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  1. matt b

    RSI RADIO grimey reggae special

    This is wicked John, thanks a lot. But what has Skream done to the Dubateers Dr Who tune?? <shudders>
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    Pointless But It Does My Head In

    They fell out of favour pretty quickly, so if it was bought in the 1980s or later, the system may have already been replaced
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    Are you feeling the recession (yet)?

    Sixth forms are still waiting for details. Rumour has it we will face 4% per cent per year cuts in funding per student for the next 3 years. TES ran a piece last week that enrichment funding (tutorials, non-academic activities) is going to be slashed from about 130 hours/student/year to 30...
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    Pointless But It Does My Head In

    Warm air systems are mainly found in 1970s homes, fact fans
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    Pointless But It Does My Head In

    Rather boringly, i think I might :eek: I would guess they are a hangover from a replaced warm air heating system and the owner, rather than plaster over the gap left when it was replaced with radiators, thought it was an excellent opportunity to annoy anyone who ever lived in the house again.
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    10 Digital Music Predictions

    Ha! Luckily, I was sent the link so I don't have to dirty myself too much. Yeah, but at the same time, with the rise of Facebook, Iphone/Ipad, Android et al, many users of the Internet seem to be using it as a set of discreet walled gardens, so for younger people the Internet just becomes a...
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    Pointless But It Does My Head In

    Actually houses are getting worse- average square footage has decreased for many new builds whilst number of bedrooms (which developers use as a key guide to price- estate agents use square footage) has gone up. We've just moved out of our Victorian terrace into a 1970s house and the difference...
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    10 Digital Music Predictions

    Quite an interesting piece on digital music here: http://www.nme.com/blog/index.php?blog=10&title=10_digital_music_predictions_for_2011&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1&recache Not sure I agree with the point about Spotify (who lost £17 million?) or with piracy (it's already flourishing, but has moved...
  9. matt b

    Rolling (though slowly, I'd imagine) Gaming Thread

    I played a bit more than that before getting sucked in to other stuff. The world looks nice, but basically it is GTA in the wild west, which is starting to feel a little bit clunky nowadays. I did however, quite like the fact it could be boring if you wanted it to be
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    RIP Leslie Nielsen

    Put on Airplane as 'end of year treat' today at work (played to 16-18 year olds) Complete silence throughout, give or take the odd snort. It deserved better. Young people blah, blah
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    Top 10 Records of 2010

    Been completely out of the loop with music this year, but have really enjoyed listening to and would recommend (no order, apart from the first one, which is easily my most listened to record of the year): Alasdair Roberts & Friends- Too Long In This Condition Richard Skelton- Landings Ras...
  12. matt b

    qt

    That's one of my personal mantras
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    Rolling (though slowly, I'd imagine) Gaming Thread

    ^ Loving this game. Spawns are broken, but overall much more fun than MW2, though obviously less polished and slick. Grenades are deadly: <object width="640" height="390"><param name="movie" value=""></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess"...
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    Mods! Spam alert

    I can't see it either, Martin.
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    Rolling (though slowly, I'd imagine) Gaming Thread

    Went out in the rain at lunch to get new Modern Warfare :o Just want to go home now and shoot shit.
  16. matt b

    Beyond The Implode vs Uncarved Anarcho Punk Podcast

    Awesome podcast (well at least the first half: Just as I was contemplating becoming a full time revolutionary...the in laws arrived, I had a cup of tea and calmed down. All the while a little voice whispering 'capitalist lackey, capitalist lackey'). You two on top form and suitably lacking in...
  17. matt b

    Recommend me dub.

    Second Scientist. Also: late Lee Perry Black Ark. This will defo fit the bill: http://www.ebreggae.com/Reggae/Vinyl/121297/Lee-Perry-Sound-System-Scratch-Lee-Perrys-Dub-Plate-Mixes-2-LP.html
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    what the f**k is the time anyway?

    It's the end of days in Daily Express World (includes glaring errors): http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/208433/Britain-in-gloom-as-clocks-go-back
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    Cover versions that you prefer to the original

    Snuff to thread: <object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value=""></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"...
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    Rob Young's Electric Eden

    Well, after having picked this up and then being side-tracked by numerous other things, I have started to make headway into this book and very fine it is too, although the narrative that Mr Young tries to construct strains at times. But if you quickly pour water (mentally) on the points of...
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