Had a bit of a vocab discussion yesterday, and I’ve had the same thing before, on exactly the same topic, so I want your opinion. Is ‘bootleg’ a synonym for ‘mash-up’? Last time I checked these were the definitions: Bootleg recording, an otherwise unavailable audio or video recording distributed without the artist’s consent. Mashup (music), [...]

A collection of record cover illusions, compiled from the vaults of YaDogg:  

One third of the Strictly Niceness team, Kwak is presenting his list of names to look out for in the year to come. 2007 was a busy year for Kwak himself, as we’ve seen him launching the Back to Niceness radioshow, pushing up his dj agenda and putting mixes online. Kwak decided to give us [...]

Thriving force behind the infamous Onda Sonora Soundsystem BLA is second on the already highly beloved ’2008: All Eyes On…’ series of lists. (for part one, check Nalden’s input) Known as the moodiest bastard around, BLA is still our man. Heavy on the recordcollecting and partying-till-the-break-of-dawn tip one can only envy his enthousiasm and love for [...]

Deputy Dog made a ‘top 5 of deserted city scenes’ in film and I’m voting that for best blog feature of the last two months, at least. He puts it like this: ‘There’s a relatively easy way to give the audience a chill during a film: slip in a shot of a deserted city centre, a [...]

As always, it’s hard to predict what 2008 will look like, especially in the online world, but since some people have been asking me about this, I started thinking, and I figured we might just see this happening: – Micromailing – by the end of the year you’ll see half of your friends network rocking [...]

Best albums of 2007, who gives a damn? 2007, we were there, right? Amy was big, Britney fell off, Radiohead made the industry think things over again (or not) etc. etc. A lot of stories, most of them uninteresting if you ask me, because what I really want to hear, is who’ll be big in [...]

I must admit I hadn’t heard of this man called Hugh Ferriss before, but I’ve been captivated by his work ever since I’ve stumbled upon this Flickr set packed with a solid 341 drawings of his. Ferriss never designed a single noteworthy building, but after his death a colleague said he ‘influenced my generation of [...]

Captivating images, these new WWF anti-paintdumping ads:  (click to enlargen images)

Sad news for the Borat fans. In an interview with the Telegraph Sasha Baron Cohen announced the deaths of his two hit characters: the British wannabe-rapper-journalist Ali G; and Kazakhstani journalist Borat. It was fun while it lasted, but the time had to come: “When I was being Ali G and Borat I was in character [...]

As classic as it gets if you ask me: (As sampled for the classic Iron Man album, by Ghostface Killah, of course.) Clips from the 1974 production “The Education of Sonny Carson” featuring a youngster’s first steps into joining a Brooklyn street gang. If you like this type of videos, watch “8 Blocks from Tiffany’s“, heavy docu on [...]

The Long Tail theory has become quite a widely accepted marketing model nowadays, its author, Wired editor-in-chief Chris Anderson’s new book ‘Free’ is thus highly anticipated. I’ve watched Chris Anderson speaking on Nokia World 2007, a solid 45minute presentation - which I recommend for the die-hard marketing lovers only - and broke his insights down to a couple of [...]

With the year running to its end the 50th anniversary of the überclassic Helvetica font is coming to its end. I’m waiting for the Helvetica DVD to hit stores over here, quite anxious to hear the full story on how this typeface revolutionised design back in the days, and how its influence is still felt [...]

A bit of humour on this Sunday night, I figured. Mat Ricardo performing on the Dutch late night TV comedy show “Raymaan is Laat”. The old table cloth trick, but in reverse! 

I’ve merely finished my reading of a nice overview book on the life and works of Austrian painter/architect/leftfield thinker Friedensreich Hundertwasser, when I stumbled upon this news: “Sydney plans to green the city’s roofs“

The New York Times delivers again with a great article on an alternative urban lifestyle. I’m not talking music, street credibility or big beat bicycles. I’m talking pigeon racers. Ghost Dog being one of my alltime favourite movies, I just had to share this photoset with you: “New York’s pigeon clubs, loosely organized by geography and custom, [...]

NINE is a compilation gathering nine of the finest belgian producers, beat makers and nonstopbeatbuilders. Snippet mixed by LeFtO and brought to you by the Laid Back Team. Full length LP available since last Thursday through Rush Hour.   Already available on iTunes through Citywurl.

Here’s the tracklist for the latest podcast episode: Vic&lloyd – Pick You Up At Midi. Our aim with this mix was to provide you with some exquisite exclusive sounds from in and around our homecountry, that’s why you’ll notice a bunch of Dutch and French names blended together with some of our favourite homegrown sounds, [...]

I’m imagening having this implanted in my back-back, recharging my phone whilst walking them streets. Or am I just dreaming?

Ah yeah, another killer teaser video by the fine people over at Alice Gallery, exclusive sneak preview making-of footage of ‘Le Grisbi’, new exhibit by Sozyone Gonzalez, opening tomorrow, at Alice Gallery:

Good old Tetris always does it. I remember playing it on my first generation Gameboy, and later on my first mobile phone, but I never played it on an appartment though: