enjoy everyday

i really like the new vw golf advert. it uses extreme editing to create the adverts soundtrack. kinda reminds me of the honda advert that uses the choir singers to make the sound of the car. from what i can tell it's meant to show that the golf is a car for all seasons. check out the advert on youtube here. 

van she

van she the darlings of modular records have a new single out called strangers. think they might have been spending too much time with label mates cut copy. strangers features a much more electro feel than previous releases such as sex city and kelly. think it might take a few listens before i know whether i like it or not. check it out on my muxtape.

funny logo

this is the new logo for the uk office of government commerce. not sure how this got the ok. if you turn it 90 degrees you'll see what i'm on about. read more about the new logo here.

80's revival

according to some we're in the middle of a 80's revival. which is no bad thing as long as that doesn't include the revival of thatcher (shudders). anyway just found a very cool muxtape that celebrates some of the best music from the 80's. listen to it here. if you've got a muxtape feel free to share, i'm slightly addicted to it at the moment so need to feed my addiction. 

imeat

not one for the veggies out there this one, here is an ipod cover thats made to look like meat. it even comes in styrofoam packaging. shame it looks like it's only for the new nanos still cool though.

modcast

modular my favorite record label, have an amazing podcast thats free to download from their site. most casts feature amazing mixes from some really good djs. you can get the latest and older podcasts here, check out the rest of the site while your there.

adrian shaughnessy

adrian shaughnessy the author of 'how to be a graphic designer : without losing your soul' will be giving a talk on "the essential attributes needed by the modern graphic designer" at dance city in newcastle on june 3rd. you can find out more and buy tickets here.

fair threads

the bbc have just launched a site that i had thought about launching myself lol. it's a fashion site called thread, which looks at clothing styles that can be created with clothes which are manufactured ethically. check out the site here. nice design, not sure if the navigation is slightly confusing but nice all the same. also not sure if it really fits in with the beebs remit.

move over duffy

the overrated welsh soul singer, duffy has competition in the form of belleruche. mixing a laid back soul style with scratchy electro inspired elements. which could be best discribed as amy winehouse plugged into the mains. belleruche should be bigger than she/they are. check out my muxtape to hear minor swing my fave track from their new album, turntable soul music. i'm sure you'll be hearing more about belleruche soon.

mixing it up

just found a very cool blog, by two people called simon and garfield (not simon and garfunkel which is what i first read it as lol). they plan to make 99 album covers for mixtapes/disks they've produced. some really nice hand made stuff. really inspiring, never again will i just chuck my mix disks in one of them plastic sleeves. look here

summer heights high

i've been watching this really cool, australian comedy called summer heights high. it's set in an australian high school and revolves around three characters. 'mr g' a very camp drama teacher with delusion of grandeur, ja'ime an exchange student from a expensive private school and jonah a polynesian yr 8 boy with behavioral problems. all three characters are played by chris lilley, an australian comedian. it's much better than it sounds. check it out on youtube. you won't be sorry.

fluid

just discovered a program called fluid for mac osx (leopard only i'm afraid) which lets you create apps, based on web 2.0 services. each app that you create opens in it's own program window, which is based on the safari engine. i've set it up so i can quickly get into gmail from my dock. check out and download fluid here.

i '99' heart this

and the award for the craziest mashup goes to .... (drum roll) sham sham, 99 hearts. splicing jay z, 99 problems and architecture in helsinki's heart it races. sham sham has created something that's not half bad. hear it on my muxtape here.

are tesco nazis ?

well if you believe what asda say they are. i've just noticed that in the new adverts for asda, the one with the arrows. they use a ska style version of the theme tune to dads army. and we all know the lyrics to that song. check out the advert here. i'm not the only person that has noticed this, check here and here. i'm amazed that no one's complained, especially tesco.

update : something else that has been brought up on other blogs, is the fact that tesco was founded my a jewish man (the co part derived from the surname cohen) which makes the asda adverts even more disturbing.

video on flickr

you can now add video to flickr. i'm not sure if i like this idea, just hope flickr doesn't turn into another youtube, packed with crap and people vloging about crap i'm not interested in. we'll just have to wait and see.

lost and found

i've been looking through some of my old bookmarks. i've rediscovered some really cool site, so i've decided to post a few of my bookmarks over the next few days. the first site is prickie. prickie has a massive collection of button badges from some really cool designers and illustrators. plus prices are quite good too.

update : just had a proper look on the prickie site and noticed that the shop is closed until the site gets more funding, which is shit. hopefully it'll be back soon. you can see look at all the badges though.

neon lights

love neon neon's track i lust you. hear it on my muxtape check out neon neon on myspace as well loads more tracks on there.

it's in the bag

saw these bags, which are made from recycled plastic sheeting in a documentary about helvetica ages ago. been looking all over for a place i could get one. i've finally found out that a company called freitag make them. they even have a service that lets you create your own bag design. you can buy the bags as well as other things made from recycled materials from their site.

i love you boris

really into a band called someone still loves you, boris yelstin. they are a cross between the shins and the kooks, could say it's beach-indie. look at me inventing new genres, as if there aren't enough already lol. check them out on my muxtape here. let me know what you think.

do the test

check out this interesting video. can't say too much about it without ruining it.

fun house

a pair of architects have designed and built a house which they say helps you overcome death. take a look at this article which tries to explain they're thinking behind the house. i'm still slightly confused by the whole concept. but the house does look cool.

drum & bass

came in tonight, put the radio on and got a very nice surprise. it was the radio 1 drum & bass show. perfect stuff to listen to after a good night out. you can listen to the show again for one week via the bbc's iplayer. think you might have to be in the uk for this one.

engadget goes magenta

yesterday i posted a link to the letter that t-mobile sent to engadget asking them to stop using magenta in their logo. heres the post if you missed it. well today as a sort of act of giving t-mobile the finger they have given themselves a magenta wallpaper. have a look here. have t-mobile met their match ?

april fools 2008

so that was april fools 2008, and what a day it's been lol. i've been rick rolled 6 times, including once by a tay zonday cover. heres a list of all of this years online pranks. oh and that post about flying penguins was fake btw.

flying penguins

the bbc have just released a trailer for a new programme looking at a recently discovered breed of penguin that can fly. check out the video here.