Nicola Roberts - Beat Of My Drum

2minutes 58seconds of your life you will never get back, EVER! A woeful piece of noise.

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Belo Monte Dam

The chief Raoni cries when he learns that brazilian president Dilma released the beginning of construction of the hydroelectric plant of Belo Monte, even after tens of thousands of letters and emails addressed to her and which were ignored as the more than 600,000 signatures. That is, the death sentence of the peoples of Great Bend of the Xingu river is enacted. Belo Monte will inundate at least 400,000 hectares of forest, an area bigger than the Panama Canal, thus expelling 40,000 indigenous and local populations and destroying habitat valuable for many species - all to produce electricity at a high social, economic and environmental cost, which could easily be generated with greater investments in energy efficiency.

There's a petition you can sign against the building of the dam - here

Do not text and drive!

The world is a mad place!

Photo of the “Llullaillaco Maiden”, a 15 year old girl sacrificed during the Inca Empire for both purposes of religious rite and social control. She was chosen a year prior to her death, fed a ritualistic diet for an approximate twelve months to make her gain weight, then was drugged and left on the shrine at Volcano Llullaillaco, where she was left to die of exposure. For five hundred years, her body had been preserved at 82 ft. She is considered to be the best preserved Andean mummy ever uncovered.

Part 1 - The Low Anthem

Two acts I'm really hoping to go see at the Open House Festival are coming up.
Today is the day for The Low Anthem.

The Low Anthem are a folk quartet (up until recently, a trio) from Providence, Rhode Island, United States. They formed in 2003 and consist of multi-instrumentalists Ben Miller, Jeff Prystowsky, Jocie Adams and Mat Davidson, 'Smart Flesh', their 3rd album (self-produced by the band, mixed largely by Mike Mogis (Bright Eyes, Monsters of Folk), and mastered by Bob Ludwig) was released back in February, combining folk with blues, hymnals, barn-stompers and whispered meditations.

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'Jobless Paddy'

The billboard on Merrion Road in Dublin has cost Mr Mac An Iomaire €2000 for 2 weeks.

The ad contains a picture of the 26-year-old marketing graduate facing a number of famous landmarks from Sydney, London and New York with the message: "Save me from emigration."

His ad has struck a chord across Ireland at a time when about 50,000 citizens, many of them young graduates, are expected to leave this year for work abroad. There are still up to 400,000 jobless workers in Ireland due to the property crash and the country's fiscal crisis.

Mac An Iomaire said he came up with the idea after being unemployed for eight months after a year in Australia.

"I had a good bit of money saved when I came home from Australia but I was managing to live on jobseeker's allowance. I gave it a week of hard thinking to come up with the concept and nothing was going to stop me then," he said.

Writing on his Facebook page he explained why he had decided to go to such lengths.

"Having tried and failed for months and exhausted all traditional job hunting avenues, I have decided to have one last throw of the dice to remain in Ireland before I am forced to look elsewhere for work and develop myself professionally," he said.

He added that he hoped to stay in Ireland and "be part of this country's recovery".

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Adorable of the day!

Little Miles panics a bit after losing his brand new camera during a sled ride.

What a fabulous repertoire!

Indie folk outfit, Vetiver, is set to release their upcoming record, The Errant Charm on June 14 (USA).

Consisting Andy Cabic and often joined by Devendra Banhart, cellist Alissa Anderson, and violinist Jim Gaylord.  Since releasing their debut album Vetiver in 2004 the album’s release, Vetiver has toured extensively, opening for and collaborating with Devendra Banhart and Joanna Newsom. Their music has been described as ‘surreal’, ‘lullingly pleasant’, ‘tender and accessible’ and ‘quirky and warm’.

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Whether you like it or not...

A living, changing, innovative, fun and interesting thing....

tUnE-yArDs is the moniker of New England-based musician Merrill Garbus. To date, she has two full-length studio albums and is currently signed to the British independent record label 4AD. She was formerly a member of Sister Suvi.

Her debut album Bird-Brains was first released on limited edition vinyl and cassette in June 2009, via the Portland-based imprint Marriage Records. In July 2009, it was announced that tUnE-yArDs had signed to 4AD, and a limited edition pressing of BiRd-BrAiNs was released on August 17, 2009.

A second album w h o k i l l was released on April 19, 2011, preceded by the single “Bizness”. It was produced by Garbus and engineered by Eli Crews at New, Improved Studios in Oakland, California. Applying the live approach to her studio work for the first time, Garbus works with bass player Nate Brenner, who co-wrote some of the album’s songs.

tUnE-yArDs plays Whelan’s on June 17th. Tickets are €16 plus fees.


Yourstru.ly Presents: tUnE-yArDs "You Yes You" from Yours Truly on Vimeo.

'A message' from Canada!

Bill Majoros is the songwriter and lead vocalist / Multi-instrumentalist of Psychedelic pop act The Foreign Films.

A Canadian musician who has toured, recorded and played with many Canadian acts including Universal Honey, The Paper Airplane Company, The Cloudsmen, and Altogether Morris. From 1997 to 2004, he worked as main writer & guitarist in Flux A.D., winning Hamilton Music Awards 2004 “Best Alternative Album of the Year”- fellow members in Flux A.D. included Julie Fader (from the Great Lake Swimmers and Sarah Harmer’s band), and Graham Walsh from Holy Fuck. Bill has also worked with legendary producers Bob and Daniel Lanois(Dylan,U2 etc)

The Foreign Films debut double length CD “Distant Star” was released in 2007. Co-produced along with Hamilton, ON producer Carl Jennings, the CD was nominated for “Album of the Year” Hamilton Music Awards 2007.Bill was also nominated as guitar player of the year.

Majoros and The Foreign Films accompanied by friends Kori Pop and Alex McMaster (Arcade Fire) have been slowly working on this EP as a teaser for a full LP. The EP can be streamed at their bandcamp.

Bill Majoros' new picture show video for “A Message” from my latest Fire From Spark EP, which incorporates 4,000 images to create a stop motion short.

After 4 years in oblivion, Salad Fingers is back!

History made in NZ- Unit T3 Mindtricks BMX Jam

I got sick just watching the video!

24-year-old kiwi Jed Mildon made action-sports history by performing the world’s first (recorded) BMX triple backflip at today’s Unit T3 Mindtricks BMX Jam in Taupo, New Zealand.

“This is the perfect result to three intensive months of practicing and training for this moment,” Mildon said after landing the jump. “The impact and implications hasn’t sunken in yet, but I’m so pumped to have aimed for something once deemed impossible and made my dream a reality

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Well it's something different....

Ad agency Y & R has been menacing Amsterdam commuters with this series of roadside billboards depicting the progressive disrobing of a hairy and overweight man, with the tagline: “The sooner you advertise here, the better.”

I really like this idea:

Asking Random New Yorkers What Song Are They Are Listening To: