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Tetra Vaal
Posted on November 26, 2005, by Darren, under Technology, World/Web News.
Remember the Citroen C4 advert from earlier in 2005?
Well the guys who created that, The Embassy Visual Effects Inc, have another excellent robot video called ‘Tetra Vaal’ – created as a visual exercise and features a ‘Robocop’ style robot, designed purely to police third world countries.
The visuals are stunning, and it’s pretty hard to tell it isn’t a real robot on patrol. Clever editing of the real location footage makes it even more realistic (in particular the in-car shots & the robot running over the roofs of parked vans).
See for yourselves : Download the movie | The Embassy Visual Effects.
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The Darkness
Posted on November 23, 2005, by Darren, under Music, World/Web News.
I finally got my hands on the new Darkness album a few days ago – ooh my!
It’s very late 80′s – early 90′s in its sound again, probably more than the first album to be honest. Excellent stuff.
The stand out tracks? One Way Ticket (Track 1), Dinner Lady Arms (T4), Hazel Eyes (T6), Girlfriend (T8) and English Country Garden (T9).
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Beautiful
Posted on November 10, 2005, by Darren, under World/Web News.
Sony have a new advert out for its Bravia TV sets.
Shot in San Francisco, the advert features 250,000 brightly coloured rubber balls bouncing down the streets. No CGI or over-the-top sound tracks – just real balls falling down a real street with a real song (‘Heartbeats’ by ‘José González’) playing over the top. Superb.
I recommend viewing the extended version if you can (it’s 180 seconds long and available in Quicktime High Definition format).
View the ad at : Sony Bravia or Download the song (Zip/MP3).
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Raiding the 20th Century
Posted on November 2, 2005, by Darren, under Music, World/Web News.
DJ Food (Strictly Kev) has recently remixed his excellent ‘Raiding the 20th Century‘ mp3 mix/mash-up he created in Jan 2004 for XFM’s ‘The Remix‘ show in London. It’s now 20 mins longer, and features the voice of Paul Morley, who inspired the original recording, reading excerpts of his book ‘Words & Music‘.
Both feature some superb mixes of tunes from both ends of the musical spectrum (including Busta Rhymes’ song ‘Woohah‘ mixed with the ‘Steptoe and Son‘ theme tune! Genius).
Download the MP3′s / torrents from the following :
Main DJ Food Site | Strictly Kev downloads
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Concepts
Posted on October 30, 2005, by Darren, under Cars, Technology, World/Web News.
I’m not normally that interested in the goings on of Nissan, but their new GT-R Proto looks stunning. Take a look at the concept cars new site for pics and videos: GT-R Proto.
Although it may not quite look exactly like the concept by the time the EU lawmakers have messed around with it, it does give a good indication as to what the new Skyline should look like in 2007.
Also, whilst on the subject of concepts, Audi recently showed off their new TT Shooting-Brake concept which gives styling hints towards the next TT (2007-08).
I think they are making a HUGE mistake with this. They’ve obviously not quite grasped what they have / have had with the TT. It’s a modern design classic. Sadly though sales have been falling for a while and they want to update it to boost those sales again. But, they haven’t really figured out WHY sales have fallen though.
I’ll give you a clue – how many do you see on the roads today? Stacks of them I bet; and when you see one, do you still say ‘Oh an Audi TT’. No, neither do I.
Here’s the thing Audi… “They are too common”.
That’s why they aren’t selling. Everybody has one. It comes down to what I call the ‘Fawlty Towers‘ effect.
In 1975, John Cleese made a comedy show for the BBC set in a hotel. He made 6 episodes. These proved to be hugely popular during the 4 years that it took him to write the second series, where he again made 6 superb shows.
When he’d finished he said he definitely wouldn’t make any more. A wise move, because 30 years on, it’s one of the most popular sitcoms ever made – right round the world. I still watch it today, and I still laugh at it – even though I know what’s going to happen, and can recite a lot of the dialogue.
And here’s the best bit… there are only twelve shows. 12. Ever.
Of course, the Shooting Brake is only a concept… but even so, the original TT shouldn’t be messed with. Plus the fact it looks like a reject BMW Z4.
They should retire the model in 2006 – and let her grow old gracefully as 8 years is a good innings.
