Shambala Story the shabby chic improvised wheelbarrow disco

Posted on 21 September , 2011 by joimson

From the outset Tip of the Pops and Shambala seemed like a perfect match, shabby chic improvised disco meets colourful creative community festival with green credentials. Before I got a chance to book the time off work Shambala were chasing me to confirm and promised to mention Tip of the Pops in their mailing list [...]

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Creative Dynamo Network ‘ecotainment’

Posted on 29 July , 2010 by joimson

I have just returned from Respect Fest a free one-day family event in Poole. I was booked by Poole Housing Partnership to provide recycling and renewable energy themed activities or ‘ecotainment’. This included Tip of the Pops the only solar powered wheelbarrow disco made from waste in the world ever! PLUS a recycled solar oven [...]

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PEAT on the Street

Posted on 25 September , 2008 by joimson

Purbeck environmental action team fun day in Wareham, Dorset 20th September 2008 PEAT was an excellent example of what a team of well organised talented volunteers can achieve with loads of energy and enthusiasm. This was a last minute gig for me as I had only contacted them 2 days before the event to see [...]

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In-da-dome – Tip of the Pops live at Woodhaze released

Posted on 2 August , 2008 by joimson

This was my first digital recording using mini-disc and boy what a difference it makes! The whole editing took about 6 hours using free software Audacity; approximately 1 hour for every 10 minutes of music. The overall sound quality is up 5 fold, there are still imperfections but that is no fault of the equipment. [...]

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Eco disco: reduce, reuse, recycle, boogie

Posted on 31 May , 2008 by joimson

Tip of the Pops is a solar powered wheelbarrow disco, all of the equipment and music is reclaimed from Household Recycling Centres. But this experimental discotheque is as far from rubbish as MC Hammer is to the Beatles. Hosted by dumpmeister DJ Dynamo spinning classic 7” vinyl and six decades of dance. Tip of the [...]

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