Monthly Archives: July 2008

the freqs come out at nite

What with secret theo gigs and those freaky aint it black dudes, there seem to be loads of good parties on at the moment. One that deserves special mention is manny’s celebration of all things 808, nitefreq. There’s a great… Continue reading

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A rest from The Wire

What’s with the Guardian’s relentless coverage of the final season, I’m getting dangerously close to Wire overload. I need to chill-ax and come back fresh in a year or so, start from scratch, take my time. When I do, I’ll… Continue reading

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TR2N (bootleg trailer style)

It’s starts out pretty rubbish, but the quality gets better about 40 seconds in. Till the real trailer arrives, this will have to do. Don’t screw this up guys (or manny will never forgive you)

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George Monbiot vs Channel 4

Whatever happened to the Channel 4 I used to love? More often than not these days, it feels like I’m watching a series of 5 minute ‘filler items’ from daytime TV, extended into morbidly brainless 30 minute chunks. The fact… Continue reading

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Hidden Depths

Talking of Theo, San Miguel have been in touch and apparently he’ll be playing next week as part of their excellent ‘Hidden Depths‘ season of events. The ‘secretsundaze‘ hosted night takes place at the T bar, Shoreditch and is free… Continue reading

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Theo Parrish is an angry man.

Underground dance music, which is not controlled by the industry directly, is where we exist, but also have a lot of control, because to get music out we have to start our own labels usually. But the copying goes on… Continue reading

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The Watchmen Trailer

Still a little skeptical-but less so after seeing this.

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All the Pieces Matter

Season 5 of The Wire is about debut on TV in the UK, so there is a mini-deluge of articles about hl’s fav, including this one on the role of architecture in the show.

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Iphone therefore I am

It’s been a crazy few days for anyone with a passing interest in the iphone. Indeed with one million sold over the weekend (and 10 million apps) it seems like the revolution which started last year has broken into the… Continue reading

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HAND RAISED BY ROBOTS

Damn! It’s all about Detroit this month. Fresh on the heels of innersound-boy jez’s killer ‘4am in Detroit‘ mix (one of my favorite mixes of the year) comes Brother Quaid‘s seriously deep sci-fi soul adventure. Mixing bladerunner sound fx with… Continue reading

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