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BILL DRUMMOND ON SINGLES VERSUS ALBUMS

This has appeared on the KLF man’s website, www.penkilnburn.com. He’s still got it. CS

WE LOVE YOU DRUMMOND.

Shugo Tokumaru “Katachi” (by Kijek / Adamski)

Serious stop motion. Wow.

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I woke up early this morning to give an interview for Talk Radio Europe (an English language radio station in Spain). It was Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s birthday on Monday and the producer had found my Hugh song. I couldn’t make the interview on Monday, so I did it this morning instead.

It’s great when someone has actually done their research! Hannah asked me about my songs, Little Fish, Candy Says and F**k The Radio, as well as playing When I’m A Hundred And Two and Oxford. Hopefully that means I’m famous in Spain now. That’s how it works, right?

Check out Hannah’s show Wake Up With Hannah on Talk Radio Europe.

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Happy viewing … if you can get your hands on the movie or TV show you want to watch.

So here’s the memo, though it all should go without saying at this late stage:

  • National boundaries have been eroding for decades, and haven’t existed for 15 years in the realm where most media consumers get their information. Don’t window by geography.
  • In-home viewing quality rivals that of theaters, so why not try selling first-run product into our homes much sooner? Charge us for timely access, not for sticky floors and toxic popcorn.
  • Don’t make us be detectives to find your show. Amazon vs. Netflix is their battle to fight. License everywhere. The most valuable asset is an addicted audience that can find its fix. Ubiquity is good.
  • Your product is infinitely replicable and shareable. Senseless windowing invites piracy. Piracy is not primarily about free content; it is about content living where the users live.

Editorial: Media ‘release windows’ are increasingly archaic, futile and hostile (via @matthewbbolton)

It’s funny that the US is finally on the receiving end of annoying international release schedules (Downton Abbey aired in the UK first, with ensuing #spoilers), but these closing points actually articulate the problems with regional restriction (for films, TV, music, ebooks) well.

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Little Fish become Candy Says – Laura Kidd’s photos on Flickr

Cool photos from upstairs at the first ever Candy Says gig.

This year I almost didn’t go totally broke, which for a freelance writer/whatever is pretty good going, or so I’m told. I spent a month having a long-overdue love affair with the place I grew up. I swam. I went to weddings. I started a PhD. And so on. But for some reason the thing I think of, immediately and exclusively, when I think of what I did this year, is ‘write a book’, I guess because this is a thing I’ve wanted to do for awhile (well, forever, really). And then I did it and people kept looking at me funny when we spoke, like, why aren’t you more excited about this?. And I looked back blankly, because I didn’t know what the appropriate facial expression for “I don’t know why I’m not more outwardly excited about this; but also I’m more excited than it’s possible to convey” was.
That time I wrote a book – Miranda Ward

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Why our food is making us fat | The Guardian

Good article. The answer: the food industry is killing us with sugar.

Ben by Garrettc on Flickr.Playing as the spaceship takes off.

Ben by Garrettc on Flickr.

Playing as the spaceship takes off.

New and Hot Video: A Silent Film Follows a Starlet's Heartbreak in 'Harbour Lights' - Premiere | Rolling Stone

I can’t figure out how to embed it without half the video being cut off, but look! – it’s my rock star brother on Rolling Stone.

Six reasons why "if you want to get paid for music you should play it live" is an idiotic argument.

maura:

Some bad-ass dude replied to Damon Krukowski’s breakdown of how much money he makes from streaming services with a sneer and a windy response that basically boiled down to “duh, quit yer bitching and make your money on the road, old man.” Which… are we really still having these arguments,…

So true. ;)

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Why Doesn’t MTV Play Music Videos Anymore? (by bfirenzi)

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Gloriette by KARLA on Vimeo

Back when he was producing one of the Jont albums, the ever-intriguing Nigel of Bermondsey was always talking about this side project called KARLA. It’s great to see it finally appear.

Relive 1990 with this awesomely concrete-based music video.

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Artist Interview - Björk T.V. (by JAMhouseYT)

Wow.

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Julian Cope, bongo control and artistic decisions - Ben Walker

Seriously. Bongo control.

DARK FURS - Won’t See Me (by R&R)

I love this band. Their sound is just on the good side of the hipster dreamwave thing and the vocals are charming enough to get away with it. I’ve been listening to their EP a lot. I hope one day they sell it.

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