John Peel Day

John Peel died seven years ago yesterday.

As mainstream radio in the UK gets steadily worse, as exposure opportunities for the genuinely interesting and different quickly disappear, and as lowest common denominator fodder like X Factor begins to limit the power of music in the popular imagination, he is missed now more than ever.

Wagamama Lounge

This year Wagamama took festival eating to another level with their brand new experience the wagamama lounge which celebrates food, music and art.



Wagamama Lounge

Turntables in Motion: A Bicycle With Record Players For Wheels

Dutch designers Merel Slootheer, Pieter Frank de Jong and Liat Azulay have created a bike that plays music. Feats Per Minute (fiets is Dutch for bicycle) was designed using a basic $90 bike and with a few changes converted into a record player on wheels.

Manchester Connection – exhibition of Manchester pop posters

The Movie Poster Gallery has announced a fascinating exhibition of original and rare music posters entitled “The Manchester Connection”, that exploded in the wake of the Sex Pistols’ legendary 1976 Free Trade Hall gig. The exhibition runs from 12th-25th November at the Movie Poster Art Gallery, 1 Colville Place, London, W1T 2BG.

The art exhibition highlights some of the great designs Factory commissioned from Peter Saville, Central Station Design, Ben Kelly and 8vo, along with the equally inspired design concepts of Morrissey for The Smiths, and the Stone Roses' guitarist John Squire.

Highlights include rare original music posters from The Smiths, New Order, A Certain Ratio, Happy Mondays, The Stone Roses, The Haçienda, plus an ultra rare poster of Joy Division’s debut album “Unknown Pleasures,” rare sleeve proofs of The Smiths, A Certain Ratio, New Order, and a unique Morrissey hand-annotated sleeve proof for his album “Your Arsenal,” plus rare artefacts including the original FAC51 embosser used at the HAÇIENDA, the original “Gay Traitor” bar menu poster from the HAÇIENDA.

First time collectors and buyers will find many pieces surprisingly affordable. Posters purchased from the exhibition will include conservation-standard framing and UV glass.

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Not content with sticking Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber in Formula One cars every other weekend, Red Bull put 30 well known artists into pods on the London Eye last night as organisers hosted what they claim was the first ever festival in the sky.
2 Bears,MC Dynamite, Goldie and Scroobius Pip were all doing it.
Music producer and DJ Andy Weatherall, who was in one of the pods, said it would be hard to see the London Eye being taken over like this for another one off music event.
"One organisation couldn't pull off something like this every week, the months that must have gone into this," he said.
Essentially the whole of the London Eye was out of bounds for the public with each pod housing one different act for a select few.

Resonant Decor

By nature, sound is a hard thing to visualize — but now you can have a visual reminder of your favorite noise by ordering up some Resonant Decor. Available in a variety of sizes and color schemes, these unique decorations are created by taking the waveform of a sound you record and upload, giving it a custom colored gradient design, and printing the final image on a high-quality canvas, making each piece uniquely yours.

RESONANT DECOR