Charlie Tims
Associate
Charlie Tims recently co-wrote Video Republic, a look at the social and political significance of internet videos. He is currently involved in producing a part of the TED prize in London.
- Rude Awakening culture is often used in Olympic games programming to market cities to tourists across the world. My point was that London already has enough tourists and a presence on the world stage (unlike many previous Olympic hosts) and besides, the evidence suggests that any increase in tourists is hard to sustain. I tried to argue that cultural programming surrounding the games, has to be about more than just attracting tourists. If we want a long term legacy culture has to be used to enrich the lives... continue reading on 28th July 2005
- TV's dead, Long Live the Radio More exciting still is the prospect of this combined with listener responsive radio, where listeners automatically register their music preferences when they tune in to a radio station, thus enabling the radio station to construct a completely listener lead playlist ? a bit like a request show en-mass. It seems like the Amazon recommendation thing, Weedshare and I-tunes all rolled into one; where your radio will be your streaming device, your music shop, your public space and the songs your... continue reading on 24th March 2005
- Day of the Spliffkids Less a network, more a weed. Weedshare is a new way of getting, distributing and paying for music that supports independent record labels and musicians. It combines all the best elements of file-sharing sites like Kazaa etc and legal download sites like I-Tunes, TuneTribe & Karmadownload. You can listen to tracks hosted on the site up to four times. If you want to buy, you pay a price set by the music maker. 50% of this goes to the musician and 15% to the people at Weedshare. The rest is... continue reading on 24th March 2005
- Who are yer? So the national identity debate?s trundling into action again. We explored some these issues a while back at TateBritishness and further back still in Britain TM. Debates and discussions (a bit like the one in Prospect this month) tend to fall foul of either trying to dictatorially point what it is to be British, or end up characterizing values so opaque that they end up being more about humanity than a particular nation. The bigger issues about the systems of governance and power structures... continue reading on 24th March 2005 Comments (1)
- Going into deaths for a long time filling the coffers, but attracting a rearguard action from the competition and the seedy underworld of the night-time economy. Just for the record I should point out that you can visit the Chokolate Factory. If you get the evening flight to Arhus from Stanstead, you arrive when the party?s just beginning around midnight. Leave the club at 6, back to the airport and before you know it you?re back in Liverpool street for brunch. It made for one of the best, although environmentally... continue reading on 24th March 2005
- City Salons Underway Cor. Want to be an intern at demos? You could end up doing this. The first city salon took place last Thursday in a jam-packed Demos. Sorry to anyone who didn?t get a seat. Architect Bill Dunster and author Alain de Botton discussed how sustainable development and the Thames Gateway expansion could be reconciled with one another. In the tradition of the best events the questions were perhaps bigger than any of the answers. However, the two biggest seemed to be along the lines of;1) How d'you... continue reading on 20th February 2005
- Ready, steady? So, the sun?s out and the IOC are in town to give London?s bid for the 2012 Olympics a good going over. Aside from checking that the trains will be running to time and everyone?s going to fit in the stadium, they?ll also be looking for evidence of robust planning for the legacy after the games - something that Demos and the IPPR tackled in After the Goldrush published last Autumn. Seeing beyond the Olympics as a carte blanche to knock up a load of houses and build a big park, the pamphlet... continue reading on 15th February 2005
- (young good looking) people changing politics They need to have their own independent project or be a distinctive key in a larger organisation with a network that they use to get knowledge and contacts. In his own words they would want to "have fun, be self-sufficient and save the world". You can put your suggestions of people in the comments or e-mail them to me at charlie.tims@demos.co.uk and I'll pass them on. continue reading on 3rd February 2005
- Kristoffer and the Chokolate Factory As a Kaos Pilot Kristoffer is trained in the art of social entrepreneurship and risk taking; something close to the heart of demos. At the barely legal age of 25, Kristoffer is about to open The Chokolate Factory, Arhus?s first proper nightclub. This might sound like small fry to you but consider a few things.1. Kristoffer and his three accomplices are risking everything that they own.2. The club has to make a profit within 100 days or it will have to close. 3. In this event Kristoffer will be... continue reading on 20th January 2005
- In Concert Three of us are decamping to the North East next week to look at music in Newcastle Gateshead and the North East. We?ll be there from Monday to Friday, looking at the kind of issues outlined here on the project page of the website. Are you working in the music industry in Newcastle or trying to start a band? Do you know anybody running a record shop, or working in a studio? How do people make music in the North East and why do they make it? If anybody wants to get in touch for chat send an... continue reading on 6th January 2005