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10/20/2009
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AOTW [17] : Meeting Of Important People

Just a quick one since I’m taking a short break from school work and came across this brilliant music video from Meeting Of Important People !

As you can see in the video, everything was built out of cardboard ! Apparently the entire set took 2 weeks (8 hours a day) to build with an average of 5 volunteers working on it. (By the way, the set was taken back for recycling after the shoot.) The entire stop animation took about 3 weeks to complete.

I like how they put together everything and “Brittney Lane Don’t Care” is a great song from the indie-rock/pop band ! Very quirky with the nonsensical lyrics, yet so appealing !

A creative and visually intricate video that proves great directors don’t need to do just films !

Meeting of Important People – Brittney Lane Don’t Care

that kid/ joe klein
born in 1989
studied in northside
the college of the king’s design

landed a gold mine
he’s buried ‘neath a crossroad sign
i really don’t mind
it’s happened since the dawn of time

brittney lane don’t care
brittney lane don’t care
and it’s all on a dare
and the reins are hers

the cure ain’t taking
i’ll tell you what you oughta do
why give it all up
if no-one’s giving up for you?

brittney lane don’t care
brittney lane don’t care
and it’s all on a dare
and the reins are hers
allison don’t care
allison don’t care
and the wind’s in her hair
like at valley fair

anyway you gotta’ be free
you’re holding onto bottles

loves a girl he just met
but i don’t think he will for long

that kid/ right there
he’s the one who should be scared
that kid/ right there
he’s the one who’s got the stare

brittney lane don’t care
brittney lane don’t care
and it’s all on a dare
and the reins are hers

allison don’t care
sebastian don’t care
stephanie don’t care
blah blah blah don’t care

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08/24/2009
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AOTW [12] : Quebec Antique

I have just started school this week and woah, it has been a crazy start to my 3rd year in university ! (Ok, just an excuse for the lack of entries..I’m honest!)

To start things off on the right track again, here is this week’s Artist of the Week featuring Quebec Antique ! They are a pretty newly formed ambient electronic band who pretty much reminds me of The Postal Service alot.“The Abbey Tapes” is the debut effort of British born musician Andy Dollerson and Canadian singer/instrumentalist/songwriter Michael Blake. Fantastic dualism !

Some of you might have heard of them from thesixtyone.com (which is a really cool website that features alot of indie music by the way – will blog about it next time!) So far my favourite track is “Almost had you” – what about yours ?

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07/17/2009
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AOTW [7] : Doll & The Kicks

I was checking out Morissey on myspace and came across Doll & The Kicks who happens to be his guest supporting act for his Europe tour. So as usual, I googled on Doll & The Kicks after listening to a few tracks of theirs. I find myself liking their quirky style and they reminds me of No Doubt in a way, maybe not music wise though. I like how unique they sound and I really have no idea which genre they actually falls under. (haha)

Quite a refreshing sight to see female singer in a band since lately most bands have male lead singers, Doll certainly has the spunky stage personality to pull off the indie/rocker attitude. In fact , I read that they actually sound even better live. You can follow them on twitter ! They may just be the next big thing!

Here’s one of their songs  “Roll up the red carpet” which I found rather cute and catchy. Sadly I can’t find the lyrics to it but watch the video !

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06/24/2009
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Stayin’ Alive : Grooveshark Attack !

The boyfriend told me about Grooveshark some days ago and I was hesitating about signing up for “another social networking site” but no regrets at all ! In fact, I would have stabbed myself (just kidding) for not checking Grooveshark out !

Yet another internet radio site but one of the main draws of Grooveshark is the breadth of their library, which covers almost everything from indies to your usual A-songs. Unlike blip.fm which certainly has its flaws on streaming, you can stream songs from the web interface easily and so far I have yet to come across any broken links. It’s like having an iTunes online, free of charge !

It is evident that the Grooveshark team spent a lot of time creating an interface that users would find intuitive even though new users will probably take awhile to figure it out. I love how sleek the design looks and the 3-col layout is easy to navigate. It is even easier to conduct search in Grooveshark as compared to other internet radio sites. Just type in the name of a song in the interface and you’re provided with a small url that you can paste into any of your favourite social media services, like twitter and facebook. You can do a user search to add your friends and share your playlists too ! I like the fact that I can create several playlist to suits my mood, that’s probably something that blip.fm doesn’t offer.

I have been using Grooveshark almost a week now, and I am loving it ! Grooveshark proves to be a formidable player with its user-friendly interface and much lesser downtime/broken links. Its library and social media-friendly elements are probably the key factor why I’d switch from blip.fm to them. If you can’t tell, Grooveshark has already totally win my heart ! It’s keeping me alive at work everyday without fail.

you can add me @iammyy to check out my playlist (will be adding more)

P.S : The boyfriend just told me that Grooveshark is facing lawsuit from EMI, I hope they will survive it and continue their service. C’mon record labels, *this* is the new way to promote your music and artistes…learn to embrace technology and live with it already !

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05/03/2009
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Your own radio station ? Holy Blip !

Blip.fm

I’ve joined blip.fm since 17th Sept last year and so far, I’m really loving it.

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I meant to blog about blip ages ago and go into details but let’s just keep it short and simple.

8 reasons why i love blip.fm :

  1. It is like the best bit of  last.fm+twitter all rolled into one.
  2. It has a realtime feed of what other “DJ”s are listening to.
  3. It is personal/interactive because you pick the music for your playlist and you get to reblip others.
  4. It encourages “value-system” – it requires contributions from its members in order to benefit from the others in the society.
  5. It has an idiot-proof interface and system – just search and *tadah*, there you go!
  6. It has a built-in virality and a good feedback system.
  7. It has alot of “undiscovered” artistes, oldies and radio hits shared by others.
  8. It is addictive – it’s almost becoming a habit for me to share my music pick everyday.

tweet What I really liked about blip is that it directly updates my tumblr and twitter to allow others to see what I’m listening to.

Most of the time I’ll also plurk about my blips as my “music of the day” plurk. I guess it’s a good way to share great music found online and so far I spend at least half an hour on blip.fm to look for good songs and am getting props/positive feedbacks on my music taste – which really is quite an ego booster. (HAHA) Victory

Sure, there are many music sharing sites out there and probably better ones. But Blip.fm is still my favourite as of now. Do give it a try (c’mon, it’s not like you don’t have 9867545122 different accounts out there already) and let me know what you think about it ? Grin

Speaking of music, I’m planning on adding a new “element” to this blog. Keep a lookout for my little project! =)

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