here is the tracklisting for the latest podcast - and might I say a damn fine mix it is too -

Like..... - Spectrum
Set the Hook - Tony Joe White
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (BBC session) - The Flaming Lips
He Lied about Death - Stars
Like Herod (Hood Remix) - Mogwai
Now's the only time I know - Fever Ray
Two Dancers - Wild Beasts
Crazy Worms - Puerto Muerto
Kung Fu Man - Lee Scratch Perry
Fire of Unknown Origin - Patti Smith Band
Mirrored and Reverse - White Denim
Everybody's got something to hide except for me and my monkey - My Brightest Diamond
Frenchy's - Holy Fuck
Big Big Love (fig 2.) - Foals
Simone - Bombenga et Vox Africa

Having a listen to the mix at the mo - since I am recording them in a different method than before, I don't get to listen to them as they are being made, so am having to take notes after the fact and then carry those notes over to the next podcast - (what are they, mix tapes, podcasts, playlists - I can't really tell - a little like when at secondary school I used to make mix tapes and give them away - yeah, cassettes, like some sad teenager in a trench coat - hey, that was me!)

Anyway, as always - ENGOY!

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This one gave me a giggle when i made it. As mentioned below, the photos were from our trip to Malmø yesterday to see the band of Horses. None of the photos themselves have been manipulated apart from orientation. Some of the words have been picked randomly from the books on the shelf beside me.

For this one I happened upon a Spike Milligan play called "The Bedsitting Room" - I can't remember if I have read it or not, but the line seemed apt somehow and gave me a laugh.

Perhaps something to do with SM's epitaph being "I told you I was sick."

Don't want to type too much in explanation - it is getting late, school in the morning and i would rather spend the time on uploaded and formatting.

But just to say that the images were all taken last night at a Band of Horses concert - good show - any opinions on the orange tracer shots and manipulations?

If anybody wants to use these images, please get in contact and we can sort something out.

As always, click on the images for a bigger view.

Was flicking through youtube at semi random. And a sign of the warholian predicted times - I typed "paul" into the youtube search function - now you would expect paul mccartney, who is number two and number one on wikipedia, or perhaps, at a far bet, Paul Simon - but no, it's, yes, you guessed it, Paul the Octopus - that creature of the deep who so aptly predicted the outcome of however many world cup footie games - gives me such faith in the future of the internet, and, for that matter, the species as a whole.

And since I have been up and playing tonight, I thought I had better leave my mark in the paint box, so to speak.

Had a lecture today explaining the method and need for play, not only in kids, but in adults too. Most inspiring. After dinner even, suggested that my eldest daughter be the teacher and the rest of us the pupils - she gave us homework!!!

flash vs html5

At school last semester there was a load of hoobaloo over the flash vs html5 conflict - I took note, thought Apple were a bunch of arrogant money grabbing sods (nothing new there then - so why do i still buy there products?) and wondered what the web would look like without flash driven content. Only now, and I am sure there are other experiments going on out there, I just aint' been looking, have I stumbled upon something that catches my attention concerning html5

http://hakim.se/experiments/

There seems to be the same fluidity, crispness, as a flash movie though the interaction has a long way to go before the same levels of complexion are achieved.

I particularly enjoyed Keylight

As I said a few days ago on another site, there is no talking during this mix - just tunes all the way - yes, I hear the general sigh of agreement - I have been extremely busy since the last podcast and as a result have had very little time finding and exploring new music, so this week's bag may seem a shade stale, but only because I have to get back into it. I have also had to find a new way of making the mixes, since I deleted the software that I used to use along with the license number - no real loss, just took me some time to find a workaround.

Feeling Good - My Brightest Diamond
Pumping on your stereo - Supergrass
North American Scum - LCD Soundsystem
Gutty Guitar - Lord Sutch
Fake Plastic Trees - Radiohead
Shoot the runner - Kasibian
Quiet dog bite the runner - Mos Def
Rocket USA - Suicide
The last one - Au Revoir Simone
The curse of being a girl - Kashmir
Navajo Ace - Bitch Magnet
The first big weekend - Arab Strap
Dark was the night - Kronos Quartet
Cant help loving that man - Billie Holiday
Electronic Performers - Air

Engoy!

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And another - this one has been hanging in the living room for a while -

untitled 50cmx70cm.

again, painted what seems like an age ago. There are a few like this doing the rounds - same motifs, colour combo, technique, etc etc.

Starting back to school on Monday - I guess the holidays are now over, though with the amount of work I have been doing over the last few weeks... well, no sympathy, please.
Uploading a few pictures - this is a painting that I did, on board, a good few months ago. It is only now that I am uploading them because I am getting the hang of taking good photos here in the cellar in the "not so good light" (thanks Tom)

Untitled 100cmx100cm approx

Here is a video I have made of our trip to sweden. I know that some of the cuts are off with the music, and I am trying to figure out how to be more precise - perhaps bring the soundtrack into audiobooth, mark up in there and then export to prem. Anyone any ideas? Been a while since I used this software.
So thanks to Adeline the driver, Air the musicians and Sweden