26 December 2008 – 12:00 am
The Joy Collective is a rather splendid blog about music.
It tends to focus on Cardiff, Newport and Bristol, which makes a lot of sense because all three are close enough to share their gig-going crowds. Plus, truly, they are among the UK’s best cities for gigs.
Recently Will at The Joy Collective sent me some questions [...]
20 October 2008 – 1:58 am
Here are two embedded videos.
They are identical.
I’ve posted them so you can play them both - simultaneously.
Have a play around with these identical videos. Experiment.
No rules, but some things to try: use the pause/play button to synchronise the videos as close as possible. To bring them closer, just delay the video that’s ahead by a [...]
By Carl Morris
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Tagged brian eno, candi staton, electra, flanging, frankie knuckles, grandmaster flash, jamie principle, mash-up, phasing, remix, remixing, steve reich, the source
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14 October 2008 – 7:08 pm
Is it me or is this possibly the worst PR ever?
This clip has been broadcast today by TV and covered by loads of media - and counting.
It’s a great example of how NOT to communicate.
Whatever you think of Ringo Starr as a musician, he has worked hard over a span of five decades to build [...]
2 October 2008 – 12:40 am
The last year has been a bit of a language learning adventure for me. I was preparing a massive post but it’s rapidly expanding into several posts.
So I want to blog about the Welsh language, for these reasons:
I love it
I’m learning it
To offer my perspectives
Recording my thoughts for a year’s time
As I’ve just started this [...]