At long last, the blogging engine has been fixed. On the downside it means I will have to plough my way through a few more messages offering “guaranteed gigantic results” but the upside is that it means your blog comments will definitely make it through the net. Apologies to all who got rejected.
Talking of technology, tonight’s theme is synths. My favourite suggestion so far is for Space Oddity, the first chart song to feature the synth that made us all think we had the potential to be the next Rick Wakeman!
Launched by Rolf Harris on his ´óĎó´«Ă˝ TV show, the Stylophone became a national phenomenon. The Wii of it’s day really. I had always imagined that it was a very affordable way to get into music but according to a Stylophone fan I found, the original models cost 8 pounds,18 shillings and sixpence each in the late 60s which is the equivalent of about ÂŁ95.00 in today’s money…
I had one but all I can remember is playing Amazing Grace with full vibrato on. Does anyone else have memories of playing with one and did you manage to use it for anything more cred than a weedy sounding version of a well known hymn?