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|By Adrian Bridgwater
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|January 7, 2013 08:30 AM EST
Data is going up and data is going down. Its endless upward spiral to the cloud is being lauded as the platform and paradigm that we must now adhere to for future IT efficiency. At the same time, data is going down. It is being processed and (crucially here) it is being 'analyzed' at an in-memory level, where new speed efficiencies outstrip the power of disk-based alternative options.
Data is on the move too of course. Mobile data (and most important of all, enterprise mobile data) is tracing a fast-paced location-aware fluid and functional vortex around us as the devices now keep up the application capabilities in this space.
Nokia shipped its latest Lumia 920 handheld with a promise to users that they have just bought the "world's best business smartphone" no less. Marketing-speak aside though, the ability to use apps on this type of unit that differ (by and large) from desktop equivalents only in terms of screen size is something of a revelation.
Connectivity is everything and if a businessperson can Skype on his or her phone rather than use a laptop or desktop (which they can now), then why wouldn't they?
Devices such as Nokia's latest offering should never have been marketed as smartphones; they are half-size mini tablets that happen to have a phone in them. This is game-changing stuff and no mistaking the term 'superphone' has already started to be used to attempt to distinguish the newer models of later 2012 and onward.
Companies like SAP and HP are trying hard to break some of the mold here. SAP is pushing enterprise level mobile applications to the fore on devices that were not initially intended to host mission-critical apps supporting firm's systems of record. We're talking about the iPad for one, plus the rest of the tablet universe as it now orbits the software application development focused arm of the galaxy.
HP doesn't want to see the high-end laptop (or low and medium-end laptop for that matter) get left out of the rush to enterprise mobility. The company's Mobile Enterprise Solution Architecture Consulting division is only a stone's throw away from its Enterprise Mobility Services detachment, which, surprise surprise is aligned toward SAP technologies. The big guys know which side their bread is buttered on and they know the fat content too.
A Splattering Splunking Mess of Data Detritus
With this up, down, left and right of data on the move through mobile channels, some of them socially fueled... and many of them being disparate, disconnected and lacking any cohesive level of integration... is not always good news.
It might sound like it represents user freedom and it probably does; but it's a nightmare waiting to happen to the system administrator (sysadmins) and/or the database administrator (DBA) who have to sit in the engine room and get covered in a splattering splunking mess of data detritus as they attempt to track and pin down data status at every level.
Enter Splunk, a piece of Unix-derived data manipulation software that has been engineered and built for the purpose of diagnosing and troubleshooting software application problems in environments/platforms ranging from Amazon Web Services (AWS), Salesforce.com's Heroku, Google's App Engine and the Rackspace cloud.
Released by the firm at the back end of last year is Splunk Storm. This monitoring tool is focused on analyzing what Splunk refers to as "critical business metrics" so that, by viewing its results, operational controls can be tuned appropriately.
Rage Against the Machine (log)
IT industry analyst Robin Bloor writes in his 10 Companies & Technologies To Watch in 2013 piece this January that Splunk has built a technology and a business by enabling swift access to machine data: the data that resides in machine logs of every kind throughout computer networks from web logs to system management logs.
"It was swiftly adopted by many IT departments mainly for the operational management capabilities it enabled. But fairly soon companies began to discover that machine-generated data was a rich source of business information. Splunk had built a fast engine and platform for analyzing such data. This has now become a formidable business intelligence engine," writes Bloor.
Splunk's senior director of product marketing Sanjay Meta claims that Splunk can be "pointed at anything" in terms of the breadth of its potential usage. This is because it doesn't work to impose a schema upon the data that it captures at the point of execution.
Moving one step further, the ability of Splunk to "create schemas on the fly"(the columns and rows that describe the interrelationships of a database table) gives the software its greatest boost for freedom and potential power.
This new multi-dimensional environment for CIOs to perform their data management across is further complicated by multi-temperature data forms; we next move to classify hold, tepid and cold data depending upon its usage in real-time analytics.
Not all of this is going to be simple by any means. Nokia's "business" smartphone does have a strong Windows Phone 8 Xbox360 connected games option too. Perhaps that distraction is there for a good reason?
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This post first appeared on CIO Enterprise Forum.
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Several items from my collection of Savage Pencil / SavX aka Edwin Pouncey's advertising for the Slam City Skates shop. (Above) A rare Slam City Skates bag from 1990, the reverse had a similar image but advertised the Rough Trade record shops, one of which had a space in the basement below SCS's Covent Garden branch.
(Below) Several adverts by Savage Pencil for the Slam City Skates shop from 1986, 1984 and 1987. The 1976 – 1986 flyer is a Battle Of The Eyes production by SavX and Chris Long.
Trawling through the Retro Synth Ads site, looking for info on the Arp Omni flexi disc I posted in the Flexibition, I found all manner of great adverts from the 70's, a time when designers played with the format a bit more. Here are my pick of the ones I came across although there's over 5 years worth of posts to go through so I probably missed some. The Arp poster above is my favourite, would love one of those framed, there's also some beautiful typefaces on display too.
Back at the end of 2014 the French magazine Tsugi devoted an issue entirely to Kraftwerk. They gave me a 4 page feature where I was asked to choose my top 10 Kraftwerk cover versions and I promised to post an English language version of the text here in the new year. Seeing as the magazine should have been and gone from the shelves by now, here it is.
The questions from Tsugi magazine:
When and how did you discover Kraftwerk ?
When I was 11 in early 1982 'The Model' became a no.1 hit in the UK and I was suddenly aware of this 'new' electronic group from Germany in the charts alongside The Human League, Depeche Mode and Gary Numan. As a result EMI reissued most of their back catalogue and I bought Man Machine, Computer World and Trans Europe Express on cassette which I loved.
What do you like in Kraftwerk ?
The melodies first and foremost but also the electronic drums and percussion, I just find the songs very pure, simple and timeless. Plus they were singing about the future, robots, spaceships, computers etc. and that appealed to me rather than love songs at that age even though they wrote those too.
Do you have a special story related to yourself and Kraftwerk ?
I actually first heard them when I was about 5 years old on a tape my dad had recorded from the radio although I didn't realise it was them until much later. The song was 'Autobahn' and I always remember liking it when it came on the tape but was a bit scared of the breakdown part with the motorway sounds as it reminded me of the Cybermen in Dr Who. When I bought the reissues of their albums later on I realised that I already knew 'Autobahn' although it was a very edited radio version, not the long LP one.
Why are you so passionate about Krafwerk's covers ?
Being a fan of the band was difficult because they didn't release anything new for so long so I began to seek out cover versions as a way to fill the gap they had left. It happens with many artists who don't release new music regularly these days – Boards of Canada and Aphex Twin are just two examples. Fans show their love of an artist by covering their songs.
Do you think that sometimes covers are better than originals ones ?
Occasionally they can be, when someone takes the song into a new style or territory and these are the ones I primarily look for. I don't see much point in recreating a techno version of a Kraftwerk song although people have done it very well. For me the most interesting ones are those that transpose the songs into a new style but still retain the essence or ones that take the song to an extreme that becomes comedic.
How many covers have you ?
Of Kraftwerk, probably about 300 but there are many more out there, for every cover I hear and like I probably hear another two techno / electro / house versions that I discard because they are just poor copies of the originals.
What are your 10 favorites cover records and for each, could you explain me why?
Gaudi & Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan – Dil Da Rog Muka Ja Mahi (KKK vol.7)
An Indian version of 'The Model' but only just, I'm not sure how I found this, possibly on a now discontinued blog of cover versions of various artists. I think the blogger listed 70 different versions of The Model alone.
Makoto Inoue – Europe Endless/Neon Lights (KKK vol. 1 & 3)
Beautiful Gamelan versions of these rarely covered songs, this cover really takes it to another genre entirely, transposing the melodies to sound like an ancient tribe is playing the songs. Nothing electronic about it at all, in fact a lot of my favourite covers are ones that take Kraftwerk's songs into other genres of sound altogether.
Das Erste Wiener Gemueseorchester (First Viennese Vegetable Orchestra) – Radio Activity (KKK vol.2)
The whole thing is played on vegetables, I'm not kidding and it's as mad as it sounds but you can heard the song in amongst all the weird sounds. One of the weirdest Kraftwerk covers I've ever heard.
Miladojka Youneed – Pocket Calculator (live) (KKK vol.2)
A rawkus almost country version with saxophone and harmony singing. you can almost see the stetsons on their heads. This sounds as if the group has learnt the song from reading the notes and lyrics in a book but never heard the original but they sound like they're having such a great time playing it.
Satoru Wono feat. Meiwa Denki – Dentaku (KKK vol.2)
A Japanese version with very busy percussion and woodwind instruments, very odd but works perfectly. The vocals still sound robotic but there are spoken in Japanese making this even more alien, the playing is very mechanical and precise despite the organic sounds of the instruments.
Alenia – Home Computer (KKK vol.4)
Quite a straight electronic version but I brings something to the original I can't put my finger on, maybe this is one of those covers that makes the song perfect for today's clubs, it's a bit heavier than the original but still quirky.
6Blocc – Digits (KKK vol.5)
A very detailed dubstep version that updates 'Numbers' for the dance floor, it cleverly re-edits the drums and bassline into a half time skank and just about keeps everything from falling down.
Case Managers – Autobahn (KKK vol.5)
Absolutely bonkers Australian version, sounds like it was recorded live at the BBQ after many beers had been consumed, very funny. The singers (all male) seem to get drunker and drunker as the song progresses, the absolute opposite of what Kraftwerk are on record.
Menschmaschine – Spacelab (KKK vol.8) Beautiful jazz version, just stunning, the whole build up of the intro had me from the first listen and I'd say this is probably one of my favourite Kraftwerk covers ever. In fact I recommend the whole Menschmaschine album of jazz cover versions of Kraftwerk's music
Scala & Kolacny Brothers – Das Modell (KKK vol.8)
'The Model' is the most covered song in the band's catalogue but this one is by a female choir from Belgium. Again another example of a version where there are no electronics and the song is easily carried by the melody and lyrics across to another genre.
You can find all my Kraftwerk Kover Kollection mixes so far here:
Can't say enough good things about Shindig! magazine, a decent blend of well-written articles and reviews on as much new as old music in the psyche, prog, rock and experimental vein.
Not as dry and repetitive as Record Collector and digging a bit further underground than Mojo. This month's issue contains a Rocket Recordings mix CD by Cherrystones too.
I took part in an article about parenting and DJing, talking about my experience playing at the Big Fish Little Fish party. It's over on Inverted Audio and it's actually part 4 of a series with lots of other DJs talking about their take on partying after parenthood. Talking of BFLF, I'll be taking to the decks for a second time with them this coming autumn in South London, announcement soon…
Nice to run across a little plug for The The's 'GIANT' 12″ I share billing with in the latest issue of Classic Pop magazine (issue 11, Kate Bush cover). For all those who remember Smash Hits from back in the day and yearn to break free of the endless rehashing of the Beatles/Stones/Who/Dylan/Zeppelin pop/rock mafia in the other music monthlies – this is the mag for you. Not as lightweight as Smash Hits but not as nerdy as Record Collector, it finds a fine balance between in-depth interviews, retrospective pieces, current reviews and where are they now and what have they been up to news.
In other The The news (try saying that when pissed) it's only 3 weeks until I get to quiz Matt Johnson about the making of 'Soul Mining' over at Rough Trade East on June 30th. The same day sees the release of the 30th anniversary edition of the album of the same name. You can find out more info here.
