First I had a blog, then I had a music posterous, then I had a music blog. Then I decided to bring them all together and this is the result.
I hope you like it.
With regard to the music stuff: normal rules apply. If it's a remix, chances are you can find out more about it on MySpace or from Hypemachine. Download away, but if you like it - please do support the artist. Go to the gig. Buy the mp3 or the T shirt. Whatever.
And if you're the artist and don't want to be here, leave me a comment and I'll take you off. Forever. Which, as Prince once said, is a mightly long time.
I work in digital communications, and have a background in media PR. But just for the avoidance of any doubt, this is all my own work. The views expressed here are my own, not my employers', but there's some more blurb about me on the Fishburn Hedges site.
It's easy to track me down on Twitter (@chris_reed) or, unless you're a nasty spambot, you can email me direct, chris [at] chrisandlin [dot] com.
So the day has come when there's rap video on the Spectator site. Is this a first?
A very well-written open letter about the Digital Economy Bill from Dan Bull. He's not a fan.
His open letter to Lilly Allen is also worth a read/listen too.
There is no way on earth that this should work. Sufjan Stevens, king of the slighltly godly softly sung Americana Folk vs Chiddy Bang (n.b. not Cillit Bang, that's a different story), one of hottest rap properties around at the moment.
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Bumped into this on Hypemachine this morning (via popthatshit) and am liking it very much.
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What an amazing film of a very pissed woman falling onto train tracks in Boston (I think).
Two things strike me straight away.
Firstly: how lucky she is and at the same time quite how pissed she must be...
Secondly: how effective this is as a warning/deterrent as it's so realistic, and so credible
(hat tip to Julian Blom, and @anniemole too)
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I'm not entirely sure of the ethics of this. But it does show quite how far communicators are prepared to go to get noticed. A very clever idea.
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Amazing video, and not for the right reasons either.
Reminds me of the time Justin Trousersnake used to do the "I'm loving it" song in his tours (when he was paid by McDonalds) to arenas full of teenage girls.
Am I the only one who finds the use of innocent students singing a commercial song purely for (social media) broadcast slightly insidious?
(via @mobbie and tribbleagency.com. Oh, and JWT)
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One of the original A/V mashups. And still one of the best. Hexstatic V Coldcut
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Brilliant stuff, as ever, from everyone's favourite cut-up King, Cassetteboy
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This is worth spending 2 minutes on.Some extremely good copywriting. Very clever indeed (via Steve M).
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A couple of songs I’m listening to a lot at the moment for your perusal...
I always thought it was sacrilege to re-version You’ve got the Love, given how it improved on the Frankie Knuckles original (Your Love if I remember rightly). But Florence and the Machine totally nail it. And XX do a tasty little mix of it. Most impressed.
In a very different vein, this Fool’s Gold tune, Nadine (Memory Tapes Version) is also pretty intoxicating. Don’t know much about them, except I’ve got this on repeat. Pitchfork called them an afro-pop band with American influences, or something of that ilk.
Oh sod it, while I’m at it, check out the Peter Hook bassline on this Sometimes, this synth-heavy beauty from Miami Horror (via etmusicpourtous). I remember the 80s first time round, but don’t recall much that was quite so catchy. It turns out this guy’s Australian. Maybe it’s the sun, permatan and beaches that give him, Cut Copy, Empire of the Sun, Pnau etc etc. all their catchy riffs. I don’t know. And I don’t care. But it is all very good loud.
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