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• Pitchfork.tv: P.E’s It Takes a Nation of Millions…

  August 19, 2008 · Words: Martin S · 0 Comments
  

  Pitchfork.tv have dropped part one of a documentary special on Public Enemy’s seminal It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold us Back LP, featuring exclusive interviews, footage and photography. More interesting coverage of the legendary hip-hop posse here at the FT.
  Link to the Pitchfork.tv page.

  
  



• Damu the Fudgemunk

  August 14, 2008 · Words: Martin S · 1 Comment
  

  Pulse - Official Mix, by Damu the Fudgemunk
  While the industry elite are busy scheming ways to recoup megamillions lost through unlicensed file-sharing, some artists and musicians are still in the right mind as to why the internet can be a good thing for business– ie. that it offers an unprecedented platform for artists to [...]

  
  



• Font Conference

  July 23, 2008 · Words: Martin S · 0 Comments
  

  This is a ridiculous funny video where fonts are human. Comic Sans is the unlikely hero rescuing the kidnapped Courier, but the best part is when a restrained Wingdings busts through the door speaking total gibberish: “Pencil, telephone, hourglass! Diamonds, candle, candle, flag!”

  Link to video @ CollegeHumour, via TechLounge.

  
  



• The New Radiohead Video

  July 17, 2008 · Words: Martin S · 0 Comments
  

  I have to give Radiohead their dues- they sure know how to make hypemen out of bloggers. This time they’re creating waves with an early release video for the track “House of Cards”, shot in stunning camera-free 3D plotting technologies.
  The band have posted a depth of material and technical data on its conception here. [...]

  
  



• Sigur Rós: Video & Bodies Unveiled

  May 28, 2008 · Words: Martin S · 2 Comments
  

  I’m getting excited about the Sigur Rós album coming in June! It’s a perfect month for frolicking outdoors, perhaps naked, like the video for the album’s first single “Gobbledigook” suggests. The album is “Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust”- roughly “with a buzz in our ears we play endlessly” in English- and drops on [...]