YouTube release new video player skin

YouTube change their video player to a rather sleeker black interface. Much nicer.

A Google+ inspired change perhaps?

Glastonbury 2011

Wednesday

08:37 First queue of the day: the paddington station holding area. So there is cattle at the festival #Glasto http://t.co/3iOMIJl Google Map Link

09:30 Beer o’clock! http://t.co/hjnabzG Google Map Link

12:03 On bus to the site. Almost there!!! http://t.co/1Oqmvvx Google Map Link

12:31 Huge queue at Ped gate A Google Map Link

13:30 Spotted: man with sledge full of beer. Clever. Google Map Link

15:30 @Maxjb in and pitched! Google Map Link

Thursday

12:34 Pyramid ale from the pub at the bottom of the hill by john peel. Sofas and reggae 45s. http://t.co/7nd2npw Google Map Link

14:07 “Q. Girls, why are you washing your wellies under the tap, they’ll just get mucky again. A. Oh but we want one clean welly day.” #wateraid? Google Map Link

15:30 Sat at the top of the park chilling with some life juice and watching the Green Police chasing the urinators. Why be anywhere else? Google Map Link

15:55 Shazam Logo Mathar by Dave Pike.

16:03 Shazam Logo Pumped Up Kicks by Foster The People.

19:58 Fun fun fun sun sun sun… http://t.co/IwiJ5uw Google Map Link

23:06 Don’t know what’s going on. Just woken up. Massively disorientated. Apparently seeing Ms Dynamite. Have flag. Have hat. #glasto Google Map Link

23:15 – 00:00 | Ms. Dynamite | Wow! Song Kick Link

00:08 Surreal moment: singing park life by blur in a dance village crush bottle neck. Google Map Link

00:16 Double espresso. Done. Google Map Link

00:23 Welly washing prick #glasto http://t.co/NNaqT1x Google Map Link

00:31 Alan! Dan! Bonno! Google Map Link

01:00 – 03:00 | Bizzy B | Glade Lounge Song Kick Link

01:48 I’d chase that Shy FX bass line anywhere. Bad skool riddim. REWIND!!! Google Map Link

02:30 Live Glasto vlogging. That’s where I’m at. http://t.co/NJwH7mO Google Map Link

02:00 – 03:00 | Netsky | Wow! Song Kick Link

02:58 I don’t like cricket. I love it. #netsky #glasto Google Map Link

03:00 – 04:00 | Propoganda DJs | Heds Party 1 Song Kick Link

03:33 Every body needs a bosom for a pillow. #glasto Google Map Link

04:02 Mixing frequencies between east and west silent discos. That’s what you call mash-up!!! Google Map Link

Friday

11:45 The apocalypse is coming by 4pm today http://t.co/cK1Rg2N Google Map Link

12:05 – 13:00 | Metronomy | The Pyramid Stage Song Kick Link

12:35 Hmmm. Not convinced these acoustics are working for metronomy. But the Pyramid is sounding nice and loud this year :) Google Map Link

12:36 Ooo! @HarryGarne http://t.co/M0E8pZJ Google Map Link

12:54 Doing the flag pole solar panel boogie. Google Map Link

13:30 – 14:30 | Two Door Cinema Club | The Pyramid Stage Song Kick Link

15:09 Eugh. Rain. It’s diluting my pint. Google Map Link

16:10 – 17:05 | The Wombats | The Other Stage Song Kick Link

16:50 – 17:40 | Darwin Deez | John Peel Stage Song Kick Link

17:28 A little bit of Darwin Deez before a kip and a brew. Will hopefully be shorter than yesterday’s 3 hour cider-coma. Google Map Link

19:11 Time for a proper brew. http://t.co/iAt2rOF Google Map Link

19:30 – 20:30 | The Coral | John Peel Stage Song Kick Link

19:51 What will become of Simon Diamond? Google Map Link

20:08 @HarryGarne @Maxjb @MissReidy Happy Glasto! Google Map Link

20:22 BBC forecasts 25 degrees for Sunday. SCORCHIO! Of course they also forecast heavy rain at 4pm which (thankfully) didn’t happen. Google Map Link

