#FF Funky Friday.

This song was only the second ever released on Sugar Hill Records...and the first female group rap record. The first was the epic Rapper's Delight by the Sugarhill Gang. Meet Gwendolyn Chisolm (aka 'Blondie' -......

Funk is not just for Fridays, its for life.

(Young people, the arts and immortality) The untimely death of Martyn Bennet in 2005 aged only 33 years robbed us of one of the UK's most innovative musicians. For those of you not familiar......

Patty Griffin ‘Moses’.

Damn but that Cold Specks track was stunning. Its the weekend. No politics, no clamour, no controversy. Just music, and voices that give you goose bumps, take me away Patty..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-cRNV_6U3Q...

Be a boxer, own a monkey and play the drums….

                                        Bruce Gilden on life, ambition and why he became a photographer.  Interview in VICE magazine here....

Lens Culture International Multimedia Exposure Awards.

$75 for a multimedia entry? Ouch. Oh yeah and if you want to enter a film that is over eight minutes you need to edit it down: If your full-length multimedia piece is longer than......

Audio slideshow – Polish soundcards.

Nice little audio slideshow this: Back in the late 60s and early 70s it was difficult to get your hands on American pop music. At least, it was difficult if you lived in......

Bruno Stevens, on Haiti (audio slideshow).

This powerful audio slideshow is brought impressively to life by Olince Calixte, a blind street musician from Port au Prince. It's also a journey from pain, trauma and shock through to the first signs of......

Is a documentary photography degree worth having?.

OK, duckrabbit sparked a bit of debate by pointing our that to take the documentary photojournalism degree at Newport is going to set you back £27000 in fees.  That's a lot of money......

Random email of the day.

We get some great random emails at duckrabbit. Mostly asking about our training.  On that note Paul Lowe at LCC has just signed us up to teach multimedia on their excellent post......

Drawing the dead (audio slideshow).

It's not often the BBC's small audio slideshow team really nail it on the head, but they've put together something special today. Portraits of the Fallen tells the story of a Vietnam veteran who......

Newspaper death watch.

If you would like to predict the time of death of your favourite newspaper, pop along here and take a look. Here's a snippet: "A new Harris survey says that 77% of American adults would......

Multimedia: Audio Should Be The Strongest Element.

'Daily exposure to NPR provided an epiphany on the power of multi-layered audio storytelling and its paramount importance in news multimedia. That’s when I realized it should be the strongest element and that everything......

Faces of the uninsured – Evan Vucci, you have inspired duckrabbit.

"Our original mission was to provide airborn medical relief in the developing world but since 1992 we've been heavily involved in......