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Lost Hendrix/Stephen Stills Album Found
Stephen Stills has been rifling through his archive, and stumbled across a lost Hendrix album ...
9th Jul 2008 - Add Comment - Tweet
Tour De France
just in from the frontline of Le Tour De France, Argenton les Vallees
9th Jul 2008 - Add Comment - Tweet
Diamond bluegrass Dave
thanks to Dr Chimp for pointing out the existence of
Strummin' with the Devil: The Southern Side of Van Halen
9th Jul 2008 - Add Comment - Tweet
Zoomii
Sick of online shopping? Check out Zoomii.com, an online mash-up that let's you browse Amazon as if it was a real bookstore.
9th Jul 2008 - Add Comment - Tweet
Bottomless Belly Button
animated trailer for Bottomless Belly Button, a new Fantagraphics graphic novel by Dash Shaw
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Is That Murray Per Chance?
Check out third Conchord Rhys Darby in this Nike ad with Roger Federer.
8th Jul 2008 - Add Comment - Tweet
On The RZA
RZA himself looks to be stepping behind the camera to make a kung-fu movie now, thanks to studying directing with Tarantino (uh-oh). Production is to be handled by Eli Roth (uh-uh-oh). The Man With The Iron Fist is the name of the project. Aint It Cool has the scoop, via CHUD.
8th Jul 2008 - 1 comments - Add Comment - Tweet
Courtside With MCA
Interesting interview online over at Aint It Cool with joint-third-favourite Beastie Boy, MCA. He's talking primarily about his well received documentary Gunnin' for That #1 Spot, but also mentions that the Beastie Boys are recording for a new album - due "probably early next year, something like that".
8th Jul 2008 - Add Comment - Tweet
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Klaatu Reeves
The ever expanding range of Hollywood favourite Keanu Reeves continues, with a trailer online for his role as Klaatu in the remake of the 1960's sci-fi classic The Day The Earth Stood Still.
Luckily Will Smith Jnr also stars, so there might be some decent acting in it.
7th Jul 2008 - Add Comment - Tweet
Inglorious Tarantino
Does he never learn? Apparantly not, as Quentin Tarantino is ignoring the mixed reviews for Kill Bill 1 & 2 - not to mention the woeful Grindhouse effort - and forging ahead with his Inglorious Bastards remake, except he's decided it's too epic for one film and needs to be split in two....
UPDATE: More info here ....and it looks like I'm not the only hater out there.
7th Jul 2008 - Add Comment - Tweet
Mugison Corsica Studios
been a while since we caught our favourite non-Sigur Ros/Bjork Icelander Mugison - he's back in London this Wednesday at the Corsica Studios, should be good - here's a clip from last time, hilariously distorted, but you get the idea
6th Jul 2008 - Add Comment - Tweet
In The Loop
"The US President and UK Prime Minister suddenly fancy a war. But it'll be quick this time. Promise!" On Jonathan Ross last night, Chris Addison mentioned he's shot a spin-off movie in Washington for The Thick Of It - In The Loop, with James Gandolfini, Tom Hollander and Steve Coogan, as well as the mighty Peter Capaldi returning as Malcolm "come the fuck in" Tucker. New series coming next year too. Shame his new BBC2 sitcom Lab Rats is a bit of a duffer
5th Jul 2008 - Add Comment - Tweet
July's Cellar
This Saturday July 3, pony like Boney Maronie, shake like a big mix cake and move your torso - only more so, at THE FABULOUS CELLAR, home to everything great. Fine real ale, splendid outdoor space for smokers, plenty of room to shake a leg, and the records to make you want to do just that. From 9pm at The Constitution, 42 St Pancras Way, NW1
5th Jul 2008 - Add Comment - Tweet
Brett's Guide To LA
The title says it all.
And check out Illustrator Tyler Stout's website while you are at it. He designed the posters and cover for the Conchords album.
4th Jul 2008 - Add Comment - Tweet
More Metropolis
ultimate director's cut? they've found 30 minutes more of Metropolis
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Topographical
As noted in our recent article on music service Topspin, they recently assisted in the digital distribution of Nine Inch Nails' album The Slip. The distribution data from that release was then adapted by the NIN tech team into this awesome graphical representation in Google Earth. Love what NIN are up to with all this stuff.
4th Jul 2008 - Add Comment - Tweet
Kubrick!
More 4 have a season of Stanley Kubrick movies coming on in July, and to promote they've gone through possibly even more trauma than the idiosyncratic director would have even put himself through.
Pulling in a string of look-a-likes, the channel has re-created the set of The Shining (no, not that one) and shot a 65 second tracking shot, culminating at the start of Kubrik's own famous tracking shot.
Check it out here.
The season includes a new documentary - Citizen Kubrick - as well as screenings of 2001, The Shining, Paths of Glory and the excellent Barry Lyndon and a range of little-seen shorts.
4th Jul 2008 - 1 comments - Add Comment - Tweet
Respect. Rock On.
just in case you haven't been keeping up with events in Brian May world, take a
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BBC International
Had read about it a while back, but still surprised / shocked to see adverts pop up on the BBC website while in France. It's a pretty lumpy implementation and even the video clips had some interstitial action going on.
It's just not British.
3rd Jul 2008 - Add Comment - Tweet
How not to present an award
thanks to Dr Chimp for pointing out this excruciating
- if only someone would pull that at the next oscars...
3rd Jul 2008 - Add Comment - Tweet
Bum Notes
With the tidal wave of digital and DVD re-issues showing little sign of slowing, one interesting development has been the licensing of old music. Potentially tied in to the same debate as the recent writer's strike (and looming potential actor's strike), a lot of DVDs are now bypassing the issue by being released with new scores. The Fugitive TV show is the latest victim, disappointing fans. Variety have the scoop.
3rd Jul 2008 - Add Comment - Tweet
Trailer Park
Don Cheadle in some "the truth is complicated" CIA action, Traitor; this year's life-affirming family road trip Diminished Capacity, with Matthew Broderick, Alan Alda and Virginia Madsen "people don't age like fine wine - they age like meat"; mascot-comedy Kabluey; Kiefer biding his time until the next 24 in Mirrors; Encounters At The End Of The World - trippy off-the-map stuff from Werner Herzog; new trailer and animated prologue for Hellboy II (watch out for Luke "Bros" Goss there)
2nd Jul 2008 - Add Comment - Tweet
Mad Detective
like the look of this new Hong Kong cop thriller Mad Detective from director Johnnie To (Election PTU, Triangle etc)
2nd Jul 2008 - Add Comment - Tweet
Ad Nauseum: Mercedes Benz
Taking a cue from their own Michael Mann directed Lucky Star ad from 2002, Mercedes' current film offerings are continuing that moody LA noir style. The website has both ads - one of which star future president Josh Brolin - as well as a fairly ambient making of.
And here's Benicio making an impression as the Mercedes loving hustler from 2002.
2nd Jul 2008 - 2 comments - Add Comment - Tweet
F??D the animals
more paywhatulike online madness, this time from mashup heads Girl Talk and their new download album Feed The Animals
any price grants the download of the entire album as high-quality 320kbps mp3s
$5 or more adds the options of FLAC files, plus a one-file seamless mix of the album
$10 or more includes all of the above + a packaged CD (when it becomes available)
2nd Jul 2008 - Add Comment - Tweet
Leonard @ Glastonbury
he had the class to not want to be filmed by the BBC - but luckily you can't out-zen the power of youtube... heard this was pretty amazing
1st Jul 2008 - Add Comment - Tweet
Sleeveface comes to life
We're all aboutt Sound Theory today: check this new Gondryesque/Sleeveface video from Naive New Beaters
1st Jul 2008 - Add Comment - Tweet
Saul Bass vs Star Wars
Totally nabbed from Sound Theory. Check out the amusing 're-mastered' version below too.
1st Jul 2008 - 1 comments - Add Comment - Tweet
More Publishing News
Following on from our recent self-publishing item about Blurb.com, why not skip the single edition and publish your own magazine? Mag Cloud is here to help.
30th Jun 2008 - Add Comment - Tweet
Bond 22
Trailer up for Quantum of Solace .....though probably not for long.
30th Jun 2008 - 1 comments - Add Comment - Tweet
Lights In The Sky
Artist Trevor Paglen has spent some serious time photographing 189 of the mysterious spy satellites that you can often see passing through the night sky, with the results going on display in an exhibition at Berkeley University - entitled The Other Night Sky.
While the technique is nothing new, the extra impact of the subject makes for some beautiful photographs. Paglen's previous work is just as interesting, with his home brew limit-telephotography technique making for another subversive work, spying on military installations with a long range lens.
30th Jun 2008 - Add Comment - Tweet
Paris Fashion Week
Just back from a special ops mission at Paris Fashion Week with HHG and BC. Not too much to report. Stupid shorts and crazy shoes seem to be in, not to mention these TV goggles.
Victim-of-the-week goes to a guy in a cock eyed, overpainted camo baseball hat, accompanied by baggy butt/tight legged workpants and a Superman RETURNS t-shirt. With one sleeve rolled up. In his late 50's, looking not dissimilar to Truman Capote.
Kanye West passed by, but HHG determined a photo op would not have been cool. Shrek was far more sociable.
30th Jun 2008 - 1 comments - Add Comment - Tweet
The Great Internet Slowdown
With the rise of You Tube, Bit Torrent, iPlayer, Facebook and generally everyone including your Gran using the internet, you may have noticed how slow the internet is getting these days, with 2010 looking like crunch time.
Various major outages have struck recently, and even big player Amazon seems to be feeling the pinch, with it's S3 storage product collapsing in February, Amazon.com itself down for a couple of hours a few weeks back (at a potential 'loss' of $31,000 per minute) and Amazon-owned IMDB seemingly out of action at the weekend.
It's nothing new however, as at the time one of the busiest days ever was following the release of the Starr Report in '98.
Reports of a Chimpomatic outage in Madrid remain unconfirmed.
27th Jun 2008 - 6 comments - Add Comment - Tweet
The Real Iron Man
As usual, science fact is catching up with science fiction and the US military has a prototype Tony Stark suit up and running. It doesn't fly just yet, but the exoskeleton can increase strength by up to twenty times.
27th Jun 2008 - Add Comment - Tweet
CHDK
Some enterprising users have taken matters into their own hands and developed their own software for running Canon digital cameras. CHDK or (Canon Hacker's Development Kit) allows you to install a tiny program on your memory card (which means it's not destructive and can be easily removed) and bypass the default camera settings for a custom set that offer a far greater range of options. Allowing any camera to shoot RAW images is the big plus, but you can also specify custom exposure settings, ISO settings, motion detected trigger photography and even games.
Check out the FAQ for more info or Lifehacker for a low-down on how to get it up and running.
26th Jun 2008 - Add Comment - Tweet
Re-animate! Re-animate!
Lost Doctor Who eps are coming back as cartoons
26th Jun 2008 - Add Comment - Tweet
No Nukes
Since the end of the cold war, America's nuclear arsenal has lost some of its identity - getting bumped around from Strategic Air Command to Air Combat Command to Space Command amongst others. All that moving around might have led to array of cool badges, but it's also included a few fubars, notably the handful of missing warheads that were accidentally flown across the US.
Read Wired's article on the whole identity crisis here.
26th Jun 2008 - Add Comment - Tweet
Radiohead Back in the Basement
Radiohead have been hanging out in Nigel Godrich's basement, recording live footage of ten songs from the In_Rainbows sessions: Bodysnatchers, House of Cards, Nude, Weird Fishes/Arpeggi, 15 Step, Reckoner, Go Slowly, Videotape, Bangers & Mash and All I Need
26th Jun 2008 - Add Comment - Tweet
Say No To America
You might have heard the hulabaloo about Marvel gearing up for an Avengers movie, following their success with Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk, but it looks like the plans have already been toned down.
While both Nick Fury and Captain America's shield made a brief cameo in Iron Man, a whole scene with the original Super Soldier was shot for The Incredible Hulk, before being dropped in the edit room thanks to a Hulk Smash from producers who thought it darkened the tone of the toy franchise a little too far.
It seems like the movie itself may well go the way of the dodo if the producers aren't careful, with director Jon Favreau reportedly on thin ice (maybe he's too 'money' after all).
25th Jun 2008 - Add Comment - Tweet
Chimp Twitter
check our new chimp twitter beta.
UPDATE: we're online with this new mindless function. C71 should be road reporting from Glastonbury.
25th Jun 2008 - 3 comments - Add Comment - Tweet
Glastonfree
free Glastonbury playlist over on the Guardian's music site: Neon Neon, Foals, Crystal Castles, Ethiopiques, CSS, White Denim etc
25th Jun 2008 - Add Comment - Tweet
Man On Wire
more from the real-lfe WTF files: a trailer for Man On Wire a doc about a guy who walked on a tightrope between the Twin Towers in NYC 1974
25th Jun 2008 - Add Comment - Tweet
Two-Lane Blacktop @ Serpentine
as part of the Serpentine's Richard Prince series, there's an open-air screening Aug 15 of Monte Hellman's 1971 cult road trip Two-Lane Blacktop, with James Taylor, Warren Oates and Dennis Wilson, with Claude LeLouch's notorious high-speed chase through Paris, Rendezvous as a little side trip (worth watching in full-screen mode - might have to start an occasional real-life WTF section for this sort of footage)
25th Jun 2008 - Add Comment - Tweet
Hackachino
Just because your coffee machine might connect to the internet, there's no reason not to keep your anti-virus software updated.
It turns out that a hacker can remotely take control of your Jura F90 coffee maker and tweak the settings to his own personal preferences, potentially lulling you with a weak coffee in the morning followed by a more serious attack while you are dozing.
24th Jun 2008 - Add Comment - Tweet
Google phone delay?
looks like the iphone's not getting any competition from Android anytime soon
24th Jun 2008 - Add Comment - Tweet
Pop Levi's 2.0 video
best use of Youtube so far? open video one for Pop Levi's Semi-Babe; now pause it, open Semi-Babe 2 line them up and follow the instructions. great intro to the album, out July 14
24th Jun 2008 - Add Comment - Tweet
Power to the people
Former Yahoo music boss (and one-time Grand Royal webmaster) Ian C Rogers has a new business up and running which gives musicians control over technology. The Topspin platform runs websites for musicians and gives them the technology to sell directly to the public, a la Radiohead. It's testing on a few sites at the moment and recently provided some of the backbone for the Nine Inch Nails Ghosts release.
No word on price for now, but there are some reasonably big bands involved, and Billboard are giving it a hefty does of credibility.
24th Jun 2008 - Add Comment - Tweet