This is a rough mockup. Clearly it would be better than this. I don’t know if I’m a typical Last.fm user, but I’m pretty sure I’m using it wrongly, according to what they probably have in mind. For a start, I never, ever use it for listening to music – and nor do I use [...]
Categories: 30 Days,Idea,Music
Tagged: application, Last FM, Music
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- March 31, 2010 – 11:48 pm
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- By dubber
An old Humber parked outside the Tesco round the corner this evening
Categories: 365
Tagged: Car, Photo
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- March 31, 2010 – 11:36 pm
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- By dubber
Nice promotional video featuring some of my colleagues and students at BCU. There’s a bit about some of the BA courses, and something about the MA courses too. My own MA course – the MA in Music Industries kicks off in September. There’s some information about that here, if you’re interested.
Categories: Birmingham,University
Tagged: BCU
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- March 31, 2010 – 6:48 pm
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- By dubber
Bad Karma In Yokahama by SJD SJD (Sean James Donnelly) is an old friend of mine from way back. We used to mess around with guitars and keyboards and 4-track cassette recorders in his basement when we were in secondary school together, and we later ended up being in a band together. Of course – [...]
Categories: Music
Tagged: bandcamp, SJD
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- March 31, 2010 – 9:13 am
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- By dubber
Photo by brooklyn Today’s idea is about shopping for clothes at thrift stores or charity shops. There’s some great stuff out there, if you know where to look and how to look – and as long as they’ve got something in your size, you can grab a real bargain, construct a unique look that suits [...]
Categories: 30 Days,Idea
Tagged: clothes, Internet
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- March 30, 2010 – 11:54 pm
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- By dubber
Clutch and I went and saw Canadian band The Besnard Lakes play live at the Hare and Hounds in Kings Heath. I’d heard a few of their songs, and Clutch is a bit of a fan, so we went along. They were superb. Really tight band – really great music. They had some technical difficulties [...]
Categories: 365,Music
Tagged: Bands, Hare and Hounds, live, Photo
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- March 30, 2010 – 11:40 pm
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- By dubber
Intro by Dumbfoundead Today’s recommendation is a big dumb, fun album of smart, deft and funny alternative hip hop. Disclaimer though – If you have a problem with swearing, then you probably shouldn’t listen to this. Or hip hop. Or watch television. Or go outside. Dumbfoundead is Argentinian-born Korean-American, LA Underground battle rapper Jonathan Park, [...]
Categories: Music
Tagged: bandcamp, hip hop
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- March 30, 2010 – 7:39 am
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- By dubber
Photo by aidanbrooks Today’s idea is a terribly simple one – so much so, I’m astonished nobody else seems to have thought of it: Tamagotchi Gardening. Instead of looking after a pet, you tend a garden. Dig it over, choose what to plant, care for it, water it, and reap the rewards. But it’s not [...]
Categories: 30 Days,Games
Tagged: allotment, farm, iPhone, Software
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- March 29, 2010 – 11:36 pm
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- By dubber
Discussing digital promotion at Symphony Hall On a day when my laptop’s hard drive died, I’m delighted not to choose the photo of my broken computer for my picture of the day – and even more delighted to be able to post this blog from my MacBook with a fresh new hard drive installed (everything [...]
Categories: 365,Birmingham
Tagged: Photo, Seminar
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- March 29, 2010 – 10:13 pm
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- By dubber
I’m going to be speaking at this event – though not in Spanish, I suspect. Really looking forward to it…
Categories: Music,Travel
Tagged: Colombia, Medellin, unconvention
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- March 29, 2010 – 9:26 pm
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- By dubber