A facebook group that there is no shame in joining.Commando Pro = No falling damage
Sunday, 28 February 2010
Lamebooker of the Now #2
A facebook group that there is no shame in joining.Commando Pro = No falling damage
Saturday, 27 February 2010
Transportation of the now #1
The amply summarised feeling of grandeur when on board an often overlooked mode of transport
Drum and Bass of the Now #1
Adam Buxton has created this Chocolate Cake Drum and Bass. That cake does look too nice.
Friday, 26 February 2010
Biggest Mistake of the Career of the Now #1
"One thing that Ringo Starr likes to do with a little help from his friends is make albums. Sadly, not even his friends — Joe Walsh, Dave Stewart and, on two songs, Paul McCartney — can shore up a congenital inability to write songs. Mawkish clichés masquerade as autobiography on The Other Side of Liverpool. A Joss Stone duet, Who’s Your Daddy, is borderline creepy. In a pub-rock paean to self-empowerment, Y Not, sitars blend in as well as a pork chop in a synagogue. Still, the drumming’s great."
Sorry Ringo, we're just not feeling it. The Independent apparently agrees.
Thursday, 25 February 2010
Feral choirs = plangent.
Pioneered by British muso Phil Minton:
We hear everything from the Google servers shutting down (1:21-1:49), through some slightly less euphonic babbling, to almost being able to hear the crackling funeral pyre of an African funeral (6:20), to a carpenter's workshop (or possibly a GP's waiting room in November, 8:10), to what a science conference would sound like if someone quietly announced the meaning of life (9:10).
Wednesday, 24 February 2010
Question of the Now #1
Why does all of China have the same time zone? It is almost as wide as Africa.
Advice of the Now #1
As a white boy I for one is glad Garth Crooks told me that. I certainly won't be trying any nonsense.
Save the Date of the Now #2
Jamie Cullum is to present a new Jazz programme on Radio 2. The Guardian's coverage seems to be much more interested in the show that it is displacing.BBC Radio 2, Tuesdays, 7PM...
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
Comic of the Now #1
I found this gem on loldwell, written by a guy who does most of his writing for college humour now... Oh, Norman...
Monday, 22 February 2010
Save the Date of the Now #1
Who is that dashing Scot on the left. Oh, I say, Of Mice and Men, with Doctor Who?! Save the date - 7th March, Radio 4
Pole of the Now #2
The Pole who needs no introduction... Freddy Chopin. It wasn't hard to choose my Pole of the Now today...Sunday, 21 February 2010
NOT of the Now #1
The Pope, for being generally stuck in the middle ages and more recently being against Britain's Equality Bill
Peace dove GO!
Peace dove GO!
Intro of the Now #1
When a piece is called "Soul Intro/The Chicken" you just can't argue :-)
Jaco Pastorius Big Band – Soul Intro/The Chicken - Live Version
Jaco Pastorius Big Band – Soul Intro/The Chicken - Live Version
Duck of the Now #1
The duck of ignorance was created by Andrew Tricko and caught on at memegen, but not enough. The premise is simple: he is one damn ignorant duck.
Blog of the Now #2
This online magazine, run by Winchester University has a few great contributors, and soon I will be posting some literary reviews on there.
Outlook of the Now #1
What are you doing?
"Just loving my life thanks..."
Courtesy of Philip Watkinson
"Just loving my life thanks..."
Courtesy of Philip Watkinson
Pole of the Now #1
I was there a couple of months ago. A great bunch of artists. Spotify is the place to check out their track "catch more chicks" on the album "Complexity in Simplicity".
Image Courtesy of Gettyimages.
Unsigned of the Now #1
The Kid Jones burst onto the London scene in 2007 playing on some of the biggest stages in the capital. They quickly established themselves as a band to watch and their dedicated fans follow them across the country. The O2 Academies across the UK are to become their new home as they set off on tour in 2010.
Following their win of the UK Breakout Competition in 2009, the band made their international debut at the Breakout Festival in the Maldives playing to crowds of 8000. 2010 will also see the band release their first single (March 1st) 'Juliet', as well as a highly anticipated EP!
Blog of the Now #1
Because nostalgia is just as good if you weren't born: If Charlie Parker was a gunslinger, there'd be a whole lot of dead copycats... t.sutpen.blogspot.com
Sign of the Now #1
"some scientists believe that pharmaceutical advancement and cultural acceptance could make "cosmetic neurology" as popular as beauty "enhancements"."
Caroline Davies on "Smart drugs"
Holocaust Thing of the Now #1
No... Wait.... Trust us on this one. Spiegelman pushes the boundaries of his form. Comics do not have to be comic, they are simply the co-mix-ture of text and images to create something as strong as, or stronger than any other art from that has attempted to portray the terror of the Holocaust.
If you share my interest in Modern European history, or simply love literature... give comix a chance.
Buy one here, or at your local bookstore!!!
SOTN - Brit of the Now #2
"Isn't that that famous American doctor? Why does he look all old fashioned and that?"
The Meaning of Spotify #1
spotify:track:5RQJusMAPwQkD4b6NiJk2U
Sam Cooke's "Wonderful World", worth a listen purely for the most intricate harmonies ever to be used on the word Biology.
Saturday, 20 February 2010
Signs of the now
Signs of the Now are intent on defining the now, the Generation Y: mid-education and nowhere near mid-life showing, hopefully, that today's youth is missing little more than experience.
We lack an editor, which is likely to be our defining feature, there should be four of us throwing our passions and humour into the blog and pointing you in other intriguing directions.
Michael Duffy, sotn
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