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is that for real?! apparently so. i'm sure everyone was singing it to keep their spirits up in the Superdome. they might as well have just limited it to the one line: ie. not ours. any other propaganda songs worth a look? i recently disocvered this one, from 2001 and probably well known to...

hello, isn't it strange sometimes how TV schedules work out. ITV's Sunday night film Jaws is bissected by Evening News with coverage of the Hurricane Katrina disaster. floating bodies, grief, survivors... introducing part 2 of Jaws after the news-break, the continuity announcer actually uses...

"institution" is right. i hate the righteous 'quality' rockness of Later, the applause, those awful opening jam sessions, dreary chats over the piano... so, favourite memories: Orbital playing 'Satan', which was like an alien craft landing in the studio, causing rock wrinklies to scatter in...

lots of thought-provoking material and discussion here. i just found this NY Times article, via the JG Ballard list, which may be of interest. 'From Margins of Society to Center of the Tragedy' by David Gonzalez http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/02/national/nationalspecial/02discrim.html?oref=login

hmm, fab thread to discover at 2.31am while susceptible to some sort of abreaction... i find Goldfrapp very sensual. interesting trying to plot them on the cold/wet, warm/dry grid, as i always think of Felt Mountain as like ice, which then melts in Black Cherry. possibly then FM is for me a...

i had a spam-type encounter with a bible-basher in the high street today. BB: "how are you today?" SK: "errr... fine thanks. not really into God though, so... [backs away]" BB: "why not?" SK: [looking back while walking way] "well, she doesn't exist!" BB: [looks incredulous] "...he!"...

hi i am new here. i know i've come in a bit late on this but it is a thread i can hold onto...! who killed indie? good question. 1. Oasis (the obvious culprits, as stated above). 2. the loss of an indie-friendly music press in favour of an NME bland-out monopoly and corporate...