Finally, a compelling reason to upgrade to premium: a business model at last ?

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The Ghia Streamline X.
Just perfect.
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“It was a strange night,” Trammell said. “It was crazy. What a night. Thirty years later, and we’re still laughing.”

NYT on the 30th anniversary of the Night Disco Went Up in Smoke.

Gotta love the 70’s-imagine trying to get health and safety approval to blow up a bin full of disco records in a stadium full of people these days.

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A robot rises over Tokyo

Terrifying and beautiful.

Roger Ebert defends his review of Transformers 2;

So let’s focus on those who seriously believe “Transformers” is one of the year’s best films. Are these people wrong? Yes. They are wrong.

For slightly different reasons my review of the original Transformers movie provoked the fiercest reactions of almost anything we ever posted.

Nothing like robot fans for fighting their corner.

Last week we put together a mix for our pal Disco Jesus on the wonderful Deep Frequency Radio.
It’s now available to stream or download here. (it’s the show from the 18th June).

It’s the first mix I’ve been involved with for ages and it felt pretty good to summarize what we have been playing out and about for the last six months or so.

Anyway, take a listen and hope you enjoy it.

tracklist below the jump.

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Andy Baio links to Quarrygirl’s undercover investigation of the dubious ingredients in LA-based vegan restaurants.

It’s an interesting riposte the David Simon’s assertion that

“The internet does froth and commentary very well, but you don’t meet many internet reporters down at the courthouse,” he says. “Oh to be a state or local official in America over the next 10 to 15 years, before somebody figures out the business model. To gambol freely across the wastelands of an American city as a local politician! It’s got to be one of the great dreams in the history of American corruption.”

Can passionate, single issue advocates find a way to fill some of the gap left by the fall of traditional journalism ?

And check out the images from the game here

Wow-this could be the one we’ve been waiting for.