Really enjoyed the Radiohead gig last night in Victoria park, east London. They played most of the stuff from the new album (particularly enjoyed ‘Weird Fishes’ and ‘House of Cards’) plus a few tunes from the olden days (the gig finished on ‘Paranoid Android’ which was immense!)

However I also really enjoyed the lighting design supplied by Element Labs (who also did the setup for the Daft Punk tour last year and Coldplay’s ‘Speed of Sound’ video), it consisted of a massive 3D curtain of 7 and 9 meter long light strips which just made for an amazing effect!

There was good times to be had last night at Bug, though it was a bit of a shame that they seem to be having a few sound problems at the BFI (not ideal for showcasing pop videos). Nevertheless there was some great stuff shown, my favourite was this fan-video by Dennis Liu for the song ‘Again and again‘ by the band ‘The Bird and the Bee’ all based around the OSX desktop!

And for weirdness/awesomeness value check out this video by Alex Smith for the Pivot’s song ‘In The Blood‘

The excellent ‘Bug’ featuring the even excellent-er Adam Buxton is on this Thursday at the British Film Institute, showcasing some of the wickedest contemporary music videos. I think the event is sold out now - though if you’re really desperate to get in you can sometimes turn up on the night and see if there’s any spaces. I’ll try and do a post on some of the best ones on friday …

Wow, this is amazing - like good ‘ol Quicktime VR but with video instead of still images … check out the demo here (be sure to move your mouse around over the video)

Found on the Protein blog

Really like the new music video for the Justice track ‘DVNO‘ which takes a poke at the old retro tv idents. One of them inparticular reminded me very much of the old BBC video ident - so cooool!

Am currently watching Mark Kermode’s Film Reviews live on Radio 5 … the quality of the stream is pretty good and it’s actually quite interesting viewing - another example of the blurring between TV and radio?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/fivelive

An interesting development to come out of BBC Research and Development recently - ‘surround video‘

“Surround Video is a means of visually immersing the viewer into a TV programme.

It is like surround sound, an optional extra that enhances viewing on a normal display. The idea is to use a wide angle (or fisheye) camera fixed rigidly alongside the normal camera shooting the programme, and to project the image onto the walls, ceiling and floor of the viewer’s room.

The image is scaled and positioned to ensure that it aligns up with the existing TV, and warped to compensate for the distortion effects that come from the wide-angle lens and projection system. Although the projected image will be dimmer and of lower resolution than the main image, it nevertheless gives a strong feeling of immersion, particularly with motion cues being visible in the viewer’s peripheral vision”

Wow! If you like karaoke AND people dressing up as robots you’re going to love Robot Cowboy! Check out this video of him in action or find out more at CDM

Last Saturday’s episode of Click was interesting - all about the concept of visualising radio, how it might work, pro’s and con’s etc. The argument seems to of come around due to the fact that most new devices for listening to radio these days will come with a small colour screen which will enable extra information to be broadcast alongside the audio.

On the minus side it has been claimed that this will just mean for cheap tv, but I like Andy Parfitt’s idea (head of Radio 1) of “glanceability” in that “it can’t be content that you must look at in order to get the picture” (so things that nicely supplement the audio - EPG’s, visualisations, track lists etc)

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Really like these LED jackets made by Moritz Waldemeyer for the band OK Go. Although to appreciate them fully you have to see the video of them in action!

More info on Pixelsumo