I’ve been looking for an excuse to post the Daft Punk ‘body remix’ videos that have been doing the rounds and what better introduction than a Radio 1 documentary that my friend Talia did. You can check it out here.

That’s probably the first time I’ve listened to Radio 1 since the Tommy Vance Friday Night Rock Show back in 1989.

Anyway, here are the vids:

And check out Talia’s blog here. She’s my lifeline into pop. I tend to dismiss everything with very little reason, but Talia introduced me to Northern State’s Can I Keep This Pen? (The one and only time I’ve ever resorted to iTunes – and what a piece of shit experience that was) and The Pierces. Fuck it, it’s Saturday night -let’s post some more vids:

Northern State are great. Think Le Tigre stroking The Beastie Boys. And The Pierces have WHISTLING and a James Bond theme song thing going on which kills me:

And if you’re into podcasts – which I’m not at all, but am learning to appreciate slowly – then you need to check out Podcast Dot Com. It’s a really nice idea and the guy behind it is smart as a whip.