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Out Of The Shadows
New DJ Shadow website up, featuring a download store with tons of classic radio shows, mixes and what not - as well as beefed up editions of his classic, and not-so-classic albums.
6th Aug 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
7 Worlds Collide
More supergroup news. The 7 Worlds Collide project, featuring Neil Finn, Johnny Marr, Jeff Tweedy and some non-Thom Yorke members of Radiohead amongst others have a charity album on the way, and you can listen in now over at Myspace.
Nice cover too.
6th Aug 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
New Age
Fuzzbox favourites No Age have a new EP on the way - and you can listen to Losing Feeling in it's entirety over at Sub Pop.
6th Aug 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
Trailer Park: The Lovely Bones
Trailer up for Peter Jackson's new movie - The Lovely Bones. It gives me the shudders, as the title and concept just make me think of What Dreams May Come - a strong contender for worst movie of all time.
5th Aug 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
Them Crooked Vultures
New rock supergroup on the way, featuring Dave Grohl on drums, Josh Homme on guitar and John Paul Jones on bass. Wonder what they'll sound like?
5th Aug 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
Trailer Park: The Invention Of Lying
new Ricky Gervais comedy - like one of those generic 80s films where they invent an imaginary problem - here a world where everyone tells the truth all the time - and then solve it - Gervais starts lying! hilarity! with Jennifer Garner, Tina Fey, Rob Lowe etc
5th Aug 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
Project-o-cam
The future's been on the horizon for quite a while now, but gadgets like the new Nikon S1000PJ camera make it seem closer. No, it's not a Pearl Jam edition, but they tiny camera does contain a built in projector for throwing your recently taken photos up on a wall, like a 21st century family slideshow.
Fingers crossed and maybe they'll put one of these in the next iPhone.
5th Aug 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
Radiohead: Harry Patch (In Memory Of)
The charity singles are coming thick and fast this morning. Radiohead have a new single available at their website in tribute to Harry Patch, the last remaining WWI trenches veteran who died last week. The single costs £1, with all proceeds going to the British Legion.
The Guardian has the details. More info at Radhiohead's website.
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5th Aug 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
Adam West Naked
Adam West Naked - 2 dvds of the 60s Batman chatting about his memories of the series. still love that show, but this seems like quite a lot of trivia to fill
5th Aug 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
Absent Friends
Some fitting tributes coming in as MCA continues with his cancer treatment. Absent, but not forgotten at last weekend's All Point West festival.
Coldplay also gave Billie Jean a nod.
5th Aug 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
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Arctic Monkeys at Oxfam
In one of the more original and thoughtful promotional tie-ins for a while, the Arctic Monkeys will be selling their new single Crying Lightning through Oxfam's network of 700 shops.
The ‘Crying Lightning’ 7” will cost £2.99, and each single will come with a download code allowing fans to get an MP3 version of the songs for free.
More than 600 Oxfam shops across the country sell second-hand music – double the total number of independent record shops in the UK*. The charity sells around £6 million of music every year, enough to fund its entire programme in Indonesia for a year, buy 187,000 emergency shelters, or provide safe water for 8 million people.
Domino and Arctic Monkeys are also calling on music fans to bring in any unwanted albums or singles to their local Oxfam shop when they pick up their copy of the single, to help Oxfam keep turning yesterday’s hits into vital funds for years to come.
More info:
www.oxfam.org.uk/arcticmonkeys
www.dominorecordco.com
www.arcticmonkeys.com
4th Aug 2009 - 1 comments - Add Comment - Tweet
Oneida On Tour
Brooklyn's nouveau psychedelic rockers Oneida are bring their latest 3-hour epic Rated O to the UK.
August 16 Manchester, Islington Mill w/Teeth Of The Sea 8pm, £9 adv
August 17 Brighton, Prince Albert w/My Device + Teeth Of The Sea 8pm, £8 adv
August 18 London, Garage w/Mugstar + Teeth Of The Sea 7pm, £10 adv
August 19 Bristol, The Croft w/Cardinal Fuzz + Teeth Of The Sea 8pm, £7 adv
August 20 Cork, Crane Lane Theatre Midnight show, free entry
August 21 Belfast, Black Box w/What What + Bop Yestrum DJs 8pm, £10 adv
August 22 Dublin, Whelans 7.30pm, €15 adv
Get more Oneida (and other Jagjaguwar bands) info in the Jagjaguwar podcast.
