Notes from 2002
- Turntable Hell· UK-wide Extreme turntablist tour featuring Otomo Yoshihide, Marina Rosenfeld, Janek Schaefer, Lepke B and more.
- My Fond Ambition· Lyrics from Sushi K’s rap.
- The Real Thing· Foil-wrapped Coca-Cola fortune cookies spotted a couple of weeks ago at Ed’s Easy Diner, Brent Cross. Unnerving.
- Judge Love (no relation)· Electronic tagging of offenders inspired by Spiderman cartoon strip.
- Leo Vroman· “Holland’s most famous living artist-poet-scientist“. Related: Irrelativity (illustrations by Leo Vroman), Bi(bli)ografie (in Dutch).
- A.N.G.L.E.P.O.I.S.E.D.· Artificial Neohuman Generated for Logical Exploration/Positronic Organism Intended for Sabotage and Efficient Destruction.
- Bad sex and bad TV· The Breeders are back with two(!) new singles (Off You – limited, 10″ vinyl, mirror board sleeve – and Huffer) and a new album, Title TK. They’ve also…
- Songs for children· The new Belle and Sebastian album, Storytelling, is set for a June 3rd release.
- Sound Noise Music· sonomu – a new project from the state51 conspiracy – “will become a unique personalised place for new music discovery and discussion”. Promises “a swathe…
- Here’s your shirt· Slightly obsessive (but attractive nonetheless) Magnum P.I. fansite, featuring a cut-out-and-fold-and-ticky-tape-and-keep paper model kit of TC’s van.
- An ignorant race· Japan’s psychedelic earth worshippers Acid Mothers Temple perform a live score to the cult Japanese Manga classic “Urotsukidoji” – Legend Of The Overfiend…
- Screenburn· “A new TV review site for people who have had enough“, from the veritable Bobzilla.
- Filthy electro-rap· Download Gold Chains’ new I Come From San Francisco video. I want that deck. Gold Chains, DMX Crew, Uncharted Audio’s honcho extraordinaire Kone-R and…
- Miffy· The official Dick Bruna site featuring screensavers, colouring pictures, games and the Dick Bruna Song. Related: Miffy versus Hello Kitty.
- Manga @ Magma· Za Manga! “A close look at the fantastic history & the eccentric world of the Manga phenomena in Japan.” (11 March – 12 April at Magma Clerkenwell). More…
- Music is math· CNN article on music hardware vs. music software and related Slashdot discussion (ye olde “real” instruments vs. electronic instruments debate as well as…
- It has an international appeal· The Lovebytes 2002 festival of digital art takes place this weekend in Sheffield, featuring Dave Green (of NTK fame), Apple Creative Technology and Lego…
- Beggars· AV Deck “features pre-release and live independent music presented by DJ’s and artists from the Beggars Group of labels” (i.e. 4AD, Too Pure, Mo’Wax,…
- The Shield· “Look closely — well, you don’t even have to look that closely — and you’ll swear you’re watching an updated version of Homicide: Life on the Street.”
- Sister magpie· Jess is back with a new design and the beginnings of an anime sketchpad. It’s a full-on Love family weblogging offensive. Next week on the oh!skylab…
- Ellie Harrison· Eat 22 and Kinetic Cake Vs Kinetic Carrot.
- All Hail West Texas· Companion site for the recent album by the Mountain Goats.
- Powerpuff Girls Movie· Why didn’t anyone tell me about this before? Due for release on the 3rd July 2002 in the US and 18th October in the UK. More details: official Cartoon…
- Cheap as Fopp· Reduced prices on City Slang, Warp, Chemikal Undergound and Ninja Tune albums from Fopp shops.
- Lo and Behold· Lo Recordings get their act together with their new site, with information on Rothko, They Came From The Stars (I Saw Them), Barry 7, Luke Vibert and the…