Today I went down to the protest outside the Bank Of England that coincided with the meeting of the G20 in London. It was a multi-angle protest, seeking to bring together the shared concerns of the environmental movement, anti-capitalists, the climate change brigade, the stop the war coalition and those who wanted to see a greater degree of culpability placed on the financial systems and institutions that presided over the current global economic collapse.
G20 protests - a change is gonna come.
April 1st, 2009 · 20 Comments
Tags: Rant - Politics, Spirituality, etc.
Social Media first principles for Musicians Pt 3 - going Mobile.
December 12th, 2008 · No Comments
Finally… part 3! The timing is prescient for two reasons. Firstly, last Monday I was invited to be a panelist at a discussion hosted by Mobile Mondays (MoMo) on the whole area of Mobile tech and Social Media.
Secondly, it’s because today I’m heading to Leicester to De Montfort University Business School to help put together [...]
Tags: Geek · the future of music · tips for musicians
Videos from Heathrow…
September 11th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Tags: Geek · Uncategorized
Video, Greenbelt, blogging and being yourself
September 2nd, 2008 · 3 Comments
OK, I promised a greenbelt round-up, and that’s still on the way, but first (this is backwards, I know) some thoughts on how video worked for us at Greenbelt. By ‘us’, I mean the social media monkeys that were trying to get Greenbelt’s web-presence away from just being a static website into something a little [...]
Tags: Geek · Managing Information Streams · Random Catchup
Post-greenbelt. How Was It For You?
August 27th, 2008 · 6 Comments
We’re home from Greenbelt. Will do a proper blow by blow account soon, but for now, a few thoughts on a Qik video (I am as tired as I look in the vid )
Please post links to your own Greenbelt blogs, videos & photos in the comments below…
Tags: Geek · Musing on Music · Random Catchup
Interview with Carl from Sleeveface
August 23rd, 2008 · No Comments
Did a little interview with Carl from Sleeveface.com today, in preparation for a bigger chat we’re going to have tomorrow, at 3pm, which will be streamed live at qik.com/solobasssteve
Here’s today’s chat -
There’s loads more video from today over at qik.com/solobasssteve, and we’ll be streaming tonight’s Lawson/Dodds/Wood gig live there at 11pm (that’s in [...]
Tags: Geek · Gig stuff · gig dates
Interview with Jon Birch of Asbojesus…
August 22nd, 2008 · 5 Comments
Here’s a lil’ interview with the marvellous and lovely Jon Birch of Asbojesus.wordpress.com - he’s fab, his blog’s fab, and the interview’s pretty cool too…
Tags: Geek · Rant - Politics, Spirituality, etc.
A new blog post and another QIK vid…
August 22nd, 2008 · No Comments
It’s only friday afternoon, the Greenbelt site isn’t even open yet, and I’m already working like crazy.
I’ve been posting loads of videos at www.qik.com/solobasssteve (damn, I’m going to HAVE to get myself a Nokia N95 after I give this trial one back. It’s WAY to useful!) and have just written another post for Creative Choices, [...]
Tags: Geek · Random Catchup
A weekend at Greenbelt - watch this space…
August 21st, 2008 · 1 Comment
I’m down at the Greenbelt festival this weekend, and will be streaming a lot of video, thanks to those lovely people at Wom World lending me, Lobelia, James Stewart, JennyBee and Mike Radcliffe a pile of video-compatible phones to stream from! Hurrah.
So head to www.qik.com/solobasssteve to follow the videos, and keep an eye on www.moblog.net/greenbelt [...]
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