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The Pondering Blonde
theponderingblonde.com
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Words/ Music/ Culture/ Communication/ Art/ Over-thinking. Life is an adventure of the mind. This blog is an on-going creative process and portfolio of my published work. :)
#160861 in All , #30 in Electronic, Techno & House

Toyboys are out, Polaboys are in.

My appreciation for Polaroid pics just went LED. Polaboy is a giant lamp-like Polaroid frame, to a scale of 10:1 (to 88×107cm) and backlit. They are 20 mm thick, with wooden frames and use energ...

05 jan 12

I’m Further Away than I usually am.

Bateleur – I’m Further Away Than I Usually Am from Complet on Vimeo. Just discovered local band, Bateleur. The track is taken from Bateleur’s forthcoming ‘Cargo Cults EP’...

02 jan 12

Check the Box that Applies

The story behind the picture inspired by the song. ‘Human’ by US rockband, The Killers was released in 2008 to much confusion and debate over the line “Are we human, or are we dance...

28 nov 11

All We Ever Wanted, Was Everything.

Have a bit of a pop-electronica crush on MGMT. Their new single – All We Ever Wanted – is taken from the album series Late Night Tales. MGMT is the latest in a series of profilic music acts to compil...

20 nov 11

What a Babiczstyle Day

Robert Babicz has long time been one of my electronic crushes, not least because of his signature art-skunk hairstyle but because his very nature as an artist, a visionary and a reality-checked-dream...

07 oct 11

Music Festival Culture gets Tedx’ed

At TEDxVancouver, Jeet Kei Leung takes the crowd on a journey through the world and experiences of transformational festivals! Not sure about this guy’s ’stage antics’ but I’d...

27 sep 11

Dirty Toilet Sex Music ft. Terry Francis (Fabric London)

★★Terry Francis (Fabric London) in South Africa ★★ Dirty Toilet Sex Music is not your average fling in a bathroom cubicle. Come Saturday the 14th & 15th of October 2011, clubbers and music lovers...

31 aug 11

Press Play Interview with Kruse & Nuernberg

Florian Kruse and Nils Nuernberg are both happy men. Kruse is two weeks into wedded bliss and just returned from his honeymoon to The Algarve, the just-so-slightly amazing tropical region of Southern...

10 jul 11

This is Remix Culture

Nothing is sacred, not even our thoughts, for once you’ve thunk it, it’s out there- circling the universe waiting for someone- if you don’t act fast enough- to cherry pick it from a...

06 jul 11

Ravers in Training

11 jun 11

Goldfish: Last SA Performance before European Tour

Brazil, Amsterdam, Ibiza, Norway… Sounds like a dream vacation around the world? Actually, it’s just a few of the stops on Goldfish’s upcoming overseas tour, which sees our favourite afro-jazzy...

20 may 11

Killer Robot: Techno Takes the Helm at Assembly’s Discotheque

Discotheque is The Assembly’s running club night and Friday 27th May presents a rare and exciting dedication to the cause we call Techno. The third wave of electronic music, Techno has its roots in a...

20 may 11

VOTE TECHNO PARTY

Well its that time of year, when South Africa’s goverment party’s mess and fuss over the Municipal Elections, and as usual there’s all kinds of potty mouthing and bad toilet jokes d...

16 may 11

Disco Rave Sandwich

What do you get when you bring together 4 music-loving friends with birthdays under the sign of The Bull? A club sandwich of a birthday party, our favourite friends, dj’s and some serious cupca...

15 may 11

Burn Afrika Burn!

I’m finally making my maiden voyage to Afrika Burn! -And taking one giant leap in the direction of the actual infamous Burning Man festival, held each year in the Nevada Desert. I first heard ...

21 apr 11

Daisy’s got Rocked.

Video’s showcasing the crowd and ethos of Cape Town’s HOTTEST music festival have surfaced on the tube this week, better late than never! Oh wait. Actually, perfectly timed to kick-start ...

19 apr 11

Pulse Radio: Interview with Elef

“I don’t give a fuck about artists who feel successful because a well known DJ has played their stuff. I’m so tired of reading ’supported by Loco Dice’ or ‘my tracks got downl...

08 apr 11

Pulse Radio: Interview with Till Von Sein

Till Von Sein is a relative rarity in the Berlin techno scene for at least two reasons. Firstly, he’s kept away from the predominantly tech-house and minimal sounds, instead playing soul-infuse...

07 apr 11

Earth Hour – A Global Culture

For the fifth year in a row, Leo Burnett and the World Wildlife Fund partnered for Earth Hour, the biggest climate awareness campaign ever; challenging the population of the world to vote, with their...

28 mar 11

Ode to the Brain

Going against all that is evil when it comes to Autotune- behold this cute- cute?- little remix project containing footage from various TED talks, Discovery Channel programming, videos of Carl Sagan ...

27 mar 11

An Insightful Tongue Lashing…

‘Do they bubble and froth and slobber and cream with joy at language? ‘Do they ever let the trippings of the tips of their tongues against the tops of their teeth transport them to giddy ...

26 mar 11

“When the sun comes up, I have morals again.”

RIP Elizabeth Taylor

24 mar 11

Mnmlist

Leo Babauta’s runs the world famous Zen Habits blog site, but lesser known is his ultra-simple Mnmlist blog. Been suscribed for a good 2 years now and his sporadic posts are simple insights int...

15 feb 11

Consumerism.

BUY / EAT / BEAUTY Operators Are Standing By by Jean Bevier

10 feb 11

Auto-Tune Your Productivity

Found this awesome site that has all things to do with the creative process. The 99% is Behance’s research arm and think tank. Taking its name from Thomas Edison’s famous quote that “genius is 1% ins...

01 feb 11

www.findyousomevinyl.com

25 jan 11

Pulse Radio Interview with Caribou

Caribou released the quirky and equally refreshing album, Swim, in April 2010, and singles Odessa and Sun quickly amassed cult-like support, becoming the soundtracks to summer and finding love in ecc...

15 jan 11

BPM Life Interview with James Zabiela

Representing the new generation of technical wizard, James Zabiela was plucked from obscurity to ride shotgun with electronic icon DJ Sasha and so given the opportunity of a lifetime, and has been ‘L...

05 jan 11

BPM Life Interview with Monika Kruse

Ahead of The Smirnoff Nightlife Exchange which sees South Africa’s Cape Town and Germany’s Berlin swop nightlife for one incredible night, we got a little Q’nA over to each of the 3 German headliners...

30 dec 10

BPM Life Interview with Marcus Shultz

Ahead of The Smirnoff Nightlife Exchange which sees South Africa’s Cape Town and Germany’s Berlin swop nightlife for one incredible night, we got a little Q’nA over to each of the 3 German headliners...

29 dec 10

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