The next Unconvention event is in Medellín, Colombia. I’ll be on my way there first thing Saturday morning. In the meantime, I’m preparing myself for what we’re going to encounter when we get there. In particular, we’ll be doing some work in the barrios with hip hop artists – and so one of the Unconvention [...]
Categories: Music
Tagged: unconvention, Video
I missed this when it came out a year or two back, but I just found it on the superb NZ On Screen site and I think it’s kind of remarkable. It’s a public service anti-crime song featuring popular New Zealand artists, that miraculously comes off without being utterly cringeworthy in the way that so [...]
Categories: Music
Tagged: Public Service, Video
[Link to video] I arrived in Budapest last night and was taken to a concert put on by students of the local music school. There were some amazing performers, a lot of songs in Hungarian, and quite a few in English too. I thought I’d give you a taste of my new friend András Petruska‘s [...]
I’ve spent the last couple of days at the XMediaLab Sounds Digital event in London. Yesterday was the start of the mentoring sessions. People who ran fledgling start-up online music services were getting advice and feedback from people who could help in a series of one-hour one-on-one consultancy sessions. I’m supposed to be there right [...]
Categories: Music
Friends of ours from round these parts, Munchbreak have a new song that’s sort of a Brummie update of the Disposable Heroes of Hiphorisy’s ‘Television, The Drug of the Nation‘. Really brilliant bunch of local guys making some great music. Wish they were on Bandcamp… but they do have a CD for sale. And yeah [...]
Categories: Birmingham,Music,Video
Jake and I went and saw this film at the Flatpack Festival. If you get a chance – definitely go and see it.
Categories: culture
Tagged: cinema, documentary, Film, Video
Photo by rockcreek I don’t own a television set, and while I do watch the odd show, it’s usually at a rate of about one or two programmes per week, give or take – and never on any particular schedule.* If I have a bit of downtime, and my brain isn’t up to much, I’ll [...]
I've been told I'm hard to buy for. I suppose that's because I don't really need much of anything. I'm not that big into owning stuff. Except records. Records make me happy. If you want to make me happy, buy me a record.
With that in mind, here's a link to my Amazon Wishlist
