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the fifth dotmatrix project brought together two greensboro acts, each with little time playing together, yet both with big, unique sounds. project tritium kicked off the evening with james marshall owen dropping his bowie-esque delivery and jagger-esque stage presence over highly composed music and sounds that at times seemed improvised. the raving knaves then took the stage (and our sound engineer) and rocked their set with a variety of kinetic, powerpop tunes. david mclean's hips might still be gyrating. a fine time had by all.
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Photo by John Leonard
the fourth dotmatrix project shook, stirred and mixed it up real nice. tom beardslee kicked off the night with his storytelling blues playing and then possum jenkins simply brought down the house. all due respect to shooter jennings, but these guys put the "o" back in country that night.
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Photo by Stephen Charles
Robotron K (CM) 6329.02 M 9-pin wide carriage dot matrix printer. Manufactured in 1989 by VEB Robotron buromashinenwerk "Ernst Thalmann" Sommerda DDR. Condition - new.
A live stream, in which the comments were sent to a dot-matrix printer. The paper was fed straight out of this into a shredder in one continuous motion.
An overhead gantry direction sign approaching the Holmesdale Tunnel and junction 25 on the anti clockwise M25 London Orbital Motorway near Enfield and Waltham Cross in Hertfordshire (UK).
Note the dot matrix signs are showing the motorway is completely closed ahead due to a 'police incident' and all 3 lanes of traffic must exit at the next junction i.e. junction 25.
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My M25 album flic.kr/s/aHsjz2iKSA
One of today's jobs surrounded this printer. We moved it from one room to another, but the room we moved it to was having connectivity issues that we still haven't licked. We're suspecting a bad cable on a very, very long run. Not good.
What didn't help was the eternal punster of a lab technician singing "someday my prints will come" ;)
So, I suggest that the proud message on this printer was a bit of a lie. It's not really ready. And in truth, I'm not sure I am either. I've got a curriculum meeting tomorrow as well as a full governors' meeting, and I'm not brilliantly prepared for either. Time enough to turn it round I hope!
One of the several departure screens at Darlington Station (UK).
Note the departure to Catterick Garrison is by bus..
ReBoot / Trading Card
> Motherly Advice
ReBoot Fleer Ultra cards / Fleer Corp. (USA, 1995)
Copyright: Mainframe Joint Venture (Canada)
Ephemera-Sammlung MTP
reboot.wikia.com/wiki/Dot_Matrix
ReBoot / Trading Card
> Quick Draw
ReBoot Fleer Ultra cards / Fleer Corp. (USA, 1995)
Copyright: Mainframe Joint Venture (Canada)
Ephemera-Sammlung MTP
the sixth dotmatrix project brought together two greensboro acts with very different sounds. janik started off the evening employing a rich sound (stand-up bass, keyboard, castanets, drums, electric bass and guitar), changing up between textured melodies and jungle, lyrical tunes layered with lead singer mariana bracone's unique vocals. the tiny meteors then came on and tried to blow their amps with a hard driving rock, guitar/bass/drums set. kemp stroble brought his vocals with straight-forward intensity over sheets of guitar rock madness.
if you use this photo anywhere, please respect the CC license and provide the following attribution, as is:
Photo by Kevin Belton
the fifth dotmatrix project brought together two greensboro acts, each with little time playing together, yet both with big, unique sounds. project tritium kicked off the evening with james marshall owen dropping his bowie-esque delivery and jagger-esque stage presence over highly composed music and sounds that at times seemed improvised. the raving knaves then took the stage (and our sound engineer) and rocked their set with a variety of kinetic, powerpop tunes. david mclean's hips might still be gyrating. a fine time had by all.
if you use this photo anywhere, please respect the CC license and provide the following attribution, as is:
Photo by John Leonard
2791 was fitted with electronic destination / service number displays from new.
This video was taken on 25th November 1984 and shows it's original pattern of dot matrix display.
