David Powell
@recorderist.bsky.social
Archivist for a Scottish based media company; twin, cellist, recorder player and bloody awful pianist. Opinions definitely not my employers.
Alter-ego made an appearance tonight. Weber, Schubert, Tchaikovsky Swan Lake and Stravinsky’s mighty Firebird.
November 29, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Alter-ego made an appearance tonight. Weber, Schubert, Tchaikovsky Swan Lake and Stravinsky’s mighty Firebird.
Bit of reading for the train #beano #bananaman
February 12, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Bit of reading for the train #beano #bananaman
Progress continues
February 7, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Progress continues
Making things again. can you guess what it is yet?
February 7, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Making things again. can you guess what it is yet?
If 2025 brings a lottery win I’ll sort my teeth. But hey, happy new year when it comes from me and ‘im.
December 31, 2024 at 11:56 PM
If 2025 brings a lottery win I’ll sort my teeth. But hey, happy new year when it comes from me and ‘im.
Pint one imbibed. Second pint on the way. Politely refusing the offer of shots from the drag queen. No mixing drinks til whisky at midnight! Happy Hogmanay and new year to you all. Especially you #archives folk - you all deserve it!
December 31, 2024 at 9:54 PM
Pint one imbibed. Second pint on the way. Politely refusing the offer of shots from the drag queen. No mixing drinks til whisky at midnight! Happy Hogmanay and new year to you all. Especially you #archives folk - you all deserve it!
Icelandic rye bread took 8 hours on a slow bake but goes amazingly with the mashed fish. Lining the stomach before the drinking starts.
December 31, 2024 at 6:30 PM
Icelandic rye bread took 8 hours on a slow bake but goes amazingly with the mashed fish. Lining the stomach before the drinking starts.
Hints to job seekers on cv’s. Firstly, spell the name of your potential employer correctly. Secondly, spell your own name correctly.
December 10, 2024 at 1:20 PM
Hints to job seekers on cv’s. Firstly, spell the name of your potential employer correctly. Secondly, spell your own name correctly.
This mornings advent calendar was a chocolate reindeer. Not sure what this has to do with the baby Jesus but scoffed it anyway. #advent
December 1, 2024 at 11:00 AM
This mornings advent calendar was a chocolate reindeer. Not sure what this has to do with the baby Jesus but scoffed it anyway. #advent
Concert evening happened. Berlioz, Bruch and Mendelssohn.
December 1, 2024 at 12:17 AM
Concert evening happened. Berlioz, Bruch and Mendelssohn.
It’s the annual #FromageFriday in the archive office as cheese is consumed along with other nibbles as I graciously allow the decorations to be put up.
November 29, 2024 at 4:29 PM
It’s the annual #FromageFriday in the archive office as cheese is consumed along with other nibbles as I graciously allow the decorations to be put up.
And it happened again. When someone I don’t know calls me Dave - it makes my skin crawl.
November 21, 2024 at 10:43 AM
And it happened again. When someone I don’t know calls me Dave - it makes my skin crawl.
So Gladiator 2 is basically Jedward with syphillis. You’ll understand when you see it.
November 19, 2024 at 11:18 PM
So Gladiator 2 is basically Jedward with syphillis. You’ll understand when you see it.
Exercise is Not Fun
November 19, 2024 at 5:45 PM
Exercise is Not Fun
Snow in Aberdeen this morning. Beautiful but a bit chilly!
November 18, 2024 at 4:58 PM
Snow in Aberdeen this morning. Beautiful but a bit chilly!
Amazing but a shame this #archive will be broken up into 700 lots to maximise profit
Wise told Morecambe he wanted to split up comedy act in 1950, letter reveals
Wise told Morecambe he wanted to split up comedy act in 1950, letter reveals
Items up for auction from Eric Morecambe’s family home show Ernie Wise had doubts about pair’s future
They became arguably the greatest comedy duo Britain has ever produced but if Eric Morecambe had listened to a young and despondent Ernie Wise they…
dlvr.it
November 18, 2024 at 7:28 AM
Amazing but a shame this #archive will be broken up into 700 lots to maximise profit
This photo resurfaced recently at work and I’d forgotten about it. We’d be larking around on a store…
November 16, 2024 at 2:43 PM
This photo resurfaced recently at work and I’d forgotten about it. We’d be larking around on a store…
Things I made in the last month. Crotchet keeps my hands busy and stops me eating biscuits. Gran taught me millennia ago and had a hankering to take it up again, with a bit of help from online tutorials.
November 16, 2024 at 2:34 PM
Things I made in the last month. Crotchet keeps my hands busy and stops me eating biscuits. Gran taught me millennia ago and had a hankering to take it up again, with a bit of help from online tutorials.
We did a thing and now there are 100 archive tv adverts available online from the earliest days of commercial telly for loads of our comics and magazines including Bunty, Jackie, Dandy, and The Peoples Friend. Go explore: movingimage.nls.uk/search?perso...
Biography of 'D.C. Thomson' - Moving Image Archive catalogue
movingimage.nls.uk
September 27, 2024 at 7:09 PM
We did a thing and now there are 100 archive tv adverts available online from the earliest days of commercial telly for loads of our comics and magazines including Bunty, Jackie, Dandy, and The Peoples Friend. Go explore: movingimage.nls.uk/search?perso...
This Venice place is something else
September 11, 2024 at 7:19 AM
This Venice place is something else
So today was our 6th annual department #FromageFriday much cheesy goodness consumed and many former staff dropped in online. Lovely. Why did I buy the diet vache qui rit though?!?
December 1, 2023 at 11:48 PM
So today was our 6th annual department #FromageFriday much cheesy goodness consumed and many former staff dropped in online. Lovely. Why did I buy the diet vache qui rit though?!?
