I found this via Anthony: I played Little Boots on my show before as she seemed talented and there was quite a buzz going on around here already. In fact she is the only act I put forward to the BBC Sound of 2009 that actually made it into the Top 15. (No one else for Frightened Rabbit?)
Then I found the video below and was blown away. She is gorgeous and being a geek I love that she is using the Tenori-On live on the Jools Holland show.
After finding his presentation on the TED site (see below) I’ve read Richard St. John’s ‘8 To Be Great‘ over the holidays. He might not be the best writer and most of his points seem quite obvious at first but he summarizes his findings in a clever way and I found this short read very inspirational. Recommended!
Happy new year! Just back from a great little trip to Venice so uploading this a bit late. I love the days after Christmas when you reflect on the previous years and make plans for the new one. This can be a very inspirational time.
1. James Yuill ‘No Surprise’
2. Sia ‘Buttons’ (CSS Remix)
3. MGMT ‘Kids’
4. Chris Garneau ‘Baby’s Romance’
5. Phosphorescent ‘Wolves’
6. Soko ‘I Will Never Love You More’
7. Bon Iver ‘re: Stacks’
8. Manchester Orchestra ‘I Can Feel A Hot One’
9. Lykke Li ‘Breaking It Up’ (Familjen Remix)
10. Daft Punk ‘Human After All’ (SebastiAn Remix)
11. The Teenagers ‘Homecoming’ (Gentelmen Drivers Rave Mix)
12. a-ha ‘Take On Me’
You can listen to all this here.
“Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.” – Pablo Picasso
Picasso used the word ‘useless’ only for effect. Computers serve one purpose which is helping us find answers and that doesn’t make them useless – it just limits the extend we can use them. The real work has to be done by us.
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