We’ll be here

WOMAD 2009, Charlton Park

Then near here

Bordeaux

And final near here

Tours

You might ask why the name OutofRange (or of course you might not). OutofRange takes its name from the title of a 1994 album by Ani DiFranco. On that album, there’s a song called Out of Range and part of the songs lyric is.

Nothing ever changes and I was shocked to see the mistakes of each generation will just fade like a radio station if you drive out of range.

This seems so appropriate, when looking over the recent news headlines, I see Iraq bearing an increasing similarity to the Vietnam War and you can’t help thinking that ignominious retreat is all that’s left for the USA.

Then there’s such silliness as Toy weapons help boys to learn – absolute rubbish, how can playing with weapons improve educational performance. For well over fifty years educationalists have been pondering boys underperformance it’s about time we faced facts, girls are better than boys and looking around the world and seeing what a mess misogyny has made, how could you argue otherwise.

I could go on, but hey, you get the picture, otherwise why are you here.

It’s been a month since I announced the closure of OutofRange. In that time, I’ve decided that the closure isn’t permanent. I’ve tweaked the design and updated the links.

Those of you looking for past content will be disappointed I’ve removed it all – it’s a fresh start.

Version II of OutofRange.net has been running for two years, and I have allowed it to take up ever-increasing amounts of my time. This has been to the detriment of my family and ultimately a grave mistake. I have been careless with the things that are important it is time to stop.

Will OutofRange reappear I cannot honestly answer, a part of me would like to continue in a more sensible form, however I am also relieved to have taken the decision to stop. The things that really matter to me are not in cyberspace – I seemed to have largely forgotten this. Not anymore.