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Melanie Safka
May 13, 2008 · 4 Comments
I’m so glad my parents were hippies. Without that fact, my musical upbringing would not have been a diet of the likes of Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell and Melanie. One of the first sounds I heard was needle on vinyl and my first memory was gazing out of the window of a Welsh farmhouse to see silhouettes dancing around a bonfire playing acoustic guitars and singing. The day I was born Melanie was also celebrating her birthday and had already performed at the Isle of Wight Festival and at Glastonbury... [Read the full story]
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Photoshoot with the band ~ Talc
April 6, 2008 · 1 Comment
I have just finished uploading a few of the photos of the band Talc to my Flickr stream. For most of Friday afternoon I had the pleasure of hanging out with the two awesome funksters Dr. Fun and The Gift. They had imaginatively arranged for us to visit their local beer making establishment so as we could take some photos for their up and coming concept album and at the same time not be too far away from tens of thousands of pints of beer. (Probably more). I have photographed these guys before and every time we meet we have... [Read the full story]
Technology
MTM BlackHawk Special Ops Watch
May 8, 2008 · 3 Comments
Today, only 18 hours after ordering on the phone I took delivery of an MTM BlackHawk Special Ops watch in titanium. I imagine there has never been a complaint of any MTM watch arriving damaged as the case it arrived in was an incredibly sturdy, watertight ballistic ’seahorse’ case. With the watch already being water resistant to 330Ft and it’s case made from solid titanium, I imagine the post office could well drive off a cliff into a quarry and you would still get to receive a shiny new timepiece.. albeit... [Read the full story]
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Iraqi Refugees: Life in the Shadows
March 17, 2008 · 3 Comments
The fifth anniversary of the start of the Iraq War is upon us, and there is speculation that the engagement may continue yet another five years, if not more. To date, approximately 4,000 American soldiers have been killed in combat. While the loss of combat troops is certainly tragic, even more stunning is a recent World Health Organization report based on Iraqi Health Ministry figures which estimates that 151,000 Iraqi civilians were killed between March 2003, the start of the invasion, and June 2006. Many of the reports... [Read the full story]
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Jeffrey Descovic at Podcamp NYC 2.0
May 6, 2008 · 4 Comments
Of all the memorable moments of Podcamp NYC 2.0 an impromptu meeting with Jeffrey Descovic touched me the most. Jeffrey has an amazing story well documented HERE on his website and here on InnocenceProject.org In addition Jeffrey’s myspace page is HERE. I was introduced to he by Rox from BeachWalks.tv and a few minutes later i was doing an interview using Seesmic. At the same time as we Seesmic’ed and Qik’ed.. Phil Campbell recorded on HD. The Innocence of Jeffrey Deskovic from Phil Campbell - England... [Read the full story]
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Episode 43 - There And Back Again
April 29, 2008 · 4 Comments
The first half of this podcast was recorded in the company of Philip Campbell in March 2008 on a flight to Newark airport before going on to SXSW in Austin Texas. The second half was recorded on the flight back to London. We talk about hacking, podcamp uk, Seesmic, Qik, Blip TV, Pulver TV, social media and how to make Sloe Gin. I edited it one month later in April, on another flight to Newark this time on my own and heading to PodcampNYC 2.0. The song entitled HTML in the middle was emailed to me by Erin of the band ‘The... [Read the full story]
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Melanie Safka
May 13, 2008 · 4 Comments
I’m so glad my parents were hippies. Without that fact, my musical upbringing would not have been a diet of the likes of Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell and Melanie. One of the first sounds I heard was needle on vinyl and my first memory was gazing out of the window of a Welsh farmhouse to see silhouettes dancing around a bonfire playing acoustic guitars and singing. The day I was born Melanie was also celebrating her birthday and had already performed at the Isle of Wight Festival and at Glastonbury... [Read the full story]
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Jeffrey Descovic at Podcamp NYC 2.0
Of all the memorable moments of Podcamp NYC 2.0 an impromptu meeting with Jeffrey Descovic touched me the most. Jeffrey has an amazing story well documented HERE on his website... [Read more]
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Iraqi Refugees: Life in the Shadows
The fifth anniversary of the start of the Iraq War is upon us, and there is speculation that the engagement may continue yet another five years, if not more. To date, approximately... [Read more]
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The first half of this podcast was recorded in the company of Philip Campbell in March 2008 on a flight to Newark airport before going on to SXSW in Austin... [Read more]
Sorry for the delay in getting this into my podcast feed. I had some strange issues with the way i had encoded it and it took a little bit of time to get... [Read more]
Whilst feeling a little bit guilty for not having posted a (self-made) podcast in a while I decided that I would paste a couple of random recordings together... [Read more]
Well here is a turn up for the books.. And a handy one at that as I am bowled over with my various projects at the moment so i am posting this interview... [Read more]