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Awesome and Hilarious tribute from The Muppets to Freddy and z Queen.

Watch | The Muppets - Bohemian Rhapsody


took this pictures a few weeks ago @ the 301 in Amsterdam but have no idea who this lady his .

November reached the peak on Audiopleasures visitors , 6.000 thank us :)

Under covers special Audiopleasures Mixtape

Mp3 | Andrew Bird & Nora O'Connor - Oh Sister [ Bob Dylan cover ]
Mp3 | Belle And Sebastian - Whiskey In The Jar [ Thin Lizzy Cover ]
Mp3 | Bob Dylan - Creep [ Radiohead Cover ]
Mp3 | Cat Power - Wonderwall [ Oasis Cover ]
Mp3 | DCFC - I Wanna Be Adored [ The Stone Roses cover ]
Mp3 | Emilie Simon - I Wanna Be Your Dog [ The Stooges cover ]
Mp3 | Franz Ferdinand - All My Friends [ Lcd Soundsystem cover ]
Mp3 | John Mayer - Kid A [ Radiohead cover ]
Mp3 | Jose Gonzalez - Teardrop [ Massive Attack ]
Mp3 | Lcd Soundsystem - No Love Lost [ Joy Division Cover ]
Mp3 | Mystery Jets - The Pioneers [ Block Party ]
Mp3 | Nada Surf - Where Is My Mind [ The Pixies cover ]
Mp3 | Razorlight - A Little Help From My Friend [ The Beatles cover ]
Mp3 | Red House Painters - I Am A Rock [ Simon And Garfunkel cover ]
Mp3 | The Strokes - Life Is A Gas [ Ramones cover ]
Mp3 | Tricky - The Love Cats [ The Cure cover ]

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The Winners , G&G Gangsters
Photos by Cecile Boesch

Two weeks ago was the first ipod battle in the mini bar Amsterdam , organized by Bon Esprit team and with the participation of Make My Films.
I invited Murray to be on the Audiopleasures team and he was very kind not to show up , i went ahead anyways but got defeated on the 2nd round by the hip hopers G&G that ended up winning the jar.


Photo by Alwis Anil

Vincent Herbelet from Make my Films made a super cool video of the evening.

Watch | iPod Battle at Minibar



National Geographic's International Photography Contest 2009

National Geographic's International Photography Contest attracts thousands of entries from photographers of all skill levels around the world every year. While this year's entry deadline has passed, there is still time to view and vote for your favorites in the Viewer's Choice competition. National Geographic was kind enough to let me choose a few of their entries from 2009 for display here on The Big Picture. Collected below are 25 images from the three categories of People, Places and Nature. Captions were written by the individual photographers. (25 photos total)

More photos and full story The Big Picture



A few weeks ago during Halloween evening i was invited to the premiere of Bete Noire , a group of expats living in Amsterdam and surroundings , directed by the very entertaining Didier Lunch. Bete Noire is a short about jealousy and vengeance , i must say that i was quite surprised with the quality and editing , the soundtrack was also very good.



More than the movie itself is very nice to see a group of people from different cultures in a foreign country working on a common and creative idea , a good example indeed.

Watch | Bete Noire



The pixies are offering a free Doolittle Live EP, four tracks recorded on October 16 at the Zenith in Paris, on the last night of the European leg of the tour!

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Fascinating work by the director Benjamin Ducroz , motion abstract animations.

Watch | Press +



Using state-of-the-art equipment, a group of activists, led by renown dolphin trainer Ric O’Barry, infiltrate a cove near Taijii, Japan to expose both a shocking instance of animal abuse and a serious threat to human health.

Watch | The Cove



Brand new clip for Modular's latest electronic-pop prodigies, Manchester's Delphic. Expect their album, Acolyte, to come out in January 2010.

