Years ago there was a programme on BBC 1 with the Hairy Cornflake himself Dave Lee Travis (christ the 80's were an awful time) which would show pop videos for songs that predated pop videos. So we were er treated to videos for songs like Pilot's "Magic" (featuring a Pilot doing magic tricks. Genius) and so on and so on.
Roll on 20 odd years and now anyone with access to a PC and some video editing software can replicate the idea behind this formidable show and make their own videos for songs that don't have videos. Nowadays this artform (!) forms a significant part of YouTube (clearly the people behind this site weren't from Belfast), taking pride of place beside videos of people falling over, Star Wars parodies and parodies of Star Wars. Never one to miss a passing bandwagon Angry Since 1967 Productions is proud to present two "Videos For Songs Which Don't Have Official Videos(TM)"
The first of these is for the Boards Of Canada track "Peacock Tail". Now the production technique is a closely guarded secret, however the fact that it is shot in "Waving-a-mobile-phone-with-a-video-camera-in-front-of-the-TV-while-Carl-Sagan's-Cosmos-is-playing-then-editing-the-results-in-the-worst-free video-editing-software-I've-ever-seen-A-Vision" may offer some hints as to how it was produced
The second video is for the Boards Of Canada tracks "Bocuma" and "Roygbiv". These tracks have always reminded me of the music used for schools programming in the 1980's. Most of the programmes had title music which fell into one of two broad categories - Radiophonic Workshop or Derek Griffiths. Boards of Canada fall into the "Radiophonic" category. Why there aren't a hundred bands citing Derek Griffiths as a major influence is little short of baffling. In this day of tribute bands isn't there room for a Derek Griffiths one? They could do all the classics "Heads And Tails", "Build Yourself A Word" and of course the seminal "Magic E". Anyway this video is cobbled together from some clips I managed to get from YouTube, and includes the opening titles of top programmes such as "Going To Work", "Near and Far", "Picture Box" and "Near And Far"
Monday, April 23, 2007
Sunday, April 22, 2007
Odds and Sods
I haven't updated this in a while so...
Congratulations to Maxwell Someone who was introduced to the viewers of BBC Breakfast on Friday 13th as a "Broadcaster". Now to be honest I have no idea who this is and I wasn't interested enough to hang around to find out.
In case your wondering where the "Our Survey says" thing has vanished to, well the unrelenting predictability was starting to get on my wick. Needless to say the BBC (and others) are still publishing surveys without even the most cursory examination of the data or methodology. Worse no-one (apart from me) seems to capable of treating the results with any scepticism. So in the last week we had a survey (commissioned by a company flogging security solutions to retailers) which claimed customers are reluctant to spend money with companies which have experienced security breaches with their electronic payments. Which is bollocks. Customers are reluctant to spend money with companies who make these security breaches public. I've heard stories about some well known organisations (unsurprisingly not mentioned in this survey) which would curl your hair and empty your bank account at the same time. So all this result demonstrates is "what the eye doesn't see the heart doesn't grieve".
In a similar vein the much vaunted Chip And Pin system has been exposed as not being quite as fullproof as we've been told, with thousands of motorists finding their card details passed to Tamil guerillas. God things have changed. In the old days all you would get with your petrol was some vouchers for either World Cup coins or worse, tumblers. Now it's a free surface to air missile for the Tamils with every 50 litres.
I suppose if you're buying petrol from Esso you could actually be putting a Tiger in a Tank
Congratulations to Maxwell Someone who was introduced to the viewers of BBC Breakfast on Friday 13th as a "Broadcaster". Now to be honest I have no idea who this is and I wasn't interested enough to hang around to find out.
In case your wondering where the "Our Survey says" thing has vanished to, well the unrelenting predictability was starting to get on my wick. Needless to say the BBC (and others) are still publishing surveys without even the most cursory examination of the data or methodology. Worse no-one (apart from me) seems to capable of treating the results with any scepticism. So in the last week we had a survey (commissioned by a company flogging security solutions to retailers) which claimed customers are reluctant to spend money with companies which have experienced security breaches with their electronic payments. Which is bollocks. Customers are reluctant to spend money with companies who make these security breaches public. I've heard stories about some well known organisations (unsurprisingly not mentioned in this survey) which would curl your hair and empty your bank account at the same time. So all this result demonstrates is "what the eye doesn't see the heart doesn't grieve".
In a similar vein the much vaunted Chip And Pin system has been exposed as not being quite as fullproof as we've been told, with thousands of motorists finding their card details passed to Tamil guerillas. God things have changed. In the old days all you would get with your petrol was some vouchers for either World Cup coins or worse, tumblers. Now it's a free surface to air missile for the Tamils with every 50 litres.
I suppose if you're buying petrol from Esso you could actually be putting a Tiger in a Tank
Sunday, April 01, 2007
Broadcast(er) News
I'd just like to be the first to congratulate the following on their attainment of the status of "Broadcaster."
Lowri Turner - She was awarded this by BBC Breakfast News the week before last.
Kate Garraway - the happy event was announced by The National Lottery: The People's Quiz.
A special mention for Newton Emerson. He was introduced on BBC 2's "Hearts And Minds" as a "Commentator". So close. Better luck next time Newton.
Lowri Turner - She was awarded this by BBC Breakfast News the week before last.
Kate Garraway - the happy event was announced by The National Lottery: The People's Quiz.
A special mention for Newton Emerson. He was introduced on BBC 2's "Hearts And Minds" as a "Commentator". So close. Better luck next time Newton.
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