Friday 24 July 2009

BROOKERZZZZZZZZ


Charlie Brooker writes a review column for the Guardian, he was a writer on the amazingly brilliant paedophilia special of brasseye and then went on, along with Chris Morris, to write Nathan barley. All of this I knew however what had evaded me up until last week was his brilliantly brilliant shows screenwipe and newswipe! The fact that these shows have eluded me is probably down to me not watching bbc 4 or any TV in general for a very long time. However I still find it hard to believe that screenwipe, which has been running since 2006, has never been mentioned to me by anyone nor have I seen it reviewed on the Internet. Weird! Screenwipe, which first aired in april of 2006, is a look at all of TV. From the way it's edited to what amount of money is spent on a show to ratings to how TV is regulated. It's like a British version of pen and tellers bullshit except it just concentrates on a different area of TV each episode satirically tearing it to pieces with witty humor. Newswipe is essentially the same show except it concentrates on the UK news media. Another show worth checking out is his newest show "you have been watching" which airs Thursdays on channel 4 at 10pm.




I've been listening to a lot of Dubstep recently mainly due to the fact it's forced on me living with an 18 year sibling going through her adolesent loud fast (or in this case slow) music phase. One of the few producers that has made me pluck my ears up with intent is bristols joker. Being an electro head myself his computer game inspired productions appeal to me the most. Here is some info on joker from a 2007 introducing review by pitchfork, below is a set he did at sonar festival this year and a mix he did for skreams stella sessions on rinse fm.

JOKER'S 2009 SONAR SET

LISTEN OUT FOR HIM DROPPING WHO'S AFRAID OF DETROIT IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS SET.....SICK.

SKREAMS STELLA SESSIONS

Tracklisting:

1-Natasja-ilderbrand i byen-2000F REMIX
2-Swagger-Benny Page
3-Snake Eater-Joker
4-You dont Know what love Is -2000F-JKamata
5-Solid state-Joker
6-Tempered-Rustie
7-Filth-Skream
8-Narsty Narsty Narsty-Scratcha.D.V.A
9-Get Ya Cock Out-Rusko
10-3K Lane-J@kes & Joker
11-Holly Brook Park-Joker
12-Sushi Brain-Headhunter
13-Konfusion dub-Kode9
14-Back 2 The Future-Gemmy
15-Need You-Darkstar
16-80s-Joker
17-Get up instrumental-Pinch


Talking about Claude vonstroke here is his new fabric cd! Full of wonky house techno music goodness as always! Just to reiterate I have not uploaded this album, I just found the link on another web page thnxcheersbye.



"Because every little girl loves bambi"

Check out this new website entitled "Why the fuck do you have a kid?" It's full of unbelievable pictures of really bad parents. mega lolz.


Arrested development's David Cross (tobias) has written and started filming a new British TV show starring will arnett!!!!! "The Increasingly Poor Decisions Of Todd Margaret" Has been picked up by channel 4 and is due to air in December! Written by Cross and English actor/comedian/writer Shaun Pye, 'Todd Margaret' is culture-clash comedy which centers on a U.S. executive protagonist who is mistakenly sent to Britain to run the company’s UK division and finds himself in over his head. The Russo Brothers, who helmed many episodes of "Arrested Development," directed the show's pilot which co-stars Cross himself, Amber Tamblyn, Sharon Horgan and Russell Tovey.

 Apparently wild monkeys in India have gotten to be such a huge problem that the Indian government has suggested putting the most badly behaved monkeys into a behaviour school! I'm not sure if this is a joke or what? Surely they can't be serious?

"The problem of rogue monkeys is particularly severe in towns close to India's north-western border with Pakistan. Officials accuse them of a variety of bad behaviour from terrorising children, snatching food from people and destroying property... The proposed new monkey school will take in the "worst offenders" and put them through a crash course in good manners."

Indian school for monkeys!!!!!


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Tuesday 7 July 2009

Nailing descartes to the blog.....



Next month I will be partaking in the mass exodus of Britain that happens every summer commonly referred to by the average British proletariat as "Going on my summer holz". Although it makes no sense (at all!) To leave the country the only time of year when we get anything remotely like nice weather, I've booked a flight out of this bitch. So in preparation for lying on a beach while I drink alcohol poison inducing cocktails and cook till my imminent melanoma is actually audible, I decided a trip to the book shop was essential. Upon arriving I headed straight for the philosophy section intent on buying a book by the modern philosopher, Simon Critchley, who is featured in this months vice. Unfortunately they only had really really expensive Critchly hardbacks so I ended up buying some other philosophy books including Descartes most key writings for £3.99! One of the books, The Consolations of Philosophy, I noticed had been turned into a TV series a few years back for Channel 4, so not wanting to go over board on the book buying I decided to go home and look for the T.V. series. Well I found it and watched all 6 episodes last night and fuck me they're awesome! I strongly recommend you watch this entire series. It is full of extremely clever ideas about love/self esteem/ happiness/anger from some of the worlds brightest philosophers cleverly delivered by Alain De Botton author of the book. I seriously cannot recommend it enough.


