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track bauer
in the spirit of 24 returning, why not be like jack and start your own satellite tracking system? chimp towers has been screening a few hours of day 5 already, happy to report things are up to the usual move-so-fast-you-don't-notice-how-daft-it-all-is standards. and jack's got rid of his littlest surfer hobo look from the toyota ad
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1st Feb 2006 - Add Comment - Tweet
I Have Felt Your Presents
TICKETS FOR THE WEDDING PRESENT
Where: Koko, London
When: THURSDAY, 08/06/2006, doors at 19:30, starts at 19:30 - £18.50 incl fees
31st Jan 2006 - Add Comment - Tweet
oscar the grouch
yup, oscar time again, looks like brokeback mountain's going to do well as generally expected
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raging bull
click on the raging bull video link here ...like the guy who gets stuck in there with his camera
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Nam Jun Paik R.I.P.
Fluxus video art legend Nam Jun Paik has died, aged 75.
30th Jan 2006 - Add Comment - Tweet
Accidental Goes Digital
The Accidental family catalogue has finally reached the Digital domain and can now be downloaded from the following sites:
24/7 | 7 Digital | Aim4Music | ATS Digital | Audio Jelly | Band Wagon | Beatport | Bleep | Click Groove | Dance Tunes | DJ Download | DJ Power | DX3 | eMusic | EUK | Fnac | FRS | iTunes | Juno | Karma | Lyzia | MixAlbum | Music Minutes | Musicnet | Napster | OD2 | Pocket Group | Playlouder | Sony Connect | T Online | Tune Tribe | Universal Music France | Vidzone | VirginMega | Wippit | Xpress Beats
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30th Jan 2006 - Add Comment - Tweet
More Flavour
The Hayward's website for the Dan Flavin is great. Check it out.
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30th Jan 2006 - Add Comment - Tweet
Video Blog
Not sure if the chimpomatic media empire has time to set up one of these, but here's a quick article on video blogging.
27th Jan 2006 - Add Comment - Tweet
pre-pod
some people just don't like the fun of filling up an ipod with 60gb worth of stuff…
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26th Jan 2006 - Add Comment - Tweet
Flying Cars
People have been spotting all sorts of anomalies on Google Earth, as listed over at The Register. Scroll down to the bottom of the page for a host of related stories.
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Flying Car Backlash
Lancaster Bomber
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26th Jan 2006 - Add Comment - Tweet
steely morph
donald fagen's got round to doing a new album: Morph The Cat, out on march 6th. doesn't he know it's the year of the dog?
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26th Jan 2006 - Add Comment - Tweet
the year of the dog
starts this weekend, what better way to get things going than dogs flying through lasers?
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The Peel Tapes
Great archive of cassette taped John Peel radio show episodes on this website.
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nme nominees up
another award show coming up - the nme awards - oasis seem to still be in favour, in a very blokey list
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24th Jan 2006 - 1 comments - Add Comment - Tweet
Flavour Flavin
Went to see the excellent Dan Flavin exhibition at the Hayward Gallery yesterday. Just a load of strip lights basically, but the moods it creates in the Hayward's amazing spaces is great.
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Excellent Flavin Site on Hayward.org.uk
Dia Center
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Let's Rock
I still haven't quite grasped this news item, but I like it.
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gram terminal
never really wanted to watch the terminal, but i'd like to see this version…
23rd Jan 2006 - 1 comments - Add Comment - Tweet
CYHSY
If it wasn't already sold out I might have considered breaking my own don't-bother-seeing-any-bands-who-haven't-had-3-albums-or-more resolution for February's Clap Your Hands Say Yeah tour. The jury's officially still out on the debut album, but it's looking good once you get past the tedious intro.
21st Jan 2006 - 2 comments - Add Comment - Tweet
hbo uk
hbo (home of the wire, sopranos, curb etc) might be launching in the uk, according to this - but have they got anything left to show here? just noticed, the sopranos is back on march 12 in the us…
20th Jan 2006 - Add Comment - Tweet
awesome!
details up for the new nathaniel hornblower documentary, Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That! a live beasties concert from 1994, filmed by 50-odd fans using digital cameras
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indie preview
sundance 2006
think film
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19th Jan 2006 - Add Comment - Tweet
shakey nashville
trailer up for the new jonathan demme film of neil young playing nashville, heart of gold
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19th Jan 2006 - Add Comment - Tweet
tape it
ucx90, sax60, hsx90… there's even a d46 in this slightly obsessive project to upload old hip hop and pirate tapes onto the net. maybe he'd like to come round and tackle the dead media mountain in the chimp towers archive next…
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flown the cooper
did wonder if they'd ever bring back marissa's little sister on the oc after packing her off to one of those mysterious "boarding schools" where you don't even get to come home for holidays…
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19th Jan 2006 - 2 comments - Add Comment - Tweet
Scamera
Here's a nice site features photos taken on a camera the guy built from an old scanner. 100 megapixel images apparently.
