Luckily, our heroes over at The Record Store have provided us with the sort of guidance we’ve come to expect from their nurturing attitude towards the next generation of record buyers. Sunday scratch lessons, legal graffiti walls, second-hand bin sales, live gigs, beer and barbecue, and their trademark schooling of passing down knowledge, The Record Store has long-since been an embodiment of everything you want in a record store, but often don’t find. Leave the pretentiousness at the door, grab a stool and a beer and hang out a while.

Below the guy’s take you through what has affectionately been dubbed ‘The Coulomb Manoeuvre‘, complete with diagrams of both variations and an explanation on where the name comes from.

The Classic Coulomb

Place the record as shown (opening down) and rub gently back and forth from left to right applying only as much pressure as the weight of the record exerts. Approximately 10 to 20 rubs will be enough to wear the plastic down and it should simply split along the opening of the record cover with the slightest coaxing.

The Wear And Tear Coulomb

The “Wear and Tear” Coulomb is exactly the same as the ‘Classic’ except you use the thicker part of your pants around the belt line to avoid creating unseemly friction lines in your strides. As you ar not using the weight of the record you will need to apply a small amount of pressure but take care not to push too hard or you will damage the cover.

Who is Coulomb and why is this particular manoeuvre named after him?

Charles August Coulomb (1736-1806) adds to the second law of friction; “strength due to friction is proportional to compressive force”, “although for large bodies friction does not follow exactly this law”. Coulomb published the work referring to Amontons. The second law of friction is known as the “Amontons-Coulomb Law” referring to work done by the two scientists in 1699 and 1785 respectively.

The Amontons-Coulomb law of friction holds for many different material combinations and geometries but unlike Newton’s first law, nothing fundamental can be derived from it. link

We decided to drop the Amontons from the name as it was too unwieldy and Coulomb sounds way better anyway. Respect to Amontoms but he can blame his mother – or in this case, his father for having an ungainly family name.

Channels air all sorts, from R&B singer Ashanti giving fans a Q&A and sneak preview of a new track whilst removing her nail varnish, to a peek at Snoop Dogg’s smoke-filled living room or the D-O-double G getting his hair done.

As watchable as individuals like Snoop are, mundane scenarios only serve as entertainment for so long and there are better sites to illicitly stream live sports. Ustream’s cachet is the ever-growing band of acclaimed (within the underground) DJs and producers logging in to broadcast direct at whoever is tuned-in online.

With complete creative control and little technical fuss, it’s understandable why the trend has caught on since it surfaced last year. A 21st Century broadband-enabled evolution of bedroom DJing, once solitary actions become public with viewers invited into the streamers homes. Shout-outs and lo-fi productions add a pirate station-esque charm.

Whether a soon to pass fad or the beginnings of a new movement, the streams keep on coming.

From a London-centric perspective here’s a selection of recommended shows:

> Oneman, regarded as kick-starting the trend with his Yard Sessions.

> Night Slugs from Bok Bok.

> SpaceBass Yardcasts.

> Monday nights at 9pm when Lukid goes ocean deep, with my favourite example of his eclecticism a switch from Chopin’s  ‘Raindrop’ to Arthur Russell.

> Deadboy Soundboy.

> Sunday afternoons with Mr Beatnick.

> Glasgow’s Jackmaster whose Drexciya special takes your mind to another level.

> And Worldwide Award-winners, Floating Points and Fatima, rolling out their Eglo music. Check their Twitters for announcements.

You streaming?

From twitter.com/fatbellybella:

“Okay here’s first single “Window Seat” http://tinyurl.com/yatheoa >>>”

And should you wish to sing-along here are the lyrics.

NB. I prefer ‘Jump in the Air’ that surfaced but has since been removed, it can be heard at erykahbadu.com

Issue #1 contains an insight into the academy experience from Emma Warren, a spotlight on Southwark, and Jeff Mao on his seven years of RBMA involvement.

