This is pretty cool, would be even better if it wasn't done solely as an advertisement for Iron Man 2, but still worth a view.
ACDC Vs Iron Man 2 - Architectural Projection Mapping on Rochester Castle from seeper on Vimeo.
Showing posts with label music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label music. Show all posts
Sunday, 25 April 2010
Thursday, 25 February 2010
Top 30 albums of the decade.....but not my choices
The Times have created a list of the top 30 albums of the decade here, I did my own back when we were still all excited about 2010 so The Times are a bit slow on the uptake. We share quite a few albums, and I have listened to about 80% of the ones they have listed so if I ever get a job at The Times it's nice to know I'll enjoy the music.
Friday, 22 January 2010
The calm after the storm
So 1st term portfolio hand in day has come and gone, so I have a few days to spend doing whatever I like and adding the finishing touches to my essay to hand in by the 1st feb.
So some magazines I bought ages ago had been returned to the post depot and I finally got the time to go down to the post office to collect them, seriously that place is designed so you can't get your post, closed by 2 monday to thursday and only open to 5:30 on a friday. So if you have a job, or go to uni you need to wait for a lull in your day to day events to go pick up your post.
It was worth the wait cos I am now in the possession of 2 copies of the magazine, a nice Peter Saville print and file box thing and an Arkitip/Beams T/Michael Leon T-shirt.
I also went to the huge effort of putting up a whole bunch of posters from a book I bought ages ago, 101 gig posters. I used to have about 6 up on my wall before I got bored of dropping blu tac on my bed. I now have 30 up there, some are from bands I haven't really heard of (I don't normally like to put stuff up/associate myself to things I have no idea about but have made an exception here) and some aren't the strongest designs but I really like the band. Regardless of who and what they are my room certainly looks a lot more colourful.
I thought I'd also drop in a photo of my work area and part of my bookshelf, if you see any titles you want to borrow just let me know and ill get them to you to enjoy before we get swamped with work again.
no idea why this photo keeps coming up sideways, just tilt your head...never looks this uncluttered when I have work to do, but having some time off means I can clear the crap off and start building up new piles of rubbish.
So some magazines I bought ages ago had been returned to the post depot and I finally got the time to go down to the post office to collect them, seriously that place is designed so you can't get your post, closed by 2 monday to thursday and only open to 5:30 on a friday. So if you have a job, or go to uni you need to wait for a lull in your day to day events to go pick up your post.
It was worth the wait cos I am now in the possession of 2 copies of the magazine, a nice Peter Saville print and file box thing and an Arkitip/Beams T/Michael Leon T-shirt.
I also went to the huge effort of putting up a whole bunch of posters from a book I bought ages ago, 101 gig posters. I used to have about 6 up on my wall before I got bored of dropping blu tac on my bed. I now have 30 up there, some are from bands I haven't really heard of (I don't normally like to put stuff up/associate myself to things I have no idea about but have made an exception here) and some aren't the strongest designs but I really like the band. Regardless of who and what they are my room certainly looks a lot more colourful.
I thought I'd also drop in a photo of my work area and part of my bookshelf, if you see any titles you want to borrow just let me know and ill get them to you to enjoy before we get swamped with work again.
I've been doing all this wonderfully interesting stuff to a wutang clan vs the beatles album I suggest everyone listens to. I can't stand most of new hip hop or even old hip hop to be honest, too much bragging about cars, guns and money and other stuff that doesnt really matter, but put one of the finest rap groups ever over samples of the beatles and you have a money maker. What makes it even better is that its free to downolad and stream online. It's certainly a departure from most of the music you'd find on my i-tunes and a little change is good I think.
Monday, 11 January 2010
And then it was the second term....
It's a bit odd to think that I am about to enter my last term of proper work and 'learning' at university, with one term finished and personal projects starting soon there isn't really a whole lot of time left at uni. I suppose it feels like it's gone especially quickly due to the fact that I havent really been on the course for that long, I started my current D&AD course in the second year after completing a foundation year in Mechanical Engineering and a first year in Product Design then realising it just wasn't for me. Combine that with my gap year and that means it will take me 5 years to graduate from a course I have only studied for 2....
