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Dougie Wallace

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Piccadilly Approach, Manchester.

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I love the trope of lost fictional films that are said to be cursed or otherwise compromised.

Infinite Jest.

Yötön Yö

Goncharov (everybody who’s seen Goncharov knows about the Goncharov Curse!)

Mirrors Lie Twice.

And so on.

*mirrors lie twice*

Idk why, it just fascinates me.

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On The Jukebox: Moby - “Resound NYC”

Featuring guest appearances from Gregory Porter (on “In My Heart”), Dougy Mandagi (on “Extreme Ways”), Ricky Wilson (on “South Side” and “The Perfect Life”), Amythyst Kiah (on “Flower (Find My Baby)”), Nicole Scherzinger (on “In This World”), Marisha Wallace (on “In This World”), Margo Timmins (on “Helpless”), Damien Jurado (on “Helpless”), P.T. Banks (on “When It’s Cold I’d Like To Die”), Oum (on “Second Cool Hive”), Sarah Willis (on “Second Cool Hive”), Danielle Ponder (on “Run On”), Elijah Ponder (on “Run On”) and Lady Blackbird (on “Walk With Me”).

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[5:4]: "Lawful for you are all good things, and [the prey] that hunting dogs ... catch for you."

Referenced from the photography of Dougie Wallace

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On 21st June 2010 the much loved singer, actor and stonemason Tam White passed away.

Born Thomas Bennett Sim White in Edinburgh on 12th July 1942, White was primarily known as a blues vocalist with a trademark gravel-voiced voice, big names he worked with during his singing career include B.B. King and Eric Clapton.

White also took to acting, you might remember the MacGregors appearing in the middle of the night into Wallace's camp, Tam White was at the head of the clan, Wallace tells them to go home to which Tam/MacGregor replies "We'll have no homes left when the English garrison from the castle comes through and burns us out! And they will!".

The son of a lorry driver and a cleaner, he grew up in Edinburgh, living above the White Hart Inn, in Grassmarket, where Robert Burns had stayed in 1791. (White would later set Burns's poem The Slave's Lament to music for a track on his 2004 album Hold On.) The Whites were a musical family: Tam's grandfather was a bandmaster and his mother, Marion, was a fine singer. At Darroch secondary school in Edinburgh, White sang in productions of The Beggar's Opera and The Mikado, and he auditioned for the Edinburgh Opera Company.

American popular music was soon to claim him, and he sang Buddy Holly numbers in a skiffle group, but after hearing Ray Charles singing he said " that turned me on to rhythm and blues."

White began a solo career which initially took a pop/soul direction, redolent of Long John Baldry. He then completed a debut album in 1969, but the set owed more to prevailing hippie-folk trends than his fiery, early work.

In 1974 White won a UK television talent contest New Faces, and secured a recording contract with producer Mickie Most (one of the panel of judges). The singer scored a minor hit the following year with ‘What In The World’s Come Over You?’, with the song he was the first person to sing live on Top of the Pops, but he was uncomfortable with the cabaret balladeer direction this ushered. In the 80s White returned to Edinburgh where he became a popular attraction, performing the blues-edged material he obviously prefered.

He remained a gifted singer and his voice was used in the highly successful BBC television drama series Tutti Frutti, it was then he started turning his hand to a bit of acting, on the big screen he appeared in the excellent film Orphans with Dougie Henshall, on the small screen roles in Taggart, Rebus and Eastenders are among his credits, although making a living with bit parts and his singing Tam never gave up his "full time" job as a stonemason. One of his final albums was Stone-masons Blues in 2007.

A fitness enthusiast, he died of a heart attack after a gym session in Edinburgh on this day in 2010.

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Dougie Wallace

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One of Scotland’s most impressive and recognisable mountains will have its walking paths restored after hillwalkers and charities clubbed together to raise hundreds of thousands of pounds.

Mountaineering Scotland and the Outdoor Access Trust for Scotland (Oats) launched a campaign last May to raise £300,000 for essential path repairs on An Teallach in Wester Ross, in the north-west Highlands, asking walkers and climbers to “give the hill a few quid”. The It’s Up to Us campaign has announced that £218,000 has already been donated.

More than 3km (two miles) of paths on An Teallach, a popular target for “Munro baggers” who try to climb all 282 mountains in Scotland, need repairing. The funds raised so far have already allowed contractors and volunteers to repair 340 metres of badly eroded path.