841125-2791-rt367-DotMatrixDisplay+Carillon(98c)
the fifth dotmatrix project brought together two greensboro acts, each with little time playing together, yet both with big, unique sounds. project tritium kicked off the evening with james marshall owen dropping his bowie-esque delivery and jagger-esque stage presence over highly composed music and sounds that at times seemed improvised. the raving knaves then took the stage (and our sound engineer) and rocked their set with a variety of kinetic, powerpop tunes. david mclean's hips might still be gyrating. a fine time had by all.
if you use this photo anywhere, please respect the CC license and provide the following attribution, as is:
Photo by John Leonard
The seventh dotmatrix project brought together two greensboro songwriters, historians, and musicians. Yet both ladies, accomplished musicians in well-known bands across the Carolinas and beyond kept reminding the audience to be kind: This solo performance was a first for both.
Riannon Giddens is a world-traveling musician with the black string preservation band, The Carolina Chocolate Drops. The project was one of her first solo debuts, relying only occasionally on the support of Laurelyn Dossett and guitarist Scott Manring. Her roots music included a few original tunes, such as the ballsy-blues girl ballad, "Two-time Loser." And with her early vocal training at the prestigious Oberlin Conservatory, Rhiannon performed a multi-lingual, multi-cultural act, singing in languages known only in the Gaelic-Scottish regions, plus "Mal Hombre" in Spanish, and "Slaves Lament." A regularly touring musician, Rhiannon made the most of the hometown gig, and brought her sister on stage for gospel songs that featured harmonies only possible from a childhood spent singing together. Off her usual repertoire, however, Rhiannon dropped in a tune she's always wanted to sing, she said, Patsy Cline's, "I Fall to Pieces."
Laurelyn Dossett also made a break from her regular appearances with Polecat Creek, and sang songs she's written for the band, and more recently, songs she's created for the original "playsical" projects at Triad Stage, such as "Brother Wolf" and "Bloody Blackbeard." While Dossett played solo, she played many songs originally written for the bluegrass and Old Time string, such as "Midway Road" and "The Island," off the band's new album "Ordinary Seasons." With a story behind every tune, Dossett is something of a modern historian, writing songs that tell stories from the Piedmont region, such as "Leaving Eden," which chronicles the night drive of a mother and her children as they leave a community built on and later burned by a collapsing textile industry. One hot October night in early 2000 inspired "Surry County's" burning. With guitarist Scott Manring, and vocalist Rhiannon Giddens occasionally joining her on set, Laurelyn rocked a set that's usually reserved for the more, well, reserved audience.
And the audience came to listen. Before the first guitar was tuned, listeners lined up chairs, settling in with their dark brews in tall pint glasses, only breaking the silence to applaud, stomp, sing along, or laugh.
if you use this photo anywhere, please respect the CC license and provide the following attribution, as is:
Photo by Mark Smith
...going through some old boxes, managed to find this.
My first computer, circa 1984. Its a Commodore 64, 1541 5.25" disk drive, monitor and dot matrix printer.
Check out the mouse.
The famous, and unique, train describer board at Edgware Road gives a taste of the future, with multiple train departures listed for the very first time. A new signalling system will greatly improve passenger information at this busy junction station. 20/07/19
ReBoot / Trading Card
> Bombshell
ReBoot Fleer Ultra cards / Fleer Corp. (USA, 1995)
Copyright: Mainframe Joint Venture (Canada)
Ephemera-Sammlung MTP
21st st. co-op 1989 dessert menus
8 boxes deep chocolate cake mix
8 boxes (4 1/2 oz = box) instant chocolate pudding mix
4 c. salad oil
32 eggs AT ROOM TEMP
6 c. strong coffee
6 c. kahlua
Combine all ing. Beat till smooth. Bake in well greased pans 350' 45 min or until done. Only fill the pans a little bit less than half full so that they will cook all the way through. Cool, spoon topping over cake.
Topping:
6 c. confectioners sugar SIFTED
1 c. coffee
1 cup rum
1 cup kahlua
(Mix well),
Historical note, every year amy's bizarro mom (who donated the 9 dozen spoons to 21st st.) sends her this lovely cake, baked in a bundt pan and shipped all the way from OKLAHOMA. Just thought you'd like to know.
the fifth dotmatrix project brought together two greensboro acts, each with little time playing together, yet both with big, unique sounds. project tritium kicked off the evening with james marshall owen dropping his bowie-esque delivery and jagger-esque stage presence over highly composed music and sounds that at times seemed improvised. the raving knaves then took the stage (and our sound engineer) and rocked their set with a variety of kinetic, powerpop tunes. david mclean's hips might still be gyrating. a fine time had by all.
if you use this photo anywhere, please respect the CC license and provide the following attribution, as is:
Photo by John Leonard
the fourth dotmatrix project shook, stirred and mixed it up real nice. tom beardslee kicked off the night with his storytelling blues playing and then possum jenkins simply brought down the house. all due respect to shooter jennings, but these guys put the "o" back in country that night.
if you use this photo anywhere, please respect the CC license and provide the following attribution, as is:
Photo by Stephen Charles
Back in the '60s, '70s, and '80s, computers made their printout with dot-matrix printers - so called because each letter is printed with a rectangular grid (matrix) of metal needles. When the needles press against an inked ribbon, you get a pattern of dots making up the different letters, numbers, and symbols. The big advantage of this is that you can (theoretically) print any typeface (font) with only one small matrix of needles. The more needles, the better the print quality - although you can almost always see the dots. Letter-quality (LQ) and near letter quality (NLQ) printers supposedly had so many needles that the dots were all but invisible.
It's getting harder to find "preserved examples" of dot matrix print technology now, so I thought I'd better upload this old train ticket (from 2000) while I still could!
This from our article on inkjet printers.
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the fifth dotmatrix project brought together two greensboro acts, each with little time playing together, yet both with big, unique sounds. project tritium kicked off the evening with james marshall owen dropping his bowie-esque delivery and jagger-esque stage presence over highly composed music and sounds that at times seemed improvised. the raving knaves then took the stage (and our sound engineer) and rocked their set with a variety of kinetic, powerpop tunes. david mclean's hips might still be gyrating. a fine time had by all.
if you use this photo anywhere, please respect the CC license and provide the following attribution, as is:
Photo by Elizabeth Lemon
the third dotmatrix project event was a shoegazing fest. andrew dudek brought the white sheets and pants, and both dawn chorus and citified rocked the night away.
if you use this photo anywhere, please respect the CC license and provide the following attribution, as is:
Photo by Michael Dunn
A very elderly overhead direction and (ex) dot matrix warning sign gantry almost certainly dating from the mid 1970s when this stretch of road was built on the A13 near South Ockendon in Essex (UK). The actual signage and lighting are much newer though.
These are three places I visit on a regular basis.
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the fifth dotmatrix project brought together two greensboro acts, each with little time playing together, yet both with big, unique sounds. project tritium kicked off the evening with james marshall owen dropping his bowie-esque delivery and jagger-esque stage presence over highly composed music and sounds that at times seemed improvised. the raving knaves then took the stage (and our sound engineer) and rocked their set with a variety of kinetic, powerpop tunes. david mclean's hips might still be gyrating. a fine time had by all.
if you use this photo anywhere, please respect the CC license and provide the following attribution, as is:
Photo by Elizabeth Lemon
The seventh dotmatrix project brought together two greensboro songwriters, historians, and musicians. Yet both ladies, accomplished musicians in well-known bands across the Carolinas and beyond kept reminding the audience to be kind: This solo performance was a first for both.
