Free E-Book release: Cornwall – A Photographic Journey (3. September 2010)

The book is a summary of my blog posts of this trip plus a few new images and the exif data of the images. I have prepared the design with the iPad in mind and tested the design in the iBook app and the Folio app on the iPad in which it looks like I would expect it to.

The Mercury Prize is fucked up, but not how you think it is (2. September 2010)

However, the selection process is not as clear-cut as it looks. To enter an album for consideration, a label must submit 25 copies of it on CD plus a crisp cheque for £195.50 (see last year’s submission form here).
And the expense doesn’t end there. According to Steve Lamacq, if an artist does receive a nomination then their record label needs to forward another 125 CDs to the Mercury team, a payment of £3,900 as a marketing contribution and £2,500 for a table at the ceremony.

Wie ich auszog ein Supertalent zu finden und erneut Verachtung erlernte (29. August 2010)