4th Aug 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
Spotify For iPhone review
hands on review of the Spotify app for iPhone. sounds interesting, though £120 a year to stream everything seems pretty steep in a way. although that's only 12 albums in ye olde music dollars I guess... less impressed with the dude's test playlists
4th Aug 2009 - 1 comments - Add Comment - Tweet
Trailer Park: A Serious Man
trailer for the new Coen Bros film A Serious Man
3rd Aug 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
Today In Curb Your Enthusiasm News
Larry David's working on a Seinfeld (ish) reunion for the next season of Curb - and he's shot a cameo for an upcoming Hannah Montana episode
3rd Aug 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
Devendra B: What Will B
new album from the psych-folk bongo fury master Devendra Banhart on the way - signed to Warner's Reprise label for this one, should be out in autumn
3rd Aug 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
Best Show Of the 00s...
vote quick! looks like the Top Gear contingent are way ahead of everything else in the Guardian's online poll
1st Aug 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
Trailer Park: The Fantastic Mr. Fox
I'm not too familiar with the Roald Dahl book, but I would certainly say that Wes Anderson could do with a bit more guidance with his stories .....so The Fantastic Mr Fox could work out nicely.
Clooney and Bill Murray amongst the voices. Trailer here.
31st Jul 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
SKY+HD 3D ADSL XBOX
Sky has announced their plans to roll out 3D TV next year, via the existing Sky+ HD box. You'll need special comedy glasses of course, but unfortunately you'll also need a new TV.
Tucked away in the announcement is the new that Sky will also be adding Video-on-demand to the Sky+ box in 2010, which will hopefully include the iPlayer...
The Guardian has the details.
Update: Some sniffing around also unearthed the Sky Player / Xbox tie-up, allowing you to watch your Sky content via XBOZ. Could be handy for that upstairs bedroom.
31st Jul 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
Aerosith
These guys probably would have rocked the house at Queen Amidala and Anakin's wedding. www.aerosith.com
31st Jul 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
Alien vs Russell Crowe
Looks like Ridley Scott is going to be taking a crack at re-re-booting the Alien franchise, signing on to direct a prequel. No word on what part Russell Crowe will be playing as yet.
Writer Jon Spaihts is having a pretty incredible career, with nothing produced, but 5+ scripts in development.
Variety has the story.
31st Jul 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
3D Monster Maze
News of the BBC's plans to shoot Syntax Era - a comedy drama based on the rivalry between Clive Sinclair and Chris Curry (ie the Curry who gave us Curry's) in the 1980s (should be on BBC4 this Oct) - got me thinking about the genius of the ZX81 (the iPhone of its time kids) - and specifically the joy of playing 3D Monster Maze. With the help of the hefty 16K external memory booster megapack stuck on the outside of the hard-drive/membrane keyboard/CPU, and several hours spent getting it to "download" from the memory stick cassette player, you could be transported into another dimension.
The object was simple: run through the maze to the exit, or be eaten alive by a giant T-Rex. You could run a bit faster than the monster - but thanks to the hours of ambient time spent walking around the identical walls, waiting for it to arrive, and the seconds it took to pounce when it did finally show up, more often than not you were chomped up instantly after waiting for ages. No weapons. No extra lives. Just the chance to do it all over again. Existential terror has never been colder or more accurately detailed in pixel form. Good times.
31st Jul 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
Pimp/Unpimp My Ride
Turn your car into a low-budget Transformer (AKA 2010 Transformers Special Edition Chevy Camaro) with this kit.
31st Jul 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
Pearl Jam Egghunt
Pearl Jam's new album Backspacer (due Sept 20th) features artwork by comic artist Tom Tomorrow. Head over to his site for some info and you'll see an easter egg hunt across the internet to piece together the cover. Get all nine pieces and you'll get a free download...
31st Jul 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
Cronenberg's Cosmopolis
David Cronenberg is lined up to direct Don DeLillo's yuppie haircut short novella Cosmopolis
31st Jul 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
25 Things You Didn't Know About Me
I'm not entirely sure what a meme is, but this could be one. The 25 Things You Didn't Know About Me craze has been sweeping the net for a while, and I've been meaning to rustle up a list for Chimpomatic, but haven't had time. More suggestions in the comments please.
1. I don't know what a meme is.
2. I like Pearl Jam.
30th Jul 2009 - 1 comments - Add Comment - Tweet
More Lego Classics
More Lego Classics, including a Warhol/Lego/Star Wars combo (hmm if there was a chimp in there too, I think we could stop).
30th Jul 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
Judgement Day: An Update
Scientists Worry Machines May Outsmart Man
30th Jul 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
Trailer Park: Hot Tub Time Machine
super dumb time machine antics with John Cusack
30th Jul 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
Extra Wilco Dates
With the London Troxy show in August now sold out, Wilco have added to new dates to a return tour scheduled for November. Do these guys ever stop touring?
