What The Blue Man Group Thinks About The Earth
April 15, 2008
A very quick one for you, a video of the Blue Man group “talking” about our planet.
[Via: Ecoblogs]
Teachers Launch Save The Planet Song
April 1, 2008
Two teachers from Illinois in USA, called Mike and Jeff, have joined up to record a song called Save The Planet. “We wanted to emphasize points that every person on the planet can do, such as: water and energy conservation along with recycling plastics and paper” said Jeff.
It’s available to buy on iTunes, but you can watch it in the embedded video below first. Partial proceeds go to charity, so why not give it a listen, you might like it. You can visit their website too.
Mandyleigh Storm Album Review And Free Mp3’s
March 7, 2008
Our favourite Sellaband artist Mandyleigh Storm releases her debut album Fire & Snow on March 10th 2008. So what’s the album like? To get a balanced opinion I also asked Adam to review it too. [Disclosure: We invested a small amount in Mandyleigh via Sellaband. Read about it here.]
There are many highlights of the album, to listen to some free tracks whilst reading this, you can download “Deep Sea Green”, “Cry Hard” or “Let It Go” for no charge from Sellaband and the whole album for only $3.50.
It’s not often a new artist comes along and you can recognise their voice instantly, but hers is one. A excellent opening with Deep Sea Green, followed by one of my favourites, Winter’s Day. Slightly “toned down” for the album, it’s apparently all about a relationship breaking down but you still want to save it. Love it! With strong album themes regarding depression, several tracks such as Go With It and Keep The Silence certainly don’t depress with the latter more a traditional pop song with a pop beat, that shows her versatility.
Sunny New Day is a change of pace and uptempo and is Adam’s current second favourite. My actual favourite is Grey, another song about depression. Adam had heard this one before a while ago and once it starts it was like a nice reminder of things past (if that makes sense). The simple music means the voice does a lot of work - lucky it’s a good one. Quite slow and sad but not soppy, it’s like the end of a film or something, very familiar and easy listening.
The Limited Edition CD also comes with 6 of the demo mp3’s, a video interview with Mandyleigh, and vocal .wav’s of “Keep The Silence” and “Go With It” for the remixers and mashup artists out there.
Green credentials? Well you can download the album for a start, with three tracks being free and the entire album only $3.50. Plus efforts have been taken with regards to the Limited Ediiton CD packaging to produce it in as an environmentally sustainable way as possible.
Overall, I love this album as much as I hoped I would, a stunning debut from a unique singer. Download the free tracks, and if you like them buy the album. Either way, let us know what you think!
Turn Your Dreams Into Reality
February 23, 2008
If you want it, why can’t you do it? We all want a better world, so let’s do it!
Embedded Video
[Via: REpreneur]
Song Of The Day - PJ Harvey
February 19, 2008
Not quite so much “Song Of The Week” as “Song Of The Last Few Weeks” as we haven’t posted one for a while. PJ Harvey performs the track ‘White Chalk’, taken from her 2007 album White Chalk, on the UK’s BBC2 Later… with Jools Holland. If you like it then also try her live version of Silence. Great stuff.
A Few Things You Should Never Buy New
December 6, 2007
Mint is a website that allows users to track different (US) bank accounts in one place online. Not that interesting unless you’re using it, however they do have an interesting blog.
A recent excellent post points out eight things you should not buy new. The site goes into a lot more detail, so is worth reading, but these are:
- CDs and DVDs
- Books (see Adam’s posts here and here)
- Apple Products and Electronics
- Designer Clothes
- Baby and Maternity Clothes
- Games and Toys
- Homes
- Cars
Feel free to add any more you think shoud be included by adding a comment below 
Songs Of The Day - Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly
October 23, 2007
Two songs today from the album Chronicles Of A Bohemian Teenager by Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly (more usually known as Sam Duckworth). Probably one of the best names for a band I’ve heard in ages. Firstly Call Me Ishmael which is a cracking tune, a little quiet so you might need to turn it up a little. The second video is an amateur recording of the title song Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly, urging consumers to “Open your eyes, you don’t need to buy it”. Find out more (and listen to 5 album tracks for free) at http://www.getcapewearcapefly.com
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