Apparently all the cool kids are destroying the internet by rotting their brains looking at videos on google video and youtube. I’ve succumbed as well, having found that there are a lot of interesting vintage clips along with even rarer footage of Scotland winning football matches. I’ll be logging my favourites over there.
Such as this puppet show made by XTC depicting their history which is chaotic genius. Clearly Adam and Joe stole all their ideas from XTC.
This Pitchfork Feature is fascinating. Like half of the known blogosphere and more I use last.fm and find it invaluable in reminding me just what I’ve been listenning to, especially to see my top tracks for the most recent week.
I don’t really buy the idea of using it to find new music just yet. Mp3 blogs are easily the best for that. However, random stats floating about of what people actually listen to fascinates me. If only there were a reliable way to do the same with books.
Yes, it’s the burning question on Londoners lips, and naturally my (evil Tory) MP has opted to ask it. Is there nothing Blair can give a straight answer to?
Greg Hands (my Tory MP)
To ask the Prime Minister
(1) whether he uses an Oyster Card in fulfilling his official responsibilities;
(2) whether the Oyster Card he was filmed with for television on 27 April is one he uses in fulfilling his official duties.Tony Blair (Prime Minister)
I travel making the most efficient and cost-effective arrangements. My travel arrangements are in accordance with the arrangements for official travel set out in Chapter 10 of the Ministerial Code, and the accompanying guidance document, “Travel by Ministers”.
Meanwhile he’s also signed an early day motion for the RECOMMISSIONING OF CONCORDE AS ROYAL AIR FORCE ONE (why is all caps still in fashion in Westminster?) and another which has a go at Time Out for failing to include (lovely) Kingston in their London for Londoners guide.
I’m sure he does some real work as well.
On the plus side the phone company have ignored my send this to work request and instead sent my phone to my home address.
On the downside they tried to do so 8AM.
So on Monday I collect the phone of the future and marvel as it sits at home and charges for 16 hours.
Reading this Nokia N80 Review just makes me want my new phone more. Hurry up Orange. My k700i is looking old, and not just because the 18 month glue failed on the Vodafone badge.
First great musical find artist wise of 2006 at long last.
Partly thanks to emusic flinging a free mp3 at me as a daily download and then thanks to the reviews on emusic saying Pitchfork was not on crack this time.
Fortunately, the artist is tuned on enough to have free downloads of his good songs on his website, so go there and hit the piano for sounds (just under b and e), and get yourself Postcards From Italy at the very least.
I see this as fitting into the genre of slacker indie with odd instrumentation from which my good old Favourites Fog and Why? came from, but the horns and accordians have a lovely old feel to them in contrast to the turntablism, sampling and hip-hop the anticon brethren indulge in. Worth listenning to even if you decide you dislike it. One thing I can’t quite work out is that although he does sing a bit (especially on Postcards From Italy) like Rufus Wainwright he somehow doesn’t annoy me in the same way as Rufus does. Maybe it’s because he is just wailing when he wails.
Now you can watch the Scotland 5 – Bulgaria 1 with all the glory of Japanese commentators!
Which is nice.
I’m hardly a football fan, but I did find myself following the scoreline of the game between Scotland and Bulgaria today with increasing shock. It comes as a great comfort to find that not only can I see all the goals (until it gets taken down) at youtube but also they have a daft J-Rock soundtrack.
As good as the reborn Doctor Who has been (and it’s been rather good lately) it’s Life On Mars that has stolen my televisual heart most recently. It may have only had eight episodes but the DVD comes out next week and some random surfing has brought me to this gem of a site which has scripts complete with a colour key to show just what kinds of unreality are going on.
full story here
Of course, he has his own blog these days.