More info at Wilco World.
NOV-03 LEEDS, UKLEEDS ACADEMY
NOV-04 LONDON, UKTHE FORUM
NOV-06 BRUSSELS, BEANCIENNE BELGIQUE
NOV-07 WEISSENHAUSER STRAND, DEFERIENPARK, ROLLING STONE WEEKENDER
NOV-08 COPENHAGEN, DKROYAL THEATRE
NOV-11 ZURICH, CHVOLKSHAUS
NOV-13 FLORENCE, ITTEATRO DELLA PERGOLA
NOV-14 MILAN, ITCONSERVATORIO, MILAN: W/SPECIAL GUEST GRIZZLY BEAR
NOV-16 AMSTERDAM, NLPARADISO
NOV-17 EINDHOVEN, NLEFFENAR
29th Jul 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
Thylacine
a bit of random wikiing lead me to these pics of Thylacines - the Tasmanian tiger, now extinct thanks to being hunted out of existence by 1930. Good work humans. Didn't realise there were any pictures...
29th Jul 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
Purefold
Strange goings-on from Ridley Scott's AG8/Free Scott partnership, as they try to group think entertainment and marketing through the Purefold project. If you get a handle on it, please explain in the comments.
29th Jul 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
Electrosmog
Allergic to WIFI? DJ Steve Miller claims he is, and it's hardly an implausible thought. I shudder to think what colour the atmosphere would be if all the waves we pump out weren't invisible.
29th Jul 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
iLSD
Interesting article up over at The Huffington Post, publishing a letter from LSD inventor Albert Hofmann to Apple boss Steve Jobs - asking for some help in re-purposing his product.
29th Jul 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
Lunar Rover!
Great variation on that Beastie Boys driving game we reported on last month - here's an official Lunar Rover simulator, which lets you cruise around the Apollo landing sites ...and in fact, the entire moon.
UPDATE: Try the Lunar Lander too.
28th Jul 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
Tron-a-thon
I remember seeing Tron in 1982. It was alright. Clever, and Jeff Bridges was cool - but a bit boring (check out the original trailer). Let's just forget about Steven Lisberger's later films, especially Slipstream.
All that seems to have been erased by the geeks though, who hold it as some holy grail of greatness - so with Comic-con last week, some more details were unveiled about the upcoming sequel - now titled Tron Legacy - and the anticipation and hype is building quickly.
Here's some titbits:
- Daft Punk seem to be doing the soundtrack - and then may or may not be touring to support it.
- Kevin Flynn lives on at this 1990's style website, which appeared a couple of months ago and now hosts HD downloads of the new concept footage (embedded below) amongst other things.
- Flynn's arcade has been re-created, where you can play a load of 80's style games.
28th Jul 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
Mad Men Yourself
what would you look like walking around drinking martinis all day? find out!
28th Jul 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
Trailer Park: Whip It
Juno and Maybe from Arrested Development?! it's a sassy kid overload in Whip It, the roller derby debut from Drew Barrymore
28th Jul 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
Khmer Rock And The Killing Fields
interesting doc on Cambodian psych rock on R4 1.30pm today - Khmer Rock And The Killing Fields. MP3s of many of the tracks up at WFMU
28th Jul 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
Rock-a-likes
Not quite sure how similar these really are, as most of them just happen to be in a similar pose - but there's some humour to be had from Rolling Stone's rock-a-likes photo comparisons.
28th Jul 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
Flight Of The Conchords Present
FOTC deleted band meeting scene and S2 dvd giveaway up on the Guardian
28th Jul 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
Rhys Darby? Present.
Murray Hewitt, AKA comedian Rhys Darby wants you to take global warming seriously. Head over to sign on and show your support.
He's also performing live in London for a few nights, then off to Edinburgh (tickets here). More details via The Independent and The Times.
27th Jul 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
Trailer Park: The Book Of Eli
looks like it's Denzil Washington's turn to save us from a post-apocalyptic future
27th Jul 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
SpotifiPhone
Spotify have announced an iPhone version of their excellent music streaming program - and have submitted the app to Apple for approval. Assuming it gets accepted, this could be a possible game changer for me, as the thought of owning any more CDs now has zero appeal. This thing requires a premium Spotify account, which will set you back £1 a day or £10 a month, but that will provide access to several million tracks - and no ads.
Spotify are also planning a US roll-out of their service. More info at WIRED.
27th Jul 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
Simulated Red Carpet
Nikon won a bronze lion award at the Cannes Advertising Festival for this red carpet simulation in a Seoul shopping mall, which fires off the flashes when someone walks past. Make sure your hand luggage is that flashy handbag we talked about.
27th Jul 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