20:31 @Jambamkin getting lots of praise on the usefulness of the flag. Big up to your 15 year old self. Top work mate. Google Map Link

20:37 I just used #Shazam to discover The Freaks by DJ Deeon. http://shz.am/t53518412 Google Map Link

20:45 – 22:00 | Mumford & Sons | The Other Stage Song Kick Link

21:01 The crowd are so up for Mumford and Sons. LOUD! Google Map Link

21:30 Pair of thumbs. With @Maxjb. God I fucking love music. Google Map Link

21:42 With shivers at the wombats and the coral. And almost in tears at Mumford and Sons. I think I’ve found my calling. Save music. Google Map Link

21:30 – 23:00 | Erol Alkan | Oxlyers in West Song Kick Link

22:48 Shazam Logo Pacha On Acid by Afrojack.

22:51 Shazam Logo Gecko by Mr Blink.

22:57 Shazam Logo Lemonade by Boys Noize & Erol Alkan.

23:00 – 00:30 | Annie Mac | Oxlyers in West Song Kick Link

23:17 And we continue…. #essentialmix @erolalkan @anniemac Google Map Link

23:46 Shazam Logo What Can You Do For Me (Drumsound & Bassline Smith Mix) by Doorly Vs. Utah Saints.

23:50 Shazam Logo Awooga by Calvin Harris.

23:56 Shazam Logo Knas by Steve Angello.

01:30 – 03:00 | Erol Alkan | The Beat Hotel Song Kick Link

01:32 Erol!? Google Map Link

01:35 It’s only EROL fucking ALKAN Google Map Link

01:42 I’d recognise that bongo anywhere @erolalkan. #shareef don’t like it!# Google Map Link

01:49 Damn you @erolalkan and your White labels. #Shazam Google Map Link

02:09 Shazam Logo That’s The Kind Of Love I’ve Got For You (12″ Extended Mix) by Dusty Springfield.

02:16 Shazaming battery to death. I blame @erolalkan Google Map Link

02:34 Shazam Logo Never Stop (Erol Alkan Rework) by Chilly Gonzales.

02:49 @erolalkan Cars! Bomb! Google Map Link

02:52 Shazam Logo Lemonade by Boys Noize & Erol Alkan.

Saturday

13:05 – 13:50 | Yuck | John Peel Stage Song Kick Link

15:29 Nice to bump into @HarryGarne at Yuck! earlier. I think Cath appreciated the face paint more than he did though :) Google Map Link

16:00 – 16:40 | Patrick Wolf | Oxlyers in West Song Kick Link

16:23 Watching Patrick Wolf- keys, harp and fiddle so far.., #multi-instrumentalism. Google Map Link

16:00 – 16:40 | Patrick Wolf | Oxlyers in West Song Kick Link

17:17 The calm before the captain dread storm: red stripe, camping chair, John Peel stage, war paint. http://t.co/JliHWz3 Google Map Link

18:00 – 19:00 | Dreadzone | Oxlyers in West Song Kick Link

19:30 – 20:30 | Friendly Fires | The Other Stage Song Kick Link

22:30 – 23:45 | Chemical Brothers | The Other Stage Song Kick Link

22:56 “Just remember to fall in love. there’s nothing else.” No truer a word spoken Ed and Tom. Google Map Link

00:03 Like a mosaic of tracks, a tapestry of sounds. Possibly topped their 2000 appearance. Well played Tom and Ed. Google Map Link

01:14 New Shangri-la setup = fuckup #unhappyglastotweet :( @GlastoFest Google Map Link

01:17 @GlastoFest “put your flags down”???!! It’s hard enough for my friends to follow me as it is. Shangri-la mess. Google Map Link

