More Fringe Fun and some random links!

No updates to the site since last time, but I am working on expanding the Music section with some exercises and music theory .

Instead I’ve had a great weekend of Fringe Fun yet again. On Friday night Kate and I went to see the Joe Finch Jazz Trio, a young group of very talented musicians who played a set of their own music and impressed me greatly. Live music is just simply the best!

Saturday night we went to see the one and only Bill Bailey who had thankfully decided to put on an extra show due to the others selling out. Mr Bailey was everything I had hoped for and a wee bit more, weaving politics, religion, chunky kit-kats, and a joke that began “So Jesus, God and the Holy Spirit walk into a pub…” into his routine. His musical comedy was of course top drawer too, with a hilarious tribute to one George W. Bush and reworking of our National Anthem. Thoroughly recommended, I hope he comes back next year.

Last night, braving the town centre after the Edinburgh Derby, Kate and I went to see the campest comic around, Craig Hill. I had seen Mr Hill previously at the Edinburgh comedy club, where he was acting as the host for the night. I was greatly entertained then and so was looking forward to seeing his whole set. Dancing onto the stage in his leather kilt the camp level was set to 100% as Craig Hill proceeded to amuse us greatly with observations on life and people, well mostly scottish people. Being a scot myself of course I had a alight avantage in understanding the context of the humour, but I think most people ‘got it’. In addition to the stand up act we were also entertained with some singing from Mr Hill in the style of Shirley Bassey, Julie Andrews etc. all performed in a scarily accurately way and with great humour. Yet another recommended comic, see him if you ever get the chance.

Browsing around the web the other day I came across a trully fantastic resource for Mathematics and Physics at Wolfram Research. To be honest I have forgotten just about all of which I learned at University ( though I’m hoping it’s still there in some deep recess of my brain! ), but I was simply amazed at the detail on the site, covering for example Advanced Quantum theory and the Maths required for the theory. A great resource for the University level student or those wishing to remind themselves of what they once knew and enjoyed

Current Favourite Song: Don Ross – Passion Session – Tight Trite Night