Month: April 2012
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Little Boots (Tensnake Remix) and Record Store Day
Yes I did Record Store Day, I travelled down to Rough Trade East (there aren’t any record stores near me anymore apart from another smaller Rough Trade in the west!) and found I had to queue (see picture – oh by the way I’ve sold my photographic soul and joined Instagram). Also they inflicted two…
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LCD Division Joy Soundsystem
I know LCD Soundsystem covered Joy Division, but two unrelated-except-in-my-strange-head covers appear in my inbox today, one via Niallist – Joyce Division – She’s Lost Control (it’s a car crash! I don’t mean musically, oh just listen to it you’ll get what I mean) and Dunproofin’s cover of LCD Soundsystem’s Tribulations. I like Andy’s covers,…
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The rise of the holographic pop star
Twitter, blogosphere and the press is buzzing about 2Pac rising from the dead as a hologram at Coachella, but it’s not a new phenomenon. In Japan they have totally virtual stars now touring as holograms – here’s Hatsune Miku in 2010 performing in front of a massive crowd. She’ll never stop being 16, she’ll never…
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I’m so happy that the carbonite is gone, I’m movin’ on
Although a close second is Han Solo dancing to Jason Derulo. With Lando, cos you know he’s got ‘soul’ amirite? This is currently topping my mental Top 10 of I AM DRUNK AND WTF IS THIS? chart. Yes that’s Han Solo and Lando dancing to limp RnB with strangely crowbarred in Star Wars references. Did…