Here's the fantastic opening theme song of The Office TV series created by the awesome Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant.
This song is amazing!
Check out the longer original version of the music here.
Showing posts with label UnitedKingdom. Show all posts
Showing posts with label UnitedKingdom. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Sunday, December 11, 2011
How to Start Your Own Country
Remember Danny Wallace? He's the guy who got all those kids in the UK involved in politics!
In 2005, Danny Wallace got really interested in what you need to do to start your own country nowadays.
The humo(u)rist produced a sort of interactive TV series, using feedback from fans and ideas on his forum boards to create "his country", name it, define it, etc..
Now, BBC took down all his forums, the micronation even not as prominent as originally intended still lives on (partly Internet-based though).
The whole project and documentary can be found on DVD now, but you can still find most of its important parts on the internet.
How to Start Your Own Country!
It all started when Danny got interested on the whole process..
Sure it looked silly at first.
Here's Danny Wallace interview on London's LBC...
Then, the movement launched, Danny needed some citizens...
So, logically, he went to Denmark to enlist some folks!
The movement was going on anyway. Some detractors wouldn't believe it, but things were starting to take form!
(On the tube, Danny met a random guy, Crazy Man!
yup...)
Now, all he needed was some actual land.
He tried to conquer some place by force...
Danny Wallace Invades an island!
It was finally decided he would start a micronation from his own flat in Bow, London.
The country he created was eventually named "Lovely". The Kingdom of Lovely would be governed by Danny, its king. (creator and ruler)
The Kingdom of Lovely became a partly Internet-based official micronation.
Lovely has (on the last check) 58,165 citizens registered on its website.
And finally, "citizens of Lovely are invited to declare a room, or some other building or land belonging to them, to be an embassy for the country by taking a photograph displaying Lovely's flag there."
Here's a summary-video in two parts:
...and last but not least, enjoy the awesome original Kingdom of Lovely Anthem!
And I'd like to point out Lovely still exists!
They just moved from forum to forum to forum... Currently you can find Lovely at lovelycountry.net
So put up your Lovely Flag and be proud to help out the Kingdom of King Danny!~
In 2005, Danny Wallace got really interested in what you need to do to start your own country nowadays.
The humo(u)rist produced a sort of interactive TV series, using feedback from fans and ideas on his forum boards to create "his country", name it, define it, etc..
Now, BBC took down all his forums, the micronation even not as prominent as originally intended still lives on (partly Internet-based though).
The whole project and documentary can be found on DVD now, but you can still find most of its important parts on the internet.
How to Start Your Own Country!
It all started when Danny got interested on the whole process..
Sure it looked silly at first.
Here's Danny Wallace interview on London's LBC...
Then, the movement launched, Danny needed some citizens...
So, logically, he went to Denmark to enlist some folks!
The movement was going on anyway. Some detractors wouldn't believe it, but things were starting to take form!
(On the tube, Danny met a random guy, Crazy Man!
yup...)
Now, all he needed was some actual land.
He tried to conquer some place by force...
Danny Wallace Invades an island!
It was finally decided he would start a micronation from his own flat in Bow, London.
The country he created was eventually named "Lovely". The Kingdom of Lovely would be governed by Danny, its king. (creator and ruler)
The Kingdom of Lovely became a partly Internet-based official micronation.
Lovely has (on the last check) 58,165 citizens registered on its website.
And finally, "citizens of Lovely are invited to declare a room, or some other building or land belonging to them, to be an embassy for the country by taking a photograph displaying Lovely's flag there."
Here's a summary-video in two parts:
...and last but not least, enjoy the awesome original Kingdom of Lovely Anthem!
And I'd like to point out Lovely still exists!
They just moved from forum to forum to forum... Currently you can find Lovely at lovelycountry.net
So put up your Lovely Flag and be proud to help out the Kingdom of King Danny!~
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Summer of Sonic 2011 - retrospective.
A lil' retrospective on this year's Summer of Sonic was just made available on youtube.
It was a pretty fun event, I know it, I was there!