Walking tourism is worth £1.6bn a year to Scotland’s economy, according to the campaigners. A 2019 study identified more than 400km of Scotland’s path network in need of repair, at an estimated cost of £30m and at least £400,000 a year for maintenance. Over time, mountain paths can become damaged by rainwater, heat and footfall, with the problem spreading as visitors divert from damaged paths and put additional strain on surrounding land. As well as ensuring hillwalkers, climbers and runners can safely access mountains, keeping them to paths is essential for protecting local plants and animals.

Alongside its fundraising, the It’s Up To Us campaign is calling for the government to carry out a full audit of Scotland’s mountain paths and develop a funding model for their management. Government funding only covers path maintenance in national parks and NGO-managed land and does not cover repairs on privately owned land, which includes An Teallach. Funding previously available from the EU for privately owned land has not been replaced following Brexit, the campaigners say.

Dougie Baird, chief executive of Oats, said: “We are hugely grateful for all our individual public donors and will be encouraging other hill users to follow their fine example in the coming year to help fix the badly eroded path on this iconic mountain.”

Stuart Younie, his counterpart at Mountaineering Scotland, said: “There is still a lot more to do to deliver our ambition of establishing a sustainable funding model to support the maintenance and upkeep of our mountain paths. An Teallach is one of many mountains in Scotland that needs our support, and it’s up to all of us to do something about it.”

Alan Dobie, a campaign volunteer involved in restoring the first 340 metres of path, said he was keen to see more involvement from the outdoor community in restoring and looking after paths. “It would be great if we could get more outdoor people, more hillwalkers, realising this stuff doesn’t just happen – whether it’s a contractor spending two or three years on a path, or a group of volunteers, there’s a huge amount of effort going into improving and maintaining paths.

“Everybody’s got a role to play, whether it’s just making a small monthly contribution or physically coming out and volunteering.”

Among the campaign’s ambassadors are Keri Wallace, a mountain runner and rock-climbing instructor, and founder of Girls on Hills, a trail running, fell/hill-running and skyrunning company for women.

“Whether you’re a hillwalker, climber, trail runner or mountain biker, you’ll have used hill paths to access the mountains you love,” Wallace said. “These trails not only make the approach easier and aid navigation, but they are also essential to protect the mountain environment.

“By sticking to the mountain trails, we help prevent widespread erosion and damage to fragile mountain flora. This is especially important around popular mountains like An Teallach that see a lot of footfall each year.

“Everyone assumes that these trails are centrally funded, but in reality there is a desperate need for independent investment in the repair and maintenance of trails outside Scotland’s national parks and NGO estates. It really is ‘up to us’ as mountain-goers to give something back by donating towards this campaign and helping raise awareness about the significant funding gap.”

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Dougie Wallace

RITES & RITUALS

Dougie Wallace is a photographer with a keen eye and a distinctive visual style. His images are immediately recognisable by the way they do not so much capture a moment as grab it by the throat. While he makes work in many different parts of the world – from Milan to Mumbai, Blackpool to Bangkok – I wanted, in our Talking Pictures conversation, to focus on three series made in England. In each he captures the spirit of the times as it is expressed in a specific place and within a particular social milieu. It is a journey that takes us from the blue-collar bacchanalia of Blackpool, via the uber-wealthy who haunt London’s Knightsbridge, to the latter-day bohemians repopulating post-pandemic Soho. While these are three series taken from many, for me they map distinct loci in contemporary English culture, pinpointing extremes from which one might triangulate the shifting nature of class.

Dougie Wallace reveals the backstory behind his inimitable imagery at Talking Pictures.https://talking-pictures.net.au/2024/05/25/dougie-wallace-rites-and-rituals/

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Photographer Dougie Wallace captured revellers dressed up for pre-Halloween fun in central London on Saturday night Continue reading...

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Dougie Wallace

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WELL HEELED — DOUGIE WALLACE

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These are some of my favorite shots from Dougie Wallace’s Harrodsburg collection.

I keep circling back to the photo of the person looking at their receipt. I love how high définition this photo is and how you can see every detail of their skin. Additionally, because they are making eye contact with Wallace, their eyes really pop in this photo.

I also love the photo of the person’s earring next to the dog. It feels almost staged and it is hard to believe that it is candid. The way the person with the earring looks like they are in the background also makes the picture what it is.

All of these photos really speak to me and my project based on consumerism. Especially because all of these people are all showing some sort of proof of buying something, the collection is reminiscent of a photographed receipt.

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Mališa (1987).

The Serbian pigeon movie.

Looks like tumblr has made another movie that doesn’t exist.

It’s like Goncharov all over again.

A classic!

Right up there with Infinite Jest, Yötön Yö and Mirrors Lie Twice.

*mirrors lie twice*

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Dougie Wallace

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