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    Reynolds on Middlebrow

    Good article by Mr Reynolds in the Guardian. (Don't be put off by the haters in the comments, Simon ... you'll find that the Guardian comment pages are full of ignorant shits.) I wonder if this perception as middlebrow (and thus, for some, as not worthy of interest or acclaim) is also what...
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    Reynolds on BBC R4 Today Prog last Saturday

    Was listening to R4 Today programme on Saturday and heard Simon Reynolds being interviewed about an exhibition of Rave-era flyers. They played Voodoo Ray and some other good stuff in the background, which must be a first for "Today". May also be the first time someone has said "historicize" on...
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    LCD Soundsystem = the New Was (Not Was)?

    In a good way:cool: . accomplished producers make their own quality music too achingly hip, music press darlings quirky/original Just listening to the Sounds Like SIlver remixes. Mighty fine.
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    Books You Wish You'd Never Read

    A few years ago I read "I was Dora Suarez" by Derek Raymond. I wish I had never read it. Not because it was a waste of time but because I had nightmares when reading it de to its sense of nastiness, and some of its images have never left me. In some ways it must be a successful book because I...
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    Russell Hoban

    Looking for some tips on which of Russell Hoban's books is his best. I read Riddley Walker, which is an astonishing book, well worth the effort of getting used to the language he uses. I then read Amaryllis Night and Day, because it looked interesting in the bookshop. It was OK, good in parts...
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