Riannon Giddens is a world-traveling musician with the black string preservation band, The Carolina Chocolate Drops. The project was one of her first solo debuts, relying only occasionally on the support of Laurelyn Dossett and guitarist Scott Manring. Her roots music included a few original tunes, such as the ballsy-blues girl ballad, "Two-time Loser." And with her early vocal training at the prestigious Oberlin Conservatory, Rhiannon performed a multi-lingual, multi-cultural act, singing in languages known only in the Gaelic-Scottish regions, plus "Mal Hombre" in Spanish, and "Slaves Lament." A regularly touring musician, Rhiannon made the most of the hometown gig, and brought her sister on stage for gospel songs that featured harmonies only possible from a childhood spent singing together. Off her usual repertoire, however, Rhiannon dropped in a tune she's always wanted to sing, she said, Patsy Cline's, "I Fall to Pieces."
Laurelyn Dossett also made a break from her regular appearances with Polecat Creek, and sang songs she's written for the band, and more recently, songs she's created for the original "playsical" projects at Triad Stage, such as "Brother Wolf" and "Bloody Blackbeard." While Dossett played solo, she played many songs originally written for the bluegrass and Old Time string, such as "Midway Road" and "The Island," off the band's new album "Ordinary Seasons." With a story behind every tune, Dossett is something of a modern historian, writing songs that tell stories from the Piedmont region, such as "Leaving Eden," which chronicles the night drive of a mother and her children as they leave a community built on and later burned by a collapsing textile industry. One hot October night in early 2000 inspired "Surry County's" burning. With guitarist Scott Manring, and vocalist Rhiannon Giddens occasionally joining her on set, Laurelyn rocked a set that's usually reserved for the more, well, reserved audience.
And the audience came to listen. Before the first guitar was tuned, listeners lined up chairs, settling in with their dark brews in tall pint glasses, only breaking the silence to applaud, stomp, sing along, or laugh.
if you use this photo anywhere, please respect the CC license and provide the following attribution, as is:
Photo by Mark Smith
Handheld Legend's Orange Edge-lit LED Backlight wired crudely for testing.
The original polarizing filter was more difficult to remove then anticipated and portrayed in various how-to's. It took a lot of patients and overzealous care, but worth the effort.
This Game Boyâ„¢ was purchased for $89 plus tax on Boxing Day, December 26, 1989 at Consumers Distributing on The Queensway. I was young, but I remember the day fondly: searching the catalogue for the SKU, placing the order over a phone, and waiting for it to come down the conveyor. To celebrate 25 years of entertainment, I've begun to mod it.
the sixth dotmatrix project brought together two greensboro acts with very different sounds. janik started off the evening employing a rich sound (stand-up bass, keyboard, castanets, drums, electric bass and guitar), changing up between textured melodies and jungle, lyrical tunes layered with lead singer mariana bracone's unique vocals. the tiny meteors then came on and tried to blow their amps with a hard driving rock, guitar/bass/drums set. kemp stroble brought his vocals with straight-forward intensity over sheets of guitar rock madness.
if you use this photo anywhere, please respect the CC license and provide the following attribution, as is:
Photo by John Leonard
The seventh dotmatrix project brought together two greensboro songwriters, historians, and musicians. Yet both ladies, accomplished musicians in well-known bands across the Carolinas and beyond kept reminding the audience to be kind: This solo performance was a first for both.
Riannon Giddens is a world-traveling musician with the black string preservation band, The Carolina Chocolate Drops. The project was one of her first solo debuts, relying only occasionally on the support of Laurelyn Dossett and guitarist Scott Manring. Her roots music included a few original tunes, such as the ballsy-blues girl ballad, "Two-time Loser." And with her early vocal training at the prestigious Oberlin Conservatory, Rhiannon performed a multi-lingual, multi-cultural act, singing in languages known only in the Gaelic-Scottish regions, plus "Mal Hombre" in Spanish, and "Slaves Lament." A regularly touring musician, Rhiannon made the most of the hometown gig, and brought her sister on stage for gospel songs that featured harmonies only possible from a childhood spent singing together. Off her usual repertoire, however, Rhiannon dropped in a tune she's always wanted to sing, she said, Patsy Cline's, "I Fall to Pieces."
