Tag: music

Hiking Epic Rap : Hiker Tim

9 June 2014

Join the hike-hop revolution! httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfPTfX3PkWM Epic Hiking Rap : Hiker Tim Lyrics / Q&A Download free MP3 Inspired by Dan Bull's Skyrim Rap Hiker Tim on Twitter Hiker Tim on Facebook

Hiking Epic Rap : The Background

9 June 2014

So you've seen the Epic Hiking Rap, and now you want the background? Are you serious or is this a joke? I'll leave you to apply Poe's Law. Where did this start? For years, the University of Manchester Hiking Club had a tradition where a specific longstanding club member would write and present a poem […]

2012: A (somewhat delayed) year through music

13 August 2013

One of the things I said I wanted to do in 2011 year was to listen to some new and different styles of music, and I thought it might be nice to share some of the fantastic tunes I discovered in 2012! I made this list at the end of 2012, then was a bit […]

David Cameron: Think of the Children!

25 July 2013

Obviously, "Think of the Children" and "Protect Us from the Terrorists" are continuing themes in government attacks on the internet but David Cameron's affection for Porn Blocking has been rationally critiqued, talked about by pudits, heartfeltly written about, politically critiqued, analysed for hypocrisy and embarrassed. Well now, Dan Bull, probably Britain's best political rapper has […]

Morris Dancing: an underground Punk scene?

18 July 2013

Morris Dancing – middle age men with white hankies and bells? Ladies with silly frilly frocks? I contest these brave men and women are an underground punk music scene, the scale of which, is yet to be fully realised. For many over 35, "the system"expects them to submit to braincell-removing evenings of TV-absorbtion, whilst working pay off […]

Can we separate folk music and heritage music?

25 November 2012

I actually really enjoy listening to June Tabor's "The Dancing": httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuV8aV0DxuY It's very mellow and the sentiment is quite cutting – a moment of escape from a hard work life. But the sadly delivery is rather demonstrative of several things that somewhat confuse me. June Tabor is an Oxford educated singer, and I'd bet 20p […]

Just Dance

31 October 2012

Whilst New York City takes a beating from a big storm, let's watch something more uplifting: Girl Walk // All Day The spontaneity and happiness of the movement and disregard for the onlookers or location for me made it quite special. The camera work also has a nice rough and ready style to it as […]

Punk Rock and DIY Creativity :: Why John Robb is here

13 April 2012

It's funny, because I never thought really that punk rock would be something I'd feel apart of, but as John Robb explained in his talk at TEDxSalford, it's very very different from the pop punk bands of my youth. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meHrnHjRRu8 John Robb – Punk Rock and DIY Creativity John blogs at LouderThanWar and tweets as […]

DnB + Ceilidh = Doubly Awesome :: Monster Ceilidh Band

12 February 2012

One thing that I don't talk about that much is my tendency to fall in love with fusions of traditional and contemporary. Take something awesome and traditional. Mix it with something awesome and contemporary. The result will be doubly awesome! This post is about a band who certainly seem to be taking the "let's just […]

Dan Bull :: Death of ACTA

11 February 2012

It's ACTA day. ACTA protests are happening across the country. Just yesterday it was announced that European superpower, Germany, would not be signing ACTA following widespread protests across Europe. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=elUwRb4DroU Dan Bull :: Death of ACTA I would tell you that you could download the video "here" but the link Dan has on his Youtube […]

The 5 best, anti-SOPA protest songs

17 January 2012

So with the blackout of Wikipedia, Reddit and everything, Rick Falkvinge got me thinking. If the iconic singer songwriters of the labour movements were Arlo Guthrie and Billy Bragg, who are the iconic singer songwriters of the Digital Rights movement? I'm genuinely interested if you have a suggestion. To help you consider the question, here […]

Matchstalk cats and dogs…

15 January 2012

Growing up in Glossop, with weird, folk-loving parents, I never had much contact with popular music. So when, one day, my dad once took me upstairs to the stereo there and introduced me to this song via a old scratchy record, it left quite a lasting impression on me. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnRX6_Txpaw This is of course Brian […]