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In praise of Thrift

photo via In a week of deepening financial gloom, the announcement of the UK iphone launch seemed more a reminder of how quickly the perceptions of things can change than the bright glimpse of technological utopia promised in january. Maybe… Continue reading

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Love in the Time of Colourer

(pic via) So everything is kind of moving in slow motion today (which is very nice) After last weeks horrendous mix of estate agents, spreadsheets and endless to-do lists it feels a slighty break in the busy autumn ahead. It… Continue reading

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While I’m stood here sounding strong

So there’s this article that you need to read. It’s an interview with Steve Earle, someone who I really admire, who was awesome in the wire and who’s music represents all the things that make artistic endeavour good and worthwhile-ie… Continue reading

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Back (and this time we’re here to stay)

pic via our pal ross So it’s been a mother of a week. Moving server turned into the week of living hell…..but we’re back now and everything is beautiful. That geek thing is a foreign country to me and despite… Continue reading

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home taping ain’t killing music

nice. (from suckuk) giant panda – diggin the tapes

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The Young M.C.

Spent sometime getting into imovie on the train to my parents on friday-it’s really simple to use, but not quite as precise a thing as I (being a little OCD) would like. I put a soundtrack to this awesome video… Continue reading

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A City on a Hill

The biggest problem with a quixotic life is the distance. Closing your eyes and dreaming of that perfect place is one thing-getting there is something else entirely. And as much as your destination leads you on, it also acts as… Continue reading

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Be Not Fearful

(image taken from hmsneptune.com) I spent a day last week attending my great Uncle’s Martin’s funeral. At the wake I got chatting to his best mate ‘Tom’, they’d been friends for over seventy years; meeting in primary school age ten,… Continue reading

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i’ll bide my time on me and mine

  you know, ten days out of the city might be just about right. long enough to get some distance, far enough away to achieve perspective but not soo far gone you lose touch completely. for me this week just… Continue reading

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This Ass Invented Fusion

Man I love Betty Davis. Something about that freaky attitude that makes the music sound so eternally vital (and just a little scary). Maybe it’s just what the seventies did to people- brought out all these edges. And that’s what… Continue reading

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