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Thanks to Laurence Wilson, Mountain Range’s gloriously...

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 19:06:00 +0100

Thanks to Laurence Wilson, Mountain Range’s gloriously happy, beautifully ambient, Sigor Ros-inspired sounds came to my attention this afternoon.

With electronic, nature-infected notes, It’s Lonely Around People, Too at points feels so much like an underwater wilderness I can almost picture fish swimming around my desk. At any rate, I’m transported away from the monotony of revision and leaves me in a slightly more blissful place than where I started.

Apparently the EP is looming. However, that was news back in December last year. Let’s hope it enters our ear-domains in the very near future.

stunningly motivating - distinctive tribal sounds in vocals and...

Thu, 11 Oct 2012 14:49:55 +0100

stunningly motivating - distinctive tribal sounds in vocals and drums

Lucy Rose: Bikes Great guitar sounds and vocals. Utterly...

Tue, 09 Oct 2012 12:42:08 +0100

Lucy Rose: Bikes

Great guitar sounds and vocals. Utterly beautiful.

Art.sy: an online art collection site that, ingeniously, uses...

Tue, 09 Oct 2012 11:13:31 +0100

Art.sy: an online art collection site that, ingeniously, uses algorithms to understand your preferred works of art (or those in your own collection) and suggests new matches for you. You can even follow a certain ‘gene’ or type of art, such as 1960’s Art, or Black & White Photography. And once you’ve followed an artist or gene, you’ll get an email notification about new artworks, sales and upcoming shows. Utterly brilliant. Have an explore, its been in private testing for a while now, but opened to the public yesterday.

And even better, the website design is super slick and easy to use. Now to discover new artworks to love!

Earthlings

Mon, 08 Oct 2012 12:37:07 +0100

Earthlings:

Earthlings

Watched this for the first time last night, after it was recommended to me by a friend, Turin Bridge.

Although I’d much rather have not seen it (we humans would much rather deny the existence of this cruelty) but now I knew about the film, I had to challenge myself and make myself watch it: to do otherwise would be ignorant.

And I’m glad I did. Its hard hitting and awful to watch at times, but it gets the message across to us - many animals kept and killed for our pleasure live their whole lives in pain and are not even respected in death.

It has certainly made me question humanity - how can someone within the same species as myself treat life in this way? Whether we blame Speciesism or just the psychology of a coping mechanism, it doesn’t make it any better, or right.

But how do we address this and make amend for what we have done and are still doing? Joachin Phoenix, narrator, doesn’t give us the answers - just allows us to ponder what has been laid out as fact.

Is becoming vegetarian/vegan enough? Perhaps we should instead take a more active role and fight for more humane methods?

I don’t know what the answer is, I’d love your thoughts. And do, watch the film. Challenge yourself; be aware, not ignornant.

Take a look at the rest of this chaps photos - some great shots...

Mon, 08 Oct 2012 09:30:39 +0100

Take a look at the rest of this chaps photos - some great shots around Soho and Camden Town

t-vvood:

London, Soho

Audio

Sun, 07 Oct 2012 20:28:06 +0100

Audio

Sun, 07 Oct 2012 17:19:14 +0100

weandthecolor: Visual Art Several oil paintings on canvas from...

Thu, 04 Oct 2012 16:49:00 +0100

weandthecolor:

Visual Art

Several oil paintings on canvas from 2010 - 2012 by Scranton, Pennsylvania born artist Russ Noto.

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#climatechange #ourchangingworld Dr Heather Lovell’s talk:...

Wed, 03 Oct 2012 15:22:51 +0100

#climatechange #ourchangingworld Dr Heather Lovell’s talk: Climate Change and the Challenge for Policy Makers @UniofEdinburgh (Taken with Instagram)

Kicking the Beckett by Neil Edwards

Tue, 02 Oct 2012 16:57:00 +0100

Kicking the Beckett by Neil Edwards:

Delightfully funny short story by Neil Edwards.

Found on ReadWave: the newest way of getting your short story ‘to the world’. Great stuff!

Great sounds and chilled vocals, taking you to another world.

Tue, 02 Oct 2012 16:41:12 +0100

Great sounds and chilled vocals, taking you to another world.

Shinies: Ennui “Ennui” = boredom? Or a strange...

Tue, 02 Oct 2012 16:37:00 +0100

Shinies: Ennui

“Ennui” = boredom? Or a strange lacking of enthusiasm for what currently surrounds us? I see this Fabio Younnis-directed video it as a cold representation that as young people move to a time of heightened responsibility they/we have to suppress, or burn, childhood memories. Apparently, nostalgia now doesn’t have a place in our society and we can’t run life and memories alongside each other.

But perhaps this bleakness is a product of our conditioning and the way we’re been conditioned?

See what you think. The track’s pretty ace too.

Today’s super soundtrack

Mon, 01 Oct 2012 13:31:12 +0100

Today’s super soundtrack

Edinburgh Lecture: Climate Change and Its Challenge for Policy Makers

Sun, 30 Sep 2012 00:00:00 +0100

Edinburgh Lecture: Climate Change and Its Challenge for Policy Makers:

FREE EVENT: Part of the Our Changing World lecture series - 6.30pm on 2 Oct 2012

@thedarlingtimes will be there & tweeting updates!

Get yourselves along to Appleton Tower, University of Edinburgh on 2 October 2012.

Time-lapse video from the awesome people at MOO.com. (But...

Tue, 11 Sep 2012 16:43:00 +0100

Time-lapse video from the awesome people at MOO.com.

(But they’re in printing, not umbrellas)

MOO.com Summer Party

Fri, 07 Sep 2012 16:39:00 +0100

With a bouncy castle, lifesize Connect-4 and Jenga as well as a colourful umbrella canopy, the stage/yard at 32-38 Scrutton Street last night was set for a young start-up birthday party. And with the drinks flowing and hot dogs a-sizzling, the chatter started and we strapped ourselves in for a great evening hosted by the super lovely people at MOO.com.

Happy Birthday was even sung and I came home with an amazingly cheerful bright yellow umbrella.

Thank you MOO!

See photos here and an awesome time-lapse video of the umbrella’s here.

MOO.com Summer Party!

Tue, 28 Aug 2012 16:11:00 +0100

MOO.com Summer Party!:

MOO.com is 6! Get along to their summer birthday party in Shoreditch on September 6 to enjoy drinks, hot dogs and a bouncy castle. Can’t wait!

Well you’re a cutie aren’t you? #tdt...

Mon, 09 Jul 2012 17:25:33 +0100

Well you’re a cutie aren’t you? #tdt http://instagr.am/p/M3cyURThBH/ July 10, 2012 at 02:13AM

Stunning morning in Manly…goodbye! #tdt...

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 01:04:49 +0100

Stunning morning in Manly…goodbye! #tdt http://instagr.am/p/MRqTu4zhKa/ June 25, 2012 at 10:00AM