(for jk)yes, it’s a real robot playing a real synth.

though you might want to ignore the fact he’s doing something which sounds not entirely unlike ’sailing’ by rod stewart and paste in your own soundtrack. It’s certainly way better than the robot in that ‘infamous’ Herbie Hancock video.

“like a lighthouse keeper throwing a beam out into the darkness, in faith that this action might help someone unseen”

Kevin Kelly follows up on his theory of 1000 True Fans

The innovative and to some degree unheralded, electronic composer, Bebe Barron has died.

Makes me want to go watch Forbidden Planet again.

(with the sound up a little too high)

Killer lineup (as you would expect)

We’re thinking Grace Jones and Blade Runner on the Imax fo’sho.

Got Fleet Foxes booked in for the week before otherwise they would be the third.

Man have they found their velocity.

***UPDATE***

And tom tom club

And George Clinton/funkadelic/parliment !!!!!!!!!

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(it’s gonna be a great summer)

Nice

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Brother on the slide and ex Hl’er jez has posted the second volume of his nearly annual mix of japanese rarities and freshly dug gems.

Heavy.

TOKYO DRIFTER : VOLUME TWO

Manny takes a trip down memory lane to the most 80s sci-fi film of them all.

Amazing

An incredibly forward thinking move by Fontshop or the first steps on the road to commercial hari-kari?

Ballsy either way.

For JB

LIES I’VE TOLD MY 3 YEAR OLD RECENTLY

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