Published on Thursday, July 15, 2010 .

One of my favourite all time albums is Fear of Music by Talking Heads and it triggered a fun post over on Blake Andrews’s blog. Blake decided to match images with each of the tracks. Above are a few of the images plus the original cover which is the one on the far left. I think my favourite is “I Zimbra”, middle image above, it fits the mood of the track perfectly with a hint of the tribal about it.
His blog is a great one to bookmark; delving into the photographic sphere and featuring loads of interesting, thoughtful and inspiring posts and interviews.


Published on Friday, December 18, 2009 .

Indeed, it is that time of year again when a cultural reckoning is required. Did you have any favourite films this year and what was cooking up a storm on the music front? Just like a friendly chinwag round the internet campfire, all are welcome to spend their two-pennies worth, please share your own Best Of’s for the Year 2009 and leave a comment.
I shall kick things off with my choices:
Best singles:

Laura Marling - Alas I cannot swim (came out in 2008)
Andrew Bird - Noble Beast
Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
Richard Hawley - Truelove’s Gutter
The xx - xx
Wilco - Wilco
Wildbeasts - Two Dancers
Yeasayer- All Hour Cymbals
Bubbling under
Tunng- Good Arrows (came out in 2007) / The Decemberists - The Hazards of Love / School Of Seven Bells - Alpinisms / Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It’s Blitz / Polar Bear - Polar Bear / Yo La Tengo - Popular Songs / The Antlers - Hospice
Best Films(roughly in order, best first)
Fish Tank
The Damned United
Mesrine Killer Instinct
The Class
Moon
Caramel (2007)
Sleep Furiously
Coraline
Doubt
35 Shots of Rum
Frozen River
Let the Right One In
The Reader
An Education
Inglorious Basterds
Slumdog Millionaire
Syndoche new york
Public Enemies
State of Play
…. sadly there were others but they didn’t even make the cut.


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