We’ve been talking some recently about being old (young policemen, music from college, etc.) Here’s another coal on that fire – remember the baby from the Nevermind album cover? He’s 16.

(HT: Neatorama)

OK, so it’s a very small brush, with very minor fame, but…

George Melly, jazz singer and author, has died. He played a concert at my school when I was about 16, when I was in charge of the school’s sound equipment (not quite as trivial as it sounds, as we were a main arts venue in the town, and a showcase for the county). Naturally he had his own sound guy, and I was very happy to hand the reins over to someone who knew what he was doing. But I did help with the get in and the take down (ooh, listen to me using industry jargon) and worked one of two spotlights on the night.

What’s that? Well, I guess I could send you an autograph, but I don’t really have any 8×10’s at the moment, sorry.

…but surprisingly good

It’s not Torn, which is brilliant, but it’s pretty good:

Warning: May offend lip-readers of a nervous disposition.

(HT: Neatorama, again)

Very mystical sounding, which beautifully reflects its Far East folk origins in… Switzerland. Well it sounds good anyway.

(HT: Neatorama)