Month: March 2016
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Three Ronnies – RIP Ronnie Corbett
RIP Ronnie Corbett, who will be forever known as one of the Two Ronnies. Always loved this theme when it came on from another Ronnie, Ronnie Hazlehurst. Here’s the full version, surprisingly it doesn’t go all trap / dubstep / EDM after the first bit 😛 but it does go a bit 70’s funky spy/sci-fi…
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The obstacle course
A first person look at what it’s like to be queer, a very abridged version from Inter-LGBT France and TBWA Paris. In some sad sense a sanitised version, actually, in others more violent, it depends on the person…but at the basic core, true. This struggle is all too real.
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Working Down On Mashup Farm: Microserfs and the New Economy
Something is very much not right in the state of Denmark – well if Denmark was the state of mashups. Recent events have suggested that certain platforms will now welcome mashups, unofficial remixes, unlicensed DJ mixes, podcasts of commercial music and the like. Apple made waves two weeks ago with such an idea of licensing…
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Brussels Lahore Istanbul Iskanderiyah…
Love the message of this video (click for subtitles those who are not German speakers), it’s been a bad week or so for suicide bombing and terrorism. As Adam Hills of The Last Leg says, we need to mock them, and come together rather than dividing as they want. Also loving the other videos from…
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Gamma Knife
Not checked in with King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard for a while, but keep hearing “Gamma Knife” on 6Music, which is good that they’re on board with this excellent psychedelic Australian band (featured here on this very blog and podcast many moons ago). Video is both trippy and funny, which is about par for…
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New Pet Shop Boys
Obviously if you’re going to cash in on the current 90’s nostalgia boom, then Pet Shop Boys are the best people to do it. I liked Inner Sanctum, from their new album Super, but Kirk directed me to this song especially towards the lyrics! Yes, a lot of feels and deja vu there, not at…