Automata

Robots and Film Noir from Penny Arcade. Love it. So far only 6 pages have been created and they can be seen here:

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Devilrobots + Tokidoki

Just bought these two vinyl robots that I saw at the Kid Robot store in Covent Garden earlier this month. They are Astrodemonio (left by Tokidoki) and Evil King (right by Devilrobots) and are about 8-9 inches high. I got mine off eBay but you can get them straight from the PI store.

Robot Cake

I turned 30 yesterday and my lovely girlfriend spoilt me with various robot related treats (and a trip to China! thanks Stace x). Today I did a quick google search for "30th cake" and look who popped up. Guess I'm not the only 30-year-old robot geek with an understanding and talented girlfriend.

Robot Fight Club

Tweenbots

Tweenbots is a social experiment based in New York. This tiny little robot slowly motors forward and relies on human interaction to get it to it's goal... and somehow or other this fragile little guy always seems to make it.

I f I was a robot

Do Androids Dream of Electric Beats? Side B

And here is the much anticipated (by me mostly) SIDE B to my Do Androids Dream of Electric Beats mixtape. More of the same with a few classics and somewhat weak links to robots (a couple of the tracks are only robotic sounding in title), but it's a fitting finale to my musical adventure through time, space and synthetic beings. Enjoy:

1. Mr. Roboto - Styx
   
2. Strict Machine - Goldfrapp
   
3. Work On You - MSTRKRFT
   
4. Robot - The Futureheads
   
5. You're a Woman, I'm a Machine - Death From Above 1979
   
6. Weird Science - Does it Offend You, Yeah?
   
7. Robot Man (Riton Rerub) - The Aliens
   
8. Electric Feel (Justice Remix) - MGMT
   
9. Robot - Nada Surf
   
10. Together In Electric Dreams - Giorgio Moroder + Phil Oakley
    
11. The DJ's Got a Gun - Robots in Disguise
    
12. Frau Feat. I-robots - Boys Noize
    
13. Tupac Robot Club Rock - Filthy Dukes
    
14. Are "Friends" Electric? - Gary Numan
    
15. Repair Machines - Vitalic
    
16. The Robot - The Juan Maclean
    
17. Rocket City - Golden Bug
    
18. Don't Stop The Rock (Vocal) - Freestyle
    

Do Androids Dream of Electric Beats: SIDE B

Do Androids Dream of Electric Beats? Side A

It's been weeks in the making, but I've finally finished my Robotic mixtape; think vocoders on vicodin. I'll post links to both sides as soon as they're uploaded. But for now here's Side A:

1. Robot Rock / Oh Yeah - Daft Punk
2. Daft Punk Is Playing At My House (Soulwax Shibuya Re-Remix) - LCD Soundsystem
3. I Love You (Miss Robot) - The Buggles
4. Shining Skinned Friend - The Juan Maclean
5. The Robots - Kraftwerk
6. In Your Machine (Full Version) - Alex Metric
7. Lost In The Future - Sneaky Sound System
8. My Friend Dario - Vitalic
9. Machine Says Yes (Tiga Remix) - FC Kahuna
10. Me! I Disconnect from You - Gary Numan
11. I Robot (pilooski edit) - The Alan Parsons Project
12. Robot High School - My Robot Friend
13. Blade Runner (End Titles) - Vangelis
14. Robots - Flight of the Conchords
15. Just Robotica - Oldschoolreunion
16. Robot Fight - Toto
17. Please turn over - R2D2

Do Androids Dream of Electric Beats: SIDE A

Monster Trucks and Robot Friends

Great use of tilt shift and time lapse photography used in this video by Keith Loutit. It makes the trucks look like toys and it all to look like stop motion animation. The tune 'Robot high school (In digital form remix)' - by My Robot Friend is great too... electro AND ROBOTS!

George

I frickin love robots. A friend of mine Tom Welland sent me a link to robot porn loads of old school robots, which reminded me of one I had as a kid called George. You could programme this little guy to go forward a preset amount, rotate, go sideways, reverse, tidy your room* etc. He was amazing and may have started my love affair with robots.
* If only

Sex with Robots

Apparently Sex with Robots is a club night at the Roadhouse in Manchester but I just love the name and flyer. I also stumbled across The Consoles' photo blog which includes said night and is a great example of how to do club photography well. I spent a whole evening firing off shots with my Lomo LC-A and coloursplash flash on Saturday, only to find this morning I'd ripped the film whilst rewinding it. Arse.

Spy Shot 6

Love cameras? Love robots? Get the Autobot Spy Shot 6