Month: May 2018
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Girlfriend
Loving the new song by Christine and the Queens (or just Chris?) – Girlfriend featuring DâM-FunK…lovely summery funky Chic-style vibes, sounded great at Duckie last night. The French version seems more serious, it’s called Damn Dis-Moi (Damn Tell Me) and I wish I had a better translation of it that Google Translate. Songs are similar…
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You’ve got to learn to glide and glint
Missed the Bad Lip Reading of the Royal Wedding…it’s a classic, especially the ending (via Andy Churchill)
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Big Brother is called Alexa & Hey Google Kill
Last month the news hit that Google is working with the US Military in creating recognition AI for military drones This made quite a few staff leave unhappy with the idea their technology is aiding killing people (and made a mockery of their ‘Don’t Be Evil’ slogan, but as we know those ethical qualms disappeared…
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Presets – Downtown Shutdown
Somehow I missed the fact that Presets have a new album out in just over a week on the 1st of June called Hi-Viz. One of the singles released this month was this, Downtown Shutdown, which ostensibly is a party anthem, but I think given past secretly political songs like ‘My People’ I suspect the…
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This Is America – Call Me Maybe?
Amazing that some get their knickers in a twist about this, a free media and especially one that points out the shallow nature of escapism and pop culture (something Mr Glover was guilty of too) also should be one open to parody, humour and critique. No shibboleths. ‘Srs Message is Srs’ – sorry, it’s also…