Alan Gandy

Archive for September, 2007

One of my greatest heroes in life was my grandfather. He was quite a man! As a child I always remember him being old… We used to go and visit most weekends as kids and my favourite parts of these visits was that often he would sit me down and tell me tales of his times in Canada, like stories of entire cowsheds being tossed around in a whirlwind with cows popping out of the sides of the funnel, his times riding the rails of trains in true Kerouac fashion, of being a lumberjack, of the wide open spaces.

Not until I was older did I get to find out the whole story. Read the rest of this entry »

The Drake equation states that:

Do you know what it is?

The Drake Equation is  a means by which to establish how many intelligent, communicating civilizations might be likely in our galaxy.

Try calculating The Drake Equation for yourself

About The Drake Equation

Fantastic movie from a comic book original…

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About the film

About the original comic book series

Probably the finest cover version ever…

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About Johnny Cash

Like many people, Dali was probably the first artist to make a lasting impression on me as a child… And probably led to me do an Arts degree rather than something actually useful!

I never managed to get to the permanent exhibition on the South Bank – but was fortunate enough to see an Exhibition at The Tat Gallery in Liverpool some years ago, having had a couple of beers in Blue first after work (I used to work in The Port of Liverpool Building). What took me by surprise at the time was that it wasn´t the best know works that really got to me, rather it was a pencil drawing that nearly moved me to tears… A simple study of a nude woman, and little more than a few lines. It blew me away!

View any of Dali´s work and you know you were looking at the work of a great mind, this simple study convinced me I was looking at the work of one of the finest artists in history…

About Salvador Dali

About The Persistence of Memory

If you like your cars fast – this is an absolute must see!

French film maker Claude Lelouch driving a Ferrari through Paris at 5 in the morning…

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About C’était un rendez-vous