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• music, video

  Lloyd Davis. He’s Fabulous

  08.26.09 | Permalink | 10 Comments

  Here’s a present from Lloyd for anyone who missed his set at Darbucka last night. Or indeed anyone who was there, and wanted to relive it (or send it to their friends to let them know not to miss him next time). We love Lloyd – it’s always such a treat to have him come [...]

• music, news/current affairs, video

  The Power Of Music

  06.28.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  In a week when endless words are being spent deconstructing the meaning of Michael Jackson’s life and legacy, This video provides a stunningly powerful example of the role of music at the opposite end of the spectrum. Bant Singh is a singer and farmer from Punjab, India. His story is told in detail on the [...]

• comedy, weirdness

  “Oh No! I’m Beached As!”

  06.07.09 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  Favourite current silly thing on youtube: (worth watching, or you won’t understand when I reference it copiously at all future gigs – thanks to @dubber for the link)

• news/current affairs

  More BNP-related Youtube genius…

  06.02.09 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  Someone just tweeted a link to this blog post, featuring the following hilarious and brilliant video by Some Grey Bloke (me thinks I’ll be spending a lot of time on his youtube channel) – fantastic stuff –

• news/current affairs

  Campaigning in a Social Media age…

  05.28.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  It’s been really interesting to see the way that web has been used in the current run-up to the Euro-elections – both for straight campaigning, but also to challenge the claims in the campaigns… So The Straight Choice site have been scanning in as many political leaflets as they can find, and fact-checking them, and [...]

• video

  Autotune The News

  05.25.09 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  Things on the internet I currently love, Pt 1 – Autotune The News. I saw the meme going around on twitter/facebook etc. but never got round to watching. When I did, I laughed. A lot. And felt like I’d been missing out. Here’s Episode 3, use the links to find the other 2 –

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