SEA LIFE // MASSIVE MOFO WHALE

Have any of you ever wondered what it would be like to look at a whale as if it were an inch away from your face?......well now you can!

WHALE IN FACE

BLOG ROLL // DOG FORT

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MUSIC // GRANDMASTERMACK

M.P.P.L by Grandmastermack on Mixcloud

After spending all last night listening to a variety of mixes using Mixcloud, i took a great likening to some mellow down tempo dub. So for your ears I have a little pre-christmas gift.

Hope you Enjoy as much as I do!

LIGHTING // 3D BUILDING PROJECTION

The video below has not been edited in any way. These '3D building projections' are mapped out on a computer, being adapted for individual buildings and as I'm sure you'll agree, they are very impressive.

Projection on Buildings from NuFormer Projection on Vimeo.

MUSIC // ALBUM OF THE YEAR?

With the countdown to 2011 on, New Year plans getting warped and scrapped every 2 days I thought I'd try and choose an album of the year to celebrate the beginning of the end for 2010. It only came to me tonight but it has to be Tame Impala's debut album Innerspeaker. This psychedelic clash of sounds that can be attributed to the beatles, hendrix and the stone roses, culminates in a crescendo of bliss. A personal favourite is the fantastically confrontational riff in "the bold arrow of time" (2m09) here. Truly spectacular stuff from the Aussie foursome.

MUSIC // GRANDMASTERMACK

Hippityhopscotch...Top Notch. by Grandmastermack on Mixcloud

Another week, another mix.

Taken it back to some old school hip-hop, let the beers flow whilst you bob your head in your finest festive Christmas knitwear.

ARCHITECTURE // DOG POO???

Certain words are often attached to English seaside towns such as traditional, quaint and charming. Upon my visit to one of these towns recently I visited a building which not only goes against the grain, it jumps out of the water and slaps the stereotypes square in the jaw.

Littlehamptons' East Beach Cafe is an example of things to come (hopefully!!) for struggling resorts the length of the coast. Striking to say the least, the Cafe has taken centre stage on the promenade of the small south coast town not exactly renown for its striking architecture, until now that is.

On a cold, wet early winters day I ventured down to see what all the fuss was about. Heatherwick Studios were commissioned to design a structure which could both help preserve the picturesque seafront from over-development and provide a new focal point that locals and tourists alike would be proud to call their own.

The striking ribboned steel outer shell certainly looks like nothing else in the town, yet it manages to seamlessly blend into the landscape by resembling something you might find washed up. Indeed its outer shell provides not only a striking façade to admire, it manages to withstand all that the English channel has to throw at it. On sunnier days, the glass front opens onto the beach to provide al-fresco drinking and dining on a par with anywhere on the English coast.

I for one found it hard to resist and had to sample its delights, not at least to regain my normal body temperature. When inside it all makes sense straight away, the harsh exterior transforms the inside into something warm and inviting with a view that dreamers yearn for. The food I hear is not that bad either.

And where is the link to the dogs I hear you cry? Well amongst some locals it is affectionately referred to as 'the dog poo'.

GRAFFITI // JEREMY FISH

This is the music video for 'Pigs' by the underground hip hop artist 'Aesop Rock'. The graffiti artist is an incredibly talented man named Jeremy Fish, who apparently likes animals, wings and skulls. Hopefully he can inspire you to pick up your pencil and do some drawing next time you're bored.

Some more of his wonderful work....

www.sillypinkbunnies.com

MUSIC // RUBBERBANDITS

Where to begin....

The Rubberbandits our beginning to straddle the comedic and music worlds like a tracksuit wearing colossus. Two men from Limerick, Ireland who are know only as Blindboy Boatclub and Mr. Chrome have manipulated and bullied their way to a level far beyond either their talent or intellect. Songs like “Bag of Glue”, “Too Many Gee” and “Up Da Ra” have made them the 12th most popular MySpace page in the whole of Ireland!

Their live show is basically a Prime Time special on Limerick gangs, sniffing glue as an aphrodisiac when encountering larger ladies, horses….the list goes on. Blindboy Boat Club and Mr. Chrome will present a perspective on life that only two roadside fruit sellers who got a start selling mix tapes through local Limerick drug dealers can provide.

A headline slot in the little big arena at Electric Picnic this year saw scenes of mass hysteria and their set was cited as one of the top picks of the Picnic. Their single Horse Outside was released on December 8, 2010 via iTunes and the video premiere was on Republic of Telly on that night, and within 72 hours, it had reached 530,000 views on YouTube and became the top rated Youtube video in Ireland. In just 5 days, the video reached over 950,000 views. Paddy Power placed the track at 8/11 and as favourite for Christmas No. 1. So well worth keeping tabs on these guys....

www.therubberbandits.com

MUSIC // 450

May I first begin this latest post with an apology; due to spending nearly a month in Australia watching the England cricket team make mince kangaroo out of the spineless Ozzy team, a serious lack of bloggage has occurred and for that I can only apologise with a tan. To all those that read this blog religiously may I please make it up to you by notifying you to one of LeFtOoO's latest offerings, 450;

Show#450 by Leftooo on Mixcloud

Enjoy! Just a reminder to keep checking back at www.theyellowdoghouse.com as the site goes live in the next few days.

ps. this post was made using a mac, which has been quite an experience.

CINEMATOGRAPHER // RILEY BLAKEWAY

As often happens when I'm revising I find myself trawling the internet with little or no fruition. The other day however I came across a gem.

Riley Blakeway is an up and coming cinematographer making big waves (pun intended) in the surfing world. He recently won the little weeds competition hosted by stab magazine and got a deal with Analog and Billabong. Reigniting the surfing world with his prodigious motion pictures. I'll let his footage do the rest of the talking.

VIDEO // CHRISTMAS CHEER

As I promised, going to try a make the run up to Christmas as festive as possible for all your die hard readers...(if there are actually any.) Matt Whistler's night goes on a wild adventure from what should of seemed a perfectly ordinary request. Check out some of the other videos from Convict, there includes another Christmas great..Bird is the word, again featuring yours truly.

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VIDEO // THE FUTURE

This is the sort of scale Yellowdog will be operating on in the next few years so buy your shares now people!

VIDEO // LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

Been a long hearty absence of late, obviously due to us all doing the frantic Christmas shops and spending time delicately wrapping those family gifts, all ready to place under the tree. And as our Christmas gift to you I bring you a long awaited post. As a huge number of you have sacked off work due to the 'snow' what better than to have a 40 minute video showcasing some of the best freestyle skiers, snowboarders, skaters, some awesome camera and a lot of top tunes.

If this doesn't make you feel better about missing work then I don't know what will.

Check out the Voulerz website HERE, if you got a spare couple of $$ some of the stuff is a must have.