Reboot – and change direction a little bit…

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I’m rebooting and changing direction a little bit, and will begin that by paying some much needed attention to my site. I’ve had a bit of a redesign and made some things work that were broken – my DJ Mixes page is now completely functional, with links to all of my recent mixes now available. I’ve added some social networking tools to help bookmark the best posts.

I’m planning to focus my attention a little bit more towards my work – I recently went on a course delivered by Nicholas Bate on Personal Excellence, and he spoke about creating a personal brand, and being very deliberate about the processes you follow as you ‘put yourself out there’.  I’ve been quite inspired since that course and have used the summer vacation time to reassess and plan out how I’ll do that.

I’m really excited about this next phase of my online life.

July 2009 – Run to the Sun – Funky, Progressive House

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One of the essential things to take on vacation, is some new tunes to keep you company while you lay in the sun or sit on your terrace drinking cold beer.

So – I’ve put together this tasty little morsel for you to enjoy wherever you are travelling to the sun.

65 minutes of thumpingly progressive house music, including a killer tunes from Faithless, Deadmau5 and Dirty South.

It’s here and ready for you to download – free and easy! Enjoy your sunshine… Oh, and pass it on… share the link on Facebook, Twitter – anywhere you like!

Download ‘Run to the Sun’ Here

Tracklist for ‘Run to the Sun’:

  • Dirty South – Alamo
  • 7th Heaven feat Banderas – This is your life
  • Peter Gelderblom – Lost (David Penn Mix Edit)
  • Kismet – Some Hours Later (Original Mix)
  • Deadmau5 & Melleefresh – Attention Whore (Bootylicious Mix)
  • MSTRKRFT feat John Legend – Heartbreaker (Wolfgang Gartner Mix)
  • Faithless – Music Matters feat Cass Fox (Axwell Mix)
  • Camisra – Let me Show You (Markus Gardew Mix)
  • David Guetta feat Kelly Rowland – When love takes over (Abel Ram Mix)
  • Steve Angello and Laidback Luke – Show me Love
  • Dub Guru – U got 2 Know

July 2009 – All my life I wanted to be famous – Funky, Progressive House

All my Life I wanted to be famous is my latest DJ mix for your download and perusal. Especially tailored and tweaked for use in the summer sun, with the windows open and the stereo jacked up to Spinal Tap proportions.

‘All my life…’ is jam packed full of thumping tunes, each laced with the special Big Man brand of dancefloor energy.

Download All My Life I Wanted To Be Famous Here

Tracklist for All My Life…

  • Kid Cudi vs Crookers – Day n Nite (Mobin Master Mix)
  • Antoine Clamaran – Reach for the Stars (Thomas Gold Mix)
  • Chocolat Puma – Morning Rain
  • Lucien Foort – The Shame (Baggi Begovic Vocal Mix)
  • Thomas Gold & Matthias Menck – Everybody be Somebody
  • Delerium feat Sarah Mclachlan – Silence (Niels Van Gogh vs Thomas Gold Mix)
  • Dave Spoon – Sunrise 2009 Rework
  • Kurd Maverick – Blue Monday (Vandalism Remix)
  • Bart B More vs Oliver Twizt – Finally
  • Golden Girls – Kinetic (ATFC)
  • Rudenko – Everybody
  • Niko de Luca and Brown Sugar – Good Night (Pete Brown Dub)
  • Temper Traps – Sweet Disposition (Axwell vs Dirty South)

Coming Home…for less than 24 hours

I was perched outside in the pouring rain
Trying to make myself a sail
Then I’ll float to you my darlin’
With the evening on my tail
Although not the most honest means of travel
It gets me there nonetheless
I’m a heartless man at worst, babe
And a helpless one at best

Darling I’ll bathe your skin
I’ll even wash your clothes
Just give me some candy, before I go
Oh, darling I’ll kiss your eyes
And lay you down on your rug
Just give me some candy
After my heart

Oh I’m often found explaining
But to her it plays out all the same
and although I’m left defeated
It get’s held against my name
I know you got plenty to offer baby
But I guess I’ve taken quite enough
Well I’m some stain there on your bedsheet
You’re my diamond in the rough

Darling I’ll bathe your skin
I’ll even wash your clothes
Just give me some candy
before I go
Oh, darling I’ll kiss your eyes
And lay you down on your rug
Just give me some candy
After my heart

I know that there´re writings on the wall
But Darling I’ll bathe your skin
I’ll even wash your clothes
Just give me some candy
After my heart

Oh I’ll be there waiting for you

Paolo Nutini – Candy

Post-modern birdbox anyone?

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Very clever bird box modelled to look like a CCTV camera – nice sense of humour indeed. Joking apart, I’d imagine that it may make intruders think twice before coming over the fence into your garden!

German language website has all the details – anyone know if these are available in the UK? I’d have one, I can just picture the place I’d put it at home.

via BoingBoing

Skateboarding + Parkour = 100% awesomeness

 

This is 100% awesome, no questions – brilliant boarding coupled with parkour-esque moves. By William Spencer – In Color – available from The Denver Shop

Getting ready for Summer – May Playlist

As summer approaches, my thoughts have turned to some summer sounds to raise the spirits. Festival monsters – Placebo and Depeche Mode, sit alongside some old school calypso and ska classics, and some amazing indie covers.  Hope the weather is as good as the music!

Listen to my play list here

Full Tracklist:

  • Placebo – Battle For The Sun
  • Depeche Mode – Ghost
  • The Dears – Halfmast
  • Patrick Wolf – Hard Times
  • Lord Kitchener – Wife & Mother
  • Dandy Livingstone – A message to you, Rudy
  • William Elliot Whitmore – Old Devils
  • Florence & The Machine – You’ve Got The Love
  • The Kills – Crazy (Patsy Cline Cover)
  • Lewis & Clarke – Chelsea Hotel
  • Jarvis Cocker – Angela
  • Tiga – Shoes

Stevie G in Clay Pigeon Drama

Despite the fact this is with Liverpool players – it is a very clever ad. There’s a Van Persie one which is also excellent…

 

Cool adidas marketing…

Doves – Kingdom of Rust

Their finest moment so far?

 

My girl, seeks an ocean of trust,
It takes an effort it does.
My girl, it takes an ocean of trust,
Its in a kingdom of rust.

The Doves – Kingdom of Rust (2009)

Start your Windows Phone

 

Cool commercial for the new Windows Phones… loving the Chelsea Dagger!

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