Aaah---good ol' Summer of Sonic 2011.
Good ol' sweaty, busy and hot enclosed-space SoS 2011.
It was fun, even with all the nerd sweatness around.
It was a pretty fun event, I know it, I was there!
Aaah---good ol' Summer of Sonic 2011.
Good ol' sweaty, busy and hot enclosed-space SoS 2011.
It was fun, even with all the nerd sweatness around.
Friday, October 14, 2011
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
London Holidays 2011 [warning! post heavy in pictures]
Hey guys and gals. The few of you out there that are still watching my blog around this summer time.
So, I've gone to London and back.
I thought it would be nice to have a blog post relating some of that and an excuse to post some pictures we took from over there.
Note: most if not all these pictures have been taken by my brother.
LONDON!!
How was my trip to London?
It was epic!
We saw a lot of stuff, kept on running from one point of London to another. We tried to see the most we could in the little days we had there (a short bit less than a week).
From the Westminster to the Eastminster to the Upminster... Wheew!
Hours of Subway/Overground/Undeground/etc..
Let's have a look, in PICTURES!
From my first day in London. The flight from Switzerland to London didn't stop us from checking out the place a lot right away.
A very good street shot taken by my bro.
a) Yeah that is me.
b) If I'm making a weird expression it's because how tired I was already after a flight + visiting the city like crazy on the same day.
Yeah, you read that right!
The park/cemetery.
Checking out the city life.
And this is the "Viking Hotel", the place where we stayed.
Little warning, though. It isn't very viking-ysh inside. (nor outside)
Awwww :(
That's some "professional" photography
Much needed picture.
More!
Obligatory picture is obligatory.
See previous example!
Ahhh.... London's very own classic "UNDERGROUNDS". How many hours did I spent in there, trapped, for hours, among masses of bodies glued together? Probably 60% of my time in London, easily...
You guy, you are one helluva badass statue. Whoever you are.
We went to all the museums we could find.
The Tate Modern, The National Gallery, The Science Museum...you name it!
Food break!
Yum!
Who said British cuisine isn't good?
Those guys! THOSE guys!
I know you enjoy seeing them, so enjoy watching them in motion+sound as well:
..and...
They played everything! Patriotic tunes, classic music, modern pop music...Michael Jackson...lots of the King of Pop...lots..
Ducks.
Everything's in the above sentence, really.
Great scenery, taken by my brother.
Loved this little traditional Londonian house trapped in-between modern constructions.
London resumed in one shot.
Sonic!
Wait...what??
Yes, we took this occasion to check out the "Summer of Sonic" convention.
And all I have to say about that, is this.
Met the CoolApe gang in real life!
We proceeded then to beat the s*** out of ZoDy.
Exploring the district around the hotel.
LISTEN TO SAM, WILL YA??
Another day, another place.
Some more visiting around.
...and more.
Classy~
That's what I call an artsy shot.
This one's one of my favorites already.
Is it London now or did we travel to the past??
Another "artsy" shot~
Great unusual shots at the Bridge.
Okay, this one was just for kicks :P
'nuff said.
'nuff said!
Some more random.
Camden Street!
Hey! I bought some comics there!
RAYMAN!
PIGEONS!
What? All these pictures aren't serious enough for ya?
Neat-o!
Meanwhile, at the Museum...
What a pleasant surprise it was, to find some pages from French comic book artist Enki Bilal! :D
Half a car, please.
That's one old school plane!
They're...on the WRONG SIDE OF THE STREET!! MY GOD!!
More goofing around.
"The Honest Sausage"
A little selection of pics from the London Zoo.
Random snake at the London Zoo.
Beatles Store!
The Sherlock Holmes Museum.
Kinda wish we had time to visit it too... :(
We kinda went a wee bit overboard with the Abbey Road shots :P
Another great shot!
Somewhere, around London.
Kinda surprise to see some real wild Squirrels outside parks!
Most impressive.
Alright, and here some randomz now!
Last breakfast at the Hotel.
