Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger: a collection

Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger, the anime music video produced by Daft Punk and directed by Kazuhisa Takenouchi:

Daft Bodies (male version, Simpsons version):… view full post

3X K CDs and 1 XKCD

Steal This Comic. Happy Rocktober!

Life Stories

Great lyrics by Just Jack.

This is for every life story
Every detail
Ex-dot com millionaires
With shitty jobs in retail
Every ingrown toenail
Pile of junk mail
Driving test fail
Vain search for the Holy Grail

Every move you make
Every breath you take
Every 12 inch record your dumped girlfriend decided to break
And all the underachieving geezers getting more leaning and
Piza on melon Bacardi Breezers and skinny plastic

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Hard-Fi

The first time I heard Hard-Fi was at a Green Day concert in mid-2005.

They were a support act substituting for Simple Plan who had pulled out. Apart from enjoying the catchy Cash Machine (“There’s a hole in my pocket, my pocket, my pocket”), I thought nothing much of them and spent more of my energy on enjoying … view full post

Gandini Juggling

From one exceptionally bad ad to a couple of great ones.

This one features Owen Reynolds and Sean Gandini of Gandini Juggling – the world’s leading group of juggling specialists.

It was developed by MetropolitanRepublic and The Jupiter Drawing Room for MTN Business, … view full post

Tri-band

Unos.
A month ago I was up at Nekkies Holiday Resort just outside Worcester – about an hour and a half drive from Cape Town – to watch my all-time favourite South African band play their final gig.

Despite them being my sole reason for attending, and sound-engineering issues aside, Lark’s performance lacked the energy, enthusiasm and passion … view full post

2007 in music

According to Last.fm, my Top 10 Tracks (ie. most played) for the last year are:

• Imogen Heap – Hide and Seek
• Yellowcard – How I Go
• The Fray – Over My Head (Cable Car)
• Nelly Furtado – All Good Things (Come to an End)
• Yellowcard – Down on My Head
• Farryl Purkiss – Better

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Ampli5

I’ve been listening to Durbs export Love Jones this weekend (long overdue), and after clicking my way through their gig guide this morning, found myself scrolling through a ton of browser tabs with music/design-related goodness worth kicking and shouting about.

The biggest news, via Oppikoppi, is the nationwide AMPLI5 Tour:… view full post

LARK!

LARK! Via The Muso I discovered their Moonlight music video for the first time. Wow.

Released last year, it was produced by the collective creative talents at Ontwerp (brilliant site) and Humanoid. If you’re a late arrival to the party like … view full post

Incendiary

Word of the week: incendiary

The term incendiary refers to a fire that has been deliberately set. While it is most often used to refer to crimes of arson, it is also technically correct to use it for any fire which has

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