Laurelyn Dossett also made a break from her regular appearances with Polecat Creek, and sang songs she's written for the band, and more recently, songs she's created for the original "playsical" projects at Triad Stage, such as "Brother Wolf" and "Bloody Blackbeard." While Dossett played solo, she played many songs originally written for the bluegrass and Old Time string, such as "Midway Road" and "The Island," off the band's new album "Ordinary Seasons." With a story behind every tune, Dossett is something of a modern historian, writing songs that tell stories from the Piedmont region, such as "Leaving Eden," which chronicles the night drive of a mother and her children as they leave a community built on and later burned by a collapsing textile industry. One hot October night in early 2000 inspired "Surry County's" burning. With guitarist Scott Manring, and vocalist Rhiannon Giddens occasionally joining her on set, Laurelyn rocked a set that's usually reserved for the more, well, reserved audience.
And the audience came to listen. Before the first guitar was tuned, listeners lined up chairs, settling in with their dark brews in tall pint glasses, only breaking the silence to applaud, stomp, sing along, or laugh.
if you use this photo anywhere, please respect the CC license and provide the following attribution, as is:
Photo by Mark Smith
the third dotmatrix project event was a shoegazing fest. andrew dudek brought the white sheets and pants, and both dawn chorus and citified rocked the night away.
if you use this photo anywhere, please respect the CC license and provide the following attribution, as is:
Photo by Tanya Peterson
The seventh dotmatrix project brought together two greensboro songwriters, historians, and musicians. Yet both ladies, accomplished musicians in well-known bands across the Carolinas and beyond kept reminding the audience to be kind: This solo performance was a first for both.
Riannon Giddens is a world-traveling musician with the black string preservation band, The Carolina Chocolate Drops. The project was one of her first solo debuts, relying only occasionally on the support of Laurelyn Dossett and guitarist Scott Manring. Her roots music included a few original tunes, such as the ballsy-blues girl ballad, "Two-time Loser." And with her early vocal training at the prestigious Oberlin Conservatory, Rhiannon performed a multi-lingual, multi-cultural act, singing in languages known only in the Gaelic-Scottish regions, plus "Mal Hombre" in Spanish, and "Slaves Lament." A regularly touring musician, Rhiannon made the most of the hometown gig, and brought her sister on stage for gospel songs that featured harmonies only possible from a childhood spent singing together. Off her usual repertoire, however, Rhiannon dropped in a tune she's always wanted to sing, she said, Patsy Cline's, "I Fall to Pieces."
Laurelyn Dossett also made a break from her regular appearances with Polecat Creek, and sang songs she's written for the band, and more recently, songs she's created for the original "playsical" projects at Triad Stage, such as "Brother Wolf" and "Bloody Blackbeard." While Dossett played solo, she played many songs originally written for the bluegrass and Old Time string, such as "Midway Road" and "The Island," off the band's new album "Ordinary Seasons." With a story behind every tune, Dossett is something of a modern historian, writing songs that tell stories from the Piedmont region, such as "Leaving Eden," which chronicles the night drive of a mother and her children as they leave a community built on and later burned by a collapsing textile industry. One hot October night in early 2000 inspired "Surry County's" burning. With guitarist Scott Manring, and vocalist Rhiannon Giddens occasionally joining her on set, Laurelyn rocked a set that's usually reserved for the more, well, reserved audience.
And the audience came to listen. Before the first guitar was tuned, listeners lined up chairs, settling in with their dark brews in tall pint glasses, only breaking the silence to applaud, stomp, sing along, or laugh.
if you use this photo anywhere, please respect the CC license and provide the following attribution, as is:
Photo by Mark Smith
an index. edited by jwcurry. Toronto, Curvd H&z, 7 september 1985. 96 copies completed of a stated edition of 15o, in 3 variants:
a) 1o copies of the 1st issue with errors intact
b) 71 copies with corrections
c) 15 copies with corrections with green paper manufacturer's type along disposable margins.
9-1/2 x 11, 3o sheets white bond in perforated accordion, all printed black dotmatrix rectos only.
cover text by Gregg Andely.