Yep, I'm "classic" like that. Sorry typical-UK-breakfasts!
Got Fish and Chips?
MUFFIN!!
Goodies!
"Summer of Sonic"-shirt + some Beanos bought there.
And that is all, and only a tiny glimpse at everything I've seen/done/eaten there! Woah!~
So, I've gone to London and back.
I thought it would be nice to have a blog post relating some of that and an excuse to post some pictures we took from over there.
Note: most if not all these pictures have been taken by my brother.
LONDON!!
How was my trip to London?
It was epic!
We saw a lot of stuff, kept on running from one point of London to another. We tried to see the most we could in the little days we had there (a short bit less than a week).
From the Westminster to the Eastminster to the Upminster... Wheew!
Hours of Subway/Overground/Undeground/etc..
Let's have a look, in PICTURES!
From my first day in London. The flight from Switzerland to London didn't stop us from checking out the place a lot right away.
A very good street shot taken by my bro.
a) Yeah that is me.
b) If I'm making a weird expression it's because how tired I was already after a flight + visiting the city like crazy on the same day.
Yeah, you read that right!
The park/cemetery.
Checking out the city life.
And this is the "Viking Hotel", the place where we stayed.
Little warning, though. It isn't very viking-ysh inside. (nor outside)
Awwww :(
That's some "professional" photography
Much needed picture.
More!
Obligatory picture is obligatory.
See previous example!
Ahhh.... London's very own classic "UNDERGROUNDS". How many hours did I spent in there, trapped, for hours, among masses of bodies glued together? Probably 60% of my time in London, easily...
You guy, you are one helluva badass statue. Whoever you are.
We went to all the museums we could find.
The Tate Modern, The National Gallery, The Science Museum...you name it!
Food break!
Yum!
Who said British cuisine isn't good?
Those guys! THOSE guys!
I know you enjoy seeing them, so enjoy watching them in motion+sound as well:
..and...
They played everything! Patriotic tunes, classic music, modern pop music...Michael Jackson...lots of the King of Pop...lots..
Ducks.
Everything's in the above sentence, really.
Great scenery, taken by my brother.
Loved this little traditional Londonian house trapped in-between modern constructions.
London resumed in one shot.
Sonic!
Wait...what??
Yes, we took this occasion to check out the "Summer of Sonic" convention.
And all I have to say about that, is this.
Met the CoolApe gang in real life!
We proceeded then to beat the s*** out of ZoDy.
Exploring the district around the hotel.
LISTEN TO SAM, WILL YA??
Another day, another place.
Some more visiting around.
...and more.
Classy~
That's what I call an artsy shot.
This one's one of my favorites already.
Is it London now or did we travel to the past??
Another "artsy" shot~
Great unusual shots at the Bridge.
Okay, this one was just for kicks :P
'nuff said.
'nuff said!
Some more random.
Camden Street!
Hey! I bought some comics there!
RAYMAN!
PIGEONS!
What? All these pictures aren't serious enough for ya?
Neat-o!
Meanwhile, at the Museum...
What a pleasant surprise it was, to find some pages from French comic book artist Enki Bilal! :D
Half a car, please.
That's one old school plane!
They're...on the WRONG SIDE OF THE STREET!! MY GOD!!
More goofing around.
"The Honest Sausage"
A little selection of pics from the London Zoo.
Random snake at the London Zoo.
Beatles Store!
The Sherlock Holmes Museum.
Kinda wish we had time to visit it too... :(
We kinda went a wee bit overboard with the Abbey Road shots :P
Another great shot!
Somewhere, around London.
Kinda surprise to see some real wild Squirrels outside parks!
Most impressive.
Alright, and here some randomz now!
Last breakfast at the Hotel.
Yep, I'm "classic" like that. Sorry typical-UK-breakfasts!
Got Fish and Chips?
MUFFIN!!
Goodies!
"Summer of Sonic"-shirt + some Beanos bought there.
And that is all, and only a tiny glimpse at everything I've seen/done/eaten there! Woah!~
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