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Ólöf Arnalds – New Single ‘Call It What You Want’ & London Show Announcement.

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Released earlier this year, Sudden Elevation, Ólöf Arnald’s acclaimed third full album – her first sung entirely in English – captures a rare and idiosyncratic songwriting talent in full bloom. Ólöf releases a new single from the album, Call It What You Want on 25th November to coincide with international shows including a UK date at the The Lexington (19th November) and Iceland Airwaves (1st November).

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The full dates are as follows:

 

Oct 13                     Le Poisson Rouge                 New York                                                USA

Oct 18                     Fitzgerald Theater                 St Paul, Minneapolis                             USA

Oct 24                     De Centrale                            Gent                                                        Belgium

Oct 25                     Cultuurcentrum                      Hasselt                                                   Belgium

Oct 27                     Arkaoda                                  Istanbul                                                   Turkey

Nov 01                    Iceland Airwaves                   Reykjavik                                               Iceland

Nov 02                    Around Iceland                      Reykjavik                                               Iceland

Nov 13                    The Slaughtered Lamb        London                                                  UK

 

Ólöf also makes available a free download, The Matador EP comprising 4 Icelandic songs originally included as a cover-mount with Spanish art magazine Matador last year. Three songs (Lát vaxa, Blóm, and Hlið) were composed by Skúli Sverrisson with lyrics by Ólöf, while Af stað was written for Bjork’s Náttúra concert in Reykjavík in June 2008. The lyric of the latter song is based on an old Icelandic nationalist poem. “I twisted all the words around” explains Ólöf, “Making fun of the over-romanticised pride of our country and put the emphasis on how much nature gives us as people; the rest, the piece of mind, the inspiration, the big picture… I sung about how the Icelandic nation was literally getting drunk from individual gain and self-importance. Three months later the country´s economy collapsed…”

 

Produced again by long-time collaborator, Skúli, Sudden Elevation was largely recorded in a late autumn 2011 stint in a seaside cabin in Hvalfjörður (literally ‘Whale-fjord’), in the west of Iceland.

 

5 Fun Life Skills To Improve Your Life

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5 fun life skills to improve your lifeIt probably is possible to go through life without developing any life skills at all. But would it be easier? I think not. With that in mind here is a fun little list of 5 fun life skills to improve your life. Add your own below.

Cooking

By the time you get out of your teens you should be able to whip up one amazing dish. By the time you hit thirty, you should have at least five amazing dishes that you can easily make that people compliment you on. This should be made without stress and fuss.

Driving

Driving is an unparallelled life skill. Running a car may be expensive but freedom costs money. Nothing beats being able to get into a car and go anywhere you want. It is debatable whether or not you are truly grown up until you can drive.

Dancing

Being able to dance is definitely a strength in life. So many social occasions call for it. If you don’t have natural rhythm then just take some classes and know your way around a fox trot. It will make you much more appealing to the opposite sex and people will think you are talented and sophisticated.

Games

Any party will probably include games, and dinner parties generally include post games fun. For something more entertaining than your average board game, and most things are, getting in touch with your gambling skills for an occasional flutter is fun. I am not talking about online gambling, but poker with friends is always lots of fun and very interactive. Brush up your card skills and bleed them dry.

 

Sport

No, not watching. Unless the sound is off and it is just for some eye candy. Learning a sport is an invaluable skill to improve your life. It will keep you fit, help you meet new people and maybe even get some fresh air. Take a class, do Zumba, running, football, yoga, anything you want. It will be another skill that will improve your life. I recently did Anti-Gravity Yoga which was different and lots of fun.

What do you think? What other fun life skills are there?

 

 

Online Betting With William Hill

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Betting used to just be on the high street, with William Hill standing tall above the competition, now this national favourite is just as popular online. There well-designed and easy-to-use website is perfect for accumulator bets at william hill. It is an eye-catching site in William Hill’s brand colours of dark blue, gold and white. The William Hill logo is iconic.

With the categories put into different sections, you just need to choose whether you want Sport or Casino, Poker or Bingo and then you are given even more choice. You can even bet on your mobile from the site with ease just by clicking on the mobile tab.

If sport is your thing, click on the Sport Tab and then choose your favourite sport. Everything from Football to Cricket is there and easy to navigate. It has a Daily Match List and Team A-Z. The amount of choice is vast, every team from every country seems to be here, and every sport that can be bet on, is there for you to have a flutter.

