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What the...what just happened here?!material_soulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04651423462566247389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7212779694408761350.post-6910258381990497852011-07-22T01:34:00.000+01:002011-07-22T01:34:11.425+01:00The Manhattans - Kiss and Say GoodbyeFound this on my new favourite channel Vintage TV. It should be given an award for creating the most bizarre videos for songs released before music videos were the norm using montages of vaguely related stock footage. Their defining moment: Steve Wonder's Superstition over footage of the Pope followed by zooming in and out of stills of the Hagia Sophia. Genius.<br />
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I hope you enjoy The Manhattans and their incredible dancing.<br />
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Amazing visuals! Great performance. Also, big up to Major Lazer...material_soulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04651423462566247389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7212779694408761350.post-1685137809313813012011-05-23T14:51:00.000+01:002011-05-23T14:51:56.732+01:00Charlotte Gainsbourg - Trick Pony (Boyz Noize remix)I saw Boyz Noize at Fabric last week, they were intense.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Let's start the summer with a bit of Star Slinger - Mornin'</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Refusing to be put in a genre, (</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"we don't make horror core you fucking idiots" clears that one up nicely), Tyler seems to be floating around between the mainstream and underground scene. You can hear his songs on Radio 1 after dark, but only 20 seconds is safe enough for the daytime. He was on Jimmy Fallon with Hodgy Beats, but rapped with hysterical fury in a green balaclava surrounded by gnomes and dead girls in hospital nightgowns. He then proceeded to leap on host's back like a 4 year old child, wagging his tongue behind his head. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">His videos are far removed from the arse waggling and fast cars of other rappers. Whilst Mann and 50 Cent release boring, predictable '90s throwbacks that sound like the Fresh Prince theme tune starring coconut-boobed women, for Yonkers, Tyler eats a cockroach, vomits and hangs himself. This is tame in comparison to some of his own home-movie type creations that can be found on Youtube. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">He is a terrifying breath of fresh air, like being given an oxygen tank by a possessed clown wielding an axe at the scene of a car crash. </span><br />
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The song from the new Elle advert.material_soulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04651423462566247389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7212779694408761350.post-27803603898594662602011-03-05T17:35:00.000+00:002011-03-05T17:35:37.258+00:00Arctic Monkey - Brick by Brick<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/riV77WoFCBw" title="YouTube video player" width="640"></iframe><br />
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Here is the new song by the Arctic Monkeys that was sprung upon the world yesterday afternoon (Friday 4 March) with little warning.<br />
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The video clearly hints that the song was recorded at Hollywood's Sunset Sound Studios, by James Ford, member of Simian Mobile Disco and longtime producer of Arctic Monkeys albums. However, their new album currently doesn't have a release date. It would be interesting to know what people who bought tickets to V Festival where the band are performing think of this new effort from the Sheffield four-piece.<br />
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It's hard to ignore how different this song is from past Arctic Monkeys efforts. It sounds like the band have been listening to a fair amount of Queens of the Stone Age recently. Unfortunately, this would be a good song for a lot of lesser bands, but the absence of Alex Turner's usually sharply perceptive lyrics is sorely felt.<br />
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I think this song is amazing, but I also love the video. It's like a voyeuristic trip around England, from old people reliving their youth in the dance hall to metal heads going mental at a concert.<br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Freshers week is over, lectures have started and it’s time to figure out whether you really are as passionate about the subject you’re taking as your personal statement, screeching with enthusiasm, made you out to be. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">However, this is not the case for all students. For some, Freshers has just begun, and the more settled you become in London, the more you feel like the mother hen of all of them. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Moving in are you? Ah, yes, I remember the days of moving in. Of course, it was different in my day. You feel nervous? Yes, I felt nervous too but you will be fine, trust me, I’ve been there. You have an odd flat mate that doesn’t want to talk to you yet finds it acceptable to eat the rotisserie chicken you bought? Well, that didn’t happen but you should sort that out. You ruffle their hair and your wisdom continues. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Be warned though, young student. With the week comes a monumental amount of pressure to party. Hard. All the time. One guy I met made it his single purpose to be as enthusiastic as possible for the entire duration of Freshers week, to the grave detriment of his liver, just so everyone felt involved all the time. He devoted himself to this because you only get one chance to be a Fresher.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Alongside this thought comes more stress. Neurosis sets in. I’m partying, but I’m almost definitely partying less than everyone else. I’m heading home at 4am, isn’t that too early? I’ve not been struck down with illness yet, is there something wrong with me? Will I look back upon a younger version of myself in years to come with resent, wishing I hadn’t wasted my youth?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Being the Freshers mother hen gives you time to reflect upon this. Yes, of course I went out enough. I have some nice blurry photos with unidentifiable figures in to prove it. I’m not ill, but not being a disgusting spluttering mess can only be a good thing. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">That’s until you see photos of your friend’s events from around the country. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We went to Ministry of Sound, but that other uni got comedy t-shirts! There was a night at Fabric, but Tim Westwood was there and my friend’s uni got Facebook night. No one is certain what that is, but I’m sure it’s infinitely better than what we had.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Even in one university, Freshers seems to have a different timescale for students with different subjects. Picture this: your course starts on the Monday and you are suddenly suffocated under that pile of books you put off reading; but for everyone else the party continues.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Who would have thought the joys of student life would include chain smoking and reading (an undisclosed text incase my lecturer reads this) at 4am. They didn’t mention that in the prospectus.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This is while literally the whole entire world seems to be having an incredible, extraordinarily mind blowing and unforgettable knees up. While you fleetingly attempt to absorb something and anything as your eyes close and re-open of their own accord, there is a balcony of people screaming with laughter in the next flat. Upstairs shrieks and jumps along to Lady Gaga above you, topped off with the sound of two people rolling on the floor directly outside your window, the boy dribbling and desperately pleading for the girl to go back to his flat. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">But Freshers isn’t just about partying. It’s about milestones in your life. You may be able to write a fantastic essay on the complexities of modern literature, but that doesn’t mean you know how to cook anything more complicated than a boiled egg. It also doesn’t mean you won’t make an arse of yourself and fall over onto your seminar leader in your first lesson. 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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Despite the website declaring a San Fransisco developer bought the game at a yard sale for 50 cents and discovered it was unreleased, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://twitter.com/flimshaw" style="color: #cc0000; text-decoration: underline;">Charlie Hoey</a></span> actually spent a year creating the game with his friend Pete Smith. </span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">They dabbled with the thought of creating a full literary classics arcade. Instead, they put the source code online for any other developer wanting to have a go at creating another classic NES game.</span></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The thought of uni switches from total elation to insistent fear in seconds depending on what you read. On the one hand there are thoughts of round the clock parties and making friends for life. After 18 or more years of living under someone else’s roof, you’ve finally gained your independence. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">On the other is living a life fuelled by spiraling debt and 22p Tesco Value Vegetable Rice.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">There are reams of pages online that make student life seem fool proof. You’re advised on everything from how to go about your first day, to washing your clothes and escaping a diet consisting exclusively of baked beans. Surely nothing can go wrong! And once again all hope is restored.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Alternatively, reading national newspapers, especially around the time of exam results being released, tinges excitement with dread. Thousands of college students haven’t got places, so feel lucky you’re heading to uni at all. Then any sense of smugness is snatched away as you are pleasantly reminded your degree could ultimately be a terrific way to waste 20 grand.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Talking to current students can also be a mixed blessing. While you try and retain every precious piece of guidance on offer, all that seems to stick in your mind is the seemingly useless and obvious. Don’t buy too much stationery because you won’t need it. Don’t take your laptop to the first lecture because you’ll look ‘well keen’. Get rid of your parents ASAP, don’t unpack and head to the nearest pub with your new friends.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Advice never seems to stretch to how you can turn on the exact cooker you will be infinitely confused by in your kitchen, and who it was that stole your milk when you desperately needed a coffee before you first lecture. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even the likes of Facebook groups that give you the sinister power of knowing almost every detail about the lives of your fellow flat-mates before you even arrive won’t help. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">As the day of moving gets closer, you find yourself wanting to succumb to talking to other students in waiting. At first there seemed something odd about knowing everyone before arrival. Getting to know each other at first sight seemed to be all part of the fun, but curiosity gets the better of you.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Having to apply so long before you go means you spend a year counting and waiting. Months eventually become weeks, and weeks become days. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Then you find that the one shopping spree you went on with your mum to get your uni stuff sorted was less than fruitful because somehow all you bought was a frying pan and a wooden spoon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You now wonder what you will cook with.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">You’ve read nothing from your reading list and you’ve reluctantly bought some texts books, thinking with every book you buy ‘that’s another vodka and orange I won’t be having at Freshers.’ <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">All that’s left to do is to ignore anything that is too terrifying to think about (hazing and the freshman 15), pack, go and enjoy it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>material_soulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04651423462566247389noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7212779694408761350.post-59525630783473451512011-02-14T19:18:00.001+00:002011-02-14T19:22:35.948+00:00Valentines Treats<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">These babies went down a treat! It's not too late to give them a go!</span><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Mix all the ingredients listed together and stir until smooth.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Add the fresh raspberries. </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Separate into cupcake cases. Silicone cases were used in this recipe and a cupcake tin wasn't needed.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Bake in the oven for 25 minutes. </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Slide a knife in a cupcake, if it is clean the cupcakes are ready!</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Make sure the cupcakes are completely cool before frosting them.</span></li>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Add the icing sugar and beat until smooth, then beat in the melted chocolate.</span></li>
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</span>material_soulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04651423462566247389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7212779694408761350.post-8434634069875211762011-02-04T19:43:00.001+00:002011-02-04T20:05:11.629+00:00Blog of the Week: When Parents Text<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It's so easy to feel smug about being better at technology than your parents. After literally solely relying on them for a sizeable chunk of you life, there is perhaps a cruel feeling of satisfaction when you're only 11 and yet still get to haughtily instruct your dad how to attach a photo to an email. </span><br />
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://whenparentstext.com/">When Parents Text</a> is a glorious example of when 'small keypads' and 'old hands' come together to hilarious effect.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">My mum is convinced that making up her own type of text speak is totally acceptable, however much it doesn't make sense. 'W r u' doesn't mean 'where are you?' to anyone else except her; but mother knows best, right?</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></span>material_soulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04651423462566247389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7212779694408761350.post-1973214339880576812011-02-03T18:35:00.000+00:002011-02-03T18:35:24.010+00:00Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><object height="425" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F9872558&secret_token=s-FHtUp&color=000000&player_type=artwork"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="425" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F9872558&secret_token=s-FHtUp&color=000000&player_type=artwork" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425"></embed></object><span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/subpop/fleet-foxes-helplessness-blues">Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/subpop">subpop</a></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Fleet Foxes, our favourite folk outfit or '<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baroque_music" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Baroque music">baroque</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"> harmonic pop jams' writers, as they like to call themselves, apparently, are back this year, and what a welcome return it is. Following their amazingly and deservedly well received self-titled debut record, their new album will be released on May 3 2011.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As if their record company had the smug inclination that four whole months is too long to wait, they are kindly giving away the first single free on the band's <a href="http://www.fleetfoxes.com/helplessness-blues.html">website</a>. Or you can just come back here and listen to it over and over again.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">This song is gorgeous, as expected, but sounds a lot freer compared to their other efforts. It sounds like the band have actually emerged from the barn they seemed to dwell in in the video for </span><i style="line-height: 19px;">He Doesn't Know Why</i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">. The sound is fresher and less melancholic, but is still recognisably the Fleet Foxes we grew to love in 2008. </span></span><br />
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