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A bit late to replying to this and I might be chewing the recycled fat. But this is excactly the sort of TV programmes BBC4 should be doing. Or Channel 4 (instead of their late night strands of obvious indie rock). Funny, different, fresh , non-linear, engaged and informed (and I am not only...

No novels at the moment - but "Orwell in Tribune". Orwell's wartime columns (has an excellent piece on peerages for cash from 1942 or thereabouts and among a big range of subjects there's a piece on made-up languages - Orwell mentioning Interglossa). "A Barthes reader" - not sure about Barthes...

I suspect this might have been the awful waste of empty space that is Nouvelle Vague - Effing piece of charmless shit - and my immediate nomination when reading the heading of this thread. I still hate them (this is from 2005). --- As for Dylan. Well since I rate Dylan (as a performer)...

I ordered this Belgian NewBeat 12" from V/VM a while ago - rather exciting and enjoyable with some X-rated samples http://brainwashed.com/vvm/releases/vvmtest/vvmt89.htm Includes a track called "Anal Acid (butt plug edit) ") - that video is safe for work (but probably not with the...

I'm in town tonight, but will do timings on the tracks tomorrow when I get home from work and also a bit more of the background stuff. Kicking in around 22:05 should be Fra Lippo Lippo's "A Small Mercy", unless I screwed up in the vinyl->MD->MP3 process.

try some Juice. Now if we could subscribe to Woebot.tv ... that would be nice

In "UK marching towards the new North Korea" (we are watching) - The head of the London Met wants to take DNA from all newborn babies (and all the deceased). They should certainly take Mr Johnston's DNA. They might find the "idiot gene". It seems like he wants a "debate", since there are...

Excellent and at times hilarious thread. I dress like shit as well in trainers (Puma since I was a teen) and jeans, and I guess I could do much better. Just want to add a couple of quotes. From Mick Farren's "Give the Anarchist a Cigarette" Then there's a long sequence on clothing and politics...

I've got the Etymotic 6i and I have nothing but praise for them after having had them for a year (and they now come in black). Cable looks a bit weak and cheap compared to the Shures though, so you might want to have a look at those as well. With the foam eartips you block out pretty much...

Bradley's Spanish Bar near Tootenham Court Rd/Oxford St has a good vinyl jukebox and plenty of "atmosphere" (ie toilets have not been washed since the '60s). update: Bradley's is second on this "London jukebox pub" list from TimeOut (which might mean nothing, but at least it could be a...

I've been on a beers&guitars bender the last few weeks (as part of a balanced diet I will flush the system next year by doing more tronics&experimental stuff). They were all worth it, although what annoys the hell out of me is the fees you can get charged on top when going to a small venue. An 8...

A bit rich for me, but would have been a nice addition to the collection - http://cgi.ebay.com/VELVET-UNDERGROUND-NICO-1966-Acetate-LP-ANDY-WARHOL_W0QQitemZ300054910309QQihZ020QQcategoryZ306QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Never heard of him until yesterday (although I've heard of the radical Archigram [this is why I read The Times as my main broadsheet, who also had large obituary on the King of Hobos the other day] ) - but man, if Cook will stay in charge of design then the Olympics could be quite something in...

Another one here as mentioned in the Sunday Times today, "more than 60,000 have downloaded template letters" - http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/cgi-bin/viewnews.cgi?newsid1141050760,24632, I love the way this woman has taken on NatWest, sending the bailiffs off to her branch -...

neo-glam/shoegazing (glamgazing? shoeglam? if there's such a thing) - ie Serena Maneesh and Gliss.

http://www.bbspot.com/News/2006/11/home-theater-regulations.html (via digg) It's a joke, but still the thinking is not too far from what we've seen bandied around. And did someone read Mike Hucknall's ridiculous request for extending British copyright laws (just in case he lives to 130) -...

Thanks for the kind words and all. Messed up on Nils Petter (it his him of course) and I've corrected the tracklisting and put up a couple of pictures (gutterbreakz style) and a longer piece at my homeplace. There are timings as well (as Soundslike did them with start/stop of each track) so...

no experience of these myself - but see this thread on Lifehacker (Podtube and iTube). It seems like they convert on the fly to a more usable QuickTime format. YouTubex.com might also be useful (not as dodgy as it sounds) (thread should prob be moved to Technology)

Metro - best bit is 60 Seconds and the cartoons LondonLite - shite, a total waste of paper thelondonpaper - better than Lite, at least there is the odd bit to read in there

Depending on what the cut to Murdoch is and provided there is no DRM I agree. MySpace is "The One" when it comes for bands and hangers-around to (well) hang around and the average artist doesn't have the resources to set up and maintain a website (not to mention micropayment). If this is all...