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Misfits S3E1
Cracking opener for UK's premiere asbo-superheroes. Newbie Joe Gilgun has the energy to fill Nathan hole.
12th Oct 2011
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Radiohead TKOL RMX
More Radiohead activity - King Of Limbs remix album TKOL RMX is out on Monday, and they played Lotus Flower and Staircase on SNL this weekend, introduced by Alec Baldwin. Here's the vowel-defying tracklist:
1. Little By Little (Caribou RMX)
2. Lotus Flower (Jacques Greene RMX)
3. Morning Mr Magpie (Nathan Fake RMX)
4. Bloom (Harmonic 313 RMX)
5. Bloom (Mark Pritchard RMX)
6. Feral (Lone RMX)
7. Morning Mr Magpie (Pearson Sound Scavenger RMX)
8. Separator (Four Tet RMX)
9. Give Up The Ghost (Thriller Houseghost RMX)
10. Codex (Illum Sphere RMX)
11. Little By Little (Shed RMX)
12. Give Up The Ghost (Brokenchord RMX)
13. TKOL (Altrice RMX)
14. Bloom (Blawan RMX)
15. Good Evening Mrs Magpie (Modeselektor RMX)
16. Bloom (Object RMX)
17. Bloom (Jamie xx Rework)
18. Separator (Anstam RMX)
19. Lotus Flower (SBTRKT RMX)
25th Sep 2011 - Add Comment - Tweet
Owwww! RT @WFMU Remix Away: David Lee Roth's Isolated Vocal Tracks from Van Halen's "Running with the Devil:" http://t.co/Kt1LGFr
12th Sep 2011
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Self-lacing Nikes
Since Back To The Future 2 premiered in 1989, I'm pretty sure every male that saw it has dreamed of one day owning a pair of self-lacing Nikes. Now's your chance, as Nike are producing 1500 pairs of the shoes for a special auction to raise money for Michael J Fox's Foundation for Parkinson's Research. Possibly the single best thing Nike have ever done and a possible reason to break my 20 year hiatus from buying their products.
8th Sep 2011 - Add Comment - Tweet
Trailer Park: Contagion
Trailer up for Steven Soderbergh's star-studded new thriller Contagion, dealing with the effects of a global pandemic. Nice to see him return to making films on a large scale. Next up is his black-ops-super-soldier movie Haywire.
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18th Jul 2011 - Add Comment - Tweet
Just overheard two employees reminiscing about 'back in the day' when working in Fopp was like High Fidelity or Empire Records.
5th Jul 2011
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Rewind: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
thanks to Dr Chimp for reminding us of the excellent intro to the 1979 TV version; the new one's got a lot to live up to, glad to see they haven't modernised it
1st Jul 2011 - 1 comments - Add Comment - Tweet
Solitary Man
Tired retread of several previous Michael Douglas films. Made seemingly poignant by his advancing age.
8th Jun 2011
Read more 2.5 star reviewsPolaroids From The Future
Despite the blatantly home made stylings, Sean Young has a great selection of personal photos on her apparently 'official' and seemingly up-to-date website, including this great batch from her days on the set of Blade Runner.
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6th Jun 2011 - Add Comment - Tweet
@Film4 are jumping on the @bluetonguefilms bandwagon from Monday with an Aussie season including the UK premiere of The Square, plus shorts.
15th May 2011
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The Tree Of Life Arrives ...Soon
Terrence Mallick's new movie The Tree of Life is having it's Cannes Festival world premiere screening on May 16th - though it may allegedly or not be arriving in UK cinemas on May 4th. Cannot wait either way. I might even go to the cinema to see it.
Visit www.twowaysthroughlife.com for some more vague info.
15th Apr 2011 - Add Comment - Tweet
Trailer Park: Beastie Boys
Trailer up for the Beastie Boys' 30 minute cameo-stuffed video epic that premiered at this year's Sundance festival. Could be fun.
8th Apr 2011 - Add Comment - Tweet
The dos and don'ts of Twitter. This one's for you @GeorgeMichael, http://gu.com/p/2npg2/tw
21st Mar 2011
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Bass Notes: The film posters of Saul Bass
The Kemistry gallery on Charlotte Road in Shoreditch are running an exhibition of some of Saul Bass' poster until March 17th.
Mon-Fr: 10-6pm
Sat 11-4pm
Entrance is free
1st Mar 2011 - Add Comment - Tweet
Chimpomatic 5000
just noticed that we've hit the 5000 news items mark here on Chimpomatic. thanks for stopping by over the last decade, stick around for more chimp-based diversions… as a little bonus, here's the first track from the new TV On The Radio album
24th Feb 2011 - 1 comments - Add Comment - Tweet
#Spotted: the tough Sgt Major from Avatar as a tough FBI agent in 'Public Enemies'.
15th Feb 2011
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The Crazies
Decent, semi-plausible modern zombie tale. A remake of Romero's 1973 film.
12th Feb 2011
Read more 3 star reviewsSuburban Girl
Weak, empty romantic drama with Sarah Michelle Gellar and Alec Baldwin. No redeeming features.
30th Jan 2011
Read more 1 star reviews#Spotted: Personal hero Mike Mills outside wife Miranda July's premiere 'The Future' @sundancefest
22nd Jan 2011
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13th Jan 2011
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Clumsy sci-fi, hamstringed by smart-ass tracking shots - despite the promising premise.
12th Jan 2011
Read more 3 star reviewsTrailer Park: Tree of Life
I rate him as one of the greatest living directors alongside Peter Weir, so you can imagine how excited I was when the trailer for Terrence Malick's Tree of Life came online today. I already watched a hooky bootleg last week, but now it's in glorious 1080p over at Apple.
Looks great, but still no real expalnation of what it's about ...with a retro life story seemingly juxtaposed with some sort of sc-fi element. I love movies.
15th Dec 2010 - Add Comment - Tweet
In a seminar on Japanese culture and learnt the word for Truth is Honne. Just wanted to shout 'show me the Honne.'
10th Dec 2010
Read on TwitterLove: a snowy Tuesday night at the Emirates with Arsenal 2-0 up http://yfrog.com/76jiej
30th Nov 2010
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Google Googles
Ever since Shazam wowed the world with their call-this-premium-number-to-ID-some-music trick, I've been wondering when the concept will expand to other searches - such as faces, book covers, posters and more. Google goggles does that through their Google App.
Only problem is, if it's a book cover you can probably already tell what it is, by the power of eyes. Check out two tests below of stuff in my office. Goggles ID'd Jennifer Aniston OK, but for some reason they think the Chimpomatic logo belongs to The Misfits...
28th Nov 2010 - Add Comment - Tweet
In keeping with the current climate of unrest I feel I need to start a semi frequent Love / Hate tweet slot. kind of a 'whats up whats down
9th Nov 2010
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Fire up the Chimp-O-Matic?!
not quite sure what to make of this until we've talked to our Chimp-o-lawyers (especially as we're lovers, not fighters), but there's a Chimp-O-Matic weapon in PS3 game Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time
"The Chimp-o-Matic was a weapon that turned enemies into chimpanzees and, according to its demonstration video, was originally designed as a party gag by bored GrummelNet engineers. Robotic enemies were turned into toy monkeys with cymbals, while organic enemies turned into normal chimps."
30th Oct 2010 - Add Comment - Tweet
Some unexpected scifi in tonights premiere of The Event. Tricksy.
22nd Oct 2010
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Trailer Park: Monsters
Monsters is picking up a lot of buzz recently for it's old-school shocks and clever premise - aliens arrived back on a NASA probe and have been mutating and growing for 6 years.
The movie is a firt-time directorial effort from effects man Gareth Edwards. It's not quite on the same clever-with-the-budget page as Panic Attack, 28 Days Later or Blair Witch, looking more like a low(er) budget version of Cloverfield or even the Dawn of the Dead remake, but certainly attention worhty.
Via Empire
17th Aug 2010 - Add Comment - Tweet
Sunshine Cleaning
Two sisters set up a crime scene cleaning business. Nice premise.... very, very slowly executed.
4th Jul 2010
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Mad Men 4
Poster out for Mad Men Season 4, which premieres July 25th in the US. Probably not until 2011 on the BBC....
23rd Jun 2010 - Add Comment - Tweet
Trailer Park: The Green Hornet
Michel Gondry + Seth Rogen = The Green Hornet. What coud possible go wrong? See for yourself here.
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22nd Jun 2010 - Add Comment - Tweet
Like: The Social Network
Not sure what to make of The Social Network. Seems like a strange premise for a movie - but there must be something to it for David Fincher to be attracted.
Take a look: www.thesocialnetwork-movie.com
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22nd Jun 2010 - Add Comment - Tweet
Alex Metric remix of Beastie Boys' Sabotage: http://bit.ly/bWwJPE /RT @simonnash via @Goybo
13th Jun 2010
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Wild Nothing
Gemini
Wild Nothing is the work of Virginia's Jack Tatum and though Gemini wears its 80's mope influences on its sleeve it does it with pride. Drenched in hazy sunshine, vocals buried in texture, swirling jangle guitars and synth washes all combine to create a glorious mud of sound that penetrates every pore of your being. It has the nostalgia of Pains Of Being Pure At Heart and the subtle mesmerism of The XX. It doesn't however have the heart stopping captivation of either of those bands but comes a close third. Like a gently drizzly day, you'd have to spend some time in this music for it to soak through, but soak through it certainly will. It sounds familiar but gloriously so.
11th Jun 2010 - Add Comment - Tweet
Read more 3 star reviewsDur... Spotted: Claire from Lost as a kidnapped bank clerk in 'Public Enemies'.
7th Jun 2010
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Public Enemies
The docu style and attention to detail are admirable, but the awful photography and music sink this.
6th Jun 2010
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Melvins
The Bride Screamed Murder
Ipecac
This is the first proper Melvins release for two years and the third to feature Jarred Warren and Coady Willis from Big Business. The two preceding albums (Senile Animal, Nude With Boots) were chock full of twin-drummer assaults and memorable tracks that somehow combined the best of the Melvins sound with that of Big Business. This new release has its moments, but ultimately fails to satisfy.
Speaking as a total fan-boy, I can't say I'm not disappointed. I've travelled more miles to see this band play live than any other. I've always loved the new ideas that come with shifting line-ups, and lived with this new release for a month before posting my review, but I can't get over the fact that this album is (at best) hotch-potch, and at worst, weak.
It's certainly diverse - the opening track The Water Glass is a rallying cry for the Melvins massive - all military cadence drumming and boot-camp chanting. OK, a bit baffling, but perhaps it'll work live. Things suddenly look up with track 2 - Evil New War God. This is the best track on the album - classic Melvins chunk winding into a doomy synth assisted riff during it's outro. Great stuff, but from here on in, the pickings get much slimmer. Pig House starts out promisingly enough but ends up in a rock-bolero - that most hackneyed and corny device. Even if it's meant to be ironic, it still sounds cheesy.
I'll Finish You Off is next - and to my ears it sounds just like a Big Business track. I'm not hearing much Buzz and Dale in there. Electric Flower follows and this could be said to be the other highlight of the album. Hospital Up comes next, which sounds like a track that might have been left off Nude With Boots - it starts well but dissolves into two minutes of faux-jazz fucking around. The joke wears thin after about 20 seconds. Inhumanity And Death is a bit incoherent - a stitch-together of left-over riffs, or orphans that don't really get along with each other. Then we get an 8 minute version of The Who's My Generation played as a sloppy bar blues. Once again, the irony is lost on me - it's just boring. The Melvins have done some awesome cover versions over the years (White Punks On Dope, Promise Me) but this doesn't come up to scratch.
The album winds down with PG x 3 - a folksy tone-poem played through three times - on melodica, a-capella, and on fuzz guitar. It ends with a child's voice counting numbers and looping on the number 4. I quite like this, but it's not exactly Steve Reich. Perhaps that repeated number 4 is reminding us that there are four people in the Melvins, each with equal input. Perhaps - but I'm not sure if this serves as a declaration or a disclaimer.
3rd Jun 2010 - Add Comment - Tweet
Read more 2 star reviewsA few unanswered questions
Still have a few questions after the Lost finale? College Humor has rounded up a few key questions in particular...
NY Magazine's Emily Nussbaum has got a good take on the disappointment of fans as well; some dumber stuff from the Fine Brothers here
31st May 2010 - Add Comment - Tweet