David Byrne writes about the so-called music industry

I accidently came across this article written by David Byrne in Wired. Fairly old, but definitely one of the best read in a long time about the music industry and its recent changes.
Link to the printed version here.
He also recently got to interview Thom Yorke to speak about the In Rainbows launch but […]

Sébastien Tellier

Sébastien Tellier, soon to be revealed to mass audience at the Eurovision show (he’ll represent France…), has a new record out, Sexuality, following his master debut L’Incroyable Vérité and a more irregular Politics (although with the amazing track “La Ritournelle”, featuring drummer Tony Allen).
Sexuality was recorded with Guy Manuel De Homem-Christo (half of Daft Punk […]

Howard Beale

Awesome speech from the 1976 classic and 4-Oscars winner “Network“.
30 years later and the world is still getting smaller.
Video here.
I don’t have to tell you things are bad. Everybody knows things are bad. It’s a depression. Everybody’s out of work or scared of losing their job. The dollar buys a nickel’s worth; banks are going […]

The Darvaza flaming crater

Located at Turkmenistan desert, Darvaza flaming crater is one of the most apocalyptic landscapes in the world. Its 60 meters in diameter and 20 meters depth have not been caused by volcanic activity or a meteorite impact. This crater was created sometime in the 50’s when the Soviets were prospecting for natural gas in this […]

Tearing down the house

Sad news from múm’s blog:
We just wanted to tell you about a very special festival we played a couple of weekends ago. It was called ‘Látíð í bæ’ which means something like ‘Low-tide in town’, we guess and it was a protest against the demolition of old houses in the city centre. In the next […]

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