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Yeah - he isn't particularly anonymous though! I have a t-shirt by him, and there are maps of his invasion of Manchester (telling you where the mosaics are), and you can actually buy mosaics yourself. Great idea though.

2stepfan - I could tell this was coming from someone! The invite for k-punk and our other sound philosophers to enter the fray with treatise on sound! :) I think what you are looking at is a question that is impossible to conclude on. For me, I would say it requires the position that after...

I would happily argue for Mark & Moritz's complete Basic Channel works, but the most perfect of them all has been the Burial Mix series. Simply Divine.

Ha... Six By Seven, Nottingham band. They have been through quite a few line up changes (Sam, the guitarist, left after the second album). I always had a lot of time - both personally and musically - for their drummer. He had a really nice loose style that was pretty rare in bands around that...

Are you saying "better to post a picture", Dave? :p

Personally, I think this is a desperate clutch at straws to say that it is OK in a satirical way. It simply isn't satire, in the same way that Bernard Manning isn't. It is using overt racism to offend, and that you cling to the fact that this "may make people question their prejudices" is more...

DJ Scotch Egg? More like consistent Spam.

I have seen some misconceptions in my time, but the idea that the average Guardian reader is the type that complains about things like vice magazine is almost laughably misguided. The Guardian may be cous cous and Erykah Badu - that I can understand - but are more likely to be highly supportive...

Until now I never really paid attention to why in English we have minimal use of capitals. The answer being that if you start every word with capitals, it really hurts your eyes to read!

I think the reference that you make to the terms “schemey” and “ned” are slightly misleading to the “chav” terminology, as both actually have a serious origin. Ned is an acronym for “non educated delinquent”, and I think takes its routes from actual police and court definitions. Obviously...

Martin - DJ Cuntfinger so isn't Tripwire. Can't you hear the difference in the sonic foundations of his work? He's working a lot less with breaks and playing more emphasis on sheer terror than the Tripwire crews. Besides, Tripwire is just something used to label the scene - it doesn't reflect...

Funnily enough, I had that happen to me in a pub a few months ago, but it was a bloody great big rat. I didn't freak, but I certainly moved my feet quickly (it was definitely wild as they were knocking down the old hospital near by, and disturbing all kinds of things). I got very annoyed with...

The label, it seems, is a name operated under a major. They have so far signed the Streets, the Boredoms, Chromeo (when Chromeo actually looked pretty exciting) and I think may have Kano (for a while some thought it had a rights deal on 679 records). How close the magazine is to the music...

The topic of U2 will pretty normally get a rise out of me, so I don't see why I should make this occassion an exception. The primary rise is the matter of confusion between U2 keeping Life and Music together, or the actual act of one individual using/abusing his fame to push political issues...

Yeah - this has been kicking around my "new" pile of records for a few weeks. It is pretty great - some good sounds on there. I think I will feel quite pissed off if they package it dead nice, but the sounds are top. Nice to get an 8 artist grouping, rather than a squad of dubs-and-castoffs...

I still find it somewhat bizarre that Saffron went on to front Republica.

It does seem that Happy Hardcore has stayed about somewhat more in the North (Liverpool, Manchester, Glasgow all seem to have a party scene embracing the music). They still seem to advertise Bonkers compilations, so I guess it must be selling still. I was too young for it really - had a few...

It's basically just Steve Barnes though isn't it, and at the moment a HUGE amount of Cosmic Sandwich. That Dirt Crew 12" is pretty fun though. Sticks out a little bit in the retro stylings ("Rock da House"), but somehow carries it off.

Following three days of half-assed looking, I finally found my copy of "Are we not men?". Hidden behind so many other good records mind, it was quite a fun (if frustrating) hunt.

I guess the fact that ESG have had reissues and a new issue on Soul Jazz, that TV advert and the fact that they vanished for years when a lot of people got into them may have something to do with it. You have to remember that ESG were the first band to play at the Hacienda and released singles...