Watch | Delphic - Doubt



I make immersive collaged drawings that draw on the language of maps. The impetus for this body of work was my longing to connect to my father, a truck driver who drove eighteen-wheelers across the country hauling industrial machinery. He died over ten years ago. Based on road maps of the U.S., routes my father often traveled, and an invented conglomeration, mutation, and fragmentation of those passageways, my works on paper help me piece together the past and make up the parts I cannot know. Val Britton



Semi-Permanent opened up submissions for the 2010 Semi-Permanent book

So, what is Semi-Permanent? To put it simply Semi-Permanent is a design event. It consists of a conference and side events which include exhibitions, competitions, workshops and parties. It’s a week long celebration of all things design. Graphic Design, Film, Art, Illustration, Web Design, Photography, Visual Effects, Animation, Graffiti, Motion Graphics, Stop Motion; all these things and more. Semi-Permanent explores the diverse and exciting design world bringing together exceptionally talented artists and designers to speak at the event.

For more info and guidelines visit Semi-Permanent

Kim Gordon vs Kim Deal

Kim Gordon
While some of the basic facts about Kim Gordon's life are a little fuzzy, there's nothing fuzzy about her influence on the music scene. Sources differ concerning the date and place of her birth, with some claiming she was born in 1953 in Rochester, NY, while others state that she entered the world in 1958 in Los Angeles, CA. None, however, deny her influence over rock, or the varied activities that have led some to describe her as a renaissance woman. Interestingly, she didn't start out as a musician and didn't even study music. Gordon, who plays bass for Sonic Youth, records as a solo artist, leads the band Free Kitten, and also is part of the band Harry Crews, earned a degree in fine arts from Los Angeles' Otis College of Art and Design during the early '70s. She headed to New York a decade later. There she established a group called CKM, contributed to Artforum magazine, and participated in the Anover Art Festival. There she met Thurston Moore, the man who would join her and Lee Ranaldo to form Sonic Youth. She and Moore wed in 1984, and a decade later had a child, Coco Hayley Moore. In 1991, Gordon helped produce the album Pretty on the Inside for Hole. She headed to Lollapalooza with her band Free Kitten two years later, and branched out into directing in 1994 with music videos for "Divine Hammer" and "Cannonball" by the Breeders. She expanded her talents again a year later in New York when she launched a line of clothing she dubbed X-Girl, which she sold in 1997. Rolling Stone acknowledged her influence that same year when the magazine included Gordon in a feature titled Women in Rock. By 1999, the renaissance woman of rock began crafting a solo album and modeling in advertisements for Calvin Klein. VH1 acknowledged her influence by including her in its list of 100 Greatest Women of Rock. Although in interviews she has seemed leery of giving herself wholeheartedly to the cause of feminism, her songs often have decidedly pro-feminist themes when she addresses such issues as sexual harassment, rape, and the casting couch. She also addressed anorexia in a number titled "Tunic (Song for Karen)," which refers to the ordeal endured by Karen Carpenter, a woman who was just as prominent in the music world in her day as Gordon is now. Linda Seida, All Music Guide



Kim Deal
As the bass player for the Pixies , Kim Deal was lost in the shadow of leader Black Francis. In the late '80s, the Pixies were one of the most critically acclaimed alternative bands; however, Deal didn't receive much credit for helping to carve the Pixies distinctive potpourri of punk, surf music, and hard rock. Deal joined the Pixies in 1986 after answering an ad searching for a bassist. In 1990, while the Pixies took a break from recording and performing, Deal formed the Breeders with Tanya Donelly (guitar) of Throwing Muses and Josephine Wiggs (bass) of Perfect Disaster, releasing an album called Pod. The Breeders were intended to be a side project, but it became a full-time outfit for Deal. After recording one EP and four albums, the Pixies crumbled in 1992, mainly because Deal and Francis were no longer able to get along. In 1993, the Breeders released Last Splash, and Deal was suddenly inundated with the attention she was denied while with the Pixies. In fact, Last Splash was more successful in America than any of the Pixies' LPs. The track "Cannonball" exploded on MTV and on alternative stations, and Deal paved the way for other aggressive female rockers like Shirley Manson of Garbage and Courtney Love of Hole to be played alongside angst-ridden male vocalists. Burned out from constant gigs, the Breeders went into hibernation in 1994. In 1995, Deal and a few of her friends released an album, Pacer, as the Amps. In 2000, Deal began recording material with a revised Breeders lineup. Michael Sutton, All Music Guide



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