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Hamilton Road

Not much of an update, I’m afraid, just another video.

I’m overly suspicious of the whole hypnagogic pop/chillwave scene, but I really like Ducktails. Mainly because he/they are not afraid of a tune. Plus, there’s less New Age-y nonsense. This video shows a sense of humour too, so Ducktails are the inaugural inductees into my Chillwavers Who Aren’t Awful Hall of Fame.

Anyway, while I am busy with work (including a temporary promotion-type thing) and pretending to do some Creative Writing stuff, I’ll try to neglect this ol’ place a little less. That may mean more filler like this post, so apologies to subscribers/RSS-feeders for any time wastage.

Enjoy the video.

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September 17, 2011

Blue

As I think this WordPress theme is rather pretty and well-suited to big, pretty pictures, I thought I’d intermittently share some of the finest Creative Commons images I can get my mitts on. Keeps the post-rate up too, eh? I’d take some photos myself, but they are generally awful, unless I use one of those Polaroid app-things that makes even the worst photo look like a beautiful, wistful memory.

Image from the Swedish National Heritage Board, via Flickr

September 15, 2011

Zero to Fifty Thousand

I’m afraid this is yet another one of those posts where I bleat on and on about writing without actually doing any of it. Well, of course, I am writing, but I’m writing about writing, which I could pass off as some sort of meta exercise, or as a meditation on the creative process, but it is nearer to an act of public self-absorption, or at least an avoidance of writing about something more worthwhile than the act of writing itself. Read the rest of this entry »

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September 13, 2011

Video Games

I’m generally late to the whole Next Big Thing party, and this is no exception. Still, I figured I’d be the 978,544th blogger to share this track from Lana Del Ray. I think it is pretty wonderful. I hope whatever follows lives up to the promise, as quite often I’ll hear a new act, get all excited and then feel disappointed when they get around to releasing an album with the same idea spun out 12 times. Then I realise I’m just a fool for hype, a video full of vintage footage and a single good song. Anyway, before disillusion (possibly) sets in, enjoy.

I figure throwing up a video or a fun picture now and then with a little bit of my rambling kind of almost nearly makes up for a lack of posts with Content. I’ll try and get in at least one Proper Post before the week is out. You lucky things.

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