This is a section of the blog to leave your comments about the site and to add any stories, memories, accounts of club nights, gigs, parties and people that you think should be shared with the readers of this blog. We are interested to get your feedback and accounts as this gives the site the ability too become not just the authors vision of the music culture of Bristol but anyone who has an opinion and has some interest in the city. Whether you are a local yokel and have been around for years and have immersed yourself in Bristol’s club and music culture or whether you are someone who has just come to the city and have experienced some of the diversity of the cities night life and music culture, we would like to get your experiences and thoughts on this blog. Cheers PW 2005

Set your QuickTime Control Panel Connection Speed:

Throughout the Dug Out site the video and audio content quality is automatically selected by your QuickTime plug-in.

The files have been compressed to 3 different levels appropriate for modem, broadband and fast broadband connections. How the plug-in decides which version to use is dependant on what speed you tell the plug-in you connect to the internet at.

You may want to check what speed you have it set for. To do this go to Settings > Control Panel > QuickTime [Windows] or System Preferences > Quick Time [Macintosh] and set the speed to your current internet connection’s speed.

Also if you find that the audio or video playback quality is variable or poor then you can adjust your QuickTime plug-in setting to a lower connection speed. This will then men that you connect to a lower quality version whcih may stream more consistently to your computer.

All the audio and video content in the Dug Out site is offered as QuickTime streaming files - compatible with both Windows and Macintosh computers.

To listen to and view these files you will need the free QuickTime plug-in for your web browser.

If you don’t already have QuickTime plug-in you can download it for free at the Apple site at http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/. It should only take about 10 minutes to download on a modem and is well worth downloading as there is a wealth of content out there offered for use with QuickTime.

Please see Audio and Video Help - Part 2

Welcome to the Dug Out Sounds of Bristol blog.

This blog provides a place for visitors to the Dug Out site to place a comment, add your stories about the Dug Out or about Bristol’s music scene past and present, to add pictures and to browse others stories and comments. It can act as an online diary which can provide a collective narrative of Bristol’s musical and cultural history.

We hope that you will leave your thoughts and stories and play a part in creating, continuing and shedding light on the story of Bristol’s cultural life.