From RBMA blog:

World, please meet the Daily Note. Daily Note, please meet the world – which hasn’t been exactly spoiled with new quality music print reads in the past couple of years. With our daily newspaper for London, published every weekday during the Academy, plus a special national weekend edition on Saturdays, we try to add a little ink ‘n’ paper to twitterlandia. Call us old farts. Call us nostalgic. But we just loved those rides back from the record store with the latest copy of Straight No Chaser, Boy’s Own, Sniffin Glue, Jockey Slut or Faith in our hands. Obviously, who are we to compare ourselves… but, still, you might find a bit or two in there that will do for some solid toilet/coffeebreak/post-club-insomnia entertainment.

Daily Note #1/24 (Right-click and download)

Featured on Mary Anne Hobbs a couple of weeks back, street-bass phenomenon Starkey was thrown down the challenge to create a track from scratch during the course of the 120 minute program. Armed with samples supplied by Radio 1 DJs, dubstep artists and listeners, and joined by vocalist Anneka and percusionist Reso, Starkey delivers a tune within the two-hour time constraint. Gimmicky, sure, and it may not be the ‘ultimate dubstep track’ they set out to make, but it still an impressive end-product that makes for an entertaining seven minutes of video.

The track itself can be downloaded here, or from the official BBC page.

Ty speaks about his forthcoming album ‘Special Kind Of Fool’. Sounds like some great collabos with Terri Walker, Sarina Leah, Erik Rico… Cant wait for it to drop.

Single
Ty “Emotions” – 16.03.2010 (Digital)

Album
Ty “Special Kind of Fool” – 19.04.2010 (CD / 2LP / Digital)

Instrumentals
Ty “Special Kind of Fool – The Instrumentals” – 20.04.2010 (Digital)

Some back in the day ish

Local radio has evolved, and proof of the pudding is in London Fields Radio. Located in the window of a independent coffee shop behind Hackney Empire in East London, LFR is a local station with global appeal, catering for the creative community of the area. If NY can have East Village Radio, it’s only right that London should have LFR.

Here’s a selection of recent shows, including the latest installment of WE ARE… from Mr. Paul Camo?

We Are… Podcast 1

Graphic designer, record collector and all round musical vagabond Paul Camo? delves into his caboodle of music to join the audio dots of time, place and genre.

Click Here to Download

Tune in at www.londonfieldsradio.com
Or visit them at 63 Wilton Way, London E8 1BG

Following his debut Incoming EP dropping last year, Illum Sphere burst out from dominating the Manchester scene to a worldwide underground name. His own Hoya:Hoya night remains one of the most forward thinking monthly parties in the country, bringing over names such as Daedalus, Dam-Funk & Ras G, -for many their first UK headline shows. On top of his own work, recent remixes for Martyn and Om Unit as well as a spot at The Red Bull Music Academy are set to cement him at the top of the game for 2010.

With the release of Long Live The Plan coming last week on Fat City – the first EP from an album set to drop later in the year – I had the pleasure of sitting down with Illum Sphere to talk about the project. Fortunately for us, the man is a rambler, leaving approximately an hour of unused material that offered a unique insight into an independent producer on the rise – something just too good to waste.

Talking experimental beginnings, the anti-climax of a first release, the double EP project on Fat City and of course Hoya:Hoya, Illum Sphere narrates over extracts from his own mixes, back-catalogue and unreleased tracks.

SHOOK Podcast: Illum Sphere

Download or stream: Illum Sphere

AGMP Concerts presents

LARRY GRAHAM & GRAHAM CENTRAL STATION

KOKO, 1a, Camden High Street, London, NW1.

Sunday 25 April 2010. Doors open at 7pm.

Exclusive UK show from the Inventor of the “Slap” Bass technique and ex-member of SLY & THE FAMILY STONE, PRINCE & BETTY DAVIS Bands. Larry Graham will be performing with Graham Central Station for this first London show in over a decade. Check this TV appearance from the 1980s where Larry shows us how to thump.

Concert tickets from:
www.ticketweb.co.uk
www.agmp.co.uk

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