These are my old links. I now keep them with pinboard (see my pinboard bookmarks) and archive them on this site (see the Links page).
A number of these links are to sites which I've discovered fairly randomly and simply took a shine to, particularly the art and photography ones.
Categories
Unclassified | Go to top
- www.director-file.com Information about a couple of brilliant music video directors, namely Chris Cunningham and Michel Gondry.
- Deepstreets.com Street art, drun and bass, and hip hop from this collective.
- After You Funny animation about politeness.
- WebCollage A collage generated from random image searches on the web.
- 120seconds.com A Canadian web site attempting to create a community for new media types. Lots of great work to be found.
- Flight 404 "Experimentation with processing" Beautiful visualisations presented using a slick, original interface.
- Eros ex Mathematica Images with erotic connotations generated entirely from mathematical algorithms.
- A softer world Weekly comic.
- Design Observer Michael McDonough\u2019s Top Ten Things They Never Taught Me in Design School
- Windows Noises Soundtrack made with Window's Sound Recorder.
- Gallery of Computation Beautiful visualisations.
- Christa Sommerer & Laurent Mignonneau Interactive art.
- Groth's Mathematical Art Fractal and mathematical art.
- Fractal Gallery Very smooth fractal curves.
- longneck.ro 3d animation and visual effects. Original site with great artwork.
- Computer Arts Magazine Great resource for those interested in producing art on a computer.
- Transphormetic Iterative Flash art.
- Rustboy Films by Brian Taylor.
- Blue Man Group Odd group of 3 blue performers. I only know of them because they've done some great commercials (unless their ideas were ripped off by some ad man. Quite possible given the nature of advertising).
- American Gallery of Psychiatric Art A gallery of posters for various psychiatric issues.
- art.com Buy prints and posters.
- GPS Drawing Drawing with a Global Positioning System (by walking around and recording your path).
- AudioRom Quality site. Look at "box" for some interactive artsy-fartsy stuff.
- Scannerdot I saw a gig by Scanner once - could be the same guy. This is bizarre, and I like it!
- DeadDreamer Very impressive site and work. Nice graphics. Has links to other cool (graphics oriented) sites too.
Art and photography | Go to top
- the Creatures in my Head Brilliant drawings by Andrew Bell of the odd creatures in his head.
- space invaders > the story of an invasion Graf project.
- Zona 10 Photographs - Joel Peter Witkin Bizarre and freaky photos of deformed and mutilated bodies (not that bad).
- Naoto Hattori Odd, freakish paintings by Naoto Hattori.
- Jason Sho Green A graphic designer and illustrator. Check out these cards and his portfolio.
- Steven Giesler Good examples of how realistic a human figure you can produce with computer graphics programs.
- Wood that Works Kinetic Sculpture by David C. Roy.
- Nylon Pinups
- Androidblues The Virtual Talent Studio. Brilliant 2D and 3D futuristic art. I'm particularly impressed by work by Steven Stahlberg.
- Art Renewal Large on-line museum of work by classic artists. Read their mission statement.
- Fine Art Photography - M. Plonsky Insect macro photography.
- Sensitive Light An amateur photographer's collection of his photos - from beautiful landscapes to close-ups of insects, animals and other natural entities.
- The Vomitus Maximus Museum Freaky art by R. S. Connett.
- Peter Gric Fine art. Futuristic imagery.
- artcoup.com Street photos.
- Gum Blondes Portraits made from chewing gun, which are actually really good. It seems gum is a suprisingly effective medium.
- Escher and the Droste effect Interesting website about the mathematical structure behind Escher's work. Check out the animations.
- George W. Hart A guy who seems slightly obsessed by geometry. He's made some cool sculptures.
- ~ L A R R Y C A R L S O N ~ Digital images, videos, collages and other stuff.
- UK Nights Night photography in the UK. Atmospheric shots.
- Solar Voyager Space art.
- Propaganda The art and subversion of Ron English. Cool paintings and illegal billboards.
- Human Anatomy Pictures for Artists Online
- fine-art.com Internet art network.
- Alessandro Bavari Photography and artwork. Dark work.
- deviantART Work submitted by graphic artists, in various formats.
- Halfproject "Halfproject aims to gather and collaborate with artists to create something creative out of our random ideas."
- eyedia.com Artist Gallery Creative art from Tokio.
- GFXartist.com News, articles and forums for the digital art community.
- C404 Arty projects, mostly in QuickTime.
