8-bit city

Who is Cevron? Who is the macho boygirl behind 8-bit city? Where does he/she get off telling me how I should present my blog? If you don't like it, stop reading it. "whateverthefuck you're trying to say"? Really Cevron aka Anonymous? Really? I don't have to write about any one thing, thats the beauty of one's own blog. It is personal, deal with it. It's an outlet. If you read the blurb next to my posts, you will see that.

Anyway, I am wasting my time talking to someone who hides behind a name. If you are wondering why I am venting, some blogger wrote something that annoyed me (strangely). It generally takes a lot more than a silly post to get my back up. Check it.

Another reason for the url change is that my name (Richard Cole King) is a lot easier to remember than Smack Talk My Bum. So, it makes sense for the people I meet.

There might be cash prizes for anyone who delivers me info about who cevron is. Truth.

Oh, and happy Halloween if you're into that type of thing.

Free Download Tracks

I am not generally one for downloads on my blog, but it's rare to come across a "library" of good free music. My friend directed me to a list of download tunes. Here are a few of the ones I like.

Radiohead - Nude (Holy F*ck remix)

Datarock - Fa fa fa Gets Shakes (remix)

Does It Offend You Yeah - We Are Rockstars (remix) (possibly a favourite)

Justice - DVNO (Just Quality off their Cross album, but nothing new)

Lykke Li - Everybody But Me

LCD Soundsystem - No Love Lost

Van She

So, there has been a lot of hype on the www about a little Australian band doing big things in Disco. Van She are from Sydney combining raw synth, in their earlier work, with more textured sounds of their newer stuff. From what I have heard of their music, it sounds very 80's, VERY 80's. So they got love for you if you were born (or lived) in the 80's, the 80's. Sorry.
Have a listen. I found these downloadables on DISCODUST.

Van She - Kelly (Lifelike remix)
Van She - Kelly (Breakbot remix)

Otherwise check their Myspace for some more tunes. Also view their "Strangers" video below. I really like this song. They have also remixed a couple of well known artists like Feist and Klaxons. The Klaxons remix was done for the world renowned Kitsune Maison group. Nice.

Stewie's the greatest

It's not musical, but it's awesome.

Stewie's the best Family Guy character.

Inge's back at the Assembly

[They spelled Ferguson wrong on this poster]

Remember Inge (from Lark) played with KOBUS at The Assembly at the end of August? Well, she is coming back to Assembly to play with Lonesome Dave Ferguson this weekend. So, if you are into meaningful dark lyrics (Inge) and Americana blues (Ferguson), come down to the Assembly on Saturday night. I think it's going to be very interesting and experimental.

Check out Inge's Myspace and Dave Ferguson's Myspace. For more info, click here.
Doesn't Dave look like a young George Michael? Weird.

How Awesome is this!!

Desmond & the Tutus just posted this on their blog. I heard rumours, but now here it is from the horses mouth...

So as some of you may know, this French label called Tigersushi is releasing the Kiss You On The Cheek single. They sure are, and the vinyl was released this month along with the insanely awesome King Of Town remix and people all over the world are loving it.

Phonica Record Store in London said this about the record:

"Hands down Desmond & The Tutus is the best band name I've heard in ages and, happily, this single 'Kiss You On The Cheek' is deserving of such a wonderfully monikered creator. It's unashamedly cheesy, sunshiny electronic house indie pop gear - with harmonicas and everything..."

And the nice guys at Tigersushi said this nice thing about us:

"Super friendly guys from Pretoria making African tinged post punk, like the Rapture in Tanzania."

Anyway, you can download the tracks at Beatport. Or order it directly from Tigersushi.

Adidas Flash

"adidas’ new “Flash” site lets visitors play photographer. a really cool novel idea. using a virtual camera, you can click your mouse and capture images from videos that feature models sporting the brand’s new fall/winter line.

each slow-motion clip has the models engaged in mundane activities such as pouring a glass of orange juice and blow drying their hair. the flash function of the camera, however, allows you to capture surreal, hi-res pics that make it feel like a real photo shoot. after you captured each image, you can save to an online catalogue and explore the new adidas gear further." [Excerpt from the World of Advertising.]

To see this exciting new site, click here.

But why oh why am I writing about an advertising site? Well, firstly because its an amazing site. Secondly, three South Africans (at least) were involved in it. Lyall Coburn was the director and works for the agency, 180 Amsterdam and Leannie van der Vyver (originally from the Northern Suburbs) did the set design and styling. Also, Say Thank You aka Simon Ringrose aka Sibot did the music. South Africa represent! Very cool site indeed.