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Keith Harrison
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Charity CEO. Songwriter. Hill-walker (flat-landscapes also good!)
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Keith Harrison @keithharrison.bsky.social · Mar 7
In between completing some grant claims and planning for our next #generationrestoration project at @thebaytrust.bsky.social, I took a photo of some old bottles embedded in one of the #PinesGarden walls this afternoon. A little space :-)
Image shows four bands of pale recycled bricks (part of a wall) in a slightly wavy line, running from left to right (or vice-versa); between each layer, embedded in the mortar, are the bases of old glass bottles. The top layer of bottle bases are brown, mid are clear and the bottom set are all green. All three glass bottle layers are informally wavy too.
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Keith Harrison @keithharrison.bsky.social · 18h
#80sTop30 (xxiv) ‘In The Night’ #PetShopBoys. Effectively an imagined Parisian wartime film theme, with its deadpan and almost hungover sounding vocal over rudimentary sounding (though possibly expensive) synth & drum-machine accompaniment. m.youtube.com/watch?v=hpgl...
In the Night (2018 Remaster)
YouTube video by Pet Shop Boys - Topic
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The Bay Trust @thebaytrust.bsky.social · 1d
What a difference a day makes! Yesterday was perfect weather for mowing and tidying up the green roof of our eco venue, The Pines Calyx. Thankfully that's done and dusted, so we can make the most of today's wind and rain to get to work on some indoor jobs! 🌱
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Keith Harrison @keithharrison.bsky.social · 1d
#80sTop30 (xxiii) ‘Stanlow’ #OMD. A song that does sound like people making (synth-focused) orchestral manoeuvres in the dark. Much of this evokes nighttime, it features industrial pumps, at least one glorious instrumental melody and a vocal delivered with feeling. m.youtube.com/watch?v=Wuxi...
Stanlow (2003 Digital Remaster)
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Keith Harrison @keithharrison.bsky.social · 2d
#80sTop30 (xxii) ‘Your Silent Face’ #NewOrder. A glorious composition, combining technology and humanity in its delivery. Stately melodies through synth strings, bass, guitar and melodica and an engagingly frank vocal. m.youtube.com/watch?v=MEl0...
Your Silent Face (2015 Remaster)
YouTube video by New Order - Topic
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Keith Harrison @keithharrison.bsky.social · 3d
#80sTop30 (xxi) ‘America For Beginners’ #LatinQuarter. This has all the tension of a classic black & white film; there’s a strong narrative but so much room for one’s imagination in the pauses too. The chorus is beautifully hushed. m.youtube.com/watch?v=HXWy...
America for Beginners
YouTube video by Latin Quarter - Topic
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Keith Harrison @keithharrison.bsky.social · 4d
One of the earliest records I ever bought. I recall seeing it on Top of the Pops; fairly sure the keyboard player wore a kilt and a few of the group mimed playing the drums in ways suggesting they (members of the band) were clockwork automata.
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Keith Harrison @keithharrison.bsky.social · 4d
Fascinating project from @guyshrubsole.bsky.social. Certainly of day-job interest to me at @thebaytrust.bsky.social with our modest ecosystem restoration work, participation in the Transmanche (chalk) #Geopark bid & “cradle to cradle” designed #PinesCalyx built of rammed chalk.
guyshrubsole.bsky.social Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 29d
Very excited to share that I'm writing a new book, THE GHOSTS OF CHALK COUNTRY - about the loss of England's chalk downland: a tale of flowers, fascism & freedom.

To be published by @wmcollinsbooks.bsky.social in April 2027:
www.thebookseller.com/rights/willi...

Website: ghostsofchalkcountry.org
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Keith Harrison @keithharrison.bsky.social · 4d
#80sTop30 (xx) ‘Computer Love’ #Kraftwerk. This is pure melodic and rhythmic joy, with all manner of plays and improvisations on its musical motifs throughout (especially in the final three and a half minutes.) Its minimal, mournful, lyric says just enough. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compute...
Computer Love (Kraftwerk song) - Wikipedia
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Keith Harrison @keithharrison.bsky.social · 4d
Thanks. It’s quite a gem of a record, I think.
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Keith Harrison @keithharrison.bsky.social · 5d
#80sTop30 (xix) ‘The Last Film’ #KissingThePink. Somewhere between a synthy-militaristic and choral (or even hinting at plainsong) arrangement, this is a fantastically dynamic - and melodic - composition with a lyric still relevant now. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Las...
The Last Film - Wikipedia
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Keith Harrison @keithharrison.bsky.social · 6d
#80sTop30 (xviii) ‘Atmosphere’ #JoyDivision. A captivating processional from its opening bars. Pounding drums, teetering bass, cheap reed organ, string machine, a few rhythmic effects and dramatically expressive vocal. More impressive as each year passes IMHO. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmosph...
Atmosphere (Joy Division song) - Wikipedia
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Keith Harrison @keithharrison.bsky.social · 7d
#80sTop30 (xvii) ‘Space’ #ItsImmaterial. John Campbell talks about the enclosures, Tom Mix movies and life insurance whilst letting go to sing in the choruses over a 6/8 drum-pattern. Another sparkler from him and Jarvis Whitehead. m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZT51...
Space
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Keith Harrison @keithharrison.bsky.social · 7d
Quite an ornate one for #FingerpostFriday this week. Outside @brunelmuseum.bsky.social in Rotherhithe, London.