- Etched In Time Etch-A-Sketch art. So good I can't believe they were really done on an Etch-A-Sketch.
- DreamLine The unofficial site for the works of Dave McKean, who wrote the famous Sandman comics.
- The Art of Dave McKean Another great site dedicated to Dave McKean.
- Tristero Digital images uploaded by the public are "creatively recycled" by online artists.
- artnet Reviews of exhibitions, links to galleries and other resources.
- Tate Home of the Tate galleries.
- Computer Artworks Home of Computer Artworks. Interests me because of William Latham's "evolutionary art".
- axis-mutatis Again, William Latham's work.
- SITO Collaborative art projects. Gridcosm is one of them - a 3x3 grid made of many levels, the centre square being made up of the previous level. You really need to see it to appreciate it. Look at the QT movie fly through.
- The Alternative Museum Web, digital, and non-digital art.
- Digital Art Museum
- Graffiti Lots of examples of good graffiti from around the world. No pathetic tags.
- Temper Graffiti artist. Saw him at what was once Deluxe bar in the Contact Theatre. He's good.
Music | Go to top
- Drummerworld The definitive drumming site. It has information and media on all famous drummers, for example, the legendary Buddy Rich. If you want to be really impressed, check out the videos.
- Babyhead Cool Ska band. Their latest album The Geek Show is thoroughly recommended.
- vanillamix "Eclectic blend of Nu Jazz, Broken Beats, downtempo to Soul, Afrolatin, Brazilian, jazz to quality deep house and Drum & Bass"
- FinalScratch A solution that allows mixing of digital music (as well as vinyl).
- World of Trip Hop
- Ninjatune Record label.
- Leftfield
- Advanced Vinyl Handling, DJ Basics An introduction to DJ'ing and mixing. I haven't even tried, but this looks like a useful resource for future reference (when I'm rich enough to afford all the toys I want).
- Kaada Don't really know anything about this artist other than that I like his single "That's life o-oh" (played on the web site).
- Portishead
- Computer Music Magazine Great resource for those interested in producing music on a computer.
- LyricFind.com Search for songs using their lyrics.
- Sziget Festival Great festival in Budapest.
- B-Boys.com Hip hop music & culture.
- townb.com Underground internet radio.
- Jurassic 5 Home of hip hoppers J5.
- Four Tet A band created by an old school mate (more an acquaintance) Kieran Hebden. He's got brilliant reviews, all of which I agree with.
- Bjork
- Ticket Line (Picadilly Box Office) Tickets for gigs in the UK. Their number is 0161 832 1111 (I'm damned if I can find it on their web site!)
- Manchester Uni. Union A list of gigs in Manchester.
- Picadilly Records Home site of a good (but expensive) record store in Manchester. Also sell tickets for the Roadhouse and other smaller venues.
- Klubfever Club (sorry, Klub) reviews. My mate Stu is a UK reporter.
- Napster The notorious Napster.com. Share your music collection with the world.
- Koneisto A Finnish music festival.
- Radio Locator Find a web-radio station. Formerly the MIT list of radio stations on the internet.
- Radio Tuner Radio station finder. AM, FM and online.
- Shoutcast Online streaming radio stations. Remember to choose connection speed (from the choices on the right).
MP3s | Go to top
- Beatallica Beatles tunes, done Metallica style.
- AudioFind Search newsgroups for MP3s.
- Altavista Audio Search Search for most audio formats.
- FTP devil Search FTP sites.
- Epitonic "Your source for cutting edge music". They have good samples of music that is often hard to find.
- mp3raid.com Quite a large collection as it has links to the files on other sites. LOADS of pop-ups though, so if they annoy you stay away.
- My Besh.com Bit of a bad/small collection, but has a number of download formats. (However, Dr. Dre's "Forgot about Dre" was a promo). Again, LOTS of pop-ups.
Venues | Go to top
- The Film Works Cinema in Manchester. They show a huge range of films, good original ones as well as tat.
- Tribal Gathering At Sankey's Soap.
- XS Malarkey A brilliant comedy night at Bar XS in Fallowfield (Manchester). It starts with an open-mike section for new talent and finishes with experienced acts. It is how comedy should be.
- Band On The Wall A bar/club in Manchester. Good for gigs.
- Contact Theatre Included mainly because it was the home of my local. I've also seen some reasonably good plays there (although many are for a teenage audience).
- Cornerhouse A cinema/gallery/bar/cafe in Manchester. They play really good films and I've seen some good exhibitions too.
