Elbow - One day like this I have to admit that before their 2008 Mercury Prize-winning album, the only thing that I knew of Elbow was their cover version of Independent Woman, which had been used to a soundtrack of an animation of some animated cats. The album was a revelation, and this song (which … Continue reading 2008
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Groove Armada - Song 4 Mutya I know that some people think that they are a naff as flock wallpaper, but as you can see from that analogy I'm no arbiter of taste and fashion. Never have been, and certainly never will be. I like Groove Armada. The Renault-flogging cheese of I See You Baby, … Continue reading 2007
The third and final day of Web 2.0 went a little something like this: After sponsor workshops first thing (I was at the RIM one), the first plenary session saw a discussion about education, trailed with a clip from Davis Guggenheim's recent film on the topic 'Waiting for Superman'. After the culture shock of the … Continue reading Travelblog #w2s 4
Day two at Web 2.0 was jam-packed: Shantanu Narayen, CEO at Adobe kicked the day off, and left me feeling more concerned than ever about the future of tools being provided for the traditional creative industries. They are positioning themselves more and more as a development platform, and it just leaves me wondering what options … Continue reading Travelblog #w2s 3
Thoughts from an entertaining first day at the Web 2.0 Summit:The afternoon started with a lunch during which seven start-ups pitched new business propositions to a board of investors. Being an avid viewer of Dragon's Den, I have to say that I ended up a little underwhelmed. Very few of the pitchers seemed well equipped … Continue reading TravelBlog #w2s 2
There's a very different vibe to arriving at San Francisco airport to either of the New York terminals (which are the only US destinations I've been to in recent years. The immigration hall looked the same as the ones at Newark or JFK, but there was a distinct sense of welcome despite the huge queues. … Continue reading Travelblog #w2s 1
Peter, Bjorn and John - Young Folks Sometimes a song will consume me. For a period it will be all that I will want to listen to, and I will be addicted. There's no rhyme or reason to it. A particular drum, a guitar hook, a specific vocal... Young Folks was one of those songs. … Continue reading 2006
Emilliana Torrini - Today has been OK I seemed to spend most of 2005 trying to sell a house in South West Herts, and commuting by car from there down to Gatwick Airport on a daily basis at a time when most of that stretch of the M25 was being worked on. Given the tumultuous … Continue reading 2005
Scissor Sisters - Comfortably Numb In late September 2004 my life seemed, for a while, to enter something of a soap opera. In the space of about five days I handed in my notice at the BBC after nearly eight years there, saw my first marriage break up, and lost my grandfather (in the dying … Continue reading 2004
Seth Lakeman - Kitty Jay 2003 was a rubbish year for music. From memory I think I spent most of it listening to stuff from the late sixties and early seventies, and often from Brazil. The bridge point between the dying embers of the dance music era, and the emerging new indie scene, there was … Continue reading 2003
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