A finger post outside the Brunel Museum, Rotherhithe, London. The post is made of metal, featuring a ribbed appearance (with those ribs running in straight lines from the ground upwards) and ornate top section at the top (involving a rim at right angles to the ribs and then, after a few centimetres more, a cap with a parabolic curve all the way around.) The post is painted black and has three “fingers” pointing in differing directions - these are painted white and, from left to right in the image, state Rotherhithe Station, Thames Path (with an acorn motif to the left of this) and Thames Path (with no acorn motif.) In the background are tall trees, with green leaves, shrubs and a pale brown-bricked building (only parts of which are visible.) The building has a black door, open, with some posters attached (these are too small to read) and the left of the image shows a short section of a wooden wall, below some flowering foliage, painted in black, grey and various blue stripes.
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Keith Harrison @keithharrison.bsky.social · 8d
Good PM at @asbpuk.bsky.social Reuse Summit. One highlight was the phrase “possibilism is your friend” from Will Arnold of @istructe.bsky.social as it brought to my mind ideas for celebrating @thebaytrust.bsky.social #PinesCalyx (itself made of reused materials) 21st anniversary in 2027!
Electronic screen showing introductory slide of the Alliance for Sustainable Building Products 2025 Reuse Summit. Most of the display on the screen has an orange background with very pale blue text across it. The right of the screen has a blue background (abutting the orange with a slanted edge) involving an almost grey image of a multi-storeyed building with scaffolding and fabric sheeting over it; this has small black text at the top right giving WiFi Code instructions. The screen has a black outer edge and is fitted within a pale, grained wood wall. In front is a four seated speaker podium with three mics visible. To the right is an upright wooden podium with part of the Institution of Structural Engineers logo appearing. Parts of eight seats in the auditorium are in front of both podiums.
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Keith Harrison @keithharrison.bsky.social · 8d
#80sTop30 (xvi) ‘Let’s All Make A Bomb (New Version)’ #Heaven17. A ‘Luxury Gap’ era reworking of a ‘Penthouse & Pavement’ track. This has a different power, with dynamic LinnDrum and fancier synths. Not their most famous track but a perfectly executed one. m.youtube.com/watch?v=urOr...
Let's All Make A Bomb (12" Version; 2006 Digital Remaster)
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Keith Harrison @keithharrison.bsky.social · 9d
Really nice exchange with @jonwoolcott.bsky.social last eve. I only knew of his upcoming #HillFigures book thanks to a @grindrod.bsky.social repost… his Monstrosities Mon Amour series features @danthompson33.bsky.social who was working with me at @thebaytrust.bsky.social today. Happy linkages :-)
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Keith Harrison @keithharrison.bsky.social · 9d
#80sTop30 (xv) ‘Façades’ #PhilipGlass. A slowly encapsulating piece, with rhythm from its strings and the soprano saxophones adding elevated melody. There are synths, too. The superb ‘52 Albums To Shape A Soul’ blog by @lippykidmusic.bsky.social covers the parent LP. philipglass.com/compositions...
Façades – Philip Glass
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Keith Harrison @keithharrison.bsky.social · 10d
That “interesting digressions but deliberately avoided it being comprehensive” line just adds to the anticipation! I hope the book delivers everything you want it to (beyond the passion indulging!) once published :-) #HillFigures
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Keith Harrison @keithharrison.bsky.social · 10d
Newman’s book is one I need to reinvestigate - my copy has a chunk of pages repeated and some others are missing! There’s a good number of hill figures I’m yet to visit (or simply see) so am looking forward to reading your book.
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Keith Harrison @keithharrison.bsky.social · 10d
This looks interesting (yes, it’ll sit nicely with Kate Bergamar’s #ShireGuide and my bashed / very 2nd hand Morris Marples exploration!)
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Keith Harrison @keithharrison.bsky.social · 10d
‘Sunrise’ is, IMHO, the greatest “Neil number.” I’ll admit to having soft spots for ‘Geronimo’, ‘Mastermind’ and ‘At The Indie Disco’ too. Plenty more fine songs beyond these, obviously!
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Keith Harrison @keithharrison.bsky.social · 10d
#80sTop30 (xiv) ‘Living Room’ #FrazierChorus. Shake n’ Vac, a string arrangement, pre-Client Kate Holmes (though not on synths here) and the glories of Tim Freeman’s quietly intoned tales that might inspire a few Radio 4 afternoon plays… m.youtube.com/watch?v=zty7...
Living Room
YouTube video by Frazier Chorus - Topic
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Keith Harrison @keithharrison.bsky.social · 11d
#80sTop30 (xiii) ‘Wheels Of Fortune’ #FadGadget. Pollution (of various types) from fossil fuel-based transport systems with an upbeat/“driving” accompaniment involving monosynths, drum-machine, piano and Alison Moyet on saxophone. www.shazam.com/song/8265184...
Wheels of Fortune - Fad Gadget: Song Lyrics, Music Videos & Concerts
Listen to Wheels of Fortune by Fad Gadget. See lyrics and music videos, find Fad Gadget tour dates, buy concert tickets, and more!
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Keith Harrison @keithharrison.bsky.social · 12d
#80sTop30 (xii) ‘The Night I Heard Caruso Sing’ #EverythingButTheGirl. A relatively rare EBTG song with Ben Watt on lead vocal (though involving fantastic harmony with Tracey Thorn on verse three.) Evocation of landscape and fear of “the bomb” feature. Fine writing. m.youtube.com/watch?v=fgld...
The Night I Heard Caruso Sing
YouTube video by Everything But The Girl - Topic
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Keith Harrison @keithharrison.bsky.social · 13d
#80sTop30 (xi) ‘Love Is A Stranger’ #Eurythmics. A very accomplished composition that, whilst driven by a minimal 4/4 rhythm (and tasteful drum-computer) possesses musical light and shade, subtle synth fills and wondrous vocal arrangements. m.youtube.com/watch?v=o6f5...
Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart - Love Is a Stranger (Official Video)
YouTube video by EurythmicsVEVO
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