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I'm glad you posted this. Any consensus (hur hur) on the cheapest, reasonably servicable and durable needles that aren't an insult to a pair of 1210s? Or, to put it another way, how much is the least you need to spend, and if you had that amount, what would you spend it on? I know it's a piece...

When I bought a new laptop the first thing the pal I have who minimises the problems I have with computers did was ditch Vista and install XP. Don't think I've had a problem in almost 6 months, which is kind of unholy for me.

Big love for this!

I should say that the autobiogs are very entertaining and Krautrocksampler is inspiring and his website is always worth a visit.

Fascinating stuff about pre-war Japanese history in there. The image of the Americans sailing up in warships (was it only four or something?) pointing them at the Emperor's palace and basically subduing the nation on the basis of that was quite illuminating. In fact, I got kind of bored with...

Well it doesn't work for me. He comes across as pretty sincere in the latest Wire interview though, and that counts for something. The music isn't some ersatz fakery, but I just don't like it!

Jesus. I'm now imagining some Brazil-like horror of a future where people jump through your walls as you're reading the kids a story, carrying weapons and spouting theory, and you won't even know if they're the military or the other guys.

And "Can't Do Nuttin' For Ya Man" bass for your face.

I'm still waiting for my Moog, but I did get a Yamaha DX100 and a Kawai drum machine a few years ago. My richest pickings were when my son was born and I had to push him around in his pushchair every morning so my other half could have at least two hours of unbroken sleep. I had a route that...

And anyway, I'm not sure if music is just shit or good. Sometimes it's context.

Well, I said I didn't like Massive Attack (even though, as I said, I sort of admire their craft etc) so I find it kind of vexing when their music gets everywhere for years on end and people who aren't sad music geeks like myself have a copy in their car and blah blah blah. On the other hand...

Yeah! Nothing before to suggest it, and nothing afterwards. Even as fuck.

Thanks. It's as good as done, or lazily sat in front of anyway. And you're right about Bubbles too. He's certainly walking through hell in the last episodes of Series 4. One to go... :eek:

I didn't really like Massive Attack at the time, but i think they were a quality act all the same. Unfortunately their music became tarnished by what they came to represent by its ubiquity. Like, I forget the name of the song (not sure if it's the one with Liz Frazer but it starts with a very...

I have to say I'm with the haters on this one. Couldn't get into the first record and was depressed when Wire writers voted it album of the year. Still, paying heed to all the fuss about this one I downloaded it and we had it on at work yesterday, just in case I was being an appalling fascist as...

the ... at the end of my last post is a link btw. Apologies for lack of clarity.

So what's Arrested Development all about then? Surely it can't be as good as The Wire?

Yeah, that's what I'm saying about subtlety. I only just found out when I read that link to the wrap of the final series. This put the scene in Series 2 where he pretends to be a British salesman looking for an escort in a new light, because he does a real Dick Van Dyke. I thought to was meant...

Yeah! One of many, many great characters. Others I particularly enjoy include Bunk, Lester, Bunny and the Polish Major guy, and of course Omar. I know the show is ostensibly gritty and real, but sometimes Omar seems to have some mythic quality about him, or he seems to function as a sort of...

Thanks. I thought Snoop was convincingly bad and Jimmy McNulty's English accent was terrible, but now I appreciate the subtlety...