I have a few ideas for what I want to do with the rest of my time here at uni and hopefully I can put them into motion, but for now I need to put the finishing touches to last terms work and my essay before I get started on another brief.
Here is a lovely song and video from folk/indie/bearded band 'The Acorn' I really like the aesthetic of the video, very enthralling and nice to look at, without being too cheesy like a lot of videos tend to be
Saturday, 5 December 2009
Music
Similarly to how Adam Brandon has just done on his blog I thought I'd create a my top ten Albums of the decade countdown thing. When I say 'similarly' what I really mean is 'like it, but not as good' there will be no helpful links here. If you want to listen to my musical treats you'll have to look for them yourself.
In no particular order of preference......
10. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
Could listen to it all day and frequently do, combines the best bits of Ray Lamontagne and wistful Indie pop without the downsides of living in a barn in the middle of nowhere or wearing really tight jeans.
9. The Maccabees - Colour It In
Toothpaste Kisses may be the tune that everyone recognises but there are another 8 tunes on this debut album that are just as good if not better. The other 4 aren't too far off in my opinion.
8. Tom Vek - We Have Sound
When I first heard Nothing But Greenlights I wasn't overly impressed, but it grew on me and I've been listening to the album ever since I acquired it in 2005.
7. Broken Social Scene - You Forget It In People
The second BSS album I bought, but probably overtaken Broken Social Scene as my favourite. Anthems for a 17yr old girl and instrumental version Pitter Patter Goes My Heart are definitely two of my favourite songs of all time. Subsequent albums have seemed a bit over complicated and all over the place when compared to how good You Forget It In People is.
6. The xx - xx
Recommended by my housemate Russ I cant get enough of them, simply awesome, best band to emerge in many years. Go buy the album, listen to it and then try tell me you don't agree....
5. Fleet Foxes- Fleet foxes
A bit jarring now, theres only so much whimsical beardy man folk singing you can take, but when I got the album I'm pretty sure it was all I listened to for a good week or 2. The fact that my i-Tunes top 25 most played contains the whole album is telling. Sun God was a cracking follow up and if I was to cheat Id pick the special edition boxset that comes with the self titled album and Sun God Ep.
4. Arcade Fire - Funeral
Wow. The first time I heard tracks like Power Out, Tunnels and Rebellion I couldn't believe it. Neon Bible gets loads of credit and accolades but it aint got crap on Funeral. I may seem over gushing in my appraisal of Funeral, but bear in mind that this is also the year that Usher released Confessions. In other words it had soft competition.
3. Little joy - Little joy
The drummer from the strokes and some other musical fellows make a lovely album that sounds, unsurprisingly, like the strokes if they were on a holiday at the beach. First heard it over the summer whilst on placement and then spent ages looking for the album, eventually resorting to hours of Amy MacDonald adverts on spotify just so I could listen to it in its entirety.
2. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
Although the remix album was mostly dire the original version was/is incredible. I had the chance to see Bloc Party at a student union gig in cardiff but didnt bother going 'cos i'd only really heard Helicopter and wasn't sure it was worth it. Literally days later the papers/ internet were full of reviews of how Bloc Party were the band to see and anyone who's even slightly interested in music should be rushing out to get to their live shows. I also made this mistake with Friendly Fires, learning from mistakes is evidently a weak point.
1. Morning Runner - Wilderness Is Paradise Now
I didn't get round to buying the album till the band had split up, but I couldn't get enough of Morning Runner. One of the very very few bands I bought singles from and I even took a trip up to Bristol to see them at The Thekla, which was cool. Pretty sure everything they released became some sort of Radio1 song of the hour/day/week but it wasn't enough and the promised second album never materialised. Gutted.
Honourable mentions.....
Modest Mouse would be in there if they'd released Lonesome Crowded West or Building Nothing Out Of Something later than the year 2000. Band of Horses are responsible for some of my favourite songs but I'm not sure they qualify for an album of the decade, similarly Passion Pit's Chunk Of Change has some great songs but isn't quite up to scratch. Also Death Cab For Cutie and Postal Service could easily be in there but Adam has already sang their praises. Broken Social Scene would have 2 albums in here if it was a top 20. Mystery Jets, Jamie T, Bat For Lashes and Laura Marling would probably help round that top 20 out, if I'd written this on a different day they may well have been top 10.
In no particular order of preference......
10. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
Could listen to it all day and frequently do, combines the best bits of Ray Lamontagne and wistful Indie pop without the downsides of living in a barn in the middle of nowhere or wearing really tight jeans.
9. The Maccabees - Colour It In
Toothpaste Kisses may be the tune that everyone recognises but there are another 8 tunes on this debut album that are just as good if not better. The other 4 aren't too far off in my opinion.
8. Tom Vek - We Have Sound
When I first heard Nothing But Greenlights I wasn't overly impressed, but it grew on me and I've been listening to the album ever since I acquired it in 2005.
7. Broken Social Scene - You Forget It In People
The second BSS album I bought, but probably overtaken Broken Social Scene as my favourite. Anthems for a 17yr old girl and instrumental version Pitter Patter Goes My Heart are definitely two of my favourite songs of all time. Subsequent albums have seemed a bit over complicated and all over the place when compared to how good You Forget It In People is.
6. The xx - xx
Recommended by my housemate Russ I cant get enough of them, simply awesome, best band to emerge in many years. Go buy the album, listen to it and then try tell me you don't agree....
5. Fleet Foxes- Fleet foxes
A bit jarring now, theres only so much whimsical beardy man folk singing you can take, but when I got the album I'm pretty sure it was all I listened to for a good week or 2. The fact that my i-Tunes top 25 most played contains the whole album is telling. Sun God was a cracking follow up and if I was to cheat Id pick the special edition boxset that comes with the self titled album and Sun God Ep.
4. Arcade Fire - Funeral
Wow. The first time I heard tracks like Power Out, Tunnels and Rebellion I couldn't believe it. Neon Bible gets loads of credit and accolades but it aint got crap on Funeral. I may seem over gushing in my appraisal of Funeral, but bear in mind that this is also the year that Usher released Confessions. In other words it had soft competition.
3. Little joy - Little joy
The drummer from the strokes and some other musical fellows make a lovely album that sounds, unsurprisingly, like the strokes if they were on a holiday at the beach. First heard it over the summer whilst on placement and then spent ages looking for the album, eventually resorting to hours of Amy MacDonald adverts on spotify just so I could listen to it in its entirety.
2. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
Although the remix album was mostly dire the original version was/is incredible. I had the chance to see Bloc Party at a student union gig in cardiff but didnt bother going 'cos i'd only really heard Helicopter and wasn't sure it was worth it. Literally days later the papers/ internet were full of reviews of how Bloc Party were the band to see and anyone who's even slightly interested in music should be rushing out to get to their live shows. I also made this mistake with Friendly Fires, learning from mistakes is evidently a weak point.
1. Morning Runner - Wilderness Is Paradise Now
I didn't get round to buying the album till the band had split up, but I couldn't get enough of Morning Runner. One of the very very few bands I bought singles from and I even took a trip up to Bristol to see them at The Thekla, which was cool. Pretty sure everything they released became some sort of Radio1 song of the hour/day/week but it wasn't enough and the promised second album never materialised. Gutted.
Honourable mentions.....
Modest Mouse would be in there if they'd released Lonesome Crowded West or Building Nothing Out Of Something later than the year 2000. Band of Horses are responsible for some of my favourite songs but I'm not sure they qualify for an album of the decade, similarly Passion Pit's Chunk Of Change has some great songs but isn't quite up to scratch. Also Death Cab For Cutie and Postal Service could easily be in there but Adam has already sang their praises. Broken Social Scene would have 2 albums in here if it was a top 20. Mystery Jets, Jamie T, Bat For Lashes and Laura Marling would probably help round that top 20 out, if I'd written this on a different day they may well have been top 10.
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