I Hope You Get To Meet Your Hero

Skunk Anansie. We all remember their stuff from the late 90s and lately (no pun intended), they’ve found their way onto my playlist again.

This is their latest from the end of last year and, while it lacks the energy of their biggest hits, I still quite like it.

Very chilled, very mellow. Strings, soul and Skin’s superb, still sexy voice.

What do you think?

IOM Timelapses

Spotted earlier, this from here, via here:

Very nice, and really excellent for a first attempt. Says Jan:

I proudly present my first TIME LAPSE video compilation taken on the beautiful Isle of Man.
For best viewing please switch the HD feature on and watch it fullscreen!

For the past few weeks I’ve been learning the art of time lapse and this is the first result. There is more to follow soon and I hope you will like it.

The music, of course, is from Ludovico Einaudi, standard fare for timelapse videos and attempted pseudo-arty photo essays.

Cover of a remix of a tune

Mrs 6000 has been looking forward to seeing ISO (you may remember them from posts such as Destiny) at the Waterfront ever since she heard that they were going to be playing there this evening. Then I smashed my ankle into more pieces than should rightfully be in there and it suddenly seemed a bit of an ask to get there.

But I was adamant that she must go anyway and she got some unsurprising buy-in from the kids. I was good, stayed at home and RICEd, but since I’d planned to share this video tonight anyway, here it is:

Are you actually allowed to do a cover of a remix? Are you allowed to do dubstep on electric guitars?
ISO says yes, and I love it.

And the concert was apparently also great, with Richard from the band working on their future fan base after the gig:

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Scoop got their autographs and there’s even video of her rocking along to the track above, headbanging and all.
Scoop is 4. Dad is so very proud.

I Beg Your Pardon…

Monday’s mantra:

Smile for a while and let’s be jolly,
Love shouldn’t be so melancholy,
Come along and share the good times while we can.

I’m not quite sure what invoked this earlier today, but something did and so I’m sharing it here.

This is Canadian one-hit wonder Kon Kan – a parody of the Canadian content regulation (often referred to as “Can Con”), which mandates that thirty-five percent of songs played on commercial radio stations in Canada must be Canadian in origin – with their 1988 song I Beg Your Pardon.

The singular success of the song (it got to number 5 in the UK) and the derivation of the band’s name make this Pub Quiz gold. The over the shoulder keyboard, the dodgy fashion and the black and white video set in a payphone (remember them?) make it 80’s perfection.

Musically, Canada has a lot to answer for: Sicky Dion, Justin Bieber, Shania Twain, Michael Bublé and Drake. But here is proof that – at least back in 1988 – some talent did briefly exist in those Northern climes.