Retrograder25
@retrograder25.bsky.social
Historian in search of the ultimate source; sometime political pundit/DJ/tune-sweep; sound- landscape designer; non-devout sceptic; occasionally opinionated.
Fascinating Beatles 1965 archive TV. Alternate musical universe, celebrating Lennon-McCartney as hip showbiz songsters, & George Martin grooving an orchestra. Poised on giant Meccano set, 'twixt Beatlemania & psychedelia. Graced with Mancini, Esther Phillips, Sellers. youtu.be/Q_T21iQtIuE?...
October 21, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Fascinating Beatles 1965 archive TV. Alternate musical universe, celebrating Lennon-McCartney as hip showbiz songsters, & George Martin grooving an orchestra. Poised on giant Meccano set, 'twixt Beatlemania & psychedelia. Graced with Mancini, Esther Phillips, Sellers. youtu.be/Q_T21iQtIuE?...
#GreenBelt Starmer Govt's bid for speedy New Towns in 3 sensitive locations threatens 80-year policy. Crews Hill, North London, essential to metro-planning balance: 'green girdle', biodiversity, mental health. 1930s' public transport head warned of saturation point for concreting. Even truer today.
September 29, 2025 at 5:37 AM
#GreenBelt Starmer Govt's bid for speedy New Towns in 3 sensitive locations threatens 80-year policy. Crews Hill, North London, essential to metro-planning balance: 'green girdle', biodiversity, mental health. 1930s' public transport head warned of saturation point for concreting. Even truer today.
#LaloSchifrin Legacy of a great score composer is to build mood & allow it to soar above & beyond celluloid. He did this with reimagined Ellingtonian jazz fantasies. Besides 'that' car chase in Bullitt (1968), the music casts magic spell on otherwise routine thriller. youtu.be/b_9RScMYv4A?...
June 27, 2025 at 4:12 PM
#LaloSchifrin Legacy of a great score composer is to build mood & allow it to soar above & beyond celluloid. He did this with reimagined Ellingtonian jazz fantasies. Besides 'that' car chase in Bullitt (1968), the music casts magic spell on otherwise routine thriller. youtu.be/b_9RScMYv4A?...
Switchboard heaven
November 21, 2024 at 8:03 PM
Switchboard heaven
