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'It's that on the surface it says that "the internet is a new form of democracy". So what you're seeing is a new pluralism, a new collage, a new mosaic of all sorts of different ideas that's genuinely representative. But if you analyse what happens, it simplifies things. [Those in social media] are parasitic upon already existing sources of information - they do little research of their own.

'What then happens is this idea of the 'hive mind', instead of leading to a new plurality or a new richness, leads to a growing simplicity. Far from being "the wisdom of crowds", it's the stupidity of crowds. Collectively what we are doing is creating a more simplified world.'

Adam Curtis.

So this is me stealing other people's creativity (including Adam Curtis'...), what do you think? Get in touch.

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29 December 10

Elbow: Lippy Kids

I guess this is the title track from the new album, arriving in March 2010, build a rocket boys!. Exciting stuff.
 

Tags: elbow music
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30 October 10

Youngblood Brass Band play the Scala, King’s Cross, on 1 November.

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Camouflage - Youngblood Brass Band

Reblogged: justsean

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25 August 10

Ceelo Green: Fuck You

Bloody fantastic song. Summery sound, smart, suckerpunch lyrics. Simple, stylish video too. A real earworm - two million people in a week can’t be wrong.

Tags: soul music
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20 August 10

Robert Randolph and the Family Band: If I Had My Way

From the new album, We Walk This Road. RRFB have an amazing sound: blues, funk, soul, rock and roll. This is a reworking of an old gospel song, If I Had My Way, I’d Tear This Building Down. Three lead vocal parts, driving shuffle from the drums, slide guitars, and chugging, finger picked bass lines make for a really pleasing, foot stomping, old-timey record.

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19 August 10

Brett Domino: Now! 75 Medley

West Yorkshire’s hottest musical export returns with a smorgasbord of delight, featuring the theremin, coke cans, JLS, ukeleles, 3Oh!3, Ke$ha, stylophones, Justin Beaber, recorders and Katy Perry. Musical brilliance.

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10 August 10
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12 July 10

Caravan Palace: Jolie Coquine

Electro-swing is great fun. Beats, squelches, augmented ninths, scat vocals, jiving violins, and Django guitars. And Caravan Palace are probably the best band doing it. This video for their song ‘Jolie Coquine’ is also a great piece of stop motion.

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11 July 10

Imelda May

The best rockabilly act out there at the moment has a new EP out. This is the title track.

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21 June 10

Max Sedgeley: Happy

The story of how a cup of tea is made. Set to sunshine funk. Great stuff.

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13 June 10

Michel Lauziere playing Mozart with rollerblades and 284 bottles (via JankeyG)

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