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Double Twist
I've been trying out Double Twist this week - the new project from notorious former hacker DVD Jon.
The program has a simple premise: bring management of all your phones/devices, photos and music into one place. You can plug in your smartphone, sync up photos, upload them to Facebook and Flickr, share files with friends - and also decode your protected purchases from the iTunes store.
It's a great concept and for certain phone users in particular (Blackberry/Windows Mobile) it'll solve a lot of problems. As a dedicated iPhone user however, it doesn't offer much that isn't already covered elsewhere.
11th Jun 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
Trailer Park: Shutter Island
Trailer up for Scorcese's latest picture - Shutter Island, starring Leonardo DiCaprio as usual, plus the excellent Mark Ruffalo. Based on the book by Dennis Lehane, who also wrote Mystic River and Gone Baby Gone.
11th Jun 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
Google Chrome
With Google Chrome now available as a beta for the Mac, I'm already on the fence about jumping ship from the previously trusty Safari.
Safari is getting more and more features - especially with the upcoming 4.0 - but it's also getting more and more bloated. Chrome on the other hand keeps things incredibly simple and is lightning fast to load sites and the program itself it up and running in the blink of an eye. That might change as I bog it down with the extensive bookmarks collection, but for now - it's the speed king.
11th Jun 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
The Plan Comes Together - Again
Looks like John Singleton and Bruce Willis are out, but Joe Carnahan and Liam Neeson may be in - for the ever cast/director rotating A-Team movie, which supposedly shoots in August for a 2010 release.
10th Jun 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
Somerset House Summer Screen
Somerset House have put up this year's "hope it doesn't rain" selection:
UK Premiere of Pedro Almódovar's Broken Embraces Thu 30 July
Alien / Poltergeist - Fri 31 July
West Side Story - Sat 1 Aug
Slumdog Millionaire - Sun 2 Aug
The Shawshank Redemption - Mon 3 Aug
Wings of Desire - Tue 4 Aug
Don't Look Now - Wed 5 Aug
Strangers on a Train - Thu 6 Aug
Cool Hand Luke / Road House - Fri 7 Aug
Raiders of the Lost Ark - Sat 8 July
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10th Jun 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
Video Game Classics
Following on from the I Can Read Movies set, here's some video games rendered as classic novels
10th Jun 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
Party Like It's 1996
Sub Pop have a new sampler up for free download, but rather than link directly to it, I insist you visit the page - which is decked out like a 1996 web disaster.
Tracklist:
Vetiver – Strictly Rule
Handsome Furs – I’m Confused
Mark Sultan – Hold On
Red Red Meat – Gauze
Obits – Pine On
The Vaselines – Son of a Gun
Fleet Foxes – Mykonos
Iron and Wine – Belated Promise Ring
Tiny Vipers - Dreamer
Zak Sally – Why We Hide
Fruit Bats – My Unusual Friend
Pissed Jeans – False Jesii Part 2
Grand Archives – Silver Among the Gold
Flight of the Conchords – Hurt Feelings
10th Jun 2009 - 2 comments - Add Comment - Tweet
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Paaarliament
While they're not directly connected to those cheeky chaps from The Pirate Bay, Sweden's Pirate Party stand for many of the same 'principles' - and now they have a seat in the European Parliament.
9th Jun 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
Better than cable
The crew of the International Space Station jumped the queue to get a home copy of the new Star Trek movie - they were beamed up a copy direct from NASA.
9th Jun 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
Lego Architect
When I was a kid, I was the Lego Architect. These days it's Frank Lloyd Wright. For middle class kids only.
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I Can Read Movies
Loving this I Can Read Movies meme that's spreading around, great attention to detail
9th Jun 2009 - 1 comments - Add Comment - Tweet
D.U.D. (Dumb Up Dudes!) presents: Is Gordon Brown Still Prime Minister?
Are you finding it hard to keep up with all the recent political developments? One minute they're putting through moats and duck islands on expenses, the next they're trying to explain how fascists have been let into Europe. Here's a handy guide to finding out if Gordon Brown is still PM
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9th Jun 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
Skate or die: This Is My Element
Monday 8th of June sees the release of veteran Anticon producer Odd Nosdam's new record T.I.M.E Soundtrack. T.I.M.E stands for This Is My Element - the title of the new Element Skateboards film - and Odd Nosdam composed each song to fit the skater it accompanies.
It's a rare thing indeed to have a whole skate film composed by one artist and Nosdam does a fine job. Featuring some heavyweights like Mike Vallely and Bam Margera, This Is My Element is beautifully shot and the soundtrack really raises some of the scenes to epic status. These two clips are from the young Nyjah Huston (above) and the legendary Chad Muska (below).
Chimpomatic review of T.I.M.E Soundtrack online here.
8th Jun 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
Tintin And The Release Date
Pastemagazine have got Tintin coming Nov 2011, plenty of time to get excited and over it all before it's out
8th Jun 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
Behind Sesame Street
Fun story over at Gawker about a Sesame Street on-location sighting in Brooklyn.
8th Jun 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
WWDC: iPhone 3 and more
Apple's big World Wide Developer's Conference kicks off today in San Francisco, and while big boss Steve Jobs is still benched with illness, sidekick Phil Schiller is expected to make some big announcements.
A new iPhone seems almost certain, with improvements likely to be made to the camera, a possible magnetometer to add digital compass capabilities. The biggest changes will likely be coming through the new 3.0 software - which should also be available to existing handset owners.
Changes to the way apps can work on the phone should lead to some good developments - so there's bound to be some additional announcements from third-party manufacturers. Personally, I'm hoping for an iPhone version of Spotify - to match the recently announced Android version. A rumoured Apple netbook seems a little less likely for tomorrow, but they'd better get a move on with that as again, Google's already on the case - expanding their Android platform into Acer's new line.
