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An Online Journal :: Gareth Bouch :: Designer, Writer, Musician & All That

After a brief hiatus…

…of several months…

It’s strange the way communications shift. Changes in Facebook, extra input for my business and my sites on Twitter, other things too – all can shift your attention away from other platforms.
And to be honest, your own blog is where you have the most control – no character limits, no formatting restrictions. And yet I’ve been away.
Certainly feels like neglect and so I’m trying to resolve to post here more often.
Maybe not long posts or hugely long posts, but something that is allowed the space to articulate better than a Tweet for instance.
I’m not doing that today, but I will for now add a pic of Sandy Bay, Porthcawl, where we walk the dogs. It’s always good for pictures – I’m posting on Facebook and Flickr my ongoing shots of scenes and abstracts, and here’s one now – treated with the awesome Snapseed iOS App – of a view across the beach – lots of tilt shift accentuating brightness and grass texture.

Land of my Fathers (Well… Mother, actually)


(*Above: Bad Wolf Bay from Doctor Who)

Well it’s official – I’ve been utterly crap at updating this blog recently.
I do have the excuse that I’ve been on Twitter a bit, but nonetheless this place wasn’t supposed to get covered in cobwebs and tumbleweed.

There is another excuse, to be fair – Moving out of London…
I’m now pretty much settled down here in south Wales, not too far from where my mum came from (she’s from the Rhondda Valley – I’m just over the other side of the stunning Bwlch down in Bridgend) – and really enjoying a different lifestyle. Read the rest of this entry »

Objectify

There’s a really good programme on Radio4 weekdays at 9.45am – “A History of the World in 100 Objects” – a superb series that’s following the development of civilization by analysing historical artefacts.
They reflect all kinds of aspects of humanity – intellectual, artistic, cultural, economic… and are done an object a day. Do listen.
Or of course you can catch up with what you’ve missed on the Radio4 website here, as part of the overall “History of the World” section of the site.
You can also catch up and follow the series by subscribing to the podcasts here on iTunes

Avatar “Russian Sci-Fi Plagiarism” Disproved

I always knew that the allegations that James Cameron’s “Avatar” was lifted from some Russian sci-fi was a load of old tosh.
Now, as the attached image clearly shows, it is put beyond argument that those allegations are completely false.
Thanks to Rob for forwarding.

Can You Decode The Periodic Table Of London?

Very cool and leftfield design puzzle thing by the excellent Londonist.
If you’re having trouble working out what the “elements” actually are, then there’s clues, discussions and answers here…
Enjoy.

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In short, my name's Gareth and I'm the Director of VROOM MEDIA Ltd. I'm a designer, writer, musician and MotoGP nut. I'm a shameless fanboy for Alvaro Bautista & Apple. I go moist over Spanish band El Canto Del Loco, and I'm a total Mac geek. This blog is an ongoing journal of random notes, thoughts and bits of stuff...
...And things.

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The Rain Dogs

The latest recordings by my solo music project, The Rain Dogs. These are tracks I'm pulling together over a period of time - some old and some new - and just putting out online for sharing.

only a part not the whole
trust in the you of now
in transit

Smallcreep

My 'formerly industrial' band with my mate Rob. We grew out of wanting to be another NIN some time back and have developed into a far more interesting, singular, challenging and fun. With Rob's emigration to the USA, our way of working and creating was fundamentally altered, but we continued to push the boundaries of possible musics as we always have. Rob's return holds promise to pick things up some more - to develop more ideas, sketchpads, rhythms and approaches to keep us on the cutting edge - and maybe a refreshed approach which might even see us revisit and complete our unfinished masterpiece "BACKLASH". Yeah, right...

Rivercity

Fifteen minutes into the future, a hot, dry summer in Hull: Coates, a researcher and investigator, is hired to trace the whereabouts of missing adolescent Dominic Russell.
Is he the latest in a number of gruesome blood-letting murders attributed to the city’s “Marginals” that exist somewhere in the underbelly of the population?
That’s what the Police say, but it’s not what the boy’s mother believes - and as Coates digs deeper into that underbelly he discovers that Dominic’s disappearance is just a tiny part of a much bigger story: one that will bring his world crashing down and endanger all those around him...

Rivercity is a book that can be read at many levels, weaving a main plot - a clear homage to the “noir” detective genre - with a vampire story and a myriad of strands about perception and reality, human nature, signs, superstitions, the histroy of Hull, aesthetics, the occult and political expediency. Above all it's a novel about philosophy and the nature of truth and knowledge in the electronic age.

Rivercity is now available to purchase online: Click here for info...