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I think the central propositions - how does mankind behave in a world of material abundance? how does capitalism adapt to such a situation? how do individuals relate to wider society, and vice versa? - are quite different. And quite aside from that, on the level of pure craft, I think it's a...

Yeah, it's totally misguided - the whole point of the original is that it takes 2 bands with different sounds and pits them against one another. Whereas Sb and GA are coming from very similar places. Shame, cos it should be fucking great; what a missed opportunity...

Isn't binge drinking just the result of Labour allowing the breweries to colonise city centres unchallenged, institute happy "hours" that last until closing time, when they chuck everyone out onto a single pedestrianised street; whereupon they feign surprise at the resulting mêlée and decry...

Thirded. I hate the way she tries to distance herself from the sci-fi label, but whatever; I find myself thinking about it nearly every day. The Handmaid's Tale is great too. Brian Aldiss is also great. Super-Toys Last All Summer Long is one of my favourite short stories of all time...

Some people would say that was an upside ;)

No, I understand that. But I'm not convinced by the argument that 'middle class' people should talk a certain way, and I'm certainly not convinced that regional accents are the sole province of 'the working classes'. Is Jamie T pretending to be something he's not? His stories don't strike me...

David Bowie. Middle class as they come. I'd always thought he was one of the great touchstones of late 20th century pop music, but now I've read this thread I realise that he was, in fact, total shit by virtue of his social origins.

http://www.apple.com/trailers/mgm/rescuedawn/trailer1/ <snip> "Based on the true story of an American pilot, Dieter Dengler (Christian Bale) is shot down during a top-secret mission to destroy Viet Cong strongholds in Laos at the beginning of the Vietnam War. Taken hostage, he endures...

Lovely, lovely stuff, as ever. And thanks for turning me on to the Juana Molina album - beautiful! It would be great if you could split out the audio stream and make it a simple podcast - would make for great listening on the tube :)

At least she's got her own flow, instead of trying so very fucking hard to sound like a British Eminem... ;)

... which always sounded all the more awesome mixed out of this: De'Lacy - Hideaway (Deep Dish remix)

It's difficult to feel sad for his loss when his life was so very very full. What a legend. May he work that crowd in death as hard as he worked it in life.

Muppets.

America's Army is just the beginning. By 2015, the US Department of Defense plans that one third of its fighting strength will be composed of robots. Even if they have human operators, I find this prospect supremely scary.

Polygons-per-second will always win out for hardcore gamers, but in terms of true mass appeal, I think the Wii - or consoles like it - will rule. I can see my mum playing - and actually enjoying - a Wii game, but not Gears of War.

Launched in the UK today! Someone at work had one delivered this morning, and we've had it set up on the studio projector. What can I say? It's awesome. If there's any justice in the world, Nintendo will clean up. By disassociating themselves from the polygons-per-second machismo of X Box and...

I think this is probably the single most insightful prognosis on the entire thread :) Online behaviours will undoubtedly start to bleed offline as people accilimatise to the convenience that some online behaviours bring. Some of these might be perceived of as negative; like, I don't imagine...

It's attributed to the US Patents Commissioner, but apparently it's not true. But then, they would say that, wouldn't they? ;)

Well, of course, if you must load the argument by holding up what's played on the radio as in any way representative of what's going on, I'll have to agree. But if you were to point them in the direction of just some of the stuff that's available through other channels, I suspect they'd be...

I read once that the term "trip" actually derives from the US military's experiments with LSD on its own troops. It's how the soldiers themselves would refer to the night-time excursions that they were sent on having been pumped full of the stuff. From ACID DREAMS, or The Complete Social...