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That's possible. But AFAIK this is not the sole example of major projects gone wrong in the UK lately.

Oh just scrap the connection and tell people to move south, oh wait, what the sq ft price around London again?

It's probably the case that UK is currently the worst place to be in the world for NIMBYism. It's not just infrastructure, also housing is a major issue. The privatization of public assets has also been a disaster compared to other countries. It's hard to fathom what's going on (and what is NOT...

No love for The Brood? I thought that was his best one, his "Kramer vs Kramer" movie. Dead Ringers is a great one as well

Re headline, 30 years ago it was a sign of diversity and community if there were a couple bankers in the crowd. Obviously not anymore.

I guess Alan Oldham is very euro influenced. Jamal Moss are probably more influenced by funk and jazz. Regarding boredom, I also find these records kinda invigorating, but I know a lot of techno heads who find them boring (or did, nowadays techno DJs never express any negative judgements about...

Also influenced by weird UK experimental stuff in general, UK really had some eccentric techno boffins. I miss them a lot. Finland and Austria also had proper wierdoes doing great stuff far from mainstream (and UK and US traditions). Now the vortex that is Berlin (maybe) seems in many ways to...

"Boredom is deep and mysterious" is one of my favorite quotes. There's techno (and other genres) which borders on boring and uneventful even somwhat bland, but still manages to somehow be.. "attractive" might be the best word. Adam Beyer does not try to be boring or uneventful, he risks nothing...

agree somewhat, some techno should probably just make you go wtf or something. I am also not hostile to the idea of "muzak techno", a kinda background coolness, the studio 1 records f.i. I remember I had that Joey Beltram but I sold it because I though it was too "trancey" and uncool, haha...

prob not wrong, but I shouldn't get into this discussion. how would I even know, class is not something we are able to discuss in scandinavia (anymore)

True enough, but luckily when at some point the sci-fi tropes get too silly european techno is there to take over:

Techno was always middle class

Idk about that. There is no ultimate root point in techno, that dictates what "techno was supposed to be" or any of that sort. That's Derrick May BS rhetoric. Who says techno should "invigorate the dancer"? I don't even know what that means. Europeans probably and hopefully did it different...

Agree that US producers are almost always better, but they just die out as there is no serious club/rave infrastructure anymore

Maybe it's time for a boycott of all those wholier-than-you labels, ie Ninja Tune, Mexican Summer etc etc: https://www.thefader.com/2023/08/31/ninja-tune-ceases-roisin-murphy-promotion-in-light-of-transphobic-comments

Halfway through this pretty interesting theory and always fascinating to see a really weird mind in action (Robin Hanson)

Preferably a society with no thugs running amok in the streets. So (urban) France disqualifies again.

switch to the tour, dudes. crazy race until now

Things are changing now : https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/09/health/puberty-blockers-transgender-children-britain-nhs.html

The Serial Killer phenomenon will continue to be forever fascinating, not least as it increasingly seems to be almost a historical phenomenon by now (thank god). A recommended thread here: