The Last Shadow Puppets

a bit of a dig here: I really dig the Last Shadow Puppets right now. They’ve got a nice big band post punk rock sound, and the melodies are really 60s. Even though I normally don’t like that kind of music at all!
Apparently they’re touring from August. I think I’m going to see them if [...]

Big Brother 9 Starts 5th June

Noticing an increase in searches for the Imogen Sex Tape, and seeing one or two Big Brother 9 idents, reminded me that BB9 is starting next Thursday, 5th June.
I’m not sure if I’ll be watching - it’ll probably just be the launch night, the second night, and then all evictions (seeing that it’s on on [...]

My N95 Mobile is Now Unlocked

My gorgeous N95 is now unlocked. Cost me £10 from a phone shop on Mare Street. Fuck you iPhone, with your shiny huge billboard ads EVERYWHERE, your penetration of every magazine, newspaper, and TV, casting yourself as absolutely desirable, most beautiful necessity.
Unlike the iPhone, the N95 has a 5 Megapixel-camera, and 3G (the iPhone’s camera [...]

Moving Image Advertising in London

London is terrible (we all know that). What I’ve noticed for a while, and which was brought to my attention again yesterday is that the advertising on its tube has taken on evil proportions - it now increasingly uses moving image.
After googling a bit, I found that the digital posters and panels featuring moving image [...]

Web 2.0 Peaked in 2007

I’m going to say something controversial today. The goldrush of web 2.0 is over. 2007 was the year of Facebook, and of brands latching on to social media, desperate to get a slice of the action.
Now, everyone seems to have sobered up a bit. Facebook is seeing a decline in its users, while YouTube have [...]

George Galloway commenting LIVE on Fidel Castro’s stepping down

George Galloway was wicked last night in a Channel 4 - news live interview (the 7pm news). He accused Ch 4’s coverage of the story as Fox News propaganda, and in his excellent polemic attacked the US for their 50-year-embargo on Cuba. It’s good to see that Socialism is alive and well, and I actually [...]

The Battleship Potemkin - Free DVD

In this Saturday’s The Guardian - paper they’re giving away a free DVD of Battleship Potemkin!
Anyone outside the UK wanting one, just let me know and I’ll buy a copy of the paper for you, and can post the DVD.
BTW when checking on YouTube just now to embed a video of the film, I found [...]

A HOT video of lenina 1991

A friend of mine yesterday gave me a link to a youtube - video I’m in. I used to work behind the bar in an indie club in Germany, and in 1991 for some reason two of the DJs made a video portray of said club.
Seeing that back then, I was one of the ‘Vorzeigepunks’ [...]

How to Go Viral (2G1C)

It’s very difficult for an online video to go viral these days. Here are two ways of doing so:

Deploy various conscious strategies (as explained here: The Secret Strategies Behind Many ‘Viral’ Videos)
Create a video so horrible, disgusting, and unwatchable, that it’s a genuine watercooler moment (as can be seen here: Two Girls One Cup - [...]

TV Tip: The Mighty Boosh

On tonight, 22:30, BBC3.
The Mighty Boosh is basically a comical, surreal, collage of pop-cultural references, postmodernism, and non-sense. Episode 1 of the new series (series 3) started last week, and it’s genius! Namedropping Shoreditch (where I work and where series 3 is set), it manages to be both progressive/subversive and very funny.
I.e. it works on [...]