51 contributors:
Gregg Andely, Lee Ballentine, Shant Basmajian, Dave Beach, Guy R.Beining, John M.Bennett, Daniel F.Bradley, Gary Brandt, Wendi Brklacich, Randall Brock, Joe Brouillette, jwcurry, Linda Davey, Alan Davies, Bill DiMichele, M.B.Duggan, Loris Essary, Marco Fraticelli, Peter Ganick, Don Garner, Gerry Gilbert, Jesse Glass Jr, LeRoy Gorman, R.D.Hanson, Marshall Hryciuk, Dale Jensen, Ed Kaplan, Karl Kempton, M.Kettner, Philip Kienholz, Arthur Winfield Knight, Mark Laba, Peggy Lefler, Qaani Lore, Edward Mycue, Lillian Necakov, bpNichol, Michael Ondaatje, Nicholas Power, Dan Raphael, Jim Roberts, Stuart Ross, Jim Shedden, Gerry Shikatani, Jasmine Silverwind, Steven Smith, George Swede, Yves Troendle, Richard Truhlar, Tristan Tzara, David UU.
includes:
i) " differences " (concrete poem, version in dotmatrix lettering)
also includes:
ii) AN ISSUE & PURPOSEFULLY DIFFICULT TO FOLLOW AUTHOR INDEX TO INDUSTRIAL SABOTAGE: OCT'79 THRU SEP'85, jwcurry (accounting for Lefler's contributions to 8 of the 33 issues)
Coach U outside door dot matrix destination board which is part of British Rail Class 390 'Pendolino' Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) 390107 as operated by Virgin Trains at Euston Station in London (UK).
Coach U along with the rest of the coaches is about to work the 1S55 09:43 service to Glasgow Central and will be our train to Birmingham New Street.
The train number means:
VT = Virgin Trains
1 = Express Passenger
S = Region or Destination the train is heading to? (not sure)
55 = Path and/or destination code number? (not sure lol)
1S55 on its own is the train reporting or headcode number as used by the TOPS (Total Operations Processing System) railway operation system which is operated by Network Rail.
The Departure and Arrival Board at King's Cross Station in London (UK).
The board is principally showing the 11:00 East Coast service to Edinburgh Waverley, in this instance hauled by Class 91 electric locomotive 91125 which departed on time and arrived at York Station some 201 miles away in an impressive 1 hour and 47 minutes.
Photography by enthusiast David who was aboard this particular train and is posted here with very kind permission.
the third dotmatrix project event was a shoegazing fest. andrew dudek brought the white sheets and pants, and both dawn chorus and citified rocked the night away.
if you use this photo anywhere, please respect the CC license and provide the following attribution, as is:
Photo by Michael Dunn
the third dotmatrix project event was a shoegazing fest. andrew dudek brought the white sheets and pants, and both dawn chorus and citified rocked the night away.
if you use this photo anywhere, please respect the CC license and provide the following attribution, as is:
Photo by Michael Dunn
The seventh dotmatrix project brought together two greensboro songwriters, historians, and musicians. Yet both ladies, accomplished musicians in well-known bands across the Carolinas and beyond kept reminding the audience to be kind: This solo performance was a first for both.
Riannon Giddens is a world-traveling musician with the black string preservation band, The Carolina Chocolate Drops. The project was one of her first solo debuts, relying only occasionally on the support of Laurelyn Dossett and guitarist Scott Manring. Her roots music included a few original tunes, such as the ballsy-blues girl ballad, "Two-time Loser." And with her early vocal training at the prestigious Oberlin Conservatory, Rhiannon performed a multi-lingual, multi-cultural act, singing in languages known only in the Gaelic-Scottish regions, plus "Mal Hombre" in Spanish, and "Slaves Lament." A regularly touring musician, Rhiannon made the most of the hometown gig, and brought her sister on stage for gospel songs that featured harmonies only possible from a childhood spent singing together. Off her usual repertoire, however, Rhiannon dropped in a tune she's always wanted to sing, she said, Patsy Cline's, "I Fall to Pieces."
