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Band of Blogs: Fight Like Apes, Chequerboard, Robyn and Snoop Dogg, Shangaan Electro
New Fight Like Apes First came Hoo Ha Henry and now we have Poached Egg, the second taster from Fight Like Apes’ geniusly-titled second album The Body of Christ and the Legs of Tina Turner….
Sites of the Week: Abbey Road webcam, I’m Dating Myself, Make This Face
Abbey Road webcam The pedestrian crossing from the cover of The Beatles’ Abbey Road has its own webcam. At any given moment, someone is trying to recreate the cover. http://www.abbeyroad.com/visit/ I’m Dating Myself Reader-submitted photoshopped…
Video: Ratatat – Drugs
The latest video to promote the New York guitar-sampling duo’s LP4 sees actors removed from their original infomercials to unsettling effect. Watch out for the subtle face morphing.
Video: What it’s really like to work in a music store
A music store employee occasionally gifts us a window into his somewhat annoying working life by capturing “performances” by customers in the store. What really makes this worthwhile is he appears in every video looking…
Titanic II
This is not a joke. Some smart arse director has decided the world is ready for a sequel. “Looks like history’s repeating itself!” Zing! Repeat: This is a real trailer.
Kanye’s all a Twitter
Youtube, a site that probably everybody who reads this column uses every day has launched a number of new features lately. First up, in recognition that music videos account for 57 percent of most-watch virals…
How Twilight can ruin your life & other links
How Twilight can ruin your life. Google is drunk. 20 weird and goofy facebomb photoshops. Photos from the early 20th century in colour. Photos from the American air guitar championships.
