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Gigs Daft Punk at Hyde Park went with v high expectations and credit to them, they delivered a big fat sugar fix Slint at Koko Lost mine and a friend's tix for this gig the last time they toured so was v happy to see them come round a second time and they left me satiated Fridge - Barden's...

Istanbul there's a lot of beautiful sights in Istanbul and i ended up spending a lot of time doing the usual sights (mosques, markets etc). stuff that i'd recommend include the following New Mosque (beautiful interior and feels like more of a real working mosque than some of the others i...

places to hang out... off tomorrow to Istanbul so any further suggestions gratefully received. particularly interested in interesting haunts were locals of a similar type to dissensians can be found

Picked up the best of compilation from the Ethiopiques series. Really liking it particularly at work where more relaxing sounds are the order of the day

off in October to Istanbul so further recommendations gratefully received these are recommendations from a friend although def not on a musical tip 1) Explore some of the back streets just off Istiklal Caddesi after 9pm, but lots of nice funky little bars and restaurants. Cheap and GOOD...

arriving in Blighty has really seen my consumption of alcohol increase...not necessarily in intensity but definitely in frequency (although this is also probably helped by me not being the piss poor student i used to be). drinking seems to be the default option for social gatherings given the...

tracklisting anyone care to name some of the choons on the funk set...a lot of it is v familiar but its certainly not something i'm particularly knowledgable in and there doesn't seem to be a tracklisting online

Matias in London Guess many of you London kids will have spotted the fact that he is playing at Plastic People tomorrow night http://www.allez-allez.co.uk/ he's playing records rather than the full live experience. Podcast on the Allez Allez doesn't have me totally sold but may well give it...

Dunwich Dynamo the rain definitely made it feel a bit more epic than it might otherwise particularly coming out of the feed station but was lovely to turn up at Dunwich and see the weather finally turn it on...

Dunwich Dynamo - whose riding? interested in how many people are giving it a go

thanks for all your help...didn't come across any Kuduro live (missed one of the Buraka crew playing records by one night) but did catch some lovely African music at an arts space in the Barrio Alto. spent a fair bit of time at the FNAC and picked up a Buraka piece but nothing else although was...

Am heading to Portugal this week and wondering does anyone have any advice for checking out Kuduro in Lisbon for white faced non Portuguese speaking fellow like myself. any feedback gratefully received

Perceptions of Rhythm & Sound Would be interested in hearing what the more traditional reggae headz think of Rhythm & Sound. I know plenty of friends who love them but the majority come from a more electronic background and many have followed the transition from the Basic Channel work. Are...

oh, and whilst the Dynamo has no huge hills the up and down nature of the landscape would make taking a fixed pretty brave imo although i definitely saw it done by a few

am looking to give the Dynamo another go after initially vowing never again after finishing last year. Smithfield Nocturne was fun although the downpours must have left the couriers more than a little wet...

would give a plug for this...would actually be interested in seeing it live but his live show unfortunately he doesn't seem to be passing through London in this guise

would give another plug for Lawrence...do like Efedmin and Pantha but find Lawrence albums more my cup of char albeit in a similar vein

Figure someone is going to make use of this. NY Times has an article on police sirens and includes a selection of them which look available for download including "the rumbler" although in not particularly high fidelity http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/14/nyregion/15siren_sounds.html

Microsoft Surface Looks like Microsoft are jumping on this bandwagon for those who haven't seen it http://www.microsoft.com/surface/

The Long Tail which ties in nicely with that much touted adage of the long tail and how the modern era is allowing smaller and smaller niches to be accessed http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Long_Tail