coCreate is a platform that aims to support collaborative design processes mainly for new-media designers and other practitioners. It is being developed by the HCI research group of the Department of Product and Systems Design Engineering (DPSD) at University of the Aegean. Here is a link to the platform [>>] Currently coCreate is in beta 1.3 stage. If you would like to participate just sent an email to one of the administrators.
Fri 5 Sep – Sun 7 Sep http://www.bestival.net/ Check out the amazing lineup! Bestival is an award winning 3 day boutique music festival set at Robin Hill - a beautiful leafy country park (a veritable Garden of Eden!) near Downend and Newport in the heart of the Isle of Wight. The wonderful world of Bestival was born out of ten fun years of pioneering music events and record releases from Rob da Bank's Sunday Best empire. The BBC Radio 1 leftfield DJ had a dream to one day create his vision of how the modern day festival should be. Along with Creative Director and wife Josie da Bank and co founders / partners John and Ziggy from Get Involved that dream is now fulfilled. On a mission to change the face of independent festival culture, the fearless foursome are bringing some magic to the shores of the Solent and spreading [...]
A shoegazing band from Nottingham. [>>] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKuK-wDqjFs This is "Venus In Cancer" promo.
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Autolux is a Los Angeles-based trio comprising Eugene Goreshter (lead vocals, bass), Greg Edwards (guitar, vocals), and Carla Azar (drums, vocals). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZL91Uv5e8g Carla Azar was a member of Ednaswap.
Melodic shoegazing from the states. Airiel was formed in 1997, in Bloomington, Indiana by Jeremy Wrenn and former bandmate Shawn Delaney. Airiel are currently signed to Highwheel Records, an independent record label. In 2007, the band recorded their debut full-length, The Battle of Sealand, which was released on Highwheel Records in August of that year. In honor of their contribution to the culture of the micronation Sealand, all the members of the band have been named official lords of Sealand, and are slated to be the first rock band to play a concert in the nation. This concert broadcasted live over the internet: here and here You can listen to some of their songs from the album "The Battle of Sealand": http://www.myspace.com/airiel here is Airiel - Peoria http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-BVOaRDJbk who said shoegazing is dead? !!!
The 'death of man', the 'end of history' and even philosophy are strong and troubling currents running through contemporary debates. Yet since Nietzsche's heralding of the 'death of god', philosophy has been unable to explain the question of finitude. Very Little...Almost Nothing goes to the heart of this problem through an exploration of Blanchot's theory of literature, Stanley Cavell's interpretations of romanticism and the importance of death in the work of Samuel Beckett. Simon Critchley links these themes to the philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas to present a powerful new picture of how we must approach the importance of death in philosophy. A compelling reading of the convergence of literature and philosophy, Very Little...Almost Nothing opens up new ways of understanding finitude, modernity and the nature of the imagination. ' This is a very brave book ...it makes philosophical conversation possible again after two decades of pragmatist intolerance.' - Roger Poole [...]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0egPUDVFpl8 Inspiring.