Month: January 2013
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David Hall – Video Art & Kleptonite
I’m exploring video art at the moment, from 1970s to 1990s – here’s one famous piece from David Hall which was shown unannounced on Scottish TV in 1971. This interest has come in part from capturing the VHS recordings I made in the 1990s – my own but also from BBC2 and Channel 4 who…
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Cyberia & Information Superhighway 1995
I think we forget how much the Internets were a new novel thing in the past – namely 1994-1995. I recorded this on one of my old VHS tapes – a report from After 5 (no idea which channel, London based probably a ITV franchise) which covers this new ‘Information Superhighway’ (more of a Data…
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Look Out! Whole Lotta Skelter
Ah this was the ‘edit babylon’ soundhog was talking about on Twitter, a new video for his Led Zeppelin vs The Beatles bootleg….love the psychedelic slow and cartoon bits during the drops and the freakout at the end!
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Field Music – Choosing Sides
This is my tune of the moment – especially with the lyrics such as: “I want a different idea of what ‘better’ can be, which doesn’t involve treating someone else like shit. I’m so complicit.” and “I want a better idea of what ‘better’ can be, which doesn’t necessitate having more useless shit” it is…
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Bus Rides – Sheffield
An unfinished degree piece from 1994 filmed on buses around Sheffield – partly filmed around the Meadowhall area which I know has totally changed now, a lot of those warehouses and old mesters have gone. I love the sound in this – how loud those buses were! And although not edited per se, I love…