Month: April 2015
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John Carpenter – Night
Beautiful bit of tech-noir with an Oculus Rift / Virtual Reality retrofuturist theme, this video for John Carpenter’s Night is wonderfully moody. If you don’t know about Lost Themes, his original album of themes without a film created with his son Cody and Daniel Davies then you need to check it out ASAP. (video via…
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Soundcloud’s Raining On Your Parade
You might have heard a disturbance in the Force – many people crying out in pain suddenly at once. No it wasn’t the destruction of Alderaan, it was Soundcloud partnering with Zefr and thus many more tracks were taken down. I forecasted this would happen, rather than the ad-sponsored mashup/remix utopia that some were claiming…
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May The 7th Be With You
Love this image from A Large Evil Corporation with the UK election leaders as Star Wars figures – mashing up two current topics at once! I approve of Darth Vaderon, the innefectual Clegg3PO, Ed Milliwalker, Nicole Yoda (greenest of all the Star Wars characters, literally and ideologically) and the slimy UKIP Greedo Farage.
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Save The Tavern
Before the shock closure of one of my haunts, the historic Black Cap last weeked this might have seemed a little premature, but as with the demise of Madame JoJos, large parts of Soho and other important parts of London’s nightlife and LGBTQ community are fast disappearing to New York style gentrification. Even with an…
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A Song for David Cameron
Just in time for the UK elections, Robin Grey hit the headlines yesterday for singing the catchy ukelele song ‘Fuck Off Back to Eton’ at David Cameron. I’m sure it’s directed at all the other Eton educated Tories too, not just Dave, who want to wreck the NHS and support their rich banker mates. So…
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All U Writers
Released next week, every time I hear this house/disco track by !!! (Chk Chk Chk) I think ‘Hot Chip’ for some reason….probably because this is a complete departure from their usual sound (and the 2 Bears style vocals!). As they said in Thump it’s like they sampled themselves, and probably why I like it so…