Lightning strike

While I was in Tesco this afternoon with the rain pelting down on the roof, Brighton photographer Finn Hopson was taking amazing pictures of the thunderstorm passing through here today. See his beautiful photostream on flickr here.

Timelines

Loving these interactive infographics detailing the history of popular music by genre at guardian.co.uk this week. Today: indie. Scroll through to the seminal events of each year.

Radio FIP

One of the good things about being resident in Brighton is the fm access to radio FIP, a parisian station that plays the most eclectic beautiful wonderful music ever. Somewhere between radios 2 and 3 I can just about tune in on the old school fm airwaves to hear the dulcet tones of the french DJs in amongst Scott Walker, bhangra, hiphop, Indian classical and African tunes, as well as the latest french pop.