Brought back so many memories, Mick. I had a reel to reel tape of one of their concerts in Paris (I think). They did all their classics and finished with Too old to Rock and Roll, too young to die. I played that tale until it wore out.

What I consider to be the very best of Jethro Tull's eras with the BBC 'Sight and Sound' concert.
The music/musicianship is superb and Ian Anderson's comments between songs are quite amusing

I guess it depends on what you are actually looking at doing.  On one extreme there is the simple drag, drop and trim a clip to  time line and then render out a basic video, and on the other is one where complicated cut away edits and effects turn the video in to a more polished and professional one. 

I don't use 80% of what Resolve offers.  Drop clips to a time line, trim, and add the occasional transition between clips or a backing music track and add titles and credits at the end, all of which are well within its abilities.  Where it does score is in its rendering of the assembles video - it has lots of pre-sets and is very quick at rendering the video.  There isn't much that is difference between the standard version and the studio version, so that means the rendering process has been designed to render footage quickly.

But even when it comes to doing something a little more fancy its not as difficult as you might think, plus there are stacks of YouTube channels demonstrating "how to" videos

Powerdirector is another application, not free, but around £70 to purchase.  Its GUI is less daunting than Resolve, but is still a nice program to use.  I purchased a copy decades ago and used that before I found Resolve.

To give you a feel of what Resolve can do I took Fords demo video for their electric mustang and edited it to fit a copyright free audio track... cutting the video to match audio clues in the track.


It was fun and relatively easy and only took a couple of hours of an afternoon

I completed this layout in 2008. It is still going strong. It is 4' x 1' and been built into a box. Simply lift the lid connect controller and you are off. I had it out for a couple of days playing trains.

The guard's eyes widened in recognition of the grave danger, and he nodded sharply. "Yer right there, me dear! That's proper serious, that is! I'll 'ave 'em check it the moment we stops. Could've been a right disaster, that could. 'Ow did 'ee spot it, then?"

Sylvia bit her lip, thinking fast. "I... I saw smoke", she shouted, feeling better as the train slowed down near where it was going to stop.

"Well, bless my soul!" the guard shouted as the train pulled ahead. "You've done us a right good turn today, you 'ave! Thank 'ee kindly, miss!"

She stood still as the train disappeared into the reception sidings outside the caverns, her pulse racing. She looked down at Rusty, who wagged his tail and whined softly. "Did you see that, Rusty?" she whispered, her voice trembling. "The water... I think I made it move. I... I don't understand what's happening to me."

Rusty tilted his head, his brown eyes seeming to say he had seen it all. Sylvia reached down to scratch behind his ears, her mind whirling with the implications of what had just happened. She had always known she was different, but this... this was beyond anything she had ever imagined. As the reality of her newfound power settled in, a mix of excitement and trepidation filled her. What other wonders – or dangers – might lie ahead?

With a deep breath, Sylvia straightened her shoulders. Whatever this might mean, she would face it head-on. But first, she needed answers, and she knew just where to start. It was time for a long-overdue conversation with her grandmother about the true nature of those tingling sensations.

Another excellent night at The Proms. This time music by Mancini, Bacharach and friends.
I love to see classical musicians getting their rocks off. Not sure if one of the double bass players was meant to twirl his bass round a la ELO but great to see

Imovie is the best , very easy to use

Digging through some old tracks and found this. Must be nearly 60 years ago. Still relevant today, I fear.

The steady rumble of the goods train jolted Sylvia from her daze—danger still loomed. Heart racing, she sprinted towards the slow-moving train, with Rusty loping alongside her, barking excitedly. Her eyes locked onto the guard's van—a weathered grey wooden box on four wheels, its chipped paint and rust spots bearing the marks of years of service. As it rolled along at the rear, Sylvia's desperate shouts pierced the air, trying to catch the guard's attention, who stood oblivious on the far side of the van's small, covered platform.

"Guard! Guard!" she called out, waving frantically. "The axlebox! It's too hot! On the ammunition wagon!"

Alerted by her cries, the elderly railwayman quickly moved to the side of the van facing Sylvia. He leaned out, his bushy eyebrows furrowing with alarm as he gave her his full attention. "What's that then, me little maid?"

"The axlebox was smoking on the ammunition wagon!" Sylvia called back, her voice urgent. She had been told that overheated bearings could seize up, causing a terrible derailment. "It's stopped smoking now, but it's screeching bad! You gotta check it when you stop! It might break!"

Good news, Chris. Rock on, man!