Currently one of my photos of Kaki King from the Glee Club in Birmingham is the top user rated image on her Last.fm profile - while this is all very nice, my treatment of those images was pretty severe and makes me cringe slightly.
I had just come into ownership of my Canon 30D and I had been using Adobe Lightroom all of a month - I don’t want to put the image itself down, but I had not the experience to attempt a decent monochrome conversion, and created something that lost an awful lot of the finer nuances of the image.
For those who like the original I’m happy that you appreciated it. The harsher look does add a rough charm that is reminiscent of her delivery, but I think that this smoother take now makes more sense to me and shows something more delicate in Kaki’s style.
I can’t change the image in Last.fm for obvious reasons, but I thought I’d make this a relevant link for those who’d be interested. Thanks for reading.
Jukebox the Ghost - I Love You Always Forever (Donna Lewis Cover)
I don’t think Donna Lewis could ever hope for a better tribute! I actually forgot how much I enjoy this tune, as sugary pop songs go, it’s pretty intense.
I Love You Always Forever by Jukebox the Ghost
originally by Donna Lewis
A man’s gotta do what a man said he’d do! Well played, Elliot!
It is with great pleasure that I present to you a video of the lovely and talented Elliot Jacobson getting his chest waxed by the equally lovely and talented Allie “Queen of Pain” Moss.
Elliot volunteered to perform this feat of pain endurance if you all helped me reach my Kickstarter goal in 2 days. You made it happen in 28 hours. Thank you thank you thank you.
I asked Elliot to try and shout the names of Kickstarter donors who i randomly selected… He got through Nicholas Montgomery and Esteban Gomez before resigning himself to more predictable “ow!”s and “askrgjajshgdlhdfg”s.
This video was edited swiftly and skillfully by Dannielle Owens-Reid.
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You can learn more about my wonderful friends here:
ELLIOT
http://elliotjacobson.tumblr.com/
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ALLIE
http://alliemoss.com/
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DANNIELLE
http://dannielle.tumblr.com/
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Consider my mind BLOWN.
Pop Scene, stagnant? Never! Give me a 12 Bar Blues any day ;) (cheers Zoë!)
How can you resist, seriously? Andrew is the most generous man…
HEY PALS! I have made the most recent Age of Rockets album (Hannah - 2008) a free download over at our band camp page. If you have not heard it this is a good chance to, because it will only cost you a few minutes of your time that you probably would have shit away on the internet anyway! IF you already have the record consider Reblogging this. I WOULD CONSIDER IT A PERSONAL FAVOR! KISSES!!!
Jenny Owen Youngs on what Kickstarter means to her
The good folks at More Than the Music were kind enough to ask me questions about this Kickstarter project and listen politely to my long-winded answers. Boom:
http://www.morethanthemusic.co.uk/2010/07/11/jenny-owen-youngs/
What the Higgs 'harmonic signatures' may sound like
So, it bascially sounds like Delia Derbyshire saw (heard?) this coming a long way off? Just to show how far ahead of its time the Radiophonic Workshop really was!
Researchers have simulated the sound of the Higgs Boson and other sub-atomic collisions in the Large Hadron Collider.You must listen to this. Seriously. It’s really cool.
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So I will provide you with a set of (desktop) wallpaper sized images to decorate your computer/other preferred device with to your heart’s content. If you like any of the shots enough, then we can talk about a high res image of your choice that can be printed out up to A3 size!
As with Jenny’s incentives, my pictures will only be available when the project is successfully funded. If for some crazy reason you want a print from me personally, this can also be arranged!
Take a look at my other photography and email me if you’re interested.
Thanks for being awesome!
Hey is any body else going to be on this album?? Not that I don’t like you Andrew…
Day 2 of Age of Rockets recording.
This time it was for a weirdo acoustic track. Not really what the album will sound like at all. Song is super not done. It seems obvious to me that it’s not done but if you are not someone who records music you might not know what a half finished thing sounds like. just covering my bases!!
As always reblogs are appreciated!!
and all follows will be met with a follow back!
cool!
For what it’s worth, minimal ambient is the definition of cool for me.
Follow my bands tumblr! I promise it will be coolA video from Day one of recording!!
it’s a section of track 3 disc 1 that is minute 5-9 of the track. It’s fairly open and ambient nothing too big / cool yet.
Also if you are one of the first 100 people to follow this tumblr I will follow yr ass back!
cool.
Jukebox The Ghost - It's A Beautiful Life
“It’s a Beautiful Life” by Jukebox The Ghost - from Guilt By Association Vol. 2
(originally by Ace of Base)
Edit: Video Link too!
Official Site for Mohammed Ali's "Writing on the Wall"
Including the forthcoming film of the event by Thomas Baricevic (AKA Jackson Black), featuring photography by yours truly:
It was a really fantastic experience and truly eye-opening too. Please check out the site and my site gallery too.
Live Photos Updated
Another random selection of my Live Music Choices HAND PICKED and perfected for your viewing pleasure. Thanks for looking, I hope you get something out of it.
