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20 Nov, 2019
Simple to use and cheap
Makes a battery change on a modern vehicle easy. Plug it in and it keeps all of the electronic circuits powered up , so no loss of radio code , no reset for clocks etc. You could do the same with a 12v battery , a couple of crocodile clipped wires but this is simple and neat , the power is away in the cab away from where you are working. For under a tenner I think well worth it.
01 Aug, 2006
Ivor Cutler - Life In A Scotch Sitting Room Vol.2
The late great and largely unsung Cutlers bizarre humour is never better displayed than here on this live CD, recorded in Glasgow. In typical Cutler style Volume 2 is the sole "Life In A Scotch Sitting Room", there is no volume 1. It is told in episodes numbered "0" to "14", without an "episode 10", and with the episodes in what seems to be random order, interspersed with "Jungle Tips" for managing imagined attacks from such as : an Owl ( wear dark glasses so he thinks your eyes have already been pecked out ), a Lion ( pick up two stones and stuff them up his nostrils whilst you make good your escape), along with tips for a Boa and a Leopard. The episodes are told in his gentle Scottish brogue accompanied by his harmonium, and detail the somewhat dour, but seemingly loving relationships and excursions of the extended Cutler household, always to the backdrop of incessant rain. An example being a trip to the beach, a game played by the Cutler children whereby the boys would each have three grains of Troon sand to play with, whilst the girls would blow in their faces to imitate the sea breeze,"and if a fleck of spit hit you, the illusion was complete!" Meanwhile Grandma would pour treacle between two jugs to simulate the sound of the sea, and the first child to hand in their sand at the end of the game , "got to suck spilt treacle from the tufts of the carpet".
In all I found this to be a fine collection of tales, no matter how dreamlike some of the episodes are, and a good introduction to the mans work for those not yet familiar with Cutler. There are no songs or poems here, which feature large on his other collections, such as Jammmy Smears , Dandruff and Velvet Donkey,and I think all the more accessible for its even pace and mood.
If you like your humour , bizarre and abstract, but with touches of distant memories of life through the eyes of a child, you will love this.
03 Oct, 2007
Ivor Cutler : Looking For Truth With A Pin DVD
2 of 2 found this helpful Ivor Cutler was without a doubt an eccentric , and his humor follows this vein. Some of his poems,songs,and stories will make you roar with laughter and some, you will struggle to understand, as he himself admits after one such poem "dont worry I dont understand it either ". As always delivered in his soft Scottish brogue his wry and sometimes obtuse observations are a delight.
This DVD is a recording of his last live concert in 2004 ( he retired from live performance after this and died in 2006) and a short documentary of his life including an interview with the man himself, Paul McCartney, Billy Connolly, and others. The only reason I gave thisa "Good" rather than an "Excellent" is that I feel the concert was heavily edited and seemed a tad short, although I could be mistaken here as Mr Cutler is so obviously frail and may himself have kept things short. Indeed the announcer asks the audience on Cutlers behalf "to keep the volume of any applause at about 50% of normal" and to prove the point during one enthusiastic round of applause Cutler quite firmly plugs both ears with his fingers. The concert features many gems including the seaside game from Tales From A Scotch Sitting Room, and "blind men fall in where the river bends" ponderously accompanying himself on his ancient Harmonium , which we learn during the documentary was a gift from a lady in the west country.
All in all this is a delightful summation of the mans life , work , and effect on other luminaries of the entertainment world, and only suffers from being , at 97 minutes, for me, too short. Buy , enjoy, and rue the fact that the world has too few Ivor Cutlers, and is the worse for his passing. Should you still harbour doubts as to the suitability of his work in enhancing the enjoyment of life, take a look at www.ivorcutler.org, a good place to start to learn about the man and his work.
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