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Pete Atkin / News / Re: Home Page update |
24.06.20 at 01:57 |
| Started by S J Birkill | Newest post by S J Birkill |
Having put them into this player, I'm reminded of the dismal video quality of the three analogue captures, Canoe (Monyash), Errant Knight (Yorkshire TV) and And An Array Of Passionate Lovers together with Care-Charmer Sleep, from the Old Grey Whistle Test. So, I've uploaded new versions, digitised at the 576p optimum for 625-line PAL material (4:3 aspect ratio, 720 x 576px at 25fps). Still not perfect though, as my 'originals' are VHS copies.
Steve
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Pete Atkin / Music / Re: Have you got...? |
30.05.20 at 22:27 |
| Started by S J Birkill | Newest post by S J Birkill |
In case anyone's wondering about the Chinese ideograms featured in the calligraphy pane of Simon's video, here's a more complete explanation (from my post in the Facebook group The Pete Atkin and Clive James Appreciation Society on May 28th).
The inscription reads, in Japanese, 'Aikido', which is the name of a modern Japanese martial art.
The three kanji (assimilated Chinese characters) carry the same meanings as in Chinese:
 | - Japanese ai - Pinyin hé - close, unite, join (v); |  | - Japanese ki - Pinyin qì - air, spirit, life force (n); |  | - Japanese do - Pinyin dào - way, path, road (n). |
(The third character is incomplete in the above still from the video).
So, in universal mystic poetic/exotic-sounding oriental-speak the meaning can be rendered as 'The Path of Unifying Energy'. Or something.
Steve
PS: Read Clive's hilarious take on martial arts movies HERE.
« Edited to add illustrations of characters in simplified Chinese script » |
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Pete Atkin / Newsletter / Re: Help - National Steel |
08.05.20 at 12:50 |
| Started by Colin_Wilkinson | Newest post by Colin_Wilkinson |
Cheers Pete
The sound I hear is those dead men trying to get out of my guitar!
Having fun with this. I can fumble picking E, D/E and A as you describe, although that's the limit of my "figuring out" apart from my guess that the rhythm is 1and 2and 3and 4and?
Always open to offers of further help.
Best wishes
Colin
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