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Sonic Wound
Enjoying Sonic Youth's Sonic Nurse album on my headphones this morning. Even tighter and more rythmically pounding than Murray Street, there's a definate whiff of Jim O'Rourke about this one.
18th Jan 2006 - Add Comment - Tweet
birds of britain
it's the start of the year, why not take up a new hobby, like birdwatching?
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Wulfmutha
Hot of the boat from Australia (via Chimp Jnr.), the Wolfmother LP is currently on rotation at ChimpHQ. Sounding a bit fuller than the EP and going down well so far. Like White Stripes with a bass and permission to rock from Meg.
17th Jan 2006 - 1 comments - Add Comment - Tweet
loch ness dolphins
following on from last year's dolphin assassins stories, here's one about the tories wondering if they should import some to look for nessie. can't believe they didn't go with it…
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16th Jan 2006 - Add Comment - Tweet
final countdown
bad bands doing bad covers of bad songs ...got any more? this one's hard to beat
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have i got cut news for you
no idea if this is real or not, but it's quite funny…
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gil's back
season six of the original csi is back on five, tuesday january 31, 9pm. this time, he's got the whole team together at last…
13th Jan 2006 - 1 comments - Add Comment - Tweet
turn on, tune in
another dr chimp spot: could this be the end of our never-ending tuning problems?
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dark jack back
24: Day 5 starts on Sky One with a double bill on Sunday 12 February, 21.00, with a 10-minute prequel on Sunday 5 Feb (that's actually just some bullshit car ad according to c75).
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don't think this guy will be watching
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12th Jan 2006 - Add Comment - Tweet
Jim James Top 10
1. Sufjan Stevens – Illinoise (Asthmatic Kitty)
2. Common – Be (Geffen)
3. M. Ward – Transistor Radio (Merge)
4. Bright Eyes – I'm Wide Awake, It’s Morning (Saddle Creek)
5. Kanye West – Late Registration (Roc-a-Fella)
6. Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings – Naturally (Daptone)
7. Devendra Banhart – Cripple Crow (XL/Beggars)
8. Andrew Bird – Andrew Bird and the Mysterious Production of Eggs (Righteous Babe)
9. Silver Jews – Tanglewood Numbers (Drag City)
10. Bobby Bare Sr. – The Moon was Blue (Dualtone)
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Un-filtered
Jim James on Radio 2 MP3's
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12th Jan 2006 - 12 comments - Add Comment - Tweet
Earth to Mac
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Google Earth is finally on Mac OSX.
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12th Jan 2006 - 6 comments - Add Comment - Tweet
clerks 2
trailer up for the return of kevin smith's inconvenience store monkeys… plus some mucking about w robert rodriguez and quentin tarantino
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11th Jan 2006 - 2 comments - Add Comment - Tweet
Mactech
Apple have started the year by releasing new machines using Intel processors. The Powerbook finally gets a 21st Century speed boost (up to 2x1.83Ghz), and the iMac gets a 2x2Ghz speed bump.
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11th Jan 2006 - Add Comment - Tweet
the chronic of narnia
new snl thing going down well, like the google maps ref
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10th Jan 2006 - Add Comment - Tweet
scritti returns!
after not playing live for 20 years, green "scritti politti" gartside played brixton's windmill on saturday… would love to have seen that.
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9th Jan 2006 - 3 comments - Add Comment - Tweet
Black Crowes Backwash
Marmot's Black Crowes review from New Year's Eve is online now...
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The Black Crowes
Madison Square Garden, NYC
Despite the deeply traumatic MMJ no show, we decided to be brave and give it a go. Within about ten minutes we were questioning the wisdom of this decision. Walking in half way through the support act; someone callling himself Trey Anastasio. JESUS CHRIST. Freeform Fratboy jazz rock fusion at its finest. Ahem. Somehow we actually survived this to actually see The Black Crowes.
My expectations were moderate but I was actually taken with them. Sure they feel like they are doing a Faces / Stones impression, but it is a pretty good one all the same. They have good-ish tunes and front man Chris Robinson has genuinie charisma and a fine Jagger-esque shuffle.
Oh, And we got to see Kate Hudson. Grrrrrrrrr.
trey anastasio
the black crowes ***
kate hudson *****
the occasion ****
9th Jan 2006 - Add Comment - Tweet
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Song Of The Day: II
I thought I'd posted this before New Year, but the final Song of the Day for Volume II is The Bucket by Kings of Leon, from their top 10 album Aha Shake Heartbreak.
Get ready for Song of the Day: Volume 3 in 2006.
9th Jan 2006 - Add Comment - Tweet
wolfgang retox
just in case you think it's time to party again (hey, it is friday) wolfgang bopp are at the mighty montague arms tonight, with
TWISTED CHARM and THE NUDES. there's just no stopping the rock.
6th Jan 2006 - Add Comment - Tweet