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No, really. Listen to her. She's great. So is her new album, 'Metals'.

It's such a breath of fresh air to finally get a new 2011 album that doesn't bring you to the brink of fatigue when you listen to it.

Dirty rock

Great riff.

Arctic Monkeys - Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair

Nice Way to Start Your Week 6.0

Some quality house to welcome the first afternoon of the week in good spirits.

The end of the Summer

Time to meditate.

It doesn't have to be loud to have energy

Some underplayed creepiness here, masterfully delivered by the king of contrasting atmospheres, Trent Reznor and his sidekick Atticus Ross.

Beautiful Symmetries

The world is where we live from WWF on Vimeo.

An amazing short to promote the WWF.

Inside North Korea

AP Asia chief photographer and bureau chief were granted unprecedented access to parts of North Korea, in an attempt to offer a wider coverage of the nation in its isolated condition.

In some cases these can be appreciated more as artistic pieces than photojournalism, but viewing them still is a worthwhile experience.

Find them here.

There's no place like home

And there's nothing like amazing design ideas from all over the world to make you want to make yours even better:

http://freshome.com/

Sometimes I just want to go pretend-play in IKEA.

Soundtrack for the Weekend 8.0

Where do YOU want to go?

We are the generation that travels. "Moving is living", says George Clooney's character in Up In The Air, and today's youth seems to have grasped and embraced this concept more than anyone.

Travel is now a common interest, so much so that it is not even mentioned as something special by some, because it is something that should already be implied and assumed about people our age.

This infographic demonstrates this trend in a dual manner, showing the trends and preferences for young and educated people. The trends, unsurprisingly, since the majority of young people in developed countries end up receiving some kind of education (and 'education', in this case, has not been defined), are similar for both groups. The only minor shifts are noted in Europe, where distances are shorter and the Eurozone has given European youth its blessing for easier and more frequent travel between its member countries.

Curiously, the BRIC countries are AWOL.

A taste of things to come

The new Chilis single has finally been released. A couple of first impressions:

1) The guitar melodies during the chorus are great, but I have a suspicion the sound of Frusciante will be greatly missed in this album. His epic riffs during verses and the ability to twist everything he plays into something new are very much absent from 'The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie'.
2) "Hey now"? Uncanny, non?
3) The funk is very much alive.
4) Release date is August 30th - a long time away, and RHCP are usually my summer music, but since I'm stuck in rainy England in the middle of July it really doesn't make a difference anymore.

Why does generation Y buy?

Another interesting look at our generation, this time by getsatisfaction. But, FYI, not all of us are hipsters.

I think one of the most interesting points in the infographic is not given enough weight, and that is the fact that we are massive information-sharers, which, in today's age, is equivalent to the gold-miners in the 19th Century Gold Rush.

Nice way to start your week 5.0

Soundtrack for the weekend 7.0

Short and sweet

Shot entirely with a phone. The possibilities are endless. Enjoy.

Splitscreen: A Love Story from JW Griffiths on Vimeo.

I Need Fresh Blood

As a warm up to the first episode of the new True Blood season, and since I've been 'convinced' to wait until Friday to watch it, I found this article on Rolling Stone that will just about manage to keep me going till then.

Rainy summer days are for introspection

...and for discovering new music.

At least we've still got music to remind us that it's summer somewhere

Taken from μιτσωκαμώ σου: mojito_παραλία

Steve Bug - URB Podcast - May 2011 by R_co

Thanks Theo!

Let's get together

Creating an emotional connection with your customers is a must - creating an emotional connection between your customers, however, is a much harder thing to achieve.

The new Bacardi advertising campaign, which has to be my favourite of the year till now, seems to be doing just that.

Trent setting foundations for Oscar no.2?

Trent Reznor and Karen O cover (remix?) of Led Zep's 'Immigrant Song', taken from the trailer for The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. And the film will be released for Christmas. Exciting times.