In last weeks 'Found in Sounds' the PIL riot in New York is covered first hand with a great cover quote and photo of Lydon. Irmin Schmidt is quizzed about working with Bruno Spoerri and witnessing Cage's '4'33″' for the first time. There are vintage film listings from London's Leicester Square cinemas, Garry Bushell declares his love of Adam Ant's music (finally) and The Sweet talk about touring with 'monster dicks'.
Fantastic Mod cover design from a 1979 issue of Sounds. Below, Soft Cell reveal that they're doing 'a Northern Soul number' in their live set, Savage Pencil then and now (check out the Battle of the Eyes exhibition at Orbital Comics at the moment), Tommy Vance on John Lydon, an advert for the Boy store, a Blondie gig has some very cool guests and reviews of Prince live in NYC and at his first gig in the UK at the Lyceum in 1981.
Last year I purchased a huge pile of Sounds newspapers from a seller on eBay covering the years 1980-1983. I'm slowly going through them day by day and either scanning or snapping things that I find interesting. This can be news items, adverts, interview snippets, comics, covers or other trivia that has become more interesting with the passing of time. Sounds was a weekly music paper along the lines of the NME and Melody Maker in the UK, all three published on a Wednesday and all now defunct except for the NME, which is recognisable in name only from its 80's heyday.
Sounds was always known for favouring Rock, Heavy Metal and Punk, with a straighter, less arty bias to groups. They didn't have the Paul Morleys, Ian Penmans, Nick Kents or Simon Reynolds' writing for them, instead they had Garry Bushell who championed the Oi movement with its dodgy skinhead bootboy overtones. During the period that these issues cover, the 'Futurist' movement is emerging, what's now known as 'Post Punk' or 'Synth Pop' but back then was a product of digital technology becoming more affordable mixed with the Blitz-era nightlife and the 'New Romantic' scenes.
I've been posting images daily on my Facebook account but will do weekly round ups here if I can as the material can be illuminating with the benefit of 30+ years of hindsight. What smacks most is that nothing really changes much, bands are still built up and lauded only to be ridiculed and knocked down once they're successful. You can spot the hype from the hope and certain names crop up again and again, week on week, clearly getting the preferential treatment afforded by friendships with certain journalists regardless of their merits. The industry is always on a downturn with profits threatened by some new format, this time it's the cassette that's killing music with just the first hints of the CD revolution to come. Albums and singles, now considered bonafide classics, are savaged in the review columns and information on forgotten or lost bands is ripe for rediscovery via the all-knowing web.
All in all I find it a fascinating weekly soap opera and I'll be sharing the highlights here.
First up, a 'Futurist' chart followed by photos from a Futurist 'summit' interview where members of The Human League, Throbbing Gristle, Non, Nurse With Wound and Lemon Kittens largely argued against being labeled with the term.
Next, 'Cassettes: Is this the Future of Rock'n'Roll?' with Island Records' 1+1 tapes causing a stir because they feature an album on one side and a blank side for recording your own sounds on the other. Then, as the 'tape war' hots up, labels are too busy scrambling to notice a certain 'laser disc' quietly arriving on the scene.
The cassette hoo-ha was one that was largely antagonised by Malcolm McLaren, who was an open advocate of home taping and used it as a gimmick to sell the band he was managing, Bow Wow Wow. It was a lucky coincidence that the fashion of the day was a swashbuckling pirate look and the combination of that and the term 'pirate' being someone who made bootleg items was too good to resist.
Record prices rise shock! Vinyl goes up from 99p to £1.20 and labels want the shops to bear the brunt. In other news, heavy band get banned from working mens clubs for being too loud and not packing away fast enough. Rock n Roll. Lastly, as he's been in the news this week for playing live in London, Prince's first gig in the UK, advertised at the back of the paper amongst all the other concerts that week, only £3.00 on the door.
The now defunct weekly UK music paper, Sounds, had a reputation for championing Rock and Heavy Metal above everything else. Writers Garry Bushell and Jon Savage raved and wrote about Oi and Punk respectively but there was more to the paper. 1977: The Queen's Jubilee and the height of Punk in the media, right? Not by late November in Sounds it wasn't, this was also the year 'Trans Europe Express' was released.
A stark cover featured Ralf Hutter and Florian Schneider photographed on the banks of the Rhine in their hometown of Dusseldorf by Caroline Coon, a two page interview leading the first part of a look at 'New Musick: The Cold Wave'. Interviews or pieces on Eno, Throbbing Gristle, The Residents and Devo all appear by Savage, Jane Suck and Hal Synthetic (love these writing pseudonyms). Not very Rock or Punk.
The Kraftwerk interview is fascinating, with Florian almost adding as much as Hutter and the two finishing each other's sentences. Hutter mentions the term 'Electronic Body Music' and they talk about putting together comics detailing the themes of their music, I wonder what happened to them? Karl Bartos and Wolfgang Flur aren't even mentioned although they do appear in at least one of the photos in the piece. It's interesting to note that Ralf and Florian picked the journalist up from the airport and showed him about the city before the interview was conducted inside their Kling Klang studios. That certainly wouldn't happen today. See more photos from the shoot, including a smiling Ralf & Florian that were not featured in the article, here.
The Eno piece is typical, well… Eno, he talks and talks about his ideas, just as he always does, with his sideways looks at subjects ranging from dub reggae to Eskimos engineering US Air Force jets in Alaska. There's no attempt at cross examination and the 'interview' is distilled from five hours of chat into two Eno's: the non-musician and the theorist. Along with Throbbing Gristle refusing to issue forth any kind of manifesto but the paper giving their '2nd Annual Report' a 5 star review and a fairly scathing feature on the Residents, it's an odd collection. The rest of the paper features things like ads for The Damned's second album, Kiss' 'Kiss Alive II' and the new Rick Wakeman LP, live reviews of The Jam, Richard Hell and Blondie sit with articles on Pub Rock and The Eaters (no, me neither) and a very early Savage Pencil episode of 'Rock & Roll Zoo'.
