Author Archives: Mycroft

The Carny Ball

Howard Story and Lee Isserow (Howard be thy Name) treated us to an amazing evening in the Kazimier! The evening featured an amazing line up of bands. Zombina and the Skeletones, Lovecraft, Howard Be thy Name and Jimmy Lightfoot and more »

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Making Sock Puppets

I ran a sock puppet making session at Metal for Sound Tracks. We made snake, walrus, lion, parrot, shark and violin puppets. Related Posts:Edgy: The Railway CabaretThem pidgins are up to summat!Flowers on the Train, Dreams on the LineHalloween Lantern more »

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The Wirral Society of Arts Annual Exhibition

There is a portrait of me hanging in the Williamson Gallery! I am rather excited and flattered! Today I visited the Williamson Gallery to visit the exhibition by the Wirral Society of the Arts. The oil portrait of me there more »

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Edge Hill Archives Launch

The Edge Hill Archives launched today and it was a huge success! The Metal team have been busy collecting oral histories, photographs and Artifacts relating to the history of Edge Hill Station and the surrounding area. They also exhibited “Archive more »

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Halloween Lantern Carnival – 2011

Photographs above by John Kennan This weekend I led a group of ten actors from Dismembered Empire and Sound Tracks performing in the Halloween Lantern Carnival in Sefton Park. This year’s show had 150 performers, four enormous puppets, loads of more »

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Radio Arduino – Classic Edition

I have just finished making and programming Radio Arduino Classic Edition. Radio Arduino Classic Edition pretends to be a valve radio using an old valve radio case, Arduino, Adafruit Waveshield, Maplic Amplifier, home made pulley (CD Sandwich) and a rubber more »

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