Ged Carroll

Flying Records recommendations

Published: (Updated: ) in culture | 文明 | 미디어와 예술 | 人文 by renaissance chambara aka Ged Carroll.

Over the past few weeks I have ignored shopping for new vinyl as I have managed my house move.I got a rare opportunity to go over to Flying Records in Soho and found a few great tracks across genres.  To correct the lack of music on this blog, I have a few Flying Records recommendations: […]

Dance Music Industry

Published: (Updated: ) in business | 商業 | 상업 | ビジネス, culture | 文明 | 미디어와 예술 | 人文, ideas | 想法 | 생각 | 考える, london | 倫敦 | 런던 | ロンドン, media | 媒體 | 미디어 | メディア by renaissance chambara aka Ged Carroll.

 Many dance music labels have closed down, particularly those owned by the majors like Strictly Rhythm and Credence. Cream runs festivals and restaurants rather than clubs and looks to Latin America and Eastern Europe for growth, Home is looking to be let out as retail space and the giant screen on the side of the […]

Salam Pax & mesh networks

Published: (Updated: ) in business | 商業 | 상업 | ビジネス, culture | 文明 | 미디어와 예술 | 人文, media | 媒體 | 미디어 | メディア, technology | 技術 | 기술 | テクノロジー, telecoms | 電信 | 통신 | テレコム, web of no web | 無處不在的技術 | 보급 기술 | 普及したテクノロジー, wireless | 無線 |무선 네트워크 | 無線 by renaissance chambara aka Ged Carroll.

Today I talk about two things blogger Salam Pax and mesh networks, the latest thing in wireless networking. First off, a bit of history. The first film based on a weblog is in the pipeline. Many of you may have read in the news last year about Salam Pax, apparently someone blogging in Baghdad during […]

Apologies and Connection

Published: (Updated: ) in consumer behaviour | 消費者行為 | 소비자 행동, culture | 文明 | 미디어와 예술 | 人文, media | 媒體 | 미디어 | メディア, technology | 技術 | 기술 | テクノロジー by renaissance chambara aka Ged Carroll.

 Since my last post there have been lots of interesting things happening like the media being surprised that systematic torture has been occuring in Iraq. I’ve got some news for you its war, that means that its dirty, bloody and thoroughly unpleasant – try reading the works of Wilfred Owen or watching the Battle of […]

Zatoichi reboot

Published: (Updated: ) in culture | 文明 | 미디어와 예술 | 人文, japan |日本 | 일본 by renaissance chambara aka Ged Carroll.

I went to see Zatoichi over the weekend. It is a modern Japanese interpretation of a a series within the Japanese Chambara tradition of films. Zatoichi is similar to the ‘One Armed Swordsman’ of Hong Kong cinema or Django in the spaghetti western genre. The new version of Zatoichi is much more than an action […]