Jarvis Cocker's Wireless Nights

  Cocker put together a four part series for Radio 4, Wireless Nights.   Here is episode three, 'Behind Closed Doors', where he goes on a series of late-night walks through London streets serving up some pretty top vibes about the things he discovers and people he meets.

This OS ≠ Ordinance Survey

There are some interesting impressions of planet earth from iOS6 Maps which automatically replaces Google Maps on Apple devices as a result of the new upgrade.  It's not been to everyone's tastes. 

You might want to think twice about using Brooklyn Bridge today.

On the flip-side, the Hoover Dam has never looked so fun:

Have it your way:

This looks like a level of Marble-Madness, guest-designed by Andreas Gursky - 10/10.

The tower looks a treiffel underwhelming here.

good things on planet earth

BRYAN FERRY//TODD TERJE

'And that's how we make techno...'  A very humbled and excitable Todd Terje cooking up some new sounds with Bryan Ferry fresh off the back of Alphaville - something to look forward to...

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via JoeNero

Pretty rappy about this t-shirt.

This photo resurfaced recently; the greatest t-shirt the world has ever seen. A Kashmiri kid was donning it as he slunk around the Shalimar Gardens , Srinigar. 

Bregenz Festspiele

Good things happen in Bregenz.  Myself, @charlie_nugget and @culture_shock touched down for a long weekend in the charming Austrian town of Bregenz, home of the annual Bregenz Festspiele, a famous opera festivus.   Bregenz hugs the most eastern shores of Lake Constance and is protected by some finely forested, steep mountains.

The main event is an al fresco opera of gargantuan proportions.  The sets are built on enormous moving pontoons, the performances starting at sunset where 7000 revellers sit in huge banks of seats much like an amphitheatre.  Here is a photo of the set during the day, which is modelled upon Marat's painting.

  Here is a photo of the set of Andre Chenier  that I took from our seats.

Big things happen backstage.

Big things happen everywhere, in fact here it's pretty much impossible not to feel like a king in Bregenz. Yet if you don't feel like a king, this restaurant menu has interesting solution to this problem:

'Convince yourself of our hospitality, enjoy the meal, and leave with the desire to return to this lovely place.' - It's almost subliminal.


Bregenz also has an astonishing series of swimming pools; the insides of which are clad in highly reflective steel.  This gives you the feeling that you are diving into an aquatic space ship; rarely is this a bad thing. Here's yours-truly  rocking some fresh-do-death speedos (€29) purchased on site.

We were incredibly lucky to have been looked after so well during our stay. Here is a photo of Wolfgang, a friend of an architect who invited us up to his joint in the mountains for a bash. Wolfgang, his mate, was a wizard with the tongs and cooked up a feast for us all.  We were also treated to some impromptu singing as there were a few sopranos kicking around the joint.  We weren't that sure when the next such opportunity would arise, so we lounged on large cushions whilst enjoying a very private Dido's Lament. Wunderbar.

Finally, here is picture of the three of us: The David Pountney Easy Listening Ensemble.

THE INVISIBLE MAN(dela)

via @charlie_nugget 

Things that look like other things. part 1.

This startled afro-teddy is the spitting image of a passenger-alarm speaker and key-card reader in a lift. Amazing.

This Chrome Reed-warbler looks like a surgical style tap in a bathroom. weird. 

This silicon-insectoid resembles a London Undergroud wifi-enabling femto-cell. Creepy. 

If you can't beat 'em...

Nick their font.