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May 6, 2008 | Video | by Zolton |

Andrew Fagan, lead singer of The Mockers, the poppiest New Zealand band of the 80s, came around to my place once when I was an impressionable 10-year old with stars in my eyes and a head full of shiny, shiny melodies. Read more

May 5, 2008 | Video | by Zolton |

The very talented Jess Snow, the first video artist to be featured by Female Persuasion — the original site for provocative and political female artists — has created this ethereal short video for Lost At E Minor. We feel it. We love it. [see also the promo video Lifelongfriendshipsociety created for us]

May 2, 2008 | Video | by Stuart McPhee |

A dedicated music teacher leads 70 enthusiastic Year 5 public school kids from New York City in the hope of promoting what is great about the Arts in the education system. Read more

April 28, 2008 | Video | by Gerry Mak |

The summer is nearly upon us, and it’s about time a we started hearing those infectious summer jams. Roll down your block blasting this track and get your neighbors singing the chorus along with you.

April 23, 2008 | Video | by Zolton |

How many times can we play the same song in different settings? Hmmm, I don’t know. But it is a hell of a song, from a hell of a band, as that uniquely English oddity, Jules Holland would no doubt concur.

April 12, 2008 | Video | by Gerry Mak |

This video for Bomb the Bass’ Butterfingers features a synthesizer made of anthropomorphic knobs and buttons. Now, that’s pretty darn awesome.

Video / Hanne

April 12, 2008 | Video | by Zolton |

This beautiful animated short film by Éva Magyarósi was the winner of the Oberhausen Film Festival last year.

Video / Subtle

April 11, 2008 | Video | by Jenn Porreca |

There are a few things that make a heart like mine swoon. Other than paint and foreign dictionaries, I have a sweet spot for musicians wielding MPCs. Read more

Video / Chirgilchin

April 9, 2008 | Video | by Gerry Mak |

Chirgilchin is a phenomenal group of Tuvan musicians that play traditional Tuvan folk music, which means a whole lot of throatsinging. Read more

Video / Hilda’s Story

April 8, 2008 | Video | by Gerry Mak |

This great little cartoon is about two lonely people who finally find each other and fall in love, only to have the past catch up with them. It’s a bit morbid, but still very cute.

Video / Human Pacman

April 5, 2008 | Video | by Zolton |

Ok, so now I’ve seen everything. Following on from the Japanese version of Human Tetris comes this even more ridiculous offering: Human Pacman. Read more

April 5, 2008 | Video | by Stacey Howard |

Run Wrake is an illustrator and animator based in London whose recent short animation Rabbit has turned him into an underground hero. Read more

April 4, 2008 | Video | by Zolton |

Having originally sprung from the Shaky Isles (otherwise known as New Zealand), I can appreciate the humour in the New Zealand cartoon series, Bro Town, the first homegrown animated series to screen during local prime time. Read more

April 3, 2008 | Video | by Casper Johansson |

The latest addition to the Zune Arts podcast is Behind the Scenes: Piece of Me, Piece of You, which features the production madness and creative legwork that goes into the making of a Zune Arts film. Read more

Video / Yeasayer live

March 29, 2008 | Video | by Francis Andrews |

Those bowled over by Yeasayer’s debut, All Hour Cymbals, would take a true battering at one of their live shows. Read more

 

We featured red hot Brooklyn band Yeasayer on Lost At E Minor a few months back, so we thought it was time we checked in with keyboardist-sampler, Chris Keating. Read more

I tossed and turned through three chapters of an epic Russian novel last night. Or so it felt as a constant stream of characters made their way past the stringent casting couch and into the deepest reaches of my dreams. Read more

Foster + Partners has declared that the walled city of Masdar in Abu Dhabi will be the world’s first zero-carbon and zero-waste city. Read more

Against Me! put out an awesome album called New Wave last year. It was produced by Butch Vig, who did Nirvana’s Nevermind, and is just brilliant. I fell in love with it when it came out, and covered the whole album, beginning to end, putting it up for free on my website and Myspace page. It was a tribute. It’s so important for me to stay connected to the part of me that is just a music fan.

The very talented Jess Snow, the first video artist to be featured by Female Persuasion — the original site for provocative and political female artists — has created this ethereal short video for Lost At E Minor. We feel it. We love it. [see also the promo video Lifelongfriendshipsociety created for us]

Cheap Monday are arguably one of the biggest revolutions in denim since Levi’s. They’re pretty much the uniform second skin for the music totin’, cons scuffin’ youth of today. Read more


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George Lois is the god of good ideas, or at least one of them. When I am stuck on ideas, I pray to George the God, or look through his works in hope of doing something one hundredth as good as his work. Read more

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Massimiliano

Italian illustrator and designer Massimiliano creates vivid, dynamic and richly textured work. We caught up with him recently and asked him what had been keeping him busy of late. Read more

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Tiffany Bozic’s paintings

I’ve known Tiffany Bozic’s work for years, but I think her paintings are now looking better than ever. Read more

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William Fitzsimmons

His name echoes those of colonels and soldiers who fought in the American civil war. But far from that, William Fitzsimmons is actually an obscure songwriter from Jackson, Illinois. Read more

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Robin Rhode

There’s a lot I could say about South African artist Robin Rhode, whose work is currently part of Street Level, a traveling group exhibition now at the ICA, Boston. Read more

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The Hyena Men of Abuja

What do you call a group of men, a little girl, three hyenas, four monkeys, and a few rock pythons? Read more

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For the rest of this week, we have eight copies of the Anton Corbijn directed DVD, Control — the story of UK band, Joy Division — to give away to randomly selected new Australian-based Lost At E Minor subscribers. Read more

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