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    Annie,Molvær,Myerz,Magnet,Biosphere,Satyricon

    if you want any info or obscurantia on norwegian artists, just ask me.... -i've been into local electronic music since it first grew out of tromsø with biosphere etc. -sorry to say a lot of it isn't that inventive, but at least there seems to be a growing sense of community and independence in...
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    Things written on the back of Vans

    -sorry i don't have a picture, but yesterday i saw a van where someone had done a really naive little sketch of a house, and a stick-figure "happy man" in front of it, and written beneath in big letters: ...HOUSING! -WHAT ABOUT US WITH NO TRUSTFUNDS? (and a "sad face"-smiley....) :(
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    sublime frequencies

    I Remember Syria, Cambodian Cassette Archives: Khmer Folk & Pop Music vol.1, Radio Morocco are my favourites from Sublime Frequencies. *"I Remember Syria" is incredibly detailed, crisp field recordings of street life/people in the syrian capital and the countryside, listening to it you feel...
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    Thai Beat A Go Go Vol 2

    ...nice one :D - vol.2 was better than the first, imho, but i think it's worth getting if you're a really stalwart fan,but as with the vol.2, it's less of the "pop-influenced thai-themed music" and more of thai groups replicating the sound of us/international"60's pop-psych/garage"... but of...
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    re-reading

    re-reading is actually a useful thing, during different stages of my life i've had completely different experiences of the same book, percieved it in entirely different ways, including if i thought it was good or not. -sometimes i go back to a book just reading a chapter or two or flick through...
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    Hunter S. T. R.I.P.

    a fucking tragedy. R.I.P., man. -but at least he lived this long...
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    Has anyone heard any of the winners of the South African-based Kora Awards?

    there's a lot of good hiphop coming our of Africa at the moment. they should get a lot more exposure than they do! (but i guess it's typical that they get hidden away in the "world music"-section... :mad: ) good people like Ben Loxo du Taccu (sp?) are spreading the word and telling us about a...
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    Thai Beat A Go Go Vol 2

    ...found this review: ----------------------------------------- Like the first volume the tracks here are all distinct replicas of popular music from the Occident of the late sixties. Some notable covers include the King's "All Shook Up", Serge Gainsbourg's "Je T'aime Moi Non Plus" and The...
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    Thai Beat A Go Go Vol 2

    -yeah, it's brilliant!! ...i love it!! :D
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    what are you reading now?

    ...that reminds me,the best-selling book last month from my local "independent leftist" bookstore was "How To Make Love Like A Porn Star"... :rolleyes:
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    fela kuti- help wanted.

    ...if you've never heard anything by him, i'll suggest you start with the "best of" cd-compilation as a sampler, then move on from there... -otherwise,just listen to the guys-in-the-know,and you can't go wrong... ;)
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    'Canonical'-type shit you just don't get

    i'll certainly second neil young. i don't understand what all the fuss is about. at all.
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    TOSSER ALERT! vincent gallo to curate all tomorrow's parties

    ...they've gone a bit downhill lately,haven't they? ;)
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    Thinking

    i like to empty my mind of all thoughts and not "think" too much at all... but i am, therefore i think... consciousness is a weird thing. i could almost swear certain people in this world doesn't possess one. especially this creepy little man in a big,white house.
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    Derek Jarman

    ...it is scheduled up for re-release, AFAIK!! :cool: (and on DVD,too!!) :p
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    The Great MP3 ethics thread

    ...word. :) (but he's right one some points,though... and as i see it, the "vampiric" greed/state of the music industry is just a reflection of the state of our society/culture in general,- greed and will to power will always exist, people who aren't creative themselves will try to exploit...
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    blog template/HTML coding help?

    ... ! Ay Caramba ! :D -wahey! ...sorted! ...i salute you, mr. Rambler, sir! :cool: BIG thanks for helping me out... X
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    blog template/HTML coding help?

    ah,cheers- will try this and get back here if it doesn't work ! ;) ta! :p
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    freaks & geeks

    i used to watch it when they sent it on TV over here, retro/80's style "popular"/"geeks vs.the in-crowd"-type theme,no? :) -pretty good for a show i didn't expect anything from,tbh...didn't they cancel it before making a proper "ending"-episode to the series? -i loved the character who was the...
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    what are you reading now?

    ...just got a copy of "Fortress of Solitude"(Frantzen?)from,um,7-Eleven actually...needed some bus/tube reading, and wanted to see if it lives up to the expectations... anyway,i love those cheap paperbacks you can just buy for next to nothing,and get a good read AND maybe 2-3 books for the price...
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