Category Archives: Interactive Tools

Friends of the Stars @ Birmingham Twestival 0

On 12th February 2009 Birmingham will be joining over 100 confirmed cities around the world in a night of fund raising, partying, competitions and all round fun. 

Everyone attending  Twesitval will  be automatically entered in to the main prize draw for a Nintendo Wii games console with guitar hero.  There will also be a raffle on the night with a fantastic range of prizes kindly donated by various Twitter folk. The raffle will take place around 10pm on the evening and people will need to be there to pick up their prize on… Read the rest

Categories: Birmingham,Collaboration,Interactive Tools,Internet Doohickeys,Music,Promotion

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January 24, 2009 – 3:07 pm
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Spotify Playlist – UPDATE 0

Thanks to all those kind souls who have added tunes to our Spotify playlist. There are currently 27 tunes in the list, from artists as diverse as Genesis, Hijack, Devo and…erm…Rolf Harris. The list remains open to new selections.

To add to the playlist you need a Spotify account. If you already have an account, click here

Categories: Apropos of Nowt,Collaboration,Interactive Tools,Internet Doohickeys,Music

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January 14, 2009 – 5:39 pm
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The Spotify Playlist Experiment 0

We’ve created a collaborative playlist on Spotify.

Craig kicked things off with “Showdown” by ELO and “Put A Donk On It” by The Blackout Crew…..let’s see what kind of monster this playlist grows into from here.

To add to the playlist you need a Spotify account. If you already have an account, click here

To find out more about Spotify, visit their site.

If you’ve added a tune or two, let us know which was your choice by leaving a comment.

Categories: Apropos of Nowt,Collaboration,Interactive Tools,Internet Doohickeys,Music

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January 13, 2009 – 12:23 pm
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Cyber Fluff Freedom 0

One of the best online music resources to emerge in the last couple of years has to be The Hype Machine. For the uninitiated, The Hype Machine is an aggregator of MP3 music blogs that allows punters to search for blogs and websites that have both written about a particular band and also made an MP3 available ‘for evaluation purposes’.

Type in the name of a band and it returns a list that you can plough through and listen to right there on the page, or alternatively follow the links to the original sites and read more. Think of it like a Google that returns nothing but music and reviews,… Read the rest

Categories: Interactive Tools,Internet Doohickeys,Music,Promotion,Reviews

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January 6, 2009 – 9:04 am
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Now with Video.. 0

From time-to-time poorly recorded videos of Friends of the Stars find their way onto You Tube. We’ve collected all of these into a feed and they can be now be watched on the new Video page.

Enjoy

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December 14, 2008 – 1:55 pm
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Boring FOTS-POD Feed Stuff 0

The Friends of the Stars Podcasts are now going to be coming attcha much more regularly. The heady mix of drunken swearing, questionable opinions and often great music that is peculiar to this band and brand is now on it’s 7th episode, with more in the pipeline.

Eagle-eyed readers may notice that over there >>>>> on on the right-hand sidebar we now have a seperate feed doohickey for Podcasts. This means you can subscribe to the Podcasts only and have them sent directly to iTunes, or whatever it is you use, without having to read any of the other boring… Read the rest

Categories: Interactive Tools,Internet Doohickeys,podcast

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November 14, 2008 – 1:09 pm
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Taking the FOTS cavalcade of mishap to Twitter. 0

We enter a new realm today. Rather than having to wait for updates on our self-inflicted failure and disappointment to be posted on this here website, you’ll now be able to tune in to rolling, as-it-goes-wrong coverage via a Twitter account.

Here’s how I came to this most considered of decisions:

Twitter is something I’ve been aware of for a while but have never felt the need to use, so naturally I dismissed it out of hand. Then, of course, I started using it anyway and now, approximately 24 hours later, I’m now going to commit to something stupid and quioxtic that involves using it on a daily basis… Read the rest

Categories: Interactive Tools,Internet Doohickeys,Promotion

Published:
March 9, 2008 – 10:21 pm
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By Craig