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Ian Mason | @thedimpause

At the Donald Gordon Theatre, Wales Millennium Centre for Death Trap, two short pieces by Rambert dance company.

InΒ Cerberus, enter a world where dance is literally a matter of life or death. This is a bittersweet musing on myth and mortality, complete with funeral couture.Β GoatΒ is inspired by the music and spirit ofΒ Nina Simone, with a liveβ€―on-stage band performing her iconic songs includingβ€―Feelings, Feeling Goodβ€―andβ€―Ain’t Got No/I Got, Life.

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Location check in πŸ—Ί β€” Wales Millennnium Centre 🎭

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🏷 Location

prevention β€” day 08 of the micro.blog april 2024 photoblogging challenge πŸ“Έ

Tate Modern, 2008

Interior view of a building with an artistic installation: a text panel with a narrative about continuous rain and its effects on urban sculptures, set in the future, above a colorful fringe curtain. People are visible on an upper balcony.

🏷 Photography
Anatomy of a Fall, 2023 - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…

Watched on Sunday April 7, 2024.

🏷 FilmTV
Ivan's Childhood, 1962 - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…Β½

Watched on Sunday April 7, 2024.

🏷 FilmTV

wellbeing β€” day 07 of the micro.blog april 2024 photoblogging challenge πŸ“Έ

National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, November 2023.

Interior of a museum gallery with a large Buddha statue, visitors walking along the balcony, display cases, and an ornate white ceiling structure.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Buddhism

🎡 My Top weekly artists as logged by last.fm:

Ozawa, Saito Kinen Orchestra, Ainsley, Quasthoff, Tokyo Opera Singers (38 plays)
Ray Manzarek (16)
Another Sky (15)
Elbow (11)
Fischer, Budapest Festival Orchestra (8)

🏷 Music

Glamorgan declared for 620. Sam Northeast not out on 335, setting a new record run-score for a single innings at Lord’s. Also the highest Championship score ever recorded in April. Brilliant! πŸ‘ 🏏

🏷 Cricket

Double century at Lord’s for Sam Northeast, Glamorgan captain, in his first innings of the season πŸ‘πŸ

Close up of cricket player with game scoreboard graphic below showing 200 runs scored

🏷 Cricket

windy β€” day 06 of the micro.blog april 2024 photoblogging challenge πŸ“Έ

Dare Valley Country Park, above Tarren y Bwllfa, January 2021

A wind farm with multiple wind turbines in a grassy field under a clear blue sky.

🏷 Photography

My brother has made the news! πŸ‘πŸ”—:

‘Once in a lifetime’ comet spotted from Derbyshire garage roof - BBC News

🏷 Photography 🏷 Links 🏷 CompTechSci 🏷 Nature

It’s the start of the County Cricket season today 🏏

A number of rain delays but Middlesex v Glamorgan is going ahead and the livestream from Lord’s on YouTube is superb quality.

Every ball of every game in the Championship is also live on BBC Local Radio.

🏷 Cricket

serene β€” day 05 of the micro.blog april 2024 photoblogging challenge πŸ“Έ

Cardiff Bay, October 2013

Silhouette of a statue by a waterfront at sunset, with street lights, buildings in the background, and a vividly colored sky.

🏷 Photography

foliage β€” day 04 of the micro.blog april 2024 photoblogging challenge πŸ“Έ

Willow

A lush, green weeping willow tree with delicate branches under a bright blue sky with fluffy white clouds.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Garden

Finished reading: Turning Over the Pebbles by Mike Brearley πŸ“š

🏷 Books

Just been watching Sunil Narine opening the batting for KKR in the IPL. A brilliant 85 off 39 balls, including seven 4s and seven 6s. His highest score in T20 cricket 🏏

🏷 Cricket

card β€” day 03 of the micro.blog april 2024 photoblogging challenge πŸ“Έ

I appreciated the recent Mother’s Day card my wife received from our son πŸ˜„

Greeting card featuring a photo of woman resting her chin on her hand, with text that reads: Mum was tired of being teased for her inability to use technology by the same people she'd taught how to use a toilet

🏷 Photography

flowers β€” day 02 of the micro.blog april 2024 photoblogging challenge πŸ“Έ

Garden primroses and heather 🌱

A variety of wildflowers with raindrops on their leaves and petals; prominent are pink primroses in the foreground amidst green foliage.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Garden

toy β€” day 01 of the micro.blog april 2024 photoblogging challenge πŸ“Έ

TOY at the Green Man Festival 2014 🎡

Rock band on a stage in a festival tent under red lighting, audience in foreground

🏷 Photography 🏷 Music

🎡 My Top weekly artists as logged by last.fm:

Peter Doherty & FrΓ©dΓ©ric Lo (29 plays)
Elbow (25)
McCreesh, Gabrieli, Magdalena KoΕΎenΓ‘, Mark Padmore (20)
pregoblin (13)
Anastasia Kobekina & Kammerorchester Basel (12)

🏷 Music

Finished reading: Outline by Rachel Cusk πŸ“š

🏷 Books

View from the bedroom window. Woke up to a little unexpected snow this morning ❄️

A snowy garden with a winding driveway amongst trees and bushes, a dusting of snow on the ground and rooftops, under a partly cloudy sky.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Garden 🏷 Weather
Napoleon, 2023 - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…

Watched on Monday March 25, 2024.

🏷 FilmTV

🎡 My Top weekly artists as logged by last.fm:

Krček, Capella Istropolitana (39 plays)
Mary Lou Williams (24)
Kendrick Lamar (21)
Oscar Peterson (8)
Bessie Smith (7)

🏷 Music

Currently reading: Turning Over the Pebbles by Mike Brearley πŸ“š

🏷 Books
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