ThinkingMetal
@thinkingmetal.bsky.social
Musician, programmer, sci-fi geek, radio presenter, horror film
aficionado, photographer, dog lover, Dad.
Pronouns : It.
aficionado, photographer, dog lover, Dad.
Pronouns : It.
NGC6188, an emission nebula in the constellation Ara. I've 6188 on many occasions - best result so far. Pretty thrilled.
Planewave 20" CDK w FLI-Proline-16803 sensor, Siding Springs, Australia, multiple ten minute exposures.
Colour processing by me. No, it doesn't actually look this bright.
Planewave 20" CDK w FLI-Proline-16803 sensor, Siding Springs, Australia, multiple ten minute exposures.
Colour processing by me. No, it doesn't actually look this bright.
April 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
NGC6188, an emission nebula in the constellation Ara. I've 6188 on many occasions - best result so far. Pretty thrilled.
Planewave 20" CDK w FLI-Proline-16803 sensor, Siding Springs, Australia, multiple ten minute exposures.
Colour processing by me. No, it doesn't actually look this bright.
Planewave 20" CDK w FLI-Proline-16803 sensor, Siding Springs, Australia, multiple ten minute exposures.
Colour processing by me. No, it doesn't actually look this bright.
I took the re-built ZEIT Desktop Sequencer along to our regular EMOM at The Ship Isis in Sunderland last night for no other reason than I wanted to show it off a bit. Not so much a sales pitch, more of a casual discussion with friends. The results were quite interesting / inspiring.
April 4, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I took the re-built ZEIT Desktop Sequencer along to our regular EMOM at The Ship Isis in Sunderland last night for no other reason than I wanted to show it off a bit. Not so much a sales pitch, more of a casual discussion with friends. The results were quite interesting / inspiring.
Tried using Bandcamp's redemption codes and... Dismayed to discover that I can't even give this stuff away for free. A little soul destroying, frankly.
Hints and tips welcome.
Hints and tips welcome.
March 23, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Tried using Bandcamp's redemption codes and... Dismayed to discover that I can't even give this stuff away for free. A little soul destroying, frankly.
Hints and tips welcome.
Hints and tips welcome.
Pretty bad when you have your stuff stuck in your head for three days solid... Go away, dam you! :)
thinkingmetal.bandcamp.com/track/the-fa...
thinkingmetal.bandcamp.com/track/the-fa...
March 20, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Pretty bad when you have your stuff stuck in your head for three days solid... Go away, dam you! :)
thinkingmetal.bandcamp.com/track/the-fa...
thinkingmetal.bandcamp.com/track/the-fa...
Sunday : Mostly been working on recreating a track from 1993, The Reality Engine, which should be the last track on the new Uranium Saints album. Of course, the wretched Cubase file won't load so I have to do the whole thing over by hand, which is rather good for practicing one's musical ear.
March 17, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Sunday : Mostly been working on recreating a track from 1993, The Reality Engine, which should be the last track on the new Uranium Saints album. Of course, the wretched Cubase file won't load so I have to do the whole thing over by hand, which is rather good for practicing one's musical ear.
A Polaroid from a magazine article "So you want to build a home studio", circa 1992. I think the magazine was Future Music. Can't remember. Not my favourite epoch. Memories largely wiped.
March 10, 2025 at 8:34 PM
A Polaroid from a magazine article "So you want to build a home studio", circa 1992. I think the magazine was Future Music. Can't remember. Not my favourite epoch. Memories largely wiped.
Sunday afternoon... It's warm and sunny outside. Time to go chill with the peeps...
thinkingmetal.bandcamp.com/track/sunday...
thinkingmetal.bandcamp.com/track/sunday...
March 9, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Sunday afternoon... It's warm and sunny outside. Time to go chill with the peeps...
thinkingmetal.bandcamp.com/track/sunday...
thinkingmetal.bandcamp.com/track/sunday...
Sunday morning metalwork - a replacement display/encoder support plate for ZEIT. Seems to work as intended. I plan on using this machine at the next EMOM so it needed sorting urgently.
March 9, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Sunday morning metalwork - a replacement display/encoder support plate for ZEIT. Seems to work as intended. I plan on using this machine at the next EMOM so it needed sorting urgently.
New release from Uranium Saints "Stars and Shadows". This is our fifteen minute set at the excellent Star and Shadow Cinema in Newcastle. I really special gig! Have a listen here:
thinkingmetal.bandcamp.com/album/stars-...
thinkingmetal.bandcamp.com/album/stars-...
March 9, 2025 at 10:45 AM
New release from Uranium Saints "Stars and Shadows". This is our fifteen minute set at the excellent Star and Shadow Cinema in Newcastle. I really special gig! Have a listen here:
thinkingmetal.bandcamp.com/album/stars-...
thinkingmetal.bandcamp.com/album/stars-...
March 6, 2025 at 10:38 AM
March 6, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Chris exploring Durham Botanic Gardens
March 1, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Chris exploring Durham Botanic Gardens
Restoring this old beast...
February 28, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Restoring this old beast...
I've uploaded our set from Thursday's EMOM gig at the Star and Shadow, Newcastle. It's officially only available to our followers on Bandcamp but here's the link for our friends on BlueSky as a means of thumbing our noses at Zuck and his lackeys.
Enjoy.
thinkingmetal.co.uk/uranium-sain...
Enjoy.
thinkingmetal.co.uk/uranium-sain...
February 23, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I've uploaded our set from Thursday's EMOM gig at the Star and Shadow, Newcastle. It's officially only available to our followers on Bandcamp but here's the link for our friends on BlueSky as a means of thumbing our noses at Zuck and his lackeys.
Enjoy.
thinkingmetal.co.uk/uranium-sain...
Enjoy.
thinkingmetal.co.uk/uranium-sain...
Chris @ Wynyard Hall, 22-Feb-25
February 23, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Chris @ Wynyard Hall, 22-Feb-25
A superb gig at Star and Shadow Cinema last night. A lot of quality on show. I enjoyed myself enormously and, by all accounts, so did the audience. A real dance party going on at the back of the hall and I don't ever remember getting such a loud and positive response in thirty odd years of gigging.
February 21, 2025 at 2:42 PM
A superb gig at Star and Shadow Cinema last night. A lot of quality on show. I enjoyed myself enormously and, by all accounts, so did the audience. A real dance party going on at the back of the hall and I don't ever remember getting such a loud and positive response in thirty odd years of gigging.
Facebook removed this cartoon from 2010 and issued a warning because said image violated their terms and conditions even though they recommended that I share this 'important memory'. Go figure.
February 14, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Facebook removed this cartoon from 2010 and issued a warning because said image violated their terms and conditions even though they recommended that I share this 'important memory'. Go figure.
Alien : Prometheus - a lot better on second viewing. Enjoyed it. Want to know more about the 'Engineers'... :)
January 25, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Alien : Prometheus - a lot better on second viewing. Enjoyed it. Want to know more about the 'Engineers'... :)
Scoffing Hot chocolate and Victoria Sponge Cake at Finchale Prior, County Durham, with Christopher this morning. It was cold. Very, very cold.
January 19, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Scoffing Hot chocolate and Victoria Sponge Cake at Finchale Prior, County Durham, with Christopher this morning. It was cold. Very, very cold.
Just another random Globular Cluster...
January 19, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Just another random Globular Cluster...
Last night's Secret Gig in Newcastle was a try-out, to see if I could plan, rehearse & perform a short set, & still enjoy the process. A few cock-ups, a few software problems and a few mistakes but definitely fun. Will do it again soon! :)
January 19, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Last night's Secret Gig in Newcastle was a try-out, to see if I could plan, rehearse & perform a short set, & still enjoy the process. A few cock-ups, a few software problems and a few mistakes but definitely fun. Will do it again soon! :)
Live improvised electronic music... The Globe, Newcastle
January 16, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Live improvised electronic music... The Globe, Newcastle
This is my partner in crime...
January 14, 2025 at 7:58 AM
This is my partner in crime...