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Coldplay (boo) does another beautiful video (yay)

July 31, 2009by laurajb Leave a comment

I’m not the world’s biggest fan of Coldplay, but you can’t fault them for total videoclip ecstacy. The video for their latest tune “Strawberry Swing” has been directed by Shynola, […]

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film, tunes

“I Will Glam”, first music video ever shown on teletext.

May 23, 2009by laurajb Leave a comment

From Creative Social blog: Pedro Marín and Great Works present: The first music video in history for Teletext on Cuatro (Channel 4), Spanish national TV, on page 899 during the […]

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film, general brilliantness, tunes

An old friend pops up…

April 17, 2009by laurajb Leave a comment

Found a You Tube posting of my old good friend Ashley Rothschild and his band Caligula (support in Oz for Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine, Ned’s Atomic Dustbin, Pop Will […]

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life outside work, mates, nostalgia

R.I.P. the human fly. Lux Interior dies at 62

February 4, 2009by laurajb Leave a comment

From the earliest memory of seeing a live band (in Newcastle as I was WAY too young to get into the over 18s gig in Sydney) Lux cut an energetic, […]

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general brilliantness, life outside work, nostalgia
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8-Bit Jesus for Christmas

December 24, 2008by laurajb Leave a comment

Some things are just too good not to harp on about, and Dr Octoroc’s crazy album of game-soundtrack-inspired-christmas-carols is one of them. Download it for free – listed to it […]

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Augment your ears with RjDj

October 16, 2008by laurajb Leave a comment

This brilliant new iPhone app takes recordings and sensory data from your live environment, and uses them to create a live soundtrack to your day…

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general brilliantness, mobile + location aware, tunes
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Up the Resolution!

September 12, 2008by laurajb Leave a comment

Finally got a chance to watch this yesterday, from the Creative Review blog. The new music video for The Cinematic Orchestra (covering not one, but two tracks – Breathe and […]

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general brilliantness, tunes
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Favourite Bestival acts I’d never really been into…

September 7, 2008by laurajb Leave a comment

Chrome Hoof Ebony Bones Other stuff that was brilliant: The Foals, Human League (bizarrely), My Bloody Valentine, Hot Chip, the sound of grace Jones from my tent, the learn-to-dance tent […]

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curiouser, general brilliantness, mates, places i've been, tunes
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What a great album title this is…

August 21, 2008by laurajb Leave a comment

Wonder what it sounds like?

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curiouser, general brilliantness, life outside work

The more you ignore me, the closer I get…

August 19, 2008by laurajb 1 Comment

I’ve been trying to NOT mention Blip.fm all day, but those of you who follow my twitter will have noticed something rather disturbing – I’M TOTALLY ADDICTED TO IT. Actually, […]

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general brilliantness, interweb, life outside work, tunes

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