Month: January 2021
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It’s Okay To Cry – RIP SOPHIE
Can’t believe that SOPHIE aka Sophie Xeon is gone at age 34, apparently Sophie fell while climbed up to look at the full moon in Athens. They had so much to offer and a rare thing: a trans pop adn electronica star – one of the first out transgender artists to be nominated for a…
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Rus Khasanov
Loving the work of artist Rus Khasanov, whose videos seem like 3D or animated films but actually are macro photographs and videos of paint, glitter, oil and water on reflective surfaces. Latest video is ‘heterochromia iridum’ with music by Pavel Zhigarev – the name coming from the variation of coloration in eyes. His other videos…
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No-one is coming for me
I haven’t been avoiding COVID-19 stuff, just what can you say? We lost a year of our lives to idiocy, mismanagement, a virus. This video from Caitlin Doughty aka Ask A Mortician sums up the desperation for parts of the world that are hardest hit and government doesn’t seem to care. Nowhere to be found.…
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Toyah and Robert
I had forgotten – if I ever knew – that Toyah Wilcox is married to Robert Fripp…. but in their internet lockdown covers you have him playing metal riffs and Toyah…well being Toyah but belting out Nirvana, Guns and Roses and Metallica covers. Surprisingly good and very funny. They are a lot of fun. And…
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RTJ Cumbia Ooh La La
Loving this new remix of Run The Jewels – Ooh La La, real Cumbia/Mariachi/Mexican flavour and introduced me to Santa Fe Klan aka Ángel Quezada, the rapper and singer wielding an accordion in the video. Now, accordions are like instant bait to me, so I had to check out Santa Fe Klan’s other videos –…
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Brexit Visa Chaos
Brexit has been a shit-show from the start – still waiting for the ‘Sunlit Uplands’ and all these benefits that were going to shower gold from the skies we were promised by Brexiteers and politicians. What I do have is suppliers I cannot buy from because of the VAT/Customs chaos of stupidly bringing in a…