01:18 Crowd making light on @GlastoFest Shangri-la balls up with acapella of bohemian rapsody. Google Map Link

01:21 Shangri-la queuing system Hilsborough in all but name. Can you tell I’m pissed off yet? Google Map Link

01:45 – 03:00 | Orbital DJ Set | Arcadia Song Kick Link

03:00 – 04:00 | The Trojans | Rocket Lounge Song Kick Link

04:17 Stumbling back with the old man. Google Map Link

Sunday

10:47 It is HOT! Hoping the mud solidifies before midday and skip the welly losing stage. http://t.co/FJmWVtj Google Map Link

14:17 Will hopefully catch all of The Joy Formidable today. That said, they’re running late :s http://t.co/39bCFCq Google Map Link

14:00 – 14:45 | The Joy Formidable | John Peel Stage Song Kick Link

14:55 Jumping as hard as I can for @joyformidable despite steel toed boots and VERY sticky mud #glasto Google Map Link

16:00 – 17:00 | Bombay Bicycle Club | The Other Stage Song Kick Link

16:30 – 17:15 | Everything Everything | John Peel Stage Song Kick Link

20:10 At what stage did any one think it was a good idea to design an ATM in Comic Sans? Google Map Link

22:00 – 23:15 | Queens of the Stone Age | The Other Stage Song Kick Link

22:03 Oh go on then, 20 minutes of QOTSA… Google Map Link

22:12 Cider. Check. Double Espresso. Check. Doughnut. Check. Skittles . Check. Google Map Link

22:49 Really sad news: only “gold” wrist band holders allowed into Shangri La at 22:45 by railway. Money pays @GlastoFest ? @emilyeavis Google Map Link

23:05 @GlastoFest @emilyeavis Baaaaa Google Map Link

00:00 – 00:45 | Spider | Arcadia Song Kick Link

02:00 – 03:30 | Secret Headliner | Campo Pequeno Song Kick Link

04:29 Still going strong. Google Map Link

04:00 – 04:30 | Molotov Jukebox | Club Dada Song Kick Link

05:13 Time for a nice brew. Google Map Link

05:40 That’s amazing. A Mr Whippy at half five in the morning. Google Map Link

Monday

16:02 Queued with a bunch of 18 year old girls at Castle Cary, “were Ant and Dec in Grange Hill?” Google Map Link

16:11 Rammed commuter train, people sat on bags in aisles. Looking forward to getting into London for the evening rush hour. Google Map Link

Pete and the Pirates live at Heaven

Pete and the Pirates live at Heaven, London on 26 May 2011, playing their penultimate encore song “Mr Understanding” from their first album Little Death.

White Denim Live at KCLSU

White Denim played live on Monday 16 May 2011, at Kings College London Student’s union. As usual their set was absolutely non stop, as you can see from the first video below as they launch straight from their opening number into Shake Shake Shake from their first album Workout Holiday. The crowd were awesome, and things got even more mental as the gig progressed and the band launched into I Start To Run from their second album Fits.

The Joy Formidable – A Heavy Abacus [live]

The Joy Formidable playing A Heavy Abacus from their album The Big Roar live at KOKO, London, on Tuesday 10 May 2011.

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Goooooooaaal!

This needs no introduction. And much better than the YouTube versions out there…

Gold Panda – I’m With Your But I’m Lonely [live]

Gold Panda live at XOYO on 1 March 2011 performing I’m With You But I’m Lonely, the 8th track from his début album Lucky Shiner.

Caribou – Bowls [Live]

Caribou live at Shepherds Bush Empire on Tuesday 22 February. Bowls is the fifth track from band’s 2010 album Swim.

Natwest Photoshop Fail

Will you look at that! An overlap-top!

“Yeah, just stick a bit of Gaussian blur around it then squash it up a bit, no worries.”

The Adelphi

Have you lead an under privileged childhood?


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