There will also likely be a demo and possible release date for latest edition of OSX, 10.6 'Snow Leopard'. Grr.
8th Jun 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
Cover Mashups: LittlePixel
love these cover art mashups from LittlePixel
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Popular Songs
New Jersey's most famous Hal Hartley fans - AKA Yo La Tengo - are back with a new album through Matador.
Popular Songs is out in September, but you can listen to Periodically Double Or Triple now.
5th Jun 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
New Cave Singers
Surprise favourites the Cave Singers (review here) are back with a new album in August. Beach House will be out through Matador, and you can get an early peek by getting an mp3 from the Matador website.
5th Jun 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
Move Forward: Mad Men S3
Mad Men 3 promo up - looks like they've condensed 2 whole series worth of action into that trailer and put the special trailer excitement music all over it - you'd think stuff "happened" from watching that if you'd never seen it...
5th Jun 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
Ba-duh-bing
Microsoft have re-branded their Google-killing search engine yet again. Now it's called Bing. It's got one good thing going for it, a search for 'Chimpomatic' sends those other imposters virtually to page 2.
5th Jun 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
No one is ever going to believe you
Been spotting this great Bill Murray anecdote in a few places recently:
There’s an urban legend that’s gone around until no one is sure who it happened to, or if it happened at all. It was late one night, a few years ago, when a young man was walking through Union Square Park. He suddenly felt someone behind him, their hands over his eyes. When he turned in surprise, there was Bill Murray, his creased face leaning in close. Bill whispered, “No one is ever going to believe you,” and then just walked away.
Via: Reax Quotes
4th Jun 2009 - 1 comments - Add Comment - Tweet
Subway Art: 25th Anniversary
can really remember the impact Subway Art made back in the day (as any ex-Shock City Rockers reading this will tell you...)
4th Jun 2009 - 1 comments - Add Comment - Tweet
New Toy Story Character Hidden In Up
nice piece on the easter eggs hidden in Pixar films over at Slashfilm
4th Jun 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
Trailer Park: The Beatles - Rock Band On The Run pt2
wish the game looked more like this animated trailer
3rd Jun 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
Trailer Park: The Beatles - Rock Band On The Run
trailer for the Beatles Rock Band game... what a weird world we live in
3rd Jun 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
Mac Attack
Fleetwood Mac are hitting the UK with the Rumours line-up (minus Christine McVie who's had enough of touring apparently). TIckets on sale Thu 4 Jun, 9am
22/10/2009 SECC Glasgow
27/10/2009 M.E.N. Arena Manchester
30/10/2009 Wembley Arena London
02/11/2009 Sheffield Arena Sheffield
03/11/2009 NIA Birmingham
3rd Jun 2009 - 1 comments - Add Comment - Tweet
Where The Blog Things Are
nice work-in-progress site for Spike Jonze's Where The Wild Things Are
3rd Jun 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
Trailer Park: Toy Story 3D
More from Woody and Buzz in 2010: Toy Story 3D trailer up.
2nd Jun 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
Thinking about your laundry while onstage
Former members of Oasis, Pulp and Babyshambles recount why they decided to jump ship.
2nd Jun 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
Pearl Jam: Backspacer
Things are revving up for Pearl Jam's new record, apparently titled Backspacer and due for release later this year. The band performed new music on the newly organised Tonight Show last night (now with added Conan O'Brien).
In a strange twist, the anti-corporate rockers are distributing the album through Target Supermarkets in the US, and have even filmed a TV spot with Cameron Crowe directing - although that is also rumoured to be part of a long-form documentary that Crowe is directing for the bands 20th anniversary next year.
Bonus: Jeff Ament interview over at Two Feet Thick.
2nd Jun 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
Salinger Catches Catcher Sequel
JD's not too happy about an upcoming Catcher In The Rye sequel
2nd Jun 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
Michael Mann's New Deal
Interesting article up over at Creative Review about the type used in Michael Mann's upcoming Dillinger flick Public Enemies (trailer here).
The designers focussed on the depression-era styling of FDR's Works Progress Administration and came up with a whole new font, title 'New Deal'.
"The interesting thing is that the posters were not always completed by professional designers, so occasionally the typefaces and typography are quite crude and unrefined."
29th May 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
Trailer Park: Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Werner Herzog + Nic Cage + Abel Ferrara - Harvey Keitel = Crazy bones.
Trailer up for Werner's re-imagining/sequel - Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans.
28th May 2009 - 1 comments - Add Comment - Tweet
Latest in Rook News
Rooks rival chimpanzees in their ability to use tools
26th May 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
Newspaper 2.0
Interesting article and video up over at Nieman Lab, discussing future developments at the New York Times - as newspapers scramble to get on board with the kind of technology that sci-fi has been waffling on about for ages.
26th May 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
Beastie Boys: Hot Sauce Committee
The Beastie Boys were on the Jimmy Fallon show this weekend, discussing their recently completed album Hot Sauce Committee. That title comes direct from their mailing list, but I'd keep that as unconfimed for now, knowing these jokers.
Live clip of So Watcha Want below.
26th May 2009 - 2 comments - Add Comment - Tweet
Promo Promo: Little Joy and BSP
Nice Super-8 promo up for Little Joy's new single Next Time Around, and an excerpt from the British Sea Power soundtrack to that Man Of Aran restoration, that we have talked about before.
22nd May 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
Twistori
Twistori is a great website which taps the all-too-familiar themes running through the ever-exploding Twitter community.
22nd May 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
Steal Our ideas
Check out Steal Our Ideas for some high-brow marketing ploys. Like an In Rainbows version of the full-service ad agency.
22nd May 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet