Plenty of veterans are returning to the recording studios this year. We can look forward to new music from the reclusive Sade (it's hard to believe that the ice queen of Brit soul has been a star for three decades now), the ancient genius of Leonard Cohen, a rock opera from Pete Townsend, a further collaboration between Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, and new music from Plant's Led Zeppelin colleague, Jimmy Page.
Now in the sixth decade of their existence, the Rolling Stones will be keeping their hat in the ring by re-releasing their greatest album, 1972's Exile on Main Street, with long-lost extra tracks.



 Paul Weller remains as prolific as any youngster, returning with his 22nd studio album, the urgently titled Wake Up the Nation, which features Jam bassist Bruce Foxton.
Pick of the oldies may be 60-year-old jazz, blues and soul fusion adventurer Gil Scott-Heron, with his first release in 16 years, which promises to be as bold and original as his pioneering classic work.

Plenty of other returning stars get the new decade off on a good foot. We can look forward to the return of Hot Chip, Goldfrapp, Nick Cave's rocking side-project Grinderman, Glasvegas, Mark Ronson (following up Versions with his first set of originals), Amy Winehouse (if she can keep it together in the studio), Babyshambles (if Pete Doherty can stay out of jail), MIA (can the experimental UK rapper replicate her US success at home?), LCD Soundsystem, MGMT, Vampire Weekend, the Strokes, Eminem and Kanye West.

Later in the year we should hear new music from Britain's rock elite: Elbow, Coldplay and Radiohead. And, if Liam Gallagher is true to his word, there may even be a new album from the surviving members of Oasis. But what are they going to call themselves without big brother Noel? I propose Noasis.

Whether it proves to be a triumph or a tragedy, its sure to be interesting. Indeed, from this end of the year, 2010 has the makings of an eclectic classic.
Let the games commence...

Go see Avatar. Don't listen to what anybody else says..go see it

This interview will get you in the mood!




And after...if you get bored, try this.......or maybe not. BTW-Asian make up Youtorials are all the rage these days.

We never did cool stuff like this :(

Well here we are - another year rolls by and another decade settles underneath us. What better a way to welcome the possibilities that may present themselves to each and every one of us, than to take a stroll hand in hand with nostalgia in the form of the legendary Dr Who theme tune. Dr Who? Well....just watch and realize how far we have come.....



Sometimes you wonder if its gone right the way back around again.

WTF ?

You know the way your computer has a bunch of cables for hard drives, video cameras, music interfaces, external displays-and as always, you can never find the right cable at the right time.

Wouldn't it be great if there was just one universal cable and connector that you used for your phone, your camera, your external hard drive-Well next year, there probably will be !

Forget USB, Firewire, E-SATA and mini DV, "Light Peak" will change the way we plug and un-plug external devices to our laptops and PCs, running speeds of 10GB/s already. Hopes are to max that to 100GB/s within a few years.

It may not mean much to you now, but I guarantee that come this time next year, you'll wonder how you ever managed before!

Oh, and rumour has it that Apple has been pushing Intel to develop the technology, so hold off on buying that new MacBook for a little while yet.

After Lily Allen sparked friction between not only thousands of people on the Internet, but also her colleagues in the Featured Artists Coalition (FAC), yesterday they met up to try and forge a united front. Now Allen has done a U-turn, stating that disconnecting pirates is too draconian and instead supports FAC calls to slow connections to a crawl.

This vid somewhat sums it all up !




Up until yesterday, Lily was one of the most prominent supporters of a proposed 3 strikes regime to deal with alleged file-sharers - crucially one which would ultimately lead to disconnection from the Internet for those accused. However, this put her at odds with the Featured Artists Coalition (FAC) who felt that disconnections are too draconian.

Yesterday, despite saying that she would not attend due to a feared media scrum, Allen attended a meeting in London of around 100 musicians including representatives from FAC in order to find some common ground to move forward.

The artists took a vote and instead of backing up Allen's disconnection calls, went for a more palatable option - maintaining a basic level of Internet access for alleged pirates but throttling their bandwidth so that file-sharing would become impractical.

"Our meeting voted to support a three-strike sanction on those who persistently download illegal files, to consist of a warning letter, a stronger warning letter, and a final sanction of the restriction of the infringers' bandwith to a level which would render file-sharing of media files impractical while leaving basic e-mail and web access functional," said the artists.

Lily Allen closed down her anti-piracy blog yesterday after just a few days in operation, claiming that the abuse she suffered there was too great to continue. Nevertheless, despite the fact she has backed away, the artists said they wished to express support for her anti-piracy campaign.

"We are trying to find a proportionate response to a real problem that is damaging our industry. I hope it will convince the record labels that this is a way of sending a message to file-sharers," said Billy Bragg of FAC.

With Lily's crowd, the Featured Artists Coalition and also UK Music likely to support throttling instead of disconnections, there appears to be a unified voice forming from the artists.

However, while we predict that Internet users will fail to respond to threats (even reduced ones such as throttling), there will be even stronger objections to the stance taken by the artists yesterday from the Big Four labels.

Having ruled out going after individual file-sharers in court, they have put all of their eggs in a single basket which relies on ISPs taking disconnection action against alleged pirates. It is hugely unlikely that they will support these watered-down proposals but we won't have to wait long to find out. According to The Times, the labels will meet this morning and are expected to draft a letter to Lord Mandelson shortly.

I am a Mac. Not a PC

This is why I am a Mac ! Not a PC

Microsoft-FAIL.