Ahh, just when I thought I was getting a grip on my rampant nostalgia trip, BBC 2 broadcasts a look back at the brilliant Reeves & Mortimer ‘quiz show’ Shooting Stars, prior to a one-off return of the show to…
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Monthly Archives: December 2008
Welcome To Shooting Stars
Tagged with: Bob Mortimer, Johnny Vegas, Mark Lamarr, Matt Lucas, Ulrika Jonsson, Vic Reeves, Will Self
Posted in Comedy, TV
Posted in Comedy, TV
The Best Albums Of 2008
Not that long ago I put out a call for help to find more new music so that I could write a Best Of post for 2008. I felt like I hadn’t really listened to, or bought, that much new…
Tagged with: 2008, brownswood, Elbow, Erykah Badu, Estelle, Fleet Foxes, Friendly Fires, gilles peterson, J.A.M, jamie lidell, Jose James, Kings of Leon, Ladyhawke, list, Nitin Sawhney, paul weller, Q-Tip, the streets, Vampire Weekend
Posted in Music
Posted in Music
Lily Allen In Trouble For Britney Cover. Or Is She?
The Guardian are reporting that Lily Allen is in the shit with her record company after her mate Mark Ronson played Lily’s cover of Britney Spears’ new single, Womanizer. “Mark Ronson asked me for something no one had heard to…
DJ Shadow – This Time (I’m Gonna Try It My Way)
When I first wrote about This Time (I’m Gonna Try It My Way) by DJ Shadow it was as an aside in my post on Baby Charles’ cover of I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor (they had covered…
Pop Levi – Semi Babe (Videos 1, 2 & 3)
One of the many excellent things about my job is that I’m often tasked with finding new & interesting ways of using the web to connect with people. And recently, whilst doing just that, I was sent a link to…
Tagged with: Adam Buxton, Counter Records, Ninja Tunes, Pop Levi, viral marketing, youtube
Posted in Internet, Music
Posted in Internet, Music
Jazzanova feat. Ben Westbeech – I Can See (Remix Competition)
As part of my ongoing nostalgia trip (I think it’s an end of year thing) & because I was on the subject of artists introduced to me by Gilles Peterson, I also checked out Ben Westbeech’s MySpace profile to see…
Tagged with: ben westbeech, brownswood, DJ Shadow, gilles peterson, Jazzanova, radiohead, remix
Posted in Music
Posted in Music
Lucy Pearl – Everyday
For a variety of reasons I’ve been having a bit of a nostalgia trip recently: digging out old photos, dusting off old mix-tapes, that sort of thing. And one of the things that surfaced during this journey into the world…
Tagged with: A Tribe Called Quest, gilles peterson, hip hop, Lucy Pearl, Q-Tip, R&B, soul
Posted in Music
Posted in Music
Noir Désir – Le Vent Nous Portera
As I mentioned in my last post I’ve just got back from Christmas in Paris (it was beautiful, thanks for asking, but boy was it cher). And whilst I was there, as has been the case almost every time I’ve…
Oohgle? I Did
I was on the Bakerloo line Tube back from Paddington after my Christmas in Paris when I saw this rather intriguing ad. Risking being taken for a lunatic by the assembled tourists I decided to take a photo as I…
Tagged with: google, Oohgle, out-of-home advertising, outdoor advertising
Posted in Advertising, Internet
Posted in Advertising, Internet
Merry Christmas Everyone
Well, I’m off to Paris for Christmas tomorrow so this is likely to be my last post before Christmas Day. And as I’ve been so bad at sending Christmas cards this year I thought that I’d put a little festive…
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Anyway, enjoy!
