David Byrne and Brian Eno Release New Single for FREE

A free dowload of 'Strange Overtones' from the new David Byrne and Brian Eno record 'Everything That Happens Will Happen Today' is available by following the link below.

Link: David Byrne and Brian Eno Release New Single for FREE!

Bedroom 747

You would never guess the things that go on in the homes around you. This story is a bit old but its new to me.

John Davis spent eight years and 15,000 building a Boeing 747 flight simulator in a room in his house. And now the 47-year-old's hobby has turned into such a full-time occupation that he has jacked in his job as a graphic designer to run a full-time flight simulation business from his home in Coventry, UK

Story on Gizmodo:. Bedroom 747: Man Builds $30,000 Jumbo Jet Simulator in his Bedroom

Flock the social browser

I have just started using Flock the web browser based on Firefox that is aimed at internet users who are into social network sites, blogging and media sites. The regular browser also boasts a media bar show and upload your images on accounts such as Photobucket & Picasa. A drag & drop web clipboard and blog editor which works with services such as Blogger, TypePad, WordPress and any self hosted blogs. It also shows posts from network sites such as Digg, Twitter, Flickr and Facebook.

Godiva Festival 2008 (Saturday)

Six. by Seven -Electric Stage Godiva 2008

The new Godiva Festival layout is brilliant, having an open air stage makes perfect sense. Far more people can enjoy the performances without being crushed into a tent. After eating lunch in the food village and buying some clothing we settled down infront of the ‘electric stage’ to watch Exit calm. Drinking a pint of lager during the afternoon relaxing in the sun infront of the main stage watching the bands was great. A few heavy showers did interrupt the fun, but, the festival dried out inbetween. Unfortunately, the evening bought persistant rain. This coupled with inadequate clothing & a cold wind saw our early exit after catching Glasvegas. Is this really July!!!

I hope the weather will not deter organisers from having a stage again as it felt like Godiva had embrassed the true festival vibe. Not being crammed into a small tent also made the festival more child-friendly again.

Shame about the weather but a fantastic 10th Godiva in my opinion.

We enjoyed Exit Calm, Pint Shot Riot, Six by Seven, The Displacements, Glasvegas.

My Sherona formed a Band

This is a remix that got me into a band that I narrowly missed at Vfestival the other year. However, I am going to be lucky enough to see Art Brut at this years Godiva Festival - barring any unforeseen problems.

MP3: Spoiler Boy  feat. Art Brut - My Sherona formed a band

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Cov Stock 08

After a considerable gap LGO is back. I'll try and keep it a bit more frequent from now on, I promise!!

I'm also delighted that Art Brut will be playing The Godiva Festival in July. Result.

The Music (Myspace)

The Enemy headlining Godiva Festival 2008

The Enemy are going to headline this years Godiva Festival at Coventry's Memorial Park on  Saturday (5th July). Nothing appears yet on the official Godiva Festival website but it has been announced in an article in the local Coventry press and also in an interview with the band in Feel Alive magazine.

The Enemy @ The Jaguar Exhibition Hall, Ricoh Arena, Coventry

Sat 5 Apr – The Enemy, Boy Kill Boy, Lowline

One thing we hadn’t expected was the massive size of the the Jaguar Exhibition Hall at The Ricoh arena it is truly huge with an 8000 capacity, we hadn’t really thought about how many people that was. There is no restriction on which area your ticket allows you into and there was no seating. You were free to roam right to the front, if you dared, or right to the back and you’d still hear the sound system perfectly from there. Kids and parents', angst teens, twenty, thirty and forty something's all partied together in what was a festival atmosphere.

We arrived in the hall for The Enemy's home town concert about half way through Lowline's warm-up act performance and found a spot about half way up the hall. Boy Kill Boy followed half an hour or so later on. A dodgy DJ played between acts but he was redeemed by the selection of music. The house lights finally went down for The Enemy about 21:20ish they played for what I think was about an hour. Proceedings started with ‘It’s not OK’, included all the anthems you expected to hear added a new song 'Sing When You're In Love/ Sing When You're Out Of Love' then finished with a cover of the Sex Pistols 'God save the Queen' and finally ‘You’re not alone’.

The wait between the three acts was acceptable, although there was plenty of time for people to buy lager from the bars and throw it at each other. At no point where we were stood did it get ridiculously crowded. The pre-booked car park, although a £10 ticket, was worth the money and the queue to get out wasn’t too excruciating.

Set list:
It's Not OK
40 Days And 40 Nights
Pressure
Had Enough
Aggro
We'll Live And Die In These Towns
Song About You
Away From Here
Sing When You're In Love/ Sing When You're Out Of Love
Happy Birthday Jane
God Save The Queen
You're Not Alone

Vegetarian Haggis!!!

Made with real vegetarians.

It was actually very nice. Apparently I should have created a mustard sauce to accompany it but I didn't.

Bomb in the city

The bomb squad (not a job I'd enjoy) are on their way to Coventry city centre as an unexploded WWII bomb has been unearthed in the centre this morning during the construction that is currently being undertaken on the new Belgrade Plaza site. This isn't much of a shock when you consider the amount of bombs dropped on Coventry during the blitz. Shoppers and local employees have been evacuated from the vicinity. Upper Well Street and Radford Road are closed to traffic and Junctions 1 and 8 on the ring road are shut. This has meant my wife has spent some of her working day in Starbucks. Unfortunately her car is trapped in the danger area, hopefully we can retrieve it later. I'm also hoping the ring road is open when I head towards home.

MP3: The Bomb Inside The Bomb - We are Scientists 
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Just up the road from the city centre is the Memorial Park. It will, again, be the venue for the  Godiva Festival 2008. This will be held over the weekend of 4th - 6th July. This will be the 11th festival.