William Hill has some great deals as well. If you place an accumulator of 6 or more results and miss by one result William Hill will refund your stake. Amazingly its available on every game in every league online and on mobile. There are a few terms and conditions of course as always see the William Hill website for more details.

William Hill has always been a great site to play poker as well. There software is easy to use and the security is good. William Hills good name ensures you don’t need to worry about the safety of your money as you have to with some sites. They’ve also got some great deals at the moment. Like deposit £50 and get £100 and a new player bonus of up to £1200.

If you love betting on sport, or anything else, this site is for you. It makes online betting fun and easy. We give it full marks.

 

 

Top 10 Songs That Make You Want To Dance

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We have brought you songs that you can’t help but dance to because winter is almost here and, let’s face it, no one can actually afford to heat their home anymore. Have a good dance around the house to warm yourself up and if we missed your favourite song that you can’t help but dance to then let us know and we will put it in our next installment.
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Rupert Holmes- Escape (The Pina Colada Song)

Beyonce – Single Ladies

Jermaine Stewart- We Don’t have to Take Our Clothes Off

PSY – Gangnam Style

Crystal Fighters – I Love London

MC Hammer – U Can’t Touch This

Lady Gaga – Poker Face

Salt-N-Pepper – Push It

Madonna – Holiday

Sir Mix-A-Lot – Baby Got Back

Worked up a sweat yet?

Sketch To Host Café Intellectual: Reading Robert Hughes

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‘The greatest art critic of our time’ – Jonathan Jones
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On Sunday 13th October, The Parlour at Sketch will host Café Intellectual: Reading Robert Hughes. A Sunday evening salon with selected readings and reflections, screenings and sound bites in honour of the controversial figure hailed as ‘the greatest critic of our time’, Robert Hughes.
Curated by The Field and presented in association with the Royal Academy of Arts’ in honour of their highly anticipated ‘Australia’ exhibition. The evening salon will include presentations from a number of Britain’s most esteemed art-critics and artists, whose work has been affected by Hughes’ legacy.
An array of speakers have been invited to toast the work of RA Honorary Fellow Robert Hughes, who was once described by Peter Carey as ‘Australia’s Dante’. Speakers include curator Paul Bayley, artist Dan Davis, Oxford film and television creative director Nicholas Kent, artist Agatha Gothe-Snape and academic and artist Khadija von Zinnenburg Carroll.
The bar team at sketch will be creating cocktails inspired by Hughes’ work. Guests will be able to sample ‘Fatal Shore’ and ‘Shot of the New’ which have heady blends, evoking Hughes’s famous tones.
“They need a place where they can go to meet and drink and talk, preen themselves or simply sit alone with a book … the cafe was the opera of the dissenters. It was also the marketplace of ideas.” – Robert Hughes

Café Intellectual: Reading Robert Hughes will be held at The Parlour at sketch, on Sunday 13th October, 6:30pm – 8pm

Who Are You? KOBO eBook Recommendations Based On Personality

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Kobo has put together a fabulous guide on choosing an eBooks that suits our personality.  So dive into a book that best represents who you are.

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Do you listen more than you talk? Do you enjoy thinking, exploring your thoughts and feelings? If you answered yes, then chances are you have more of an introverted personality. And you’re not alone – some of the most influential characters have been those who prefer to be wallflowers, rather than seeing what life looks like from the dance floor. Here are some books whose characters come in quietly, but leave with a bang. 

 

Stephen Chbosky – Perks of Being a Wallflower

Rachel Joyce – The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

Charlotte Bronte – Jane Eyre

Stieg Larson – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

 

Do you find yourself being the life of the party? Do you like to socialise and are often times called “Chatty Cathy”? Well, so are the characters in the novels listed below. Outspoken, adventurous and daring, these protagonists are the voices of a generation. 

 

Lucy Maud Montgomery – Anne of Green Gables

John Green – The Fault in Our Stars

George Eliot – The Mill on the Floss

Jane Austen – Emma 

 

Are you fierce, ambitious and a go-getter? Are you looking for ways to further develop your career or the way you think about business? Whether you’re just starting out in your career or looking for ways to advance, below are some ebooks that will help guide you on your journey to understanding business but also provide lessons in life. 

 

Richard Branson – Losing My Virginity

Karen Brady – Strong Woman:  The Truth About Getting to The Top

Sheryl Sandberg – Lean In

Walter Isaacson – Steve Jobs

Duncan Bannatyne – Riding The Storm

 

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Ghost Twins Release Double A-Side Single

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Ghost Twins are back. Born out of the ashes of the critically acclaimed Crushing Blows, GHOST TWINS are a noise and dream pop duo from Derby, UK – Their former incarnation CB, earned support from Huw Stevens, Steve Lamacq, Artrocker, Shell Zenner, Jen Long and Simon Raymonde & more and were regulars on the festival circuit.

