The NYE Dublin Countdown Concert in College Green literally last night hosted by Aidan Power and Michelle McGrath (pic 3) and including performances by Damien Dempsey (pic 4), Riverdance (5), Paul Brady (6), The Coronas (8) and Bressie (9 and 10) in front of thousands of what newspapers call ‘revellers’.
(Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland)
Youtuber robertboehnke syncs Apple’s iOS personal assistant SIRI with Notorious B.I.G.’s Hipnotyze for London’s Music Hack Day 2011.
A Tumblr by Simon Fletcher whereby celebrity noses are rendered into teenage mutant ninja turtles. Cannot be unseen.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYm-dT24iRY
A first-person Mirror’s Edge style heist/music video directed by Ilya Naishuller for the Biting Elbows song Stampede from their Dope Fiend Massacre EP.
Parkour. Gratuitous violence. What’s not to like?
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLtoyMLLvFg
A video composed entirely of mimetic gifs, you say?
Well alrighty then.
Magic Machines EP available on iTunes from September 26th.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4puOavwBjtc
‘Fakin’ the Funk’ by Main Source (because, yes, White Men Can’t Jump was on telly last night for the umpteenth time).
Quit frontin’ and crank it up. It’s Friday, for funk sakes.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eF3xE8sqJbo
It would appear to be the most oafish and tasteless gameshow ever conceived, but Weg van Nederland (‘Mad about the Netherlands’), to be broadcast on Dutch TV tonight, actually has a provocative liberal agenda.
Contestants on the one-off game show from the public broadcaster VPRO, part of an annual week of experimental programmes, comprise five asylum seekers who have exhausted legal avenues to stay in the Netherlands and await imminent deportation to their country of origin.
They compete in a quiz about Dutch culture, history and language, with the winner awarded €4,000 (£3,500) to help cushion them when they are expelled. Consolation prizes include a bulletproof vest.
Dose Dutch. Dey are jusht brilliantly bonkersh, man.
Dutch gameshow pits failed asylum seekers against each other (Guardian)
Problem?
