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Having now consulted the Dissensus Dub Scale, I'd like to revise my estimate down to 6-7 :cool:

Yes I think you'll like Quique. Ok, they don't have King Tubby at the controls but tracks like Charlotte's Mouth and, er, Filter Dub, certainly merit 7-8 territory. The album was a favourite from teenage years and carries lots of fond memories. Yes the drums do sound rigid (although I think...

Thanks for all these. Joe Harriot sounds intriguing, will definitely try to track down some of his work. I didn't see the BBC series on Soul Britannia but was reading about a band they featured called Cymande from the early 70s who also sound like they've also been overlooked in the scheme of...

An interest kickstarted by hearing Eden and Meme’s fantastic fast chat special: http://dissensus.com/showthread.php?t=3690&highlight=fast+chat I’d heard Smiley Culture before but never realised quite how much similar good influential stuff there was out there from mid80s Britain. It seems reggae...

finally listened to this. Fantastic. Many thanks once again. Here's hoping that 1961 or 1991 might be next...

Girls Aloud v Sugababes clash! Great idea, esp now both bands are in that problematic post-Greatest Hits stage (and have been around longer than anyone expected). But what a terrible take on a classic song - even if it is for charity. The question is: who wins? I reckon Sugababes....

Michael Frayn's End of the Morning, and Jonathan Raban's Soft City are good for gentrifcation in London during 1960s and 1970s (where the term and concept first were used). Now you can argue a lot of literature set in contemporary inner cities deal with its manifestations and consequences. For...

the Monie Love remix of She Drives Me Crazy is great with skanking bassline and Monie's cutting response to Roland's bleating.

Thanks for this, I agree wholeheartedly with Simon's critique of the current batch of neopostpunkers who fail to adequately engage with contemporary black musical forms (or often anything before 1984 for that matter). But sometimes the generalised labelling of indie music as 'white' or grime as...

Something that’s been getting on my goat this year is the often uncritical defining of musical forms by colour. Take Blissblogger recentlyon this board equating nu-Britrock and grime as ‘white and black versions of the same landscape’ or Woebot on his blog today praising ‘bohemians not cleaving...

Blown away by this. Many thanks. Love the switches of speed. Not surprised Asher Senator has to talk about his gear selector. I’m sure its been mentioned before (Peter King – Step on the Gas on Lyric Maker) but there’s a lot of fast chat car talk. Were some of them mechanics? Is there as much...

Squirrels on the pitch at Highbury! They're taking over London. We need to act now before its too late. ;)

I liked it when Jarvis Cocker chose the Theme from Robinson Crusoe on Desert Island Discs.

Saw them at Brixton Academy last night at the BBC Radio 3 World music awards bash (like Smash Hits Pollwinners Party but for worldy music types). They won best newcomer despite their 30years together (maybe the Rolling Stones will be receiving a similar accolade in Shanghai tonight). Fantastic...

Came across these excellent informative sites in my recent (and ongoing) squirrel battles... http://www.anti-squirrel.com/info.html http://www.deadsquirrel.com/thetop10.html

There were occasional parrots (and parakeets) in my garden growing up in deepest West London. Local myth suggests they escaped from Syon House during the 87 storms. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/3869815.stm

See how much his celeb jaunt is costing the British tax payer: http://beta.cergis.com/george/

Having a serious problem with a squirrel aka the grey devil eating bulbs and causing all-told mess on our South London balcony on a daily basis. Does anyone have any top tips on how to get rid of them short of getting a gun?

They were on the Today Programme this week: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/today/listenagain/ram/today3_valley_20051025.ram