http://www.spannered.org/blog/ Music, art, film and literature from outside the mainstream bubble, a platform for writers. Spread a little mp3 love. en-gb Copyright 2007 Spannered. All Rights Reserved. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT 240 http://www.spannered.org/images/skins/spannered/RSS.jpg http://www.spannered.org/ http://www.spannered.org/blog/1654/ http://www.spannered.org/blog/1654/   It is with enormous sadness that we have learned of the death of Evandro João da Silva, a long-serving coordinator for Brazilian cultural group AfroReggae. Evandro, who was interviewed by Spannered in the favela of Parada de Lucas in 2007, was the victim of a violent mugging in Rio's central district on 18 October 2009. An English-language version of the shocking events surrounding his death can be found here. Our deepest sympathies go out to Evandro's family and friends, and all those who … Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/blog/1649/ http://www.spannered.org/blog/1649/ Message from Filastine:   URGENT CALL FOR SOUND COMPOSITIONS On a topic even more urgent: Climate Chaos Deadline: December 13, 2009 Public Performance: December 16, in the streets of Copenhagen during the Climate Summit, broadcast from the Sound Swarm, a battery of bicycle-mounted megaphones within the Bike Bloc Compensation: Air that you can breath & weather that doesn't kill you Curated by: Filastine … Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/blog/1644/ http://www.spannered.org/blog/1644/ Laurent Fintoni told us earlier this year he'd started work on a mix with 2tall and Clockwork to document developments across the hip hop spectrum since the turn of the millennium. Well, their Boom Bap Continuum project has finally reached fruition: 200+ tracks, 50+ producers, reduced down to a richly packed 80 minutes. Chronologically traversing production lineage over the past decade, it's a mighty piece of work held together by dope skills, first-rate knowledge and boundless enthusiasm.   Grab it here … Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/blog/1635/ http://www.spannered.org/blog/1635/ Followers of Spannered will know something of our propensity for posting pictures of our beloved Lama genus. With gusto therefore we guide you to the organ of lamalink.com (as recently endorsed by the BBC's Have I Got News For You). Its illustrious pages pose such puzzles as 'why it took so long for Argentines to come into their own on the llama scene', and when will you know whether or not you've a proper showstopper on your hands. Vital questions indeed. > lamalink.com Magazine - latest issue PDF   This particular heavy wool Argentine m … Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/blog/1636/ http://www.spannered.org/blog/1636/ … Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/blog/1630/ http://www.spannered.org/blog/1630/ It's either a sign of human progress or the end of days. A man known as Justin has started posting his father's random pronouncements on Twitter, and nearly half a million people have found this interesting enough to follow him. His profile reads, "I'm 29. I live with my 73-year-old dad. He is awesome. I just write down shit that he says". But Justin's dad's words really are awesome. Check out these veritable pearls thrown before the swine of the social media sty:   "Does anyone your age know how to comb their fucking hair? It looks like two squirrels crawled on their head and started fucking." "The dog don't like you planting stuff there. It's his backyard. If you're the only one who shits in … Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/blog/1615/ http://www.spannered.org/blog/1615/ It seems sometimes that the internet exists purely to enable people to embarrass themselves faster and more publicly than ever before. This week we were reminded of this truism by yesterday's (16 June) completely unfounded rumour that the colour of the BBC homepage was set to green as a public statement of solidarity with Iranian opposition, who lost in the recent elections (in case you've been living under a rock). This is not and was never true. The BBC homepage has for some time been designed to change between a selection of colours relative to the content being displayed. The fact that it was coincidentally green yesterday was inexplicably enough to overheat at least one person's imagination. In … Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/blog/1596/ http://www.spannered.org/blog/1596/   The past ten days has been an immensely sad time for anyone who knew Ben Brydon, known to many as Ben Bracket, who passed away on 6 April 2009, aged 32.   A talented and hugely popular figure on the UK's electronic music scene, his passing has left a void in many circles that can never be filled. Ben was one of the most upbeat and good-natured people you could ever wish to meet. A discerning DJ who knew how to rock the party, he was coming on leaps and bounds as a producer, making the kind of wild bassline music for which he had such a passion. Ben leaves behind a stack of his own music, some of which was beginning at surface on vinyl around the time he left us, to … Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/blog/1591/ http://www.spannered.org/blog/1591/ Back in the days before folk roved the streets with more tunes that the local HMV store squished onto a chip inside their phone, former Human League members Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh released a cassette-only album of offbeat electro, dark disco-pop instrumentals and weird ambient works entitled Music for Stowaways (1981). The tracks, recorded by the pair under their ongoing B.E.F. (British Electric Foundation) moniker, resurfaced in the late 90s on the CD Music For Listening To; yet the title failed to impart anything of the duo's pro-cassette stance that inspired the initial release — Music for Stowaways referencing the arrival of the mighty Sony Walkman.   … Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/blog/1571/ http://www.spannered.org/blog/1571/ Cruelly removed from the world last month, the Cramps frontman gets a damn fine mixtape tribute over at Randy & Earl's Record Club blog. God bless.     God Damn Rock & Roll … Tue, 03 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/blog/1558/ http://www.spannered.org/blog/1558/ Great little interview here with Bernie Krause, where he talks of his career switch from music to bioacoustics, the Wild Sanctuary archive, and the bitter-sweet sounds of his backyard on 12 September 2001. … Sun, 25 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/blog/1557/ http://www.spannered.org/blog/1557/ ...etc. Big thanks to our contributors throughout the year, and thanks to everyone else who got in touch during 2008. Apologies if we didn't respond to everything sent to us, either by email or post. We aim to be less slack in 2009 (we might even do a mailout, you never know). Cheers. Spannered. … Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/blog/1556/ http://www.spannered.org/blog/1556/ We may not have known where on the planet Maga Bo has been at any given time during 2008, but he's been busily fleshing out his Sambacana Brazilian music archive throughout the year. Recent additions include a super-slick all-Brazilian dancehall selection from Jimmy Luv and a huge Jorge Ben tribute mix, the latter a 28-track selection of covers from Rio's Soundgoods blog.   Lots of Jorge Ben and other goodies … Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/blog/1553/ http://www.spannered.org/blog/1553/ Arachnophobes: stay away from this link. Here's a heart-warming tale for you instead. … Fri, 12 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/blog/1546/ http://www.spannered.org/blog/1546/ Using their Piximilar software technology, which searches images using attributes such as colour, shape, texture, luminosity and complexity, Idée Inc. recently analysed 10 million Flickr pics and came up with something very cool indeed. Multicolr Search Lab   * Edit. And on a related note... design geeks - here's a little something to make your eyes bleed. … Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/blog/1537/ http://www.spannered.org/blog/1537/ As if there weren't enough reasons to avoid shitty nights at shitty nightclubs... … Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/blog/1533/ http://www.spannered.org/blog/1533/ 'At the end of the Dando story there's a reference to a 'master assassin' being captured. Earlier we'd been told how he failed to kill someone with FIVE bullets. Not so masterful then.'   If you screw up your face at bad grammar and typos, or froth at the mouth when reading nonsensical newspaper copy, you might enjoy this. … Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/blog/1527/ http://www.spannered.org/blog/1527/ ...listening to dope podcasts from the Gaslamp Killer, Slug & Droid, Ramadanman and Glasgow's Numbers crew, plus a proper bendy hardware set from Hand of the Plow's Spandex, and, erm, … Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/blog/1513/ http://www.spannered.org/blog/1513/ Spannered would love to meet the man who persuaded Microsoft that this was a good idea for a marketing campaign.     Better quality version here … Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/blog/1487/ http://www.spannered.org/blog/1487/   Courtesy of Kode9. … Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT