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Think there's a similar thread somewhere in the archives. Dylan is the first that spring to mind as I can't stand his voice, I prefer both Hendrix's and XTC's (too long) version of "All Along The Watchtower" (which owes a lot to Devo's interpretation of Stones's "Satisfaction"):

The Joy of Disco - next week on BBC4 - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01cqt72 and mentioned here http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/feb/25/bbc4-the-joy-of-disco ("More revealing, especially for anyone with the slightest interest in dance music's history, is the appearance of Giorgio...

Democracy going backwards: Think this might turn out to be correct from a European point of view? Hungary might be the first of the Eastern European countries heading back to the warmth of Mother Russia's way of doing "democracy" (do a Google News search for "Hungary" if you have missed what's...

I used it for about 2 months. Then our little G+network at work died, just the same way it died at with Google's Buzz; so I've closed the G+ bit off (it's not like Google already don't know enough about me through my searches and Gmail). I've never used F*c*book (not interested in hearing what...

Agree - it does not make much of a difference. Imagine someone like Scott Walker (a former member of a pop-group consisting of fake brothers! exposed) or David Sylvian (former "most beautiful man in the world", member of Japan: a band who certainly weren't authentic - faux metal, then synthetic...

Listening to Felt today (it's that kind of weather in London it makes me reach for airy guitars (not air guitars)) and they did this one track with Liz Frazer "Primitive Painters"

Not technically a fish, but some of this footage was part of Killer Whale documentary just shown on Channel Five here in UK. These orcas are both ingenious and highly social. Swimming together in a pack of about six and then diving to create a wave? And then doing a bit of practice with the same...

I concur. Buy Port mag when it comes around every few months and I just bought Wallpaper's last issue (Kraftwerk edited) and sometimes pick up something like Blueprint just for the pics. All full of nice stuff I cannot possible afford/get, but I like looking at it all. It's a bit like Playboy...

Dead Can Dance's first two should be a safe bet (on 4AD) and I quite like virtual unknowns Elend as well (http://elend-music.org/) (a couple of free MP3s on their site, try "Newborn Sailor" for size). Both of these a bit more heavy (pretentious) than TMC, but for some autumnal listening quite...

baboon2004 - seems like the video directors are raiding the same rolls of films.

I'm falling for Lana del Rey, what started as a crush might end up as a love-affair. Glammy, knowing, retro, "edgy" and probably very carefully marketed, but fuck yeah: I love it.

http://fuckyeahmadeinusa.tumblr.com/ A tumblr for stuff (clothes mostly by the looks of it) made in the US

New skool old skool babe Lana Del Rey (via Guardian piece on David Lynch influence on current music). Are those lips real?

Thanks, brilliant.

It is indeed Mr. And thanks for that link, they have satchels ~1/14 of the price of those Chercbi ones (£32 vs £435). Might just get one (I need a new "manbag").

fair point? The big threads are all on grime, dubstep, juke and UK House: maybe we are just waiting for that next big thing to surface. Also - there seems to be more bitesized stuff here now, influence from Twitter and Tumblr? In fact some of the contributors might have moved on to places like...

This should maybe go in the clothes thread (sic), but I admire companies (often small) that still MAKE stuff in their own country. I guess if you are German that's not much of an issue, but back home in Norway (Helly Hansen and Norønna "Made in China") and here in the UK (Burberry "Made in...

Thanks, it's one of the reasons we still get the Radio Times, it's great for flagging up documentaries like these. That company (Givaudan) that educates perfumers made me think of the business park Eden-Olympia in Ballard's "Super-Cannes". Good luck in becoming a perfumer, but according to the...

I give you Mr Nutter, mayor of Philadelphia, or as he is more commonly known Mayor Nutter: http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Nutter-State-of-Emergency-in-Philadelphia-128535598.html

Warm asphalt and as the alternative perfumer says "bacon is divine". If you didn't see the excellent recent three part BBC4 series "Perfume" it seems like all three episodes are available on YouTube. There's the alternative NY-perfumer, the old English couple trying to bring Victorian perfume...