1. Socrates on Self-Confidence

"One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can it be right to do an injustice; and it is not right to return an injury, or to do evil to any man, however much we have suffered from him."

"The unexamined life is not worth living."






02. Epicurus on Happiness

"Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for."

"It is not so much our friends' help that helps us, as the confidence of their help."





03. Seneca on Anger

"Dangerous is wrath concealed. Hatred proclaimed doth lose its chance of wreaking vengeance."

"To be always fortunate, and to pass through life with a soul that has never known sorrow, is to be ignorant of one half of nature."




04. Montaigne on Self-Esteem

"A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband."

"Ignorance is the softest pillow on which a man can rest his head. "




05. Schopenhauer on Love

"Almost all of our sorrows spring out of our relations with other people."

"Each day is a little life: every waking and rising a little birth, every fresh morning a little youth, every going to rest and sleep a little death."




06. Nietzsche on Hardship

" Two great European narcotics, alcohol and Christianity. "

" Out of damp and gloomy days, out of solitude, out of loveless words directed at us, conclusions grow up in us like fungus: one morning they are there, we know not how, and they gaze upon us, morose and gray. Woe to the thinker who is not the gardener but only the soil of the plants that grow in him. "








I've decided to start a mixtape series! The series is called "a Mixtape for....." and will feature collections of songs for various situations. Hope you enjoy the first two....


01. Good clean fun - You gotta stay positive
02. Good clean fun - On the streets saving the scene
03. The Descendents - Coffee mug
04. Have heart - The unbreakable
05. Every time I die - Romeo a go-go
06. The Dillinger escape plan - We are the storm
07. The Hope conspiracy - Bled across the wire
08. The Number twelve looks like you - Blue dress
09. Glassjaw - Love bites and razor lines
10. Drowning man - The Unbearable burden of always being right
11. The Fall of troy - F.C.P.R.E.M.I.X.
12 Hopesfall - The Bending

A mixtape for.......
STOPPING YOU FROM
FALLING ASLEEP, BEHIND THE WHEEL.
(Dedicated to Ceri)


01. Thursday - For the workforce, drowning.
02. Pretty girls make graves - Modern day Emma Goldman
03. Thrice - The Artist in the ambulance
04. Rise against - Heaven knows
05. Saves the day - You vandal
06. Rancid - Olympia Wa.
07. Propagandhi - Ska sucks
08. Me without you - January 1979
09. Minus the bear - Hey is that a ninja up there?
10. Tubelord - Night of the pencils
11. Hot club de paris - Let go of everything
12. Sublime - What I got
13. The Pharcyde - Drop

A mixtape for.......
SIPPING BEERS AT A BBQ

THE LONG WAIT IS OVER!
7 years, 5 albums 2 e.p's and 4 vinyl after the forming of the band, Math-core heavy weights the number 12 looks like you finally tour the U.K. in support of their newest album worse than alone. I'm not really that into their recent release so I'm hoping to god they play old songs! Which they fucking should do seeing as they've never been over before!

20/09/09 - Southhampton Joiners
21/09/09 - Newport TJ's
22/09/09 - Sheffield coporation
23/09/09 - Peterborough the met lounge
24/09/09 - Glasgow ivory blacks
25/09/09 - Aberdeen korova
26/09/09 - Leeds josephs well
27/09/09 - Manchester moho live
28/09/09 - Plymouth white rabbit
29/09/09 - Nottingham rock city
30/09/09 - London underworld

CLASSIC CLASSIC ALBUM

The number twelve looks like you - Put on your rosy red glasses




For ages vice has been getting worse and worse as most of their best writers have anticipated the wandering fickle attention spans of hipsters everywhere and jumped ship. Gavin Haynes however is still great and his most recent article interviewing girls who support the BNP party is pure fucking gold, check it out here read the comments at the bottom as well funny shit!



A while back I mentioned that I had engineered an awesome band in work called will it fly? Well I finally managed to get my hands on two tracks off their forth coming E.P! The untitled E.P is set to be released this september and will feature 6 songs. Anyone who likes the style of the bands I blog about will definitely like these guys. I intend on putting on a show in the near future for these guys and another couple of awesome bands (Rico and the thieves check them out!) so when I get around to organising it I'll keep you updated! For fans of minus the bear American football and texas is the reason.

Will it fly? - Inemuri view

Will it fly? - The coin has spoken



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