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The Last Picture Show

Just read this feature on the filming of HL favourite, Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, which includes a performance from Michael Kenneth Williams (The Wire’s Omar) and I’ll admit, I’m a wee bit torn. While it looks like a masterpiece with… Continue reading

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J. Tillman joins Fleet Foxes

More on this in a bit, but right now that’s more than enough info to set me up for the long weekend…

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ulysses 81? (the first incarnation?)

(for jk)yes, it’s a real robot playing a real synth. though you might want to ignore the fact he’s doing something which sounds not entirely unlike ‘sailing’ by rod stewart and paste in your own soundtrack. It’s certainly way better… Continue reading

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standing on tippy toes

My visits to the latitudes, leaving parcels of goodness at your door are getting fewer and farther between. If I keep going at this rate, l’ll soon be as illusive and as Father Christmas (though with a less predictable timetable)… Continue reading

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you showed me how to raise your hand and lift your voice

image courtesy of project8256 for sale here on etsy Sometime round about 1984 my dad bought my brother and i a walkman & two sets of headphones to share on a long car journey round europe. He got two cassettes… Continue reading

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J.Tillman playing tonight at SXSW

See him at the Habana Calle (patio 6) at 1:15 am as part of the SXSW Undertow showcase. That’s 709 E 6th St. As long as you’re in Austin. If you’re not just get drunk and pretend.

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new Folk & Shofolk collections now online

www.folkclothing.co.uk featuring a rather familiar blonde model in the lookbook.

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do this in remembrance of me

This morning I made fluffy banana pancakes from leftovers in the fridge, we sat and drank coffee, drenching our plates, the pancakes and crispy bacon in syrup and meandered through the morning papers with sticky fingers while I played back… Continue reading

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real parisian underground

fascinating interview in the architects’ journal with two members of the UX – the cultural guerrilla group and guardians of an underground, forgotten paris who’s maverick restorations, cartography and events were first uncovered with the accidental discovery of a 400msq… Continue reading

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re-up

its been a while, and though it was tempting to herald my return with a cover of one of my old posts, but that would have been superlame so i’m only going half way and i’m re-upping something i’d posted… Continue reading

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