That Was The Month That Was
http://www.musiclikedirt.com/2008/11/07/that-was-the-month-that-was-12/
28 days ago
By musiclikedirt
A bad month for the BBC, standards falling, an elderly gentleman inappropriately used on air, and the decision making of those from the top to the bottom of the corporation called into question.
Yes, Thats right Alan Yentob presented ‘Imagine: Jay Z - He Came, He Saw, He Conquered‘. At least it’s a snappier title than the original choice: ‘Is this really all thats left of the arts coverage of the ...
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links for 2008-11-06
http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2008/11/06/links-for-2008-11-06/
28 days ago
By Ethan
... photo series about inner-city poverty and marginalization in Troy, NY (about 35mi from where I live, and a town I briefly went to grad school in.)
(tags: economics culture photography women US documentary uspolitics poverty crime drugs)
Rare Saudi Arabia protest tests limits of political speech | csmonitor.com
Saudi activists protest the arrest of activists with a virtual hunger strike, wary of ...
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Happy
http://kinosport.tv/2008/11/05/happy/
29 days ago
By James
Flipping switches to save America in a rustic NYC voting booth
It’s only been 24 hours, but I’m already 100 years away from feeling like this. Pride. After 8 years of hanging my head, this is a great new sensation.
Now for some upswinging American music:
JJ Cale - Woke Up This Morning
(from Anyway the Wind Blows)
Laid-back and easy soundtrack for a new day.
The Chambers Brothers - Time Has Come ...
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It’s a Dark Dark Dark World
http://obscuresound.com/?p=2320
30 days ago
By Mike Mineo
... Piotrowski’s site and this freely distributed shot of Dark Dark Dark, the photographer utilizes contemporary photography techniques to put a new spin on styles that may be deemed outdated. But this ... full-length release? When listening to their music, it should make sense. Like Piotrowski’s photography, the group takes advantage of all the resources that modern music technology has to offer them ...
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TEN4SE7EN: Episode 11
http://www.musiclikedirt.com/2008/11/04/738/
30 days ago
By StopMe
(Ryan,StopMe): If Sarah “I’m a Maverick, John’s a Maverick, we’re Mavericks, Maverick, Maverick, Maverick” Palin becomes Vice-President tonight, I may have to commit-suicide, so this could be the last TEN4SE7EN. Lucky I feel the ten tracks I’ve chosen are of sufficiently high quality to entertain, until she inevitably brings about the apocalypse for the rest of you. Enjoy:
Cashier No.9 bring ...
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ONE MAN SHOW: Jarvis Cocker’s Rarities (Compilation)
http://www.musiclikedirt.com/2008/11/04/one-man-show-jarvis-cockers-rarities-com
31 days ago
By StopMe
Ryan from the ‘StopMe..’ Blog writes: I greeted Jarvis Cocker’s 2006 solo album with unbridled excitement because the drought since the last Pulp release had been almost half a decade. Since then, I’ve listened to that record some eighteen thousand times and now I crave more. Unbeknownst to me, the intervening years had been in fact far from a drought, with a little searching, it became clear ...
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Burt Bacharach @ The BBC Electric Proms
http://www.musiclikedirt.com/2008/11/04/burt-bacharach-the-bbc-electric-proms/
31 days ago
By musiclikedirt
One-offs and unique collaborations are the BBC’s USP for the Electric Proms but the festival also brings the best out of music’s legendary figures, convinced it seems to pull out all the stops for Auntie. A visibly frail James Brown summoned up an awe inspiring 2 and a half hour set for what turned out to be his final UK appearance.
This year Burt Bacharach is the Proms “Legend” although one ...
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TEN4SE7EN: Episode 10
http://www.musiclikedirt.com/2008/11/04/ten4se7en-episode-10/
31 days ago
By StopMe
Ryan (StopMe): As a follow up to last weeks TEN4SE7EN I got my copy of The Real Tuesday Weld’s new album ‘The London Book Of The Dead‘ through the post. It comes as an ornate hardback complete with poetry, pages of artwork and a beautiful dust-jacket. It’s a snip at fourteen English pounds from the Antique Beat Website. Now on to this week’s ten songs including Indie, Rap, Jazz, Soul, Pop and ...
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The Nikonians On Location #40 - Storage Blues
http://blog.nikonians.org/archives/2008/11/the_nikonians_o_29.html
31 days ago
Martin Joergensen is on location at his computer as well as walking the dog in a nearby park, and talks a bit about image storage problems and how to dig out pictures from the archives.
Click here to download Nikonians On Location Podcast #40 (NPC-OL-2008-11-04; 17:44; 16.5MB, MP3 format).
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Item #307 - How To Understand HDR Photography
http://oneminutehowto.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=387011#
31 days ago
By George L Smyth
The One Minute How-To is your podcast. Each episode features someone just like you who explains how to do something. The catch is that the participant is only given 60 seconds. This means that they need to get right to the point, but isn't that a good thing?
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