Category — music

What a weekend! A proper post soon but in the meantime check this amazing movie made from 1200 of Pete Ashton’s awesome TTV photos taken over the weekend.

Well done Pete for a) your ace pictures and b) the speed at which you’re sharing them with the world.

Also another massive Hooray for those lovely Capsule ladies. You rock!!

Lots more pics will appear here too. Tis good this t’internet thingymejig…

The Destroyers release their debut single today.

‘Out of Babel’ and ‘Where has the money gone?’ are available to buy from iTunes and the push to sell as many as possible during the first week of release, could edge this crazy band of maestros towards chart success.

Anyone who’s seen them live knows that this band mean business – armed with virtuoso playing and solid infectious rhythms they can render even the most static of audiences helpless to the urge to dance.

Recorded at Magic Garden studios with Gavin Monaghan, the single comes from their forthcoming debut LP,  due for release later in the year.

So, go on… for less than two english pounds, grab yourself an mp3 now and help this band toward the wider recognition they deserve.

We were fortunate enough to have an early line up of the Destroyers play our wedding… you’ve never seen a conga like it!!

- so, here we go oh oohh… Out of Babel!

ps. the slightly unhinged looking chap with the white hair?…  yep, that’s my Pa!  

I love this flickr set ‘Cover Versions’ by UK based designer Huw Gwilliams.

He’s taken lots of LP covers and treated them to look like Pelican book covers of yesteryear… very nice indeed.

Definitely worth a browse.

It’s a similar idea to the ‘I can read movies’ set  by Spacesick, that I first saw a while back. Classic films presented as 60s/70s style book covers. Brilliant stuff too.

Here’s a great little film made by ‘Project X‘ about some of the issues faced by landlords/licensees in Digbeth and Moseley regarding complaints about noise in their venues…

I remember when the complaint against the Spotted Dog was made someone (who I don’t remember off hand) made the point that it was like buying a canalside apartment and then complaining about the water being a hazard…

Choose city living cause you like City life?! (purleease!!) –
and as Mr T might say… shuddupfool!

Previously I blogged about this brilliant large scale painting – today Matt sent me the link to the lovely film he made of Lucy creating her gallery piece at Walsall New Art Gallery at the end of last year.

Beat13 / Lucy McLauchlan “Tacit” from Beat13 on Vimeo.

The film previewed at the brilliant Flatpack festival earlier this month on the big screen and now it’s on Vimeo for all to enjoy…

Also turn up the speakers cause the soundtracks ace!!

and lets make some freakin Electro Boogie…

I like this Drum Set from Director Ron Winter.

Turn it up!!

NB: Each sample loops when the key is held down…

I really like this. Spotted in Berlin, snapped and posted online at just.ekosystem.

We all know that celebs get the airbrush treatment courtesy of the industries favourite – Photoshop, well the FTW-Crew took the time to remind the commuters of Berlin… Brilliant!  

Photoshop toolbars and controls are pasted onto the billboard to illustrate the point – I love the attention to detail (and sarcasm) in the layer names…

Good work Adbusters!!

Björk’s right y’know.

Here she explains how your CRT TV works… kinda…

She really is ace. I think more informative TV show’s could do with Björk as presenter.

Wow! This is amazing!

I’ve never seen a record player used like this before…

Skillfully cutout objects or sequential images are expertly placed on a revolving turntable to create lovely animated loops. Bravo!!

via the brilliant Monster Munch blog by Nicky Gibson

and the like… 

Moseley Folk Festival happened for the third time and the weather was kind. Very kind on Friday and Saturday and by all accounts rain didn’t dampen the vibe much on the Sunday either.

A really lovely atmosphere in a great setting with some quality music to enjoy (along with fine ales that took an age to buy , and some mighty fine falafels too!! )

Prime Chris captured performances on video and some are surfacing on youtube already…

Highlights for me were, The Accidental, The Destroyers, The Bees and last and BY NO MEANS LEAST – in their first Birmingham show my good friends – the mighty BABEL.

Well done to everyone involved I can see that this fest will be around for years to come.