Month: November 2012
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RC 228: Sloppy Seconds
A post Kleptonite #1 report and some great tracks I didn’t play. Continued in the next podcast since I ran out of time…(hence the Hipster Repent graphic which now makes more sense with the next podcast…*sigh*) Born Sloppy (1:39 – 80Mb) Jimmy Cliff – Guns of Brixton Prince Fatty ft Hollie Cook – And the Beat…
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DJ Derek
Love this short documentary about Bristol reggae & RnB legend DJ Derek – before Rodigan there was Derek Morris DJing classic ska, reggae and soul tunes. Also into real ale and buses? Yay! Although in a ‘Bus Soundclash’ John would win for bus knowledge – since he’s been ‘on the buses’ since the 70’s or…
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Pandora, Spotify, the new devil?
Responding to this Stereogum article ‘Deconstructing: Pandora, Spotify, Piracy, And Getting Artists Paid‘ I thought I’d repost it here: Can we look at that specific example and devise ways to make piracy less convenient for fans and less profitable for distributors, because such reform is better for our cultural health over the short-, medium-, and…
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PopLove
Not so into the sources from this Robin Skouteris mash (apart from Call Me Maybe, Psy, Maroon 5, Gotye, Katy Perry and Jessie J – genuine unironic no guilt pop gems – but Bieber? *puke*) and like a lot of these things it tends to prove the identikit nature of most modern pop. But I…
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Dumb ways to die and viral activism
That is brilliant…1) get cute complete earworm of a song 2) make cute video in the style of Happy Tree Friends 3) Insert sneaky message 4) Profit. Well in internet dollars anyway. And at last a viral video that doesn’t give you heartburn on the payoff, it’s for a good cause 😀 (via Twinkleboi) Talking…
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Presets – Promises (Lifelike remix)
Only yesterday I was revisiting the thoughtful, downbeat but strangely (and wrongly) ignored Pacifica album by The Presets, and listening to some of the past Lifelike remixes and thinking how that combination always delivers. Well what do you know, there must be something in The Presets contract which says every album must have a Lifelike…