This post has very little to do with anything currently happening in the music world but it's come about because I've had my head buried in a huge pile of Melody Maker papers from '88 and '89 recently. They're a fascinating snapshot of particular music scenes as they happened, at a time when current political events were also included alongside the music features although this had largely been phased out since the early 80's. Anyway, onto the subject matter in the title, the return of Sigue Sigue Sputnik for that difficult second album and what was, effectively, the death of the band's original run even though they've resurrected themselves several times since in different forms.
The original hype had died down, they'd hit big with 'Love Missile F1-11′ but the singles had seen diminishing returns. Their look was a love it or loathe it mix of cyberpunked up futuristic sloganeering with band leader Tony James playing the media game as best he could with both sides winning and grabbing headlines until the first album dropped. With Giorgio Moroder's name firmly back on everyone's lips these days, his finest moment ('I Feel Love' aside) is still the Sput's debut album in my opinion. It dazzles as an example of a multi-layed, sample smogasboard, throwing everything AND the kitchen sink into the mix, dubbing the life out of it and to hell with the song arrangements.
But that was '86 and now, as Acid House had bought us the second Summer of Love in '88, we find the unthinkable on page 2 of the November 12th issue of the Melody Maker:
For me, this killed any anticipation or will to listen to the band in a single one page advert. Not that there were hoards of fans anticipating a come back, by this time the press had long since turned on them and James and lead singer Martin Degville were regularly ripped to pieces in the weeklies.
Firstly, the photo of the band. So wrong. This wasn't 'The 5th Generation of Rock n Roll', nor was it 'High-tech Sex and Rockets (baby)'. It certainly didn't look like 'T-Rex cuts Disco at the roots of Dub' either. This was a bunch of pasty holiday makers jumping on the Acid bandwagon, laughing it up by the pool in Ibiza. To add insult to injury the words 'Produced by Stock Aitken Waterman' rolled across the bottom of the ad. How could this have happened? The unthinkable. SAW stood for everything that was wrong with the latter half of the 80's chart slide into cheese, chintz and manufactured, identikit Pop pap.
You almost have to admire the balls of a band who had any prior cred even dreaming of getting into bed with the trio, especially with Sputnik's previous rep. Sex, Violence, Designer Drugs and Video Games were definitely not on SAW's remit. Theirs was love, love, love all the way to the bank, dripping with a sugar sweet innocence that would barely even dream of intercourse before marriage. All thoughts of being taken seriously were out the window at the sight of this ad although they'd taken the precaution to pre-empt the backlash. 'The group you hate to love' is bigger than the single title and the multiple format 'products' are 'flogged to death'. James knew exactly what he was doing and was launching some damage limitation before they were shot down.
And shot down they were, despite the Hit Factory's incredible run of hits in the 80's, the combination of SAW and SSS could only manage no.31 in the UK charts. It didn't help that the song, 'Success', was an out and out stinker, an unashamed piece of commercial crap that screamed, 'Love us!' in a desperate attempt at attention seeking without a whiff of their previous danger. Coupled with the blatant Acid House iconography and mixes, at least six months too late (even Bros had Acid remixes by this time) – it just felt so wrong. The image said summer holidays and here we were nearly at Xmas, they were back but already four months too late. This unfortunate review appeared in the same issue of the Melody Maker as the ad above, it was custom on the weekly singles review page to place single of the week in the top left hand corner of the page.
They were following where they had led before and they'd let down their guard with their image, something James has even admitted to in his excellent breakdown of the group's career on Sputnikworld.com. "What you see is as far removed from those original first photos of the band in the subway at midnight as you could possibly get. We had looked like no other band on the planet. Now when I look at the Brazilian footage, I see exactly what we had become – five blokes by the swimming pool in our swimming shorts having a laugh."
The album followed six months later and - 'Success' aside – it's actually pretty decent. Thankfully that was the only SAW production on the album and they largely mined the same vein of Suicide-meets-Eddy Cochran-plus-samples of their debut. Unfortunately it lacked 'the shock of the new', rather 'more of the same' only minus Moroder this time. That's a bit unfair actually, there were some changes, the singles, 'Dancerama' and 'Albinoni vs Star Wars' were different and the closing track, 'Is This The Future', a ballad that is probably Degville's finest moment. The genius tagline of '…this time it's music' on the ad always makes me laugh.
From here though it's a free fall of bad management, estrangement and apathy as the money and momentum runs out and so does the band's interest. They had some success in Brazil and a final, fourth, single was pulled from the album in the form of 'Rio Rocks'. 'A slogan free advertisement', reads the bottom of the advert – even James was admitting defeat here, the band split shortly afterwards, less than a year after the comeback.
No more to be said, read the story behind the cover here.
From an issue of i-D magazine dated Aug '86, this recently turned up in an expedition in the Secret Oranges archive (incidentally it's Steve Cook's birthday today). A rather risqué ad for Sigue Sigue Sputnik's debut album, 'Flaunt It', which I seem to remember got banned from most publications at the time. I'm a big fan of Sputnik, especially this Giorgio Moroder-produced album and its surrounding singles, so you'll occasionally see posts about them featured here.
Tony James, band leader and general mastermind behind them recently wrote up their history at length on their newly-launched website and it's a candid, no-holds-barred read. As with any history, it's his version of events and I'm sure there's another side to it but he's very forthcoming about the failings of the second album and the record industry crap that went with it. There are also all sorts of outtakes and demos up online under the heading 'Demobomb' which are pretty illuminating in terms of how they got their sound.
Also below is the news piece from Sounds the week the band signed their 'million pound' deal. This was quite something at the time as the band had a lot of hype surrounding them without a recording to their name but had managed to get the sort of double page features in the music press usually reserved for established artists. Also if anyone has a sealed copy of the cassette on card version of this album, (see above) packaged to look like a toy, then I'm still looking for a copy.
Just out is issue 3 of Classic Pop magazine with a 4 page article I co-wrote with editor Ian Peel about the 80's music design work of the XL design studio. You don't hear much about them but they're a big passion of mine because they largely defined the look of the Zang Tuum Tumb label from 1983 through to the end of the decade, greatly influencing myself in the process.
Whereas some had Saul Bass, Hipgnosis, Peter Saville or Vaughn Oliver, I had XL who, in conjunction with press officer Paul Morley and another group, The London Design Partnership, created the look of my favourite record label of the 80's. They did many other sleeves for pop acts on other labels as well but the combination of their work with design briefs from Morley (collectively XLZTT) really stands out from the pack and it's this that we focus on.
I found this on the web recently – a Record Mirror cover from 1978 featuring Kraftwerk by Andy Johnson. Some may know Andy by his other pen name: Andy Dog, he's also the brother of Matt Johnson (The The).
He had this to say about it: "Blimey, what a find! Yes that is one of mine. For your information it was originally commissioned by (the now acknowledged literary expert and renowned author) Tim Lott and was completed with a certain technical difficulty (because the gouache paint kept bubbling instead of laying flat) in my tiny bedroom (shared with Matt) above the pub in Loughton where we lived at the time. I think I got paid about £95 for it. When it came out I was so pleased I walked into Hipgnosis on Denmark Street and showed it to Peter Christopherson and said "how about giving me a job?" He was v. polite but declined…."
Last month I was asked to write my thoughts about how Kraftwerk had influenced modern day DJ and Dance Music Culture by Jude Rogers for a piece for The Observer. I got a bit carried away and here's an extended version of the full piece I submitted:
Everyone knows Derrick May's proclamation that Techno was the fusion of 'Kraftwerk and George Clinton meeting in an elevator' but the band had a stake in the Hip Hop community many years before. As soon as Afrika Bambaataa and Arthur Baker took the beat from 'Numbers' and the melody from 'Trans Europe Express' to form the classic 'Planet Rock', Kraftwerk became part of the foundation of Hip Hop. Even before that, Grandmaster Flash would play 'Trans Europe Express' in it's entirety in his infamous DJ sets, using its side-long length as one of his 'bathroom break' records.
No matter that the new wave and post punk groups had already claimed a stake with their synth and indie pop, the group became one of the building blocks of the Electro sounds coming out of New York, even more gleefully championed by the west coast who liked their tempos faster. That 'Tour De France' soundtracked the best scene in the film 'Breakin' shows how much their uptempo beats appealed to the crews back when breakdancing was as strong an element of the culture as the DJ and MC.
After this the band would be sampled endlessly, if not as obviously as 'Planet Rock'. The group sued Bambaataa's label, Tommy Boy, for thousands of dollars and Techno soon arrived, claiming its stake in the band. The 80's generation that were inspired by Hip Hop and Techno to start DJing and beat making grew up to be the producers and 'superstar DJs' of today.
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Check the intro to 'Leave Home' by The Chemical Brothers for their clever appropriation of 'Ohm Sweet Ohm' from the 'Radio-Activity' LP or Jay-Z's backing track on 'Sunshine' for his take on 'Man Machine'. LCD Soundsystem's 'Disco Infiltrator' owes a big debt to 'Home Computer' and even Coldplay got in on the act by asking for permission to interpolate the melody of 'Computer Love' into 'Talk'. In more contemporary dance scenes – hear dubstep producer 6Blocc's cheeky reinterpretation of 'Numbers/Computer World 2′ disguised under the title, 'Digits'.
Across the pond Juke/Footstep producers like DJ Clent and Traxman have also been shoe-horning Kraftwerk samples into some of their songs, guess which track they sampled on 'The Robot'?" Kraftwerk have been part of the lineage of dance music culture since the late 70's, approaching it without them is like taking the 'Apache' break out of Hip Hop and the 808 drum machine out of Techno.
But it goes even further than that, the band lurk in some of the most unlikely corners outside of the music industry too, ingrained in people's lives as much as any band like The Beatles or The Stones. Soda Jerk – a duo from Australia who make video cut ups and installations – have an on going project called 'Astro Black' which features the quartet amongst many heroes of black music. In their own words. "Astro Black is a multi-channel video cycle informed by cultural theories of Afrofuturism. Taking the cosmic jazz musician Sun Ra as a point of departure, this ongoing speculative history seeks to draw out the nexus of science fiction and social politics in Black Atlantic culture." One excerpt called 'We Are The Robots' features Kraftwerk playing sequences from their own music in a jam session with the mothership from 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' which responds with fragments of tracks that have sampled the group (!)
Astro Black Ep 0: We Are The Robots (Excerpt), 2010 from Soda_Jerk on Vimeo.
I'm frequently asked how I find all the various cover version in my Kover Kollection mixes (vol. 8 debuts tomorrow) but the truth is, once you start looking, they are everywhere, just not always in plain site. A quick web search for a title + 'cover version' is much like turning over a stone in a rock pool, teeming with life you can't immediately see. Another example, I received a magazine by my friend Sarah Coleman just before Xmas, she had a feature on the back page about her favourite design classic – the 45 adaptor. Which record was the dink pushed into?


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Apple has announced on its developer website that starting May 1, the App Store will also no longer accept new apps or updates that access device-specific identifiers known as UDIDs. It's been known for some time that Apple planned to phase out the use of UDIDs, replacing them with the new Advertising Identifier in iOS 6. On the same date, new apps and updates submitted to the App Store must be built for iOS devices with Retina displays, and must support the iPhone 5/iPod touch 5G four-inch displays, suggesting that Apple will emphasize larger and/or higher-resolution screens while downplaying smaller, lower-resolution ones.
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The softy developers weren't complying with Apple's wishes that they drop support for hardware preceding the iPod touch 3G & iPhone 3GS. Apple sent a "subtle" hit last year when they dropped support for the older hardware in their development suite.
Those crafty devs just kept an older version of the developer suite working and continued legacy support for older hardware BUT also angered many recent hardware buyers because their products didn't have widescreen and retina iPad support because such features couldn't be supported with the older suite…
So, Apple has decided to stop playing nice and is just telling them, you have to stop supporting ancient relics at the expense of our current hardware buyers.
In the long run, it's the right move, I've seen a lot of devs refuse to update their apps for newer hardware precisely because of this. Now they have a choice: orphan their app until they are forced to pull it because it no longer runs on current devices, or support people who update more than once every 4 years. Frankly, as wonky as the app store economics are anyhow, I have no idea why devs worry about someone so adverse to spending money, but I've certainly seen my share of apps in that boat.
On the flip side, a LOT of older stuff is going to get pulled over the next year. As new hardware and iOS versions necessitate what would be minor updates, they simply won't be able to justify the costs of redeveloping UIs and potentially completely recreating art assets for older apps.
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LOVELY, great to see a mod for FiD, good luck on this :D
Just your normal average joe
LOVELY, great to see a mod for FiD, good luck on this :D
and the mako was said to be unpopuler among fans
Thanks for the add :)
Rest in Peace GSC :(
in happier times when humanity was owning everyone in the galaxy, if only hours hadnt turned, or erebus never got into chaos..............it would be so different by now
in the univers of lego 40'000, there is only Bricks
your profile pic is perfect for your response
nope, Vraksian Militia
he is so ******* awesome
welcome to the group, may Malice find you worthy!
Im not the only one that is noticing the recent spate of actually funny images am I?
YES!! was waiting for it to be released on steam
buying right now :D
this was unexpected...........
some originality I see :D
the best Call of Duty IMO
what does this mod do?
100% agree
long live pc!
Now this is an Example of how sometimes a joke is not needed to bring a smile to a persons face
Personally I preffered these guys: Youtube.com
Why does the Giant robot have a hole in its bathing suit area?
I heard about gunning for the post but this is rediculous
needs more cowbell
"Your Hobby is stupid, kill yourself"
my answer:
"Your life is forfeit, im hunting you now"
Me: who has been sending out my phone number
Minion 345215: It is part of the recruitmant drive sir that you ordered
Me: Oh, well then why wasnt I informed of this! (kills minion, then looks at minion 345216) you are promoted to recruiter
I like it, and to be honest in a way the Interdictor has always been my favourite ship of the sith empire
Hopefully this will also stop the questions for these people who are to lazy to looke at your tutorial or readme aswell
Guardsmen: the most underappreciated part of the Imperium
well I know that, but it is becoming less likely due to the fact that in the end the Elder almost always **** over their "allies" (but on the rare occasion dont) and everyone will soon go
you want our help? go **** yourself
atleast that is what I will say before putting a bolt round between its eyes
Wow....just wow
Well I be......
(put on sunglasses)
Just after reading the recent release of the mod, nevermind, had a brain derp :P
ohhh wow, im blind
Awesome :D
Awesome :)
Brilliant Game :D
they are...soo....beutiful
Happy Birthday!
*slowly claps*
you have no idea how much im looking forward to this, especially now that im am now on another run of the series (on season 3 now :D)
Cant wait guys :D
Awesome, downloading now, will let you know if I find any bugs :D
Just posted my endorsment
That was the Most Impressivly Detailed Post I have ever seen....EVER....
Missles can Drink?
I think this is the best that you can get with the Harrower
So how is building an Undead army accomplished?, what exactly can I do with the army?
"Damn it Command, when are we getting those new Hi Def Camera Drones?"
cool looking bot, its great thta you are on to the serephim now :)
so beutiful, that moment when you WANT to throw your units at it to just be destroyed
I approve of this song :D
is that guy on a flying disk?
OOHH lovely, its good that i now have some douchebag Psi-Cops to kill, hopefully Bester is one of them
awesomesauce :D
are these all the changes planned for CEP, or only the ones that are clear for the moment?
Cant wait for the new version :D
take all the time you need, the more bugs gone and stuff added the better :)
quest 1: eat
quest 2: eat
quest 3: infest....THEN EAT!!!!!!!!!!
what the fuckbuscuits...........
Kane wins hands down
Very Impressive :)
Excellent, that will make updating easier :)
now THAT is a hero if I ever see one
I just had to upgrade my pledge to get the Kickstarter theme, now I can finally be an undead demigod >:)
.............wait what?
Brilliant, it is good you got that thing out of the way, any other challenges in the way though?
Blood for the Blood god?
ooooooooohhhhhhhhhh sweet jeebus................
Yeah, I could totally trust the GOD OF TRICKERY!!!
just a thought
No need to make a such a Nazi joke about this
nah, its daytime and I can see them clearly here :P
I like it alot
Just boxy enough to keep that UEF feel, while being sleeker to give it the feeling of some kind of new Fatboy prototype
excellent :D
Thank you for this, cant wait to try out everything :D
Lol looking at the Mass Relay at the bottom, it makes me think if someone actually puts gun and engines on it, would it make it the best ship evar cause it is nearly invulnerable
Huh.........well thats inventive
His skin seems shinier........
more like booty hunter
It isnt that funny when you explain the joke
Any more Info?
Two Death Stars!
Well the Rebels are Boned
Jurassic Planet: The Eldar Heresy
I miss this Cartoon :(
Find the orks in this Image
I love you Guys for this :D
I dont know but I think I would atleast wait to see whats in the Extended Cut before making a New Ending, what if they actually do fix the ending and this effort is pointlees(which is higly unlikely)
Good luck to all you Future Endevours, and thank you for an Amazing Mod
Its..............so...........Scary :O
I really like all these UNH vessels, still got that Higaran look from both HW1 and HW2
I vote Reapers, number one reason because..........well do I have to say it, they own everyone (on their own) but even then the Galaxy needed the Crucible to take them down, which would mean the would have lost without it
True Story
Awsome Heresy...............
Sure neither does the Imperium with the way the put entire campaigns in jeoperdy with their "Quest"
No need to be so "Fired up" Eisenmann
I know I could have done better, Emperor forgive me
or his big brother Brute Armor
dont know but i think this awesomeness on legs, keep up the brilliant work
"dressing up like Sub-Zero from mortal kombat may intimidate terrorists"
sounds like a challenge
Challenge Accepted
This situation is "spinning" out of control
dont kill me
Ok who told the Amarr that Minmitarr fleet was massing in this sector?
i dont get it, but the real questions is: am i supposed to get it?
nice art guys, cant wait for the full release :)
maybe you could be able to add a constructing Add on for the MDU for the Droid Empire that can build battle droids, but they have only half health
there are modding tutorials on AOM heaven, they can help you get started
you are awesome, i love the GC2 Reversal mod, brilliant work :)
lol only added this game now?
when the going gets tough, tyranids rain down around you and the nearby imperial reinforcements is a day away.............
the emperors statue protects
i love this game, wish there was a new one
will you be able to continue after MOTEBH?
wow, very good work :)
hey, i was wondering which part of the PoK alpha has the Ren Militia in it?
holy **** i cant wait for this
nice drawing :)
damn it, i hate it when a complication arises, but i guess theres no such things as no problems, althought what you have done so far is excellent, kepp it up :)
i like it, and since theres a SLIM possibility of a Official Warcraft 4, its a good idea to drop the 4
LOVELY!! RAAM is my favourite locust
Defiler-class Sith Dreadnought?
looks good, looking forword to this :)
total lolage
alot better
definantly does look wierd
i actually really like the new name
OMG im going to so 300 this bitch :D
nice, looking better and better with every pic :)
OMG that looks briliiant, excellent work lads :)
hey man, that MGS mod looks brilliant good luck
i love the soldiers
looks lovely, the detail on the ships really stand out, great job guys :)
i see what you mean by progress, are thos the new Weapon effects?
i was wondering, is you mass effect mod for FOC still going on, if so than good luck, if not............well shame really as i like the sound of the ideas you have
just decided to drop in and say hi :)
by any chance are you able to spawn ai bots in the maps during construction like garrys mod?
finally, i thought this mod was on hold for some time, good to see some progress


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This would be awesome. having a + and - poll could give men's nipples a purpose.
Don't piss on my leg and tell me it is good for me.
Slugs aren't very energetic. It's doubtful that photosynthesis alone will provide the energy necessary to power your body and that meat based computer in your head.
So this would work for my boss, then.
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I'd say, "hi, did you realise that you're standing in the toilet?"
Slugs have been around for millions of years!
Perhaps the GP planned to unzip his skin down the back, peel it forward, and present his entire "surface area" to the sun?
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No, God just invented them with the ability to do this to confuse us all. God loves gettin' his jollies off keep mankind eternally confused.
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Perhaps the GP planned to unzip his skin down the back, peel it forward, and present his entire "surface area" to the sun? ** shudder **
There are lots of options; the human body is flexible. Remember that Goatse guy? I bet there are other areas of the human body which can be slowly trained and stretched over time, until finally you are able to zip down your pants and fold out your bright green, photosyntesizing scrotum.
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I use the term 'Underground Lair of Ubertude'. It has an astoundingly effective 'no girls allowed' sticker on the door.
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Hispanic churches back Obamacare
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He doubts a "single person" will end up paying a penalty next year when the mandate takes effect.
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The Obama administration takes steps to help people who could end up uninsured on Jan. 1.
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Cute, I so hope these are someones pets and not headed to be a fur coat.
Nice little animals! Seem to squirrels a little! How can anyone kill them for fur?!
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One of December's most underrated traditions are staff holiday parties, where co-workers get sloshed and flirt or fight or sing drunken karaoke. The result may be an ill-advised rendition of the R. Kelly classic 2003 song "Ignition (Remix)," which is precisely how this Adam Levine party cover sounds on paper.
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Maybe we could go back to selling indulgences, to make money? As a Catholic, I don't believe the existing "corporate entity" is what Jesus intended, regarding the building of his Church! Christianity survived for over 300 years, WITHOUT the Pope.and "Vatican, Inc." I am offended by what many "men" (how's the exclusion of women working out for you?) have done allegedly in his name! The homosexual pedophile scandal, and the way the Church handled it is an abomination!
One more "business" that I will NOT visit!
Thank you sir for your integrity and honesty!
Life without the possibility of parole doesn't stop murder as well. So what's your point? If a mother can execute her child, surely the State can execute a murderer!
How can any woman be truly free without the inalienable "right" to execute her "mistake", err.......... child?
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Maybe it's the simple realization that Sotomayor doesn't have the "chop" to make it without the boost from institutional racism, sexism, or sodophobia?
Free will my friends! As a result, it's a matter of faith, not fact. If the existence of God was a fact, what value then "free will"? It certainly makes sense that an all knowing, all powerful God would not leave "footprints" in order to allow you to make you own decisions, and suffer your individual fate. Why is it that those who supposedly don't believe in God, are so desperately trying to prevent you form doing so? I have always thought is was a primal fear that they might be wrong!!!
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Very Poor. Bitterly disappointing to watch (from a lifelong Creek fan),
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Like most Jonathan Creek fans, I was delighted to hear that an entire fifth season (albet 3 episodes) had been commissioned for this year.
I was not, however, expecting the quality of the show to have nosedived so spectacularly in such a manner. It really beggars belief that such drivel could have been approved for a prime time slot on BBC televsion. It seems as if the episodes have not even been proof read or checked for quality. On the evidence of this series, it would sadly appear that Jonathan Creek has reached the end of the line, scraping the barrel - there are no ideas left anymore. The first episode is simply appalling, there isn't even a proper mystery as there had been for the previous 28 episodes. I don't know how to describe the first episode, it is fragmented, disorientating and nauseating to watch. The Second episode is more of the same, with Sarah Alexander an intensely irritating presence, subduing the henpecked Creek. The only reason I have given the item 2 stars is that the third episode is marginally better, but still presents a pitiful shadow of what this show used to be.
Gone is the windmill, the duffel coat, the genuine humour, all the quirks that made the show to charming and appealing. In its place, there is excessive and childish background music. Most of the time I felt as if I was watching a mystery series aimed at 10-14 year old children on CBBC, due to the child-like glittery musical backing.
On this evidence, Renwick and friends really have run completely out of ideas. Creek used to be one of the best shows on terrestrial televsion. No Creek fan will ever be able to forget the intelligent and baffling mysteries in episodes such as 'Danse Macabre', 'Jack in the Box'. 'Black Canary' or 'Satan's chimney'. Sadly, the latest offerings are more like something from a drab episode of Midsomer Murders or some other third rate mystery series set in a rural upper-middle class village.
I really do hope that Creek will continue, but in order to do so there will need to be quality writing, with intelligent storylines and a partner with whom Creek has genuine chemistry (such as Caroline Quentine). I tried writng to the BBC to relay to David Renwick how disappointed I was with this series, but there wasn't an option to provide feedback for this individual programme. I hope that here at least, some of the people involved in this series will be able to see how disappointed genuine Creek fans are with this half-hearted and half-baked effort.
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Sadly, I have to agree with my fellow long term Creek fan Cosa Nostra: it was a disappointing series, lacking the humour and wit that made Jonathan Creek absolutely superb in the past. I did chuckle at the 'Sherlock' dig in episode one, but alas that's as far as the humour went. The stories in these three episodes were not as complex, intriguing or indeed terribly interesting as in past episodes. Maybe Creek has had its day after all (sniff-sniff) and the brilliant Sherlock has now taken its place. If the Beeb really want to make the most of JC again then they must quadruple the budget, bring back the windmill and wit, and try to encourage Caroline Quentin to return (or indeed Sheridan Smith who was an inspired alternative), even just for a walk on part ... oh, and schedule it back on Saturdays!
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Please, please, please do not brng back cringeworthy Caroline Quentin!
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Please, please, please bring back Caroline Quentin!
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I dont think Caroline Quentin is right at all for this show ,she isnt even a very credible actress, so if it does come back please,please dont have her in it at all ever............
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The year 2011 was an interesting year for many northern and central European countries, as the weather was more than unpredictable in the spring and summer. However, in most countries, the climatic conditions thankfully settled down in the late summer and fall. The result of this slightly difficult year of weather in France was a set of surprisingly small yields, but overall, these yields were of a higher quality than those harvested in certain previous years. A fantastic set of wines was also made in Italy and Spain, and the Rioja wines - when released - are set to be very good indeed. Austria also had superb year in 2011, with almost fifty percent more grapes being grown and used for their distinctive Gruner Veltliner wines than in the year before. Possibly the European country which had the finest 2011, though, was Portugal, with wineries in the Douro region claiming this year to be one of the best in decades for the production of Port wine, and the bright, young Vinho Verdes wines. In the New World, the Pacific Northwest saw some of the best weather of 2011, and Washington State and Oregon reportedly had a highly successful year, especially for the cultivation of high quality red wine grapes. Chile and Argentina had a relatively cool year, which certainly helped retain the character of many of their key grape varietals, and should make for some exciting drinking. South Africa had especially good weather for their white wine grape varietals, particularly Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc, and many South African wineries are reporting 2011 as one of their best years in recent memory.
The Tocai Fruiliano grape varietal has been grown in and around the northern regions of Italy for centuries, and is still widely praised for its distinctive character and beautiful set of flavors and aromas. Despite the name, the Tocai Fruiliano varietal is not actually related to the famous Tokaji grapes of Hungary, or the Tokay d'Alsace grapes, but is actually the same species as Sauvignon Vert. Wines made from the Tocai Fruiliano grape are generally a pale straw yellow in color, and are recognizable by their aroma of wild flowers and orchard fruits such as pears. The flavor of the wines varies from vineyard to vineyard, and the Tocai Fruiliano grape is renowned for having a broad set of flavors, although citrus notes are usually detectable in most bottles.
There are few countries in the world with a viticultural history as long or as illustrious as that claimed by Italy. Grapes were first being grown and cultivated on Italian soil several thousand years ago by the Greeks and the Pheonicians, who named Italy 'Oenotria' the land of wines so impressed were they with the climate and the suitability of the soil for wine production. Of course, it was the rise of the Roman Empire which had the most lasting influence on wine production in Italy, and their influence can still be felt today, as much of the riches of the empire came about through their enthusiasm for producing wines and exporting it to neighbouring countries. Since those times, a vast amount of Italian land has remained primarily for vine cultivation, and thousands of wineries can be found throughout the entire length and breadth of this beautiful country, drenched in Mediterranean sunshine and benefiting from the excellent fertile soils found there. Italy remains very much a 'land of wines', and one could not imagine this country, its landscape and culture, without it.


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a shrub, Clethra alnifolia, of the eastern and southern coastal U.S., having numerous erect clusters of white or pinkish flowers. Also called summer-sweet, white alder.
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