 

‘Unknown Animal | Dream On / Dream Off’ is the majestic first offering since the band’s reformation. With electronics and drum machines coming to the forefront, this aesthetic evolution reflects the organic changes the band experienced recording their debut album, due in early 2014.

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The double A side marries the intricacies of their previous work; looped guitars and uncommon time signatures with a more ethereal and experimental pop element that implores Ghost Twins to explore an unassailable myriad of influences that will certainly appeal to fans of Mirrored era Battles, or the Pink Mist heavyweights of Tubelord, Three Trapped Tigers and Tall Ships.

Reviews starting to emerge are all in agreement that the GT are onto something head-spinning which will be sure to keep their fans and new listeners immersed to their every move. It’s the vast range of sounds and ideas within these tracks that make this band so unique, exciting, and especially hard to box in.

The single is due out on the 7th of October on Snug Recording Co, a new label and recording studio based in Derby. The aim of the label is to break away from traditional industry models by working with artists on a cooperative, collaborative basis to produce small releases without the pressures of money, market ability or contracts, with all releases agreed upon a handshake only. This, the first release on the label, exemplifies their core values with two unsettled, dark, yet intriguing pieces of dreamy, electric pop music.

Unknown Animal | Dream On / Dream off will be available from ghosttwins.bandcamp.com and all major digital download stores on October 7th and will also feature on Ghost Twins debut LP, due for release in early 2014.

Ghost Twins’ are Chris Jones and Andrew Foster.

 

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Legendary Anchorman Ron Burgundy’s Book Jacket Is Revealed

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Legendary Anchorman Ron Burgundy now has a book deal with Random House. His tell-All Autobiography LET ME OFF AT THE TOP! should be hilarious and is set for November 2013 International Release.

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Ron Burgundy, the esteemed broadcast journalist, has reached agreement with Crown Archetype, an imprint of Random House’s Crown Publishing Group, to write his memoir. LET ME OFF AT THE TOP!: My Classy Life and Other Musings will be published simultaneously in the U.S., U.K., Canada, and Australia in print and digital formats on November 19, 2013.

 

Ron Burgundy is known to all as the lead anchorman of San Diego’s award-winning Action 4 News Team and anchor of the first 24-hour news channel, GNN (Global News Network), but few know the real man behind the news desk. In LET ME OFF AT THE TOP! he will share never-before-told stories of his childhood and the events that led him to choose a career in the news business. He will offer a rare glimpse behind the camera into the real life of a man many consider to be our greatest living news anchor. In his own words, he will share personal anecdotes about the women in his life, about his dog, Baxter, and his legendary news team. Along the way, he’ll also give sage advice on a variety of topics that matter most to him. The long wait is over. Ron Burgundy pulls no punches in this widely anticipated, fully authorized tell-all autobiography.

 

Mauro DiPreta, Vice President, Editor in Chief at Crown Archetype, acquired the book from Creative Artists Agency and will edit. Jack Fogg, Editorial Director at Century, an imprint of the Random House Group, will publish the book in the U.K. and Australia.

“I don’t know if it’s the greatest autobiography ever written. I’m too close to the work,” Burgundy said, adding, “I will tell you this much: the first time I sat down and read this thing . . . I cried like a goddamn baby, and you can take that to the bank!”

“The list of legendary American broadcast news journalists is short:  Edward R. Murrow, Walter Cronkite, and, of course, Ron Burgundy,” says DiPreta. “The printed page will allow Ron to tell his story in a much more intimate way. LET ME OFF AT THE TOP! will be a classic for years to come.”

 

Burgundy has had a huge, cultural impact in the U.K. and Australia as well. Said Fogg, “Burgundy’s influence on news reading is evident in the work of such legends as Richard Baker, Moira Stuart, Brian Henderson, and the early years of Jeremy Paxman. LET ME OFF AT THE TOP! will put an end to the many rumors and debates surrounding Ron and reveal the inner workings of a legendary broadcaster. His international fans will have themselves a book for the ages.”

 

Ron Burgundy is a trailblazer and an icon in television journalism. He and the Action 4 News Team will be honored at Washington, D.C.’s  Newseum with an installation of mementos and keepsakes of their time and impact in San Diego that will begin in December. On December 20, he will star as himself in Paramount Pictures’ Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues.