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Through the prism: Curiosities #2: Cosmic Zoom
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Saturday, 24 May 2008. Curiosities #2: Cosmic Zoom. This is a pure self-indulgent nostalgia trip. And what a trip it is. I remember seeing Cosmic zoom. As a very small child - around seven years old or so, I think -and being totally gobsmacked by it. The film stayed with me forever, and I dug it out a couple of years ago on the Tube. I guess modern CGI is to blame for that, not to mention the progress of old father time. Power of 10 (a simliar, later educational film). 2001: A space odyssey explained.
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Through the prism: Tears of the machine
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Sunday, 25 May 2008. Tears of the machine. Machine War – Kate Simko. Space Ghosts – Theo Parrish. Mind of a Machine – Carl Craig. Heavenly (Juan Atkins Remix) – e–Dancer. Lifted Soul E.P (Life Experiance) – Soul Oasis pres Nef Nunez. Orbit brazil – Flying Lotus. Welcome to the Machine – Pink Floyd. Timecode – Justus Kohncke. W (Original Mix) – Cobblestone Jazz. Grüne Raufaser – Pikaya. Machine Vibes – Metro Area. The Man Machine – Kraftwerk. Astal Sunshine – Artemis. 50 Cycles – Squarepusher.
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Through the prism: April 2008
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Sunday, 27 April 2008. TALE OF THE TAPE 1: Mike Allen. Scroll down for downloads). Aaah, Mike Allen. Was he more important than people give him credit for? His hip hop show, broadcast on Capital Radio every weekend in the mid-80s, was a real treat for budding b-boys. It took hip hop deep into the home counties and to small towns like mine that were otherwise-disconnected from the scene in London. One of my Mike Allen shows now (originally broadcast June 8, 1986). Some movies featuring Mike Allen:.
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Through the prism: Tale of the tape 3: Hip hop 120 and the Amsterdam mix
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Wednesday, 14 May 2008. Tale of the tape 3: Hip hop 120 and the Amsterdam mix. Download the Hip hop 120 tape. Keep my mother f* king name out ya mouth! 21 May 2008 at 10:35. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). No bones in ice cream. In the news #1: Flight of the Phoenix. Tears of the machine. The Amazing Spiderman theme. Curiosities #2: Cosmic Zoom. Pulp radio and panic in America. Curiosities #1: A Charlie Brown Christmas Soundtra. Tale of the tape 3: Hip hop 120 and the Amsterdam .
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Through the prism: Curiosities #1: A Charlie Brown Christmas Soundtrack
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Monday, 19 May 2008. Curiosities #1: A Charlie Brown Christmas Soundtrack. So here's a "curiosity" (say the word in a scouse accent - it sounds better). The soundtrack album form the 1965 animated feature A Charlie Brown Christmas. By jazz composer Vince Guaraldi. The feature itself explores the over-commercialisation of Christmas, and is even credited in some quarters with the stigmatisation of artificial Christmas trees. Powerful shit, eh? DOWNLOAD THE SOUNDTRACK HERE. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Through the prism: Exhibit A: letter to Chuck D from US Army
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Thursday, 8 May 2008. Exhibit A: letter to Chuck D from US Army. Now, this is very exciting. I've managed to get my hands on the original letter sent by the US Army to Chuck D, which inspired Public Enemy's light-hearted, 1988 pop ditty (it was either Bomb Squad or Stock Aitken and Waterman production - I can't remember) Black Steel in the hour of chaos. DOWNLOAD A SCAN OF THE LETTER HERE. Now watch the video. Of the track the letter inspired. I just post your latest update`s on my blog spot? Curiosities...
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Through the prism: February 2008
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Saturday, 2 February 2008. Radio Suckers never play me. Well, maybe Chuck D had a point but it didn't stop me getting a gig on local radio, despite being underground (Ok, ok - I work in publishing and live in Sussex, but in a perverse way that is. Some memorable quotes from the shows:. The Aleem twins are welcome in East Grinstead anytime". Kudos is not a cheap aftershave". I spent hours trying to copy that dance move that Turbo did with the broom in the movie. Download a show here. No bones in ice cream.
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Through the prism: In the news #1: Flight of the Phoenix
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Tuesday, 27 May 2008. In the news #1: Flight of the Phoenix. Good writing, eh? I've been helping NASA with their homepage this week, so it all rolls off rather easy. So where was I? Space That's it. There's a lot if it. So much in fact, that a trip to Mars is the cosmic equivalent of a walk to the local corner shop, where some would say there's even less chance of finding life (see the entry Cosmic Zoom. Above: The horizon of another world - how cool is that? Above: California Lovin: scientists celebrate...
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Through the prism: May 2008
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Tuesday, 27 May 2008. In the news #1: Flight of the Phoenix. Good writing, eh? I've been helping NASA with their homepage this week, so it all rolls off rather easy. So where was I? Space That's it. There's a lot if it. So much in fact, that a trip to Mars is the cosmic equivalent of a walk to the local corner shop, where some would say there's even less chance of finding life (see the entry Cosmic Zoom. Above: The horizon of another world - how cool is that? Above: California Lovin: scientists celebrate...
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Through the prism: TALE OF THE TAPE 2: SPOOKY STUFF
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Thursday, 1 May 2008. TALE OF THE TAPE 2: SPOOKY STUFF. This mix tape was originally recorded some time in summer 1993 by Theo Keating. Aka DJ Touche. Me and Charlie Shazer. Would hang out in Theo's bedroom and he'd just start mixing records from his enviable collection, and surprisingly one of us would often have the presence of mind to stick a tape in and record the output on his famously hi-tech (ahem) set up. So what about the music itself? And Harlem river drive. By Donald Byrd and the Blackbirds.
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