A BBA Video to Chris Jones and his award-winning animation ‘The Passenger’. He spent 8 years working on this. It is amazing and it features a walkman. A Walkman! Click on the pic to watch the whole thing.
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The Beat Hotel is a dark comedy adult puppet show that follows the goings on of the slightly unhinged residents of a run down hotel. We love creativity and this is were we keep all those nuggets of genius. Why not join us at http://www.facebook.com/thebeathotelshow
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A BBA Photography goes to William Gottlieb’s iconic photos of the heroes and heroines of Jazz. We can’t help going back to the roots people, after all we are the BEAT Hotel. Click on Dizzy to access a collection sample.
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A BBA Comedy to whoever is behind this. Stormtroppers showing their feelings. Genius.
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A Best of Beat Music Award goes to Rudi and their Big Time. It’s Belfast punk, lads and lasses. Click on the pic to watch an amazing live version from the late 1970s, Terri Hooley and all.
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A BBA Music Award to Donna Summer and her luminous life, ended too soon this week. Long live Queen of Disco. Click on the pic for some Donna love.
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A BBA Video Award to Joel Robson and his Three Point Landing mashup. We LIKE it. Click on the pic to watch. Makes you want to go out and pick a fight with a bunch of cylons.
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A BBA Comedy to Jim Henson and his adverts for Wilkins Coffee in the 1950s. Muppet violence made funny. 22 years gone. RIP puppet master.
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Our Best of Beat Photography Award goes to Luka Klikovac and his incredible ‘Demersal’ series of images of coloured fluids. Click on the pic to see the rest.
