Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Gig reminder: Three Blind Wolves, The Form, Panda Eyes @ Snafu
Just a quick reminder that Panda Eyes will be playing at Snafu tomorrow night (25th March) at Snafu. Doors at 10, we'll be onstage about 10.30. Hope to see you there :)
Friday, March 19, 2010
blogging == dodo?
A recent tweet from btk got me thinking (I shall quote it here for context):
Seeing as pretty much all ABZ bloggers have stopped blogging we can't have blog-meets anymore. Anyone up for a tweet-up?
Is it true? Is it symptomatic of a wider phenomenon? Is everyone lost in BookFace and Twitter? Maybe it's the fact that every few years something new comes along, everyone goes "ooh" and does that instead. It's been the same in computing as long as I remember.
8 bits gave way to 16 bits which in turn gave way to 32 bits and we're on the cusp of wholesale acceptance of 64 bits.
Atari gave way to Nintendo who had a fight with Sega then Sony came along and shook everything up before Nintendo pulled a sneaky sideways manoeuvre and captured the imagination with something other than more sound, more graphics and more processing power.
Talkers gave way to instant messenger.
The evolution continues even in social networking - Faceparty -> Bebo/MySpace -> Facebook.
Blogging had its day, but it has been swallowed up by the convenience of Twitter and the sheer omnipresence of BookFace? Who knows? There will always be those who prefer the long form of blogging versus the short utterances found on the likes of Twitter. I see merit in them both. Facebook can get lost (imho).
People will use whatever the Zeitgeist is this week. Few lead, many follow and some play in the band until the ship goes down.
Seeing as pretty much all ABZ bloggers have stopped blogging we can't have blog-meets anymore. Anyone up for a tweet-up?
Is it true? Is it symptomatic of a wider phenomenon? Is everyone lost in BookFace and Twitter? Maybe it's the fact that every few years something new comes along, everyone goes "ooh" and does that instead. It's been the same in computing as long as I remember.
8 bits gave way to 16 bits which in turn gave way to 32 bits and we're on the cusp of wholesale acceptance of 64 bits.
Atari gave way to Nintendo who had a fight with Sega then Sony came along and shook everything up before Nintendo pulled a sneaky sideways manoeuvre and captured the imagination with something other than more sound, more graphics and more processing power.
Talkers gave way to instant messenger.
The evolution continues even in social networking - Faceparty -> Bebo/MySpace -> Facebook.
Blogging had its day, but it has been swallowed up by the convenience of Twitter and the sheer omnipresence of BookFace? Who knows? There will always be those who prefer the long form of blogging versus the short utterances found on the likes of Twitter. I see merit in them both. Facebook can get lost (imho).
People will use whatever the Zeitgeist is this week. Few lead, many follow and some play in the band until the ship goes down.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Gig tipoff: Three Blind Wolves, Panda Eyes
When: Thursday 25th March 2010
Where: Snafu, 1 Union Street, Aberdeen, AB11 5BU
Doors: 9pm TBC
Tax: £3 (go to The Athenaeum upstairs for a pre gig pint and you might get a free pass...)
It's the Dirty Hearts Club at Snafu and time for a shameless plug for a Panda Eyes gig, of course! We're leaner, fitter and betterer after a bit of time off and a warm up at a friend's birthday party a couple of weeks ago. I've never played at Snafu before, really looking forward to it :)
Three Blind Wolves sound like a decent band too, have a listen on their MySpace.
Panda Eyes: http://www.myspace.com/pandaeyesaberdeen
Three Blind Wolves: http://www.myspace.com/threeblindwolves
Last.fm event: http://www.last.fm/event/1451209
Where: Snafu, 1 Union Street, Aberdeen, AB11 5BU
Doors: 9pm TBC
Tax: £3 (go to The Athenaeum upstairs for a pre gig pint and you might get a free pass...)
It's the Dirty Hearts Club at Snafu and time for a shameless plug for a Panda Eyes gig, of course! We're leaner, fitter and betterer after a bit of time off and a warm up at a friend's birthday party a couple of weeks ago. I've never played at Snafu before, really looking forward to it :)
Three Blind Wolves sound like a decent band too, have a listen on their MySpace.
Panda Eyes: http://www.myspace.com/pandaeyesaberdeen
Three Blind Wolves: http://www.myspace.com/threeblindwolves
Last.fm event: http://www.last.fm/event/1451209
Wednesday, March 03, 2010
Help preserve Union Terrace Gardens
There's lots of info out there on the matter, but I thought I would add my voice to the mix. I DO NOT support the City Square proposal; the removal of a beautiful green space in the centre of an otherwise rather grey town would pain me greatly.
Personally, I'd rather all they did to Union Terrace Gardens was improve access, host more events there and employ a park attendant or two, but if something must be built, the partial upheaval that the Contemporary Art Centre would cause is much more palatable to me than the utter obliteration which would result from the City Square.
If, like me, you don't want the City Square to go ahead there are things you can do. Vote NO in any way you can (like in sneaky, one-sided public "consultations"). Another thing you can do is download the super-duper compilation album put together by local artists in support of the Gardens. You can find it here: http://weheartutg.bandcamp.com/ and you choose how much you want to pay (minimum £1). All proceeds go towards fighting against the City Square.
Personally, I'd rather all they did to Union Terrace Gardens was improve access, host more events there and employ a park attendant or two, but if something must be built, the partial upheaval that the Contemporary Art Centre would cause is much more palatable to me than the utter obliteration which would result from the City Square.
If, like me, you don't want the City Square to go ahead there are things you can do. Vote NO in any way you can (like in sneaky, one-sided public "consultations"). Another thing you can do is download the super-duper compilation album put together by local artists in support of the Gardens. You can find it here: http://weheartutg.bandcamp.com/ and you choose how much you want to pay (minimum £1). All proceeds go towards fighting against the City Square.
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