A great geographically related song from the end credits of WALL-E: "Down to Earth"... Has been nominated for an Oscar we discovered today... Here's another "hydrologically-themed" track which is a classic live favourite. Hopefully will get to see PG again this year... and finally another beautiful track from WALL-E with Peter Gabriel's touch on it. Used this as the mood music for an SAGT presentation:
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Went to see Wall-E yesterday... Great film ! A lot of geography in there, and also comment on a dystopian future where humanity has abandoned the planet, and now lives in space on a vessel called the Axiom. Loads of wonderful scenes and imagery, and good homages to other films. Plenty on the power of multinationals: particularly the BUY 'N' LARGE corporation which provides the environment for humanity's refuge, while Wall-E's clean up the planet. The film also ends with a brilliant Peter Gabriel track, which I currently have playing on repeat... Superb bass, and loping gait, and excellent lyrics. Can't wait for the Big Blue Ball... Logo of Buy N Large Superb design ! If you go to the BUY N LARGE site, you are taken to the WALL-E site, but before the film opened, there was a detailed site. Will try to develop some more ideas soon related to the movie. This post is TAGGED SAGT08Media by the way. Any posts tagged in this way refer to my October 2008 presentation at...
A day in watching the Open Golf at Royal Birkdale. The wind in control today... A sunny day in the Tour as well. Spore ... This game is out in September 2008. The website is HERE . It has been developed by Will Wright, who also created " The Sims ". The later stages of the game become a little more 'geographical' as the players begin to develop civilisations. Also been some controversy over some aspects of the game's installation and security features, and the apparent removal of reviews from Amazon. I have been having a play with the SPORE CREATURE CREATOR , which is great fun. Also a new edition of GRANTA out now is called " The New Nature Writing ", and it has some wonderful contributors. There are 2 articles by Robert McFarlane which would be well worth reading. There is one on the changes that have been taking place in Beijing, and one on the Fens. There are also 2 VERY nice online pieces. An interview with the author Jonathan Raban , who was bor...