I’ve been listening to Belle and Sebastian since first seeing them play the theme from “Teachers” (The Boy with the Arab strap) at Glastonbury a few years back. I’ve not unearthed their back-catalogue yet but The Boy with the Arab strap ranks up there with my favourite albums.
Their latest disc, “Dear Catastrophe Waitress” combines [...]
Published on December 5, 2003
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This album blends elements from The Orb’s finest moments with Vangelisesque soundscapes and Lemon Jelly sound effects to produce a truly thrilling chillout ride from start to finish. There’s no doubting that the tail end of this album is widescreen post-club smoking music but there’s a couple of very talented musicians at the heart of [...]
Published on December 4, 2003
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Well, we didn’t win. The standard was very high and some of the sites in the running had done some really exceptional things to make their sites fully accessible to the blind. The problem we always suffer with in my team is the lack of time available for each project. Prototypes often become the actual [...]
Published on December 3, 2003
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Web design
One of the sites we built last year has been nominated for a Visionary design award. Our “Revision and Exams” site has been put into the category of “Youth and Education” which is a little confusing since the site is not really a youth site but it is an educational one. The competition comes from [...]
Published on December 2, 2003
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Web design
Kevin Little and Wayne Wonder. Two names synonymous with slick r’n’b. Also two names that sound like they attend every Max Power event going in their beefed up Escort RS Cosworths. Kevin Little was on the radio whilst I drove to work this morning with his peculiar falsetto singing which manages to wrench itself into [...]
Published on December 2, 2003
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There’s nothing for you to see here.
I’ve talked about this before. Again, I apologise.
Published on December 1, 2003
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General