Different (Different) Kettle of Fish

(Different) Kettle of Fish is dead.
Long live (Different) Kettle of Fish!

"Why the upheaval then, Johnnynorms?"
I hear a voice in my head in asking myself.


Because...I am curious about this BetaBlogger beast, which includes the ability to sort by tags, and Kettle seemed the ideal blog to try it out with. And because I want to give Kettle of Fish a fresh start and try to make it more of a mix and less of just a dumpground for the paintings I like.

Whatever trail it follows, my intention is to have Kettle of Fish part-scrapbook, part-journal, part-reviews. As before, SERENDIPITY is a key approach, but this time the tagging can give ORDER to the randomness!

I have some jampacked files of cuttings, and a large artbook to paste it all in to, and these are the various topics that I have collected stuff about, and pictures of:

EPoets and poetry/All about books and reading/Childrens books/Puffin Club/Literature/Sherlock Holmes/Classic & adult illustration/Picture books & childrens book illustration/Alice

ETV – general/TV comedy/Dad’s Army/TV – scifi/Dr Who/Animation/Cartoons/Childrens TV/Wombles/Thunderbirds/Magic Roundabout/Radio/The Goons

EClassical Music/Musical instruments/Rock/pop/jazz/blues/folk/world

EBygones/nostalgia/eccentric/whimsical/Gardens & gardening/Nature/rural/seasons/weather/Christmas/Easter/Birthday cards, etc/Miscellaneous pictures

EDesign – posters/adverts/packaging/Design – general/Design – magazines, record sleeves, book covers/Cookery/food – inc ads and packaging

EArt – painting,sculpture,etc/Art – crafts/Art – art gets around – art in popular culture, cartoons about, doing art, etc/Art – articles inc. art & commerce, state of modern art

EComics, cartoons, graphic novels/Tintin/Asterix

EToys & kids pastimes/Kinder egg/Games & puzzles (esp chess, monopoly)/Sport & pentaque/Computer games

EMe/nostalgia/Many Few/doodles – my creative gubbins/Family/Friends

EPlaces I’ve been to/Brighton & East Sussex/Britain/Other countries

EArchitecture & architects/Events (eg festivals)/Museums & artefacts

EAnimals - general/Fish – mainly surreal/Badgers/Surreal giraffes

EPhotography & photographers/Miscellaneous photos

EFilm/Theatre/Puppetry/Automata

EHistory & archaeology/Modern history/Now and future/Politics, satire & cynicism/Miscellaneous people/Science/Astronomy/Sociology/Myths, legends, magic

Hmmm - have I missed anything out?! Whether any of this will make it to the blog, who knows.