If you’re into Dubstep or even if you’ve never heard of it (eg if you’ve been largely living under a rock or on a desert island for much of this century), check out the J’aime le Dubstep series of mixes by DJ Construct and guests. Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2010
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Posted in music
Tagged bass, Caspa, DJ Construct, Doorly, dubstep, J'aime le Dubstep, mix, Rusko, Skream
Musical genius
I love music and comedy and also love science, technology and rational thinking. And one man combines these passions: His name is Tim Minchin and everything I’ve seen him do is simply fantastic. As well and being an amazing pianist, the best since Les Dawson, his songwriting talent is simply something else. Having caught him on Loose Ends on Radio 4 earlier this evening, I was reminded to write a glowing review of his work, something I’ve been meaning to do for a while. Continue reading
Posted in fun stuff, music, science
Tagged astrology, Bill Bailey, cormedy, Eddie Izzard, god, homeopathy, music, piano, psychic, rational, religion, science, Tim Minchin
A gentlemans tiff…
One of my favourite musical genres is hip-hop; beats, rhymes and life as the saying goes. A big part of hip-hop culture is the MC battle where two or more MCs spit freestyle venom at each other, sometimes in a good-hearted manner, other times less so. This battling can also be taken onto plastic, resulting in so-called battle tracks or diss tracks. Sometimes this whole scenario gets out of hand; think the whole east-coast vs west-coast rivalry of the 1990′s or more recently Nas vs Jay-Z, 50 Cent vs Ja Rule. Well, a whole new battle may just be breaking out on UK shores and this one promises to be a lot more, well, polite. Continue reading
Posted in music
Tagged battle, diss, gentleman rapper, hip hop, mc, Mr B, music, Professor Elemental



