Dr. Stephen Arthur Allen (euphonium) playing Napoli.

posted by Jaitu at 22:03

This isn't the sort of thing I normally post, then again what is?
When I was younger (so much younger than today) I used to play brass a bit. I played bugle, cornet in a silver band and was learning to play trombone. At the time I enjoyed playing quite a lot but didn't like having to do things at prescribed times (I still don't). As a result I would enjoy band practice but never wanted to go. Ultimately I had an orthodontic brace fitted which meant I couldn't play and when it was removed I never picked up a brass instrument again.

The point of that almost pointless nostalgia is that there are other members of my family who stuck with the whole musical discipline thing. The clip below is of my Cousin Stephen. I'll be honest, I'm not someone who keeps up with my family anywhere near as well as I probably should and after my sister sent me the link to the clip I had to use Google to find out a bit more about what Steve is doing now.

Star Wars: Retold (by someone who hasn't seen it)

posted by Jaitu at 08:15

I should probably spend a little time posting something more consequential or at least personal on here. Or I should take the time to update BabySteps with our scan photos or a recording of the heartbeat. Or just stick a quick post on Playing.Catch-Up to bring it up to date with CoD:WaW, PoP, The Maw, Peggle, GoW2 and whatever else I played since the last post. Or put some new designs on the RTDL2 Shop and update the shop blog.
Instead though I'm just going to post a synopsis of the Star Wars trilogy as told by someone who has only seen bits and pieces of the movies.

Star Wars: Retold (by someone who hasn't seen it) from Joe Nicolosi on Vimeo.