<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" ><channel><title>Shazamers&#039; Blog &#187; Shazam&#8217;s 5 Minute Guide To&#8230;</title> <atom:link href="http://www.shazamers.com/category/shazams-5-minute-guide-to/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.shazamers.com</link> <description></description> <lastBuildDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 13:18:11 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2</generator> <item><title>Music At The 55th BFI London Film Festival</title><link>http://www.shazamers.com/2011/10/13/music-at-the-55th-bfi-london-film-festival/</link> <comments>http://www.shazamers.com/2011/10/13/music-at-the-55th-bfi-london-film-festival/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 10:31:03 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Roberto Gonzalez</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Shazam's 5 Minute Guide To...]]></category> <category><![CDATA[BFI London Film Festival]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shazamers.com/?p=14271</guid> <description><![CDATA[One more year, London unrolls the red carpet to welcome a diverse representation of cinema&#8217;s brightest talent from all over the world. 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Since 1971 the festival has been using farmland in a usually sleepy corner of the British countryside to keep the hippy vibe alive, whilst throwing one of the hedonistic (not to mention muddy) parties imaginable. 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Yet all too often cover versions seem to slip in to realm of karaoke rather than add anything original. 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Unless you’ve been held in a state of cryogenic limbo you wouldn’t have failed to notice that almost every newsstand adorns the faces of Kate Middleton and Prince William – the future king of England who’s due to tie the knot this Friday. 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Blogs, hip magazines and even cerebral broadsheets have all fawned over the music&#8217;s trademark half step rhythms and wobbly, speaker blowing basslines. 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Tracks such as Ray Parker Jr’s ‘Ghostbusters’ and The Specials’ ‘Ghost Town’ seem to go into almost constant rotation from October 30th.  As good as ‘The Monster Mash’ is, there are only so many times you want to hear it. 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Obscure musical subgenres, flavour of the month singers and leftfield musical buzzwords will all be broken down in this new section. Whether you’re looking to bluff your way through a conversation with a [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.shazamers.com/2010/10/27/the-dirty-south/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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