mulimob goes swinging in london

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MuLiMob is a European Commission funded project in order to explore new trends in music and mobility in a multicultural environment to turn them into business opportunities. Last Wednesday a presentation was held in London SoHo. Major record labels have vast resources to deploy and capitalise on the mobile music opportunity. ...

martinis at the ritz

No comments Barcelona + Photography + The real world

Backstage BCN and designer Peter Aedo teamed up for a fashion show at the Ritz in Barcelona.  -Shoot whatever you want as long as you enjoy yourself. Then you can go- This was the briefing I got from Pepe Pérez, the renowned Spanish hairstylist and owner of Backstage BCN. -It’s the ...

all you need is scratch

No comments Music + Videoclips + Why didn't I think of that?

Have you ever wanted to be a famous dj but you sucked scratching? El Chavo and Robin Masters probably do. They are the Dubai Sistaz the first air-scratchers and they come straight outta Barcelona. Respect. If you thought air-guitar was cool wait until you see the Dubai Sistaz doing their thing. As they ...

all you need is air

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If you ever danced to Kiss or Status Quo pretending you were playing the solo guitar this is the place for you.  Air-guitar contest at la Paloma this Wednesday 23. Free entrance and open to participation. Don’t miss Pako Zender’s videos at www.danzka-airguitar.com

web 2.0: from ego to lego

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We’ve all heard about Web 2.0 and how wonderful it is. Some of us even have lectured on it, but do we know what are we talking about? Apparently a person who does is Tim O’Reilly the publisher of those thech books with animal drawings on the cover. He’s written a paper ...

poetry in motion

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Let’s face it you’ve never written a poem. Probably you’ve hardly read one. With the Catalan poetry generator you can generate more than you can read. Click and enjoy! (some basic Catalan language required). Pinzellades etèries d’una mà cansada Transparència de mirall dins un cos de dona, un súcube pinzellades etèries d’una mà cansada vull ...

death on the staircase

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A best-seller writer sipping wine and smoking a pipe in his 14 room mansion in North Carolina, his dead wife down the stairs and a 911 call. All on TV. With this scenario one would expect lieutenant Columbo entering the room one moment or another. But no, this is real life. ...

warhol revisited

No comments Blogosphere + Quotations

Andy Warhol said everyone would be famous for 15 minutes. That was in the TV days. In the blogging era he would probably say: "everyone will be famous for 15 people". The quotation is actually from Momus, a successful blogger and a not so successful musician, first published in a Swedish fanzine ...

holga meets canon (1)

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With the help of a Holga toy camera script and a 6 megapixels Canon digital SLR, digital pictures come to life. A stroll around a beach around Barcelona, a Canon EOS300 and a nice touch of old crappy Holga plastic lens distortion. You’ll notice some of the characteristic Holga features such as: ...

hollywood is already in barcelona. bollywood is in the way

No comments Animation + Barcelona + Movies

Barcelona based Grangel Studio created the characters for Tim Burton’s “Corpse Bride”. The Mayor of Barcelona negotiates the shooting of a Bollywood movie in the city. I was lucky enough to get an invitation to the avant-premiere of Tim Burton’s “Corpse Bride” at the Art Futura festival in Barcelona. The film ...

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