Just started reading the follow up to Bill Brewster & Frank Broughton’s classic Last night a DJ saved my Life – actually i’m still yet to read that one but its definitely a classic! The record players documents the stories of those who were there when it all began from Jimmy Savile to Grandmaster Flash, Weatherall to Pete Tong. In depth and personal  interviews alongside photos and track listings from the time – great book if you like that kinda thing! Check it out over at DJHISTORY.

Real life by Tanlines

kinda good huh?! The Brooklyn based duo are over at the end of May at Bardens Boudoir and CAMP on City rd – definitely worth catching. myspace.com/tanlinestheband

Vultures like Lovers by Wild Nothing

Not something I would usually go for but it kinda made me feel good on my walk to work this morning  – the sunshine helped a little too. myspace.com/wildnothing

Basically Myself and everyone I know wishes they’d been around in New York in the late 70′s (standard), an era which, lets face it, New York still trades off today. As much as I love the city and it is the only other city I’ve visited that rivals London, there is that feeling that it just ‘aint as good as it used to be. Judging by this film and others like it, it’s true. It looks to cover familiar territory, but archive footage of the downtown arts and music scene never gets boring. Ahh nostalgia. I just about don’t even mind hearing Fab 5 Freddy and Co. rub it in about how rediculously cool it was, how much you missed out and how much you owe to what happened.

Anyway, This Sunday sees the European premiere of the highly acclaimed ‘DOWNTOWN CALLING’, documenting late 70s – mid 80′s’ New York Underground and narrated by Debbie Harry, where the street, music and art met and were on the cutting edge… Featured in the film are: ARTHUR BAKER, CHRIS STEIN, JAMES CHANCE, FAB 5 FREDDY, SAL PRINCIPATO (Liquid Liquid), MOS DEF, KEITH HARING, ESG, HENRY CHALFANT, MAN PARRISH, JAZZY JAY, DAVID DEPINO, DANNY KRIVIT, NELSON GEORGE, BOBBITO GARCIA, TOM SILVERMAN & more..

To finnish off the evening the legendary dj/producer Andrew Weatherall will be playing a special 4hr post punk and no wave set – damn that’s gonna be good!
See http://www.visionare.co.uk/ for more information on this 2day event at Village underground which also includes the first Uk screening of David Byrne’s new film True Stories with a live set from dalston based four piece Django Django.

Which all sounds jolly fun.

With the arrival of the new Hipstamatic App on the iphone it seems a little pointless to carry on collecting those kooky plastic cameras we hunt for down the market. And what an app it is! The Hipstamatic is the iphones very own vintage camera app that lets you select lens, film and flash combination to create your own analog style vintage photographs. Upload direct to Facebook or Flickr and enter monthly competitions direct from this impressive app. Photos: Flickr Web: hipstamaticapp.com. Check out a few of the OWTIC teams efforts after the jump