Life & music & stuff & crap by Andy Lobban.Tumblr (3.0; @easypieces)http://andy.lobban.org/<p><a href="http://disconaivete.com/post/5924148347">disconaivete</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><img src="http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/62629055/How+to+Dress+Well+_.png"/></p> <p>A lil’ uplifting weekend treat: <a href="http://howtodresswell.blogspot.com/">How to Dress Well</a>’s refix of <a href="http://www.beyonceonline.com">Queen B</a>’s <em>Halo</em>. Hope he’s going to refix <em>End Of Time </em>as well (guilty pleasure, etc).</p> <blockquote> <p><span class="label">mp3</span> <a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11214105/Halo%20%28How%20To%20Dress%20Well%20Refix%29.mp3">Beyoncé - Halo (How to Dress Well Refix)</a></p> </blockquote> </blockquote>http://andy.lobban.org/post/6385917634http://andy.lobban.org/post/6385917634Fri, 10 Jun 2011 16:33:25 +0100<p> <object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F8686612"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F8686612" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed></object> <span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/nonimage/the-new-stereo-mixtape-january-2011">The New Stereo Mixtape - January 2011</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/nonimage">nonimage</a></span></p> <p>A rough mixtape I made of a some 7”s. Some are new, some just new to me. Straight from turntables, no real ‘mixing’. A bit off the cuff, and the first time I’ve done this in a long time. All to celebrate finally getting a stereo and turntable(s) set up in the ‘office’.</p> <ol><li><a href="http://www.aidanmoffat.co.uk/">Aidan John Moffat</a> - Number On My Hand</li> <li><a href="http://www.myspace.com/pandabear">Panda Bear</a> - Last Night At The Jetty</li> <li><a href="http://www.lessavyfav.com/">Les Savy Fav</a> - What Would Wolves Do?</li> <li><a href="http://banjoorfreakout.blogspot.com/">Banjo or Freakout</a> - 105</li> <li><a href="http://www.pocketbooks.org.uk/">Pocketbooks</a> - Cross the Line</li> <li><a href="http://allodarlin.com/">Allo Darlin’</a> - Dreaming</li> <li><a href="http://www.hefnet.com/Secondary%20Modern.htm">Darren Hayman & The Secondary Modern</a> - Calling Out Your Name Again</li> <li><a href="http://foundtheband.com/">FOUND</a> - <a href="http://found.bandcamp.com/album/found-free-fri-05">Something Under The Bed Is Drooling</a></li> <li><a href="http://yuckband.blogspot.com/">Yuck</a> - Georgia</li> </ol><p>If you like something on there, go and buy it.</p>http://andy.lobban.org/post/2583586108http://andy.lobban.org/post/2583586108Mon, 03 Jan 2011 18:15:00 +0000mixtapemusicdownload<p>Just as I did <a href="http://peenko.blogspot.com/2009/12/scottish-bloggers-and-music-sites.html">last year</a>, I submitted my top 5 albums of 2010 to Peenko’s BAMS list. You can view the <a href="http://peenko.blogspot.com/2010/12/scottish-blogger-and-music-sites-award.html">collective results of that list</a>, of which some of my top 5 were featured. However, I’m not that keen on ranking records in order, so here are those 5 plus a bunch more, in absolutely no order (and apologies to the host of great records I will only remember to include once this is posted).</p> <ul><li>The National - High Violet</li> <li>Best Coast - Crazy For You</li> <li>Meursault - All Creatures Will Make Merry</li> <li>The Japanese War Effort - I Will Leave You Now, And Two Loudspeakers Will Take My Place</li> <li>Pantha Du Prince - Black Noise </li> <li>Gold Panda - Lucky Shiner</li> <li>Yusuf Azak - Turn on the Long Wire</li> <li>The Phantom Band - The Wants</li> <li>Field Music – Measure</li> <li>Mitchell Museum – The Peter’s Port Memorial Service</li> <li>Bear in Heaven – Beast Rest Forth Mouth</li> <li>Broken Records - Let Me Come Home</li> <li>LCD Soundsystem – This Is Happening</li> <li>Laura Marling - I Speak Because I Can</li> <li>Errors - Come Down With Me</li> <li>Timber Timbre - Timber Timbre</li> <li>Broken Social Scene – Forgiveness Rock Record</li> <li>The Scottish Enlightenment – St. Thomas</li> <li>Port-royal - Dying in Time (Yes, it was released in 2009. I don’t care.)</li> <li>The Unwinding Hours – The Unwinding Hours</li> <li>Sufjan Stevens - Age Of Adz</li> <li>Teenage Fanclub - Shadows</li> <li>Arcade Fire – The Suburbs</li> <li>Wooden Shjips – Vol. 2</li> <li>Local Natives - Gorilla Manor</li> <li>Foals - Total Life Forever</li> </ul><p>You should go and buy some of these. Go on.</p>http://andy.lobban.org/post/2436131698http://andy.lobban.org/post/2436131698Thu, 23 Dec 2010 22:04:56 +0000musiclists<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lds8pfycPr1qzrl7bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I finally managed to get our wedding photos online. You can find links to the proper photographer photos and a bunch from our camera over the weekend at <a title="Andy and Lois Lobban" href="http://andyandlois.com">andyandlois.com</a></p> <p>Our photographers, <a title="Claremont Photography" href="http://www.claremontphotography.co.uk/">Claremont Photography</a> were excellent, and we would definitely recommend them.</p>http://andy.lobban.org/post/2406497148http://andy.lobban.org/post/2406497148Tue, 21 Dec 2010 21:00:24 +0000photoswedding<p>Just a few good new Tumblr blogs I’ve come across recently:</p> <ul><li><a href="http://thingsorganizedneatly.tumblr.com/">Things Organized Neatly</a></li> <li><a href="http://uncomfortablemomentswithputin.tumblr.com/">Uncomfortable Moments With Putin</a></li> <li><a href="http://gnomebomb.tumblr.com/">Gnome Life</a></li> <li><a href="http://meangirlsinthewhitehouse.tumblr.com/">Mean Girls In The White House</a> (my personal favourite)</li> </ul><p>Enjoy.</p>http://andy.lobban.org/post/2349904191http://andy.lobban.org/post/2349904191Fri, 17 Dec 2010 17:58:00 +0000<a href="http://www.swiss-miss.com/2010/12/robot-headphone-splitter.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Swissmiss+%28swissmiss%29&utm_content=Google+Reader">swissmiss | Robot Headphone Splitter</a>: <p>So much fun.</p>http://andy.lobban.org/post/2335910981http://andy.lobban.org/post/2335910981Thu, 16 Dec 2010 12:35:26 +0000<a href="http://www.crosleyradio.com/Product.aspx?pid=1869">Crosley Radio</a>: <p>I really like the look of this turntable. Might have to get one…</p>http://andy.lobban.org/post/2132850957http://andy.lobban.org/post/2132850957Tue, 07 Dec 2010 14:56:00 +0000<a href="http://www.last.fm/user/nonimage/charts?charttype=weekly&date_to=1287921600">My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-10-24)</a>: <ol><li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Best+Coast">Best Coast (25)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Withered+Hand">Withered Hand (10)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Randolph%27s+Leap">Randolph’s Leap (5)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/The+Twilight+Sad">The Twilight Sad (2)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/I+Build+Collapsible+Mountains">I Build Collapsible Mountains (1)</a> </li> </ol><p>Imported from <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://joelaz.com/post/23488847/last-fm-tumblr-weekly-top-artists">Last.fm Tumblr</a> by <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://joelaz.com">JoeLaz</a></p>http://andy.lobban.org/post/1469215535http://andy.lobban.org/post/1469215535Wed, 03 Nov 2010 08:14:13 +0000<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l9u01aPRRJ1qz7nxjo1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://9-bits.com/post/1250372981/a-flowchart-of-facebook-portrait-styles" class="tumblr_blog">9-bits</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><a href="http://www.fastcodesign.com/1662434/infographic-of-the-day-graphic-guide-facebook-portraits">A Flowchart of Facebook Portrait Styles</a></p></blockquote>http://andy.lobban.org/post/1321418329http://andy.lobban.org/post/1321418329Fri, 15 Oct 2010 18:56:10 +0100<a href="http://www.last.fm/user/nonimage/charts?charttype=weekly&date_to=1286107200">My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-10-3)</a>: <ol><li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Kurt+Vile">Kurt Vile (24)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Loch+Awe">Loch Awe (6)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/The+Japanese+War+Effort">The Japanese War Effort (6)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Wounded+Knee">Wounded Knee (5)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Kendrick+O">Kendrick O (1)</a> </li> </ol><p>Imported from <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://joelaz.com/post/23488847/last-fm-tumblr-weekly-top-artists">Last.fm Tumblr</a> by <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://joelaz.com">JoeLaz</a></p>http://andy.lobban.org/post/1246455812http://andy.lobban.org/post/1246455812Tue, 05 Oct 2010 03:12:31 +0100<a href="http://www.last.fm/user/nonimage/charts?charttype=weekly&date_to=1285502400">My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-9-26)</a>: <ol><li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Hefner">Hefner (11)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Inspector+Tapehead">Inspector Tapehead (10)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Loch+Awe">Loch Awe (8)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/fox+gut+daata">fox gut daata (6)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Darren%2BHayman%2B%2526%2BThe%2BSecondary%2BModern">Darren Hayman & The Secondary Modern (5)</a> </li> </ol><p>Imported from <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://joelaz.com/post/23488847/last-fm-tumblr-weekly-top-artists">Last.fm Tumblr</a> by <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://joelaz.com">JoeLaz</a></p>http://andy.lobban.org/post/1206820260http://andy.lobban.org/post/1206820260Wed, 29 Sep 2010 00:29:18 +0100<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://assets.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player_black.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/1199484992/tumblr_l9dhko281c1qb9e8w&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/><p>Lamplighter Remix of ‘Bear’ by <a href="http://conqueringanimalsound.tumblr.com/post/1193928587/lamplighter-remix-of-our-track-bear-love">conqueringanimalsound</a> </p>http://andy.lobban.org/post/1199484992http://andy.lobban.org/post/1199484992Mon, 27 Sep 2010 19:38:00 +0100<a href="http://www.last.fm/user/nonimage/charts?charttype=weekly&date_to=1284897600">My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-9-19)</a>: <ol><li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/The+Last+Battle">The Last Battle (3)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Burnt+Ones">Burnt Ones (3)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/radar.scotsman.com">radar.scotsman.com (2)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Horse+Feathers">Horse Feathers (2)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/The+Japanese+War+Effort">The Japanese War Effort (1)</a> </li> </ol><p>Imported from <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://joelaz.com/post/23488847/last-fm-tumblr-weekly-top-artists">Last.fm Tumblr</a> by <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://joelaz.com">JoeLaz</a></p>http://andy.lobban.org/post/1162301011http://andy.lobban.org/post/1162301011Tue, 21 Sep 2010 19:04:29 +0100<a href="http://www.last.fm/user/nonimage/charts?charttype=weekly&date_to=1284292800">My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-9-12)</a>: <ol><li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/BBC+Radio+Scotland">BBC Radio Scotland (12)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Foals">Foals (11)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Editors">Editors (10)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Fugazi">Fugazi (8)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Teenage+Fanclub">Teenage Fanclub (5)</a> </li> </ol><p>Imported from <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://joelaz.com/post/23488847/last-fm-tumblr-weekly-top-artists">Last.fm Tumblr</a> by <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://joelaz.com">JoeLaz</a></p>http://andy.lobban.org/post/1123264108http://andy.lobban.org/post/1123264108Wed, 15 Sep 2010 00:23:00 +0100<a href="http://www.last.fm/user/nonimage/charts?charttype=weekly&date_to=1283688000">My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-9-5)</a>: <ol><li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/The+Beach+Boys">The Beach Boys (12)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/fox+gut+daata">fox gut daata (11)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Weezer">Weezer (10)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Al+Green">Al Green (8)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Lambchop">Lambchop (3)</a> </li> </ol><p>Imported from <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://joelaz.com/post/23488847/last-fm-tumblr-weekly-top-artists">Last.fm Tumblr</a> by <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://joelaz.com">JoeLaz</a></p>http://andy.lobban.org/post/1084426282http://andy.lobban.org/post/1084426282Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:52:59 +0100<a href="http://www.last.fm/user/nonimage/charts?charttype=weekly&date_to=1283083200">My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-8-29)</a>: <ol><li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/The+Xcerts">The Xcerts (5)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/We+Were+Promised+Jetpacks">We Were Promised Jetpacks (4)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Klaxons">Klaxons (3)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Film+School">Film School (2)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Dan+Benjamin">Dan Benjamin (1)</a> </li> </ol><p>Imported from <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://joelaz.com/post/23488847/last-fm-tumblr-weekly-top-artists">Last.fm Tumblr</a> by <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://joelaz.com">JoeLaz</a></p>http://andy.lobban.org/post/1041363005http://andy.lobban.org/post/1041363005Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:59:01 +0100<a href="http://www.last.fm/user/nonimage/charts?charttype=weekly&date_to=1282478400">My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-8-22)</a>: <ol><li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Death+Cab+for+Cutie">Death Cab for Cutie (13)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/The+Japanese+War+Effort">The Japanese War Effort (6)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Frightened+Rabbit">Frightened Rabbit (3)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Miaoux+Miaoux">Miaoux Miaoux (2)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Withered+Hand">Withered Hand (2)</a> </li> </ol><p>Imported from <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://joelaz.com/post/23488847/last-fm-tumblr-weekly-top-artists">Last.fm Tumblr</a> by <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://joelaz.com">JoeLaz</a></p>http://andy.lobban.org/post/1003348519http://andy.lobban.org/post/1003348519Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:00:36 +0100<a href="http://www.last.fm/user/nonimage/charts?charttype=weekly&date_to=1281873600">My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-8-15)</a>: <ol><li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Withered+Hand">Withered Hand (16)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Broken+Social+Scene">Broken Social Scene (14)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/CHEER">CHEER (6)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Broken+Records">Broken Records (5)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Teenage+Fanclub">Teenage Fanclub (5)</a> </li> </ol><p>Imported from <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://joelaz.com/post/23488847/last-fm-tumblr-weekly-top-artists">Last.fm Tumblr</a> by <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://joelaz.com">JoeLaz</a></p>http://andy.lobban.org/post/965189926http://andy.lobban.org/post/965189926Tue, 17 Aug 2010 01:30:18 +0100<a href="http://www.last.fm/user/nonimage/charts?charttype=weekly&date_to=1280664000">My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-8-1)</a>: <ol><li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Withered+Hand">Withered Hand (18)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Yahweh">Yahweh (6)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Trapped+In+Kansas">Trapped In Kansas (6)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/The+Xcerts">The Xcerts (3)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Jim+Gellatly">Jim Gellatly (1)</a> </li> </ol><p>Imported from <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://joelaz.com/post/23488847/last-fm-tumblr-weekly-top-artists">Last.fm Tumblr</a> by <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://joelaz.com">JoeLaz</a></p>http://andy.lobban.org/post/897169288http://andy.lobban.org/post/897169288Tue, 03 Aug 2010 09:16:30 +0100<a href="http://www.last.fm/user/nonimage/charts?charttype=weekly&date_to=1280059200">My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-7-25)</a>: <ol><li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Mammoeth">Mammoeth (10)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Foals">Foals (7)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Withered+Hand">Withered Hand (5)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Miaoux+Miaoux">Miaoux Miaoux (3)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Stereolab">Stereolab (2)</a> </li> </ol><p>Imported from <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://joelaz.com/post/23488847/last-fm-tumblr-weekly-top-artists">Last.fm Tumblr</a> by <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://joelaz.com">JoeLaz</a></p>http://andy.lobban.org/post/864227341http://andy.lobban.org/post/864227341Tue, 27 Jul 2010 04:29:00 +0100