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More Morning Jacket
My Morning Jacket are the subject of a photographic exhibition at the aptly/strangely titled Morrison Hotel Gallery in NYC. The show pulls together many years of photos from Sam Erikson, and features a pretty impressive run-through of the band's strange choice of fancy dress.
May 22nd - June 18th, 2009
www.morrisonhotelgallery.com
6th May 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
Trailer Park: Hisss
Twitch have got the trailer for Jennifer Lynch's bonkers-looking Bollywood snake horror Hisss
6th May 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
I Am Trying To Sue Your Ass
Latest in Wilco Court House News: former member Jay Bennett is trying to take Jeff Tweedy to the cleaners
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Trailer Park: Tetro
New Francis Ford Coppola drama Tetro starring Billy Walsh Vincent Gallo. Looks like he's going arthouse again.
Update: surprisingly lucid interview with Gallo here.
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More Mudhoney
The mighty Mudhoney are back in the UK for some dates in August:
09-Oct - Edinburgh - Studio 25
10-Oct - Leeds - TJ Woodhouse
11-Oct - London - Koko Theatre
5th May 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
Free Dinosaur
Dinosaur Jr are lumbering towards releasing a new album (Farm - due June 22nd on Pias/Jagjaguwar), but you can get a taste of the new jurassic era now, with a free download of I Want You To Know.
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Post-Impressionist Conspiracy Theory
Apparently it was Gauguin and not Van Gogh who cut off the famous missing ear.
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Trailer Park: District 9
Trailer up for Neill Bloomkamp's South-African Sci-fi movie District 9 - a feature film re-working of the short film Alive In Jo'burg that we reported on back in 2007. Looks a lot slicker, but still a pretty interesting concept.
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Don Draper Is 84
nice selection of Mad Men stuff here - but will it be enough to tide us over until the start of S3? I think not...
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Why the iPhone's days are numbered
Interesting article but aren't they missing the point slightly?
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Promo Promo: Madness vs The Horrors
Two new promos up - the entertaining Dust Devil from Madness (read Creative Review's article here) and the non-Chris Cunningham directed Who Can Say, from The Horrors' latest album Primary Colours.
1st May 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
The Big Picture: Cassini
Great run-down of photos sent back by the long-range Cassini probe (wiki) over at The Big Picture.
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Airfoil
Rogue Amoeba have released a free iPhone app (the creatively title Airfoil Speakers Touch) which turns their excellent Mac/PC desktop application Airfoil into a must-have.
Airfoil allows you to transmit the audio from any application on your laptop to the sound output of one of Apple's Airport Express routers. Indispensable for listening to Spotify without a dozen metres of cable tying you to the stereo.
If you're interested enough to still be reading, Airfoil Speakers Touch does away with the need for an Airport Express altogether, by turning your iPhone/iPod Touch into a receiver for the program to transmit to. Now you can sit your phone on top of the stereo and run a cable out of the line-out of the phone and into the line-in on your stereo while you pick your tunes from the comfort of a laptop on the sofa.
1st May 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
The Christian Bale Circle of Trust
The lovable Christian Bale speaks out about his infamous rant on the set of Terminator Salvation.
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Humans from above
Following on from his excellent photos of London from above (1 / 2), The Big Picture have a series of Jason Hawkes aerial photos from all around the world. Check out his website too.
30th Apr 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
6,000,000 FPS
If only Douglas Gordon and Mogwai had waited a little longer, they could have filmed Zidane at 6,000,000 frames per second for some proper slow motion, thanks to this new camera tech.
30th Apr 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
Did Alec Guinness Use His Jedi Mind Powers On James Dean?
spooky. but would it be so convincing if it was Ewan McGregor?
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JJ Abrams gets Wired on Mysteries
JJ Abrams has guest-edited this month's Wired
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Matthew McConaughey's Next 10 Movies
good photoshop skills from Cracked
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The Hunt For Gollum
Fan-film The Hunt For Gollum is playing at this year's Sci-Fi London festival. Could keep everyone going while we wait for Peter Jackson to get it together. Trailer here
30th Apr 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
Zweiphone
Loving the old-school mod for the iPhone. Downgrade today.
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Squaremin
The Theramin lives! Check out this latest iteration of the movement-based instrument, The Squaremin.
29th Apr 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
Danny Dyer.com
it's good to know that the Danny Dyer Hammock Mouse Mat is "suitable for all types of mouse." Not sure if the Danny Dyer Logo Mug is suitable for all types of coffee or not though
29th Apr 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
Wilco (The Album)
Details up over at Rolling Stone about Wilco's new album - bizarrely title Wilco (The Album). If that's not wacky enough for you it will include Wilco (The Song) - "a great, upbeat song professing our love for our fans.".
The album is out in late June, but Rolling Stone have already heard some of it. And they like it.
Full tracklist:
01 Wilco the Song
02 Deeper Down
03 One Wing
04 Bull Black Nova
05 You and I
06 You Never Know
07 Country Disappeared
08 Solitaire
09 I'll Fight
10 Sunny Feeling
11 Everlasting
29th Apr 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
Bananaz
Probably not as pro-Gorillaz as I should be as a writer for Chimpomatic, but still mildly interested in the Bananaz documentary, covering the rise of the imaginary band. You can watch the whole thing over at Babelgum.
28th Apr 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
Jam On
Chimpomatic CSF/BC/CJ favourites Pearl Jam will be in the UK & Europe for a short run of shows in August, before promising to return in support of their forthcoming new album -currently scheduled for this Autumn.
Concerts are scheduled to take place August 13th in Rotterdam, August 15th in Berlin, August 17th in Manchester (M.E.N.) and August 18th in London (o2).
Tickets on sale to fan club members now, and the general public from Friday May 8th. The question is, how many Pearl Jam fan club members does it take to sell out the o2? We shall see.
28th Apr 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
Hobbit 2
The much-delayed Hobbit movies seem to have hit another hurdle, with the initial plan to create an all-new story bridging The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings being shelved, in favour of a two-part Hobbit-only movie. Sounds like this cash-in may be heading for a meltdown.
28th Apr 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
Spoonstock
Not happy with the huge choice of modern rock festival, chimp favourites Spoon are organising their own. For three nights running at legendary Stubb's Bar-B-Q in Austin, Texas, you can catch Spoon, + other bands - including LOW, ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead and Atlas Sound. Tickets here.
27th Apr 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
Reverse Dylan
Just finished watching Todd Hayne's underwhelming Dylan biopic I'm Not There - and while the great visual style of the movie may be smothered by the sense of actors-doing-impressions, the range of coverage it gives Dylan's career is impressive.
Anyway, here's a Spotify playlist I've knocked up to reverse-code the songs featured on the soundtrack back to Dylan's original where possible (with the exception of I Can't Leave Her Behind, which Spotify didn't have). You've got to figure that these band's will have covered some of their favourite tracks, which can't make a bad compilation.
Read my original review of the sound track here.
27th Apr 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
Yes, No, Similar
Google's new similar images feature is a pretty interesting addition to their image search. Turning away from the more image title or context-based results, the technology alayzes the actual imge content and bring backs matches based on composition and colour. The bottom line is that it makes it very clear how everybody takes the same picture (see Notre Dame), even the pros (see Paris Hilton).
27th Apr 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
Ashes of American Flags
Perhaps a little under-advertised, you may have missed Channel 4's screening of the new Wilco movie Ashes of American Flags on Friday. Fortunately their 4OD on-demand service has the movie available for another 27 days.
It was out on DVD on April 20th.
27th Apr 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
Ornette Coleman's Meltdown
Details of Ornette's Coleman's Meltdown at the Southbank - TICKETS GO ON SALE:
» to Southbank Centre Members on Wednesday 29 April at 10am
» to all on Thursday 30 April at 10am
The Roots with guest David Murray & more Saturday 13 June
David Murray & Gwo-Ka Masters + Jamaaladeen Tacuma Saturday 13 June
Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band featuring Sean Lennon, Cornelius & special guests Sunday 14 June
Baaba Maal Monday 15 June
The Freewheeling Yo La Tengo Monday 15 June
Moby Tuesday 16 June
Bobby McFerrin Wednesday 17 June
Patti Smith & The Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra Thursday 18 June
Ornette Coleman Reflections of The Shape of Jazz to Come + Master Musicians of Jajouka Friday 19 June
Charlie Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra with guests Carla Bley and Robert Wyatt + The Bad Plus Saturday 20 June
Ornette Coleman Reflections of This is Our Music + Master Musicians of Jajouka Sunday 21 June
26th Apr 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
Super slo-mo Metallica
The Discovery Channel's Time Warp team turn their high-speed cameras up to 11 to show Metal legends Metallica thrashing in super slo-mo.
A few preview clips here
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25th Apr 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
D.I.Y. Air Traffic Contol
Ever wanted to push tin from the comfort of your own home? Flygradar.nu might be the answer, cleverly using flight info and Google maps to simulate real scheduled flights.
24th Apr 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
Chimp Vans
A little less punk-rock than anticipated, but it doesn't get much better than Chimps + Skateboards + Vans.
24th Apr 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
What Happened To The Conchords?
With Season 2 finished in the US and about to start on BBC4 - the Flight of the Conchords were scheduled to have a second album out last week, possible entitled I Told You i Was Freaky. There's now no mention of an exact release date on the Sub Pop website, although the weekly tracks from the show are available in the US iTunes store.
While we're waiting, head over to HBO.com and watch some funny video clips - notably Dave's starring role in the "Mohumbhai & Sons" TV spot.
24th Apr 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
Woody vs Larry
Are Larry David and Woody Allen the perfect double team? New movie Whatever Works should answer the question.
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Ad Nauseum: Gucci
Nice ad up for Gucci perfume, directed by former bad boy Chris Cunningham. It's a pretty mainstream ad, but nicely retains some of Cunningham's signature strangeness.
23rd Apr 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
Ad Nauseum: Powertape Chimp!
It's got chimps in it. What more do you want from this Powertape ad?
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