YouTube release new video player skin

Andy — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 10:19:17 +0000

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

A Google+ inspired change perhaps?

Glastonbury 2011

Andy — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 21:32:30 +0000

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

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

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

12:31 Huge queue at Ped gate A

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

15:30 @Maxjb in and pitched!

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

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?

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?

15:55 Mathar by Dave Pike.

16:03 Pumped Up Kicks by Foster The People.

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

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

23:15 – 00:00 | Ms. Dynamite | Wow!

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

00:16 Double espresso. Done.

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

00:31 Alan! Dan! Bonno!

01:00 – 03:00 | Bizzy B | Glade Lounge

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

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

02:00 – 03:00 | Netsky | Wow!

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

03:00 – 04:00 | Propoganda DJs | Heds Party 1

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

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

Friday

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

12:05 – 13:00 | Metronomy | The Pyramid Stage

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

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

12:54 Doing the flag pole solar panel boogie.

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

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

16:10 – 17:05 | The Wombats | The Other Stage

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

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.

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

19:30 – 20:30 | The Coral | John Peel Stage

19:51 What will become of Simon Diamond?

20:08 @HarryGarne @Maxjb @MissReidy Happy Glasto!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

22:48 Pacha On Acid by Afrojack.

22:51 Gecko by Mr Blink.

22:57 Lemonade by Boys Noize & Erol Alkan.

23:00 – 00:30 | Annie Mac | Oxlyers in West

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

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

23:50 Awooga by Calvin Harris.

23:56 Knas by Steve Angello.

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

01:32 Erol!?

01:35 It’s only EROL fucking ALKAN

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

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

02:09 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

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

02:49 @erolalkan Cars! Bomb!

02:52 Lemonade by Boys Noize & Erol Alkan.

Saturday

13:05 – 13:50 | Yuck | John Peel Stage

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

16:00 – 16:40 | Patrick Wolf | Oxlyers in West

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

16:00 – 16:40 | Patrick Wolf | Oxlyers in West

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

18:00 – 19:00 | Dreadzone | Oxlyers in West

19:30 – 20:30 | Friendly Fires | The Other Stage

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

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

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

01:14 New Shangri-la setup = fuckup #unhappyglastotweet @GlastoFest

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

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

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

01:45 – 03:00 | Orbital DJ Set | Arcadia

03:00 – 04:00 | The Trojans | Rocket Lounge

04:17 Stumbling back with the old man.

Sunday

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

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

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

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

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

16:30 – 17:15 | Everything Everything | John Peel Stage

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

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

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

22:12 Cider. Check. Double Espresso. Check. Doughnut. Check. Skittles . Check.

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

23:05 @GlastoFest @emilyeavis Baaaaa

00:00 – 00:45 | Spider | Arcadia

02:00 – 03:30 | Secret Headliner | Campo Pequeno

04:29 Still going strong.

04:00 – 04:30 | Molotov Jukebox | Club Dada

05:13 Time for a nice brew.

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

Monday

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

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

Pete and the Pirates live at Heaven

Andy — Fri, 27 May 2011 13:22:05 +0000

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

Andy — Tue, 17 May 2011 10:04:57 +0000

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]

Andy — Tue, 10 May 2011 23:05:24 +0000

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

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

Andy — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 15:38:09 +0000

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]

Andy — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 22:31:04 +0000

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

Natwest Photoshop Fail

Andy — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 21:52:51 +0000

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

Andy — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 15:48:50 +0000

Have you lead an under privileged childhood?

Committed

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