption.org/lifeless/002916.html New Flash- August 26, 2006 Last week somebody from Freecycle gave me an old camera flash unit. This week I snagged an ultra-cheap remote flash controller on Ebay. So today, I've been having lots of fun playing around with a light-source that doesn't sit directly...http://www.sumption.org/lifeless/002915.html Me and Lisa, Lisa Riley, on the Radio...- August 25, 2006 Well, no, actually it's me and Thee Reverend, Thee Reverend Markie (of thee Sheffield Phonographic Corporation). Just a reminder: I will be appearing on an internet near you, 4pm-6pm (BST = 3PM-4PM GMT) on Sunday. Please come along and listen...http://www.sumption.org/lifeless/002914.html Photos of Art in Yorkshire- August 18, 2006 I've just started my first Flickr group - Art in Yorkshire. Please sign up and post your pics from art galleries etc in Yorkshire (that is, erm, if you have any pics from art galleries etc. in Yorkshire). I'm especially...http://www.sumption.org/lifeless/002913.html Comments: Registered Users Only- August 17, 2006 I'm being flooded with spam blog comments at the moment, despite the anti-spam plugin which I enabled aaaages ago and which has always served me very well. Ah well, these things never last forever. For the time being I have...http://www.sumption.org/lifeless/002912.html Heather's Leaving Do- August 17, 2006 Last week I went to Heather's leaving do at the Cremorne. Had only planned to pop in for about 15 minutes, ended up having a great time and stayed for 7 hours. After a while, Stevlor turned up. I took...http://www.sumption.org/lifeless/002911.html Telemarketing meets the Exorcist- August 16, 2006 Well worth a listen....http://www.sumption.org/lifeless/002910.html I'm on t'Radio- August 15, 2006 Thanks to Markie of Thee Sheffield Phonographic Corporation I shall be guest presenter on the SPC radio show in a couple of weeks time. I'll be joining Mark in playing obscure records and making surreal and inane smalltalk. Tune in...http://www.sumption.org/lifeless/002909.html Demoalbum reviews for Sandman- August 13, 2006 Here are some of the music reviews I've been writing recently. Copied & pasted from Word, please excuse any crappy formatting: The Pony Harvest An Individual Note: Of Music, Sound & Electronics (White Label Music) The Pony Harvest is “the...http://www.sumption.org/lifeless/002908.html Cunts are Still Running the World- August 13, 2006 Jarvis Cocker has a new single out, written on the night of Live8, called Cunts are Still Running the World. Head over to iTunes and buy it here for 79p, let's get it to number one!...http://www.sumption.org/lifeless/002907.html |