Laurelyn Dossett also made a break from her regular appearances with Polecat Creek, and sang songs she's written for the band, and more recently, songs she's created for the original "playsical" projects at Triad Stage, such as "Brother Wolf" and "Bloody Blackbeard." While Dossett played solo, she played many songs originally written for the bluegrass and Old Time string, such as "Midway Road" and "The Island," off the band's new album "Ordinary Seasons." With a story behind every tune, Dossett is something of a modern historian, writing songs that tell stories from the Piedmont region, such as "Leaving Eden," which chronicles the night drive of a mother and her children as they leave a community built on and later burned by a collapsing textile industry. One hot October night in early 2000 inspired "Surry County's" burning. With guitarist Scott Manring, and vocalist Rhiannon Giddens occasionally joining her on set, Laurelyn rocked a set that's usually reserved for the more, well, reserved audience.
And the audience came to listen. Before the first guitar was tuned, listeners lined up chairs, settling in with their dark brews in tall pint glasses, only breaking the silence to applaud, stomp, sing along, or laugh.
if you use this photo anywhere, please respect the CC license and provide the following attribution, as is:
Photo by Kevin Belton
A rather faded and wet Coach B outside door dot matrix destination board which is part of a British Rail Class 390 'Pendolino' Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) as operated by Virgin Trains at Birmingham New Street station in West Midlands (UK).
Curiously this destination board is not displaying its TOPS (Total Operations Processing System) railway operation system code.
My Class 390 album flic.kr/s/aHsk5prwEw
Photograph taken by fellow enthusiast and my regular photostream contributor David on his travels and is posted here with very kind permission.
The seventh dotmatrix project brought together two greensboro songwriters, historians, and musicians. Yet both ladies, accomplished musicians in well-known bands across the Carolinas and beyond kept reminding the audience to be kind: This solo performance was a first for both.
Riannon Giddens is a world-traveling musician with the black string preservation band, The Carolina Chocolate Drops. The project was one of her first solo debuts, relying only occasionally on the support of Laurelyn Dossett and guitarist Scott Manring. Her roots music included a few original tunes, such as the ballsy-blues girl ballad, "Two-time Loser." And with her early vocal training at the prestigious Oberlin Conservatory, Rhiannon performed a multi-lingual, multi-cultural act, singing in languages known only in the Gaelic-Scottish regions, plus "Mal Hombre" in Spanish, and "Slaves Lament." A regularly touring musician, Rhiannon made the most of the hometown gig, and brought her sister on stage for gospel songs that featured harmonies only possible from a childhood spent singing together. Off her usual repertoire, however, Rhiannon dropped in a tune she's always wanted to sing, she said, Patsy Cline's, "I Fall to Pieces."
Laurelyn Dossett also made a break from her regular appearances with Polecat Creek, and sang songs she's written for the band, and more recently, songs she's created for the original "playsical" projects at Triad Stage, such as "Brother Wolf" and "Bloody Blackbeard." While Dossett played solo, she played many songs originally written for the bluegrass and Old Time string, such as "Midway Road" and "The Island," off the band's new album "Ordinary Seasons." With a story behind every tune, Dossett is something of a modern historian, writing songs that tell stories from the Piedmont region, such as "Leaving Eden," which chronicles the night drive of a mother and her children as they leave a community built on and later burned by a collapsing textile industry. One hot October night in early 2000 inspired "Surry County's" burning. With guitarist Scott Manring, and vocalist Rhiannon Giddens occasionally joining her on set, Laurelyn rocked a set that's usually reserved for the more, well, reserved audience.
And the audience came to listen. Before the first guitar was tuned, listeners lined up chairs, settling in with their dark brews in tall pint glasses, only breaking the silence to applaud, stomp, sing along, or laugh.
if you use this photo anywhere, please respect the CC license and provide the following attribution, as is:
Photo by Kevin Belton