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UK local elections 2013: all the main parties' election broadcasts in one place.
(Am I missing a party broadcast, or have I made a mistake? Let me know in comments)
Conservatives:
Green Party:
Labour:
Lib Dems:
UKIP:
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The response the 'No' campaign didn't want you to see...
The links bit.ly/notofairervotes and bit.ly/stupidlies will both take you to the official 'No to AV' campaign's latest broadcast on YouTube. These videos, best described as disinformation films, are usually met with an immediate and extended chorus of disapproval from YouTube users who can't believe the shamelessness of the 'No' campaign's attempts ( Read more... ) -
...with a fox at its tail
If you didn't know, I have a new blog now just for music - tada!. Please follow it!
I'll still be using this one for other updates, as often as I ever have. (ie about once every 6 months or so).
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#savelibraries - a recent local history via Youtube
Closing on 500 libraries are under threat in the UK. See here for the current picture - it's updated every few days, with all the latest news stories, and scroll right for the map (it's scary ( Read more... ) -
One year St. Nick got tired of the sceptics.
He tacked up Dasher and Blitzen and the rest, took to the sleigh, shook the deer-reins and cried 'Ho!' - then flew over the Earth, riding the thermals all night, without stopping at a single chimney. He took the time to see the world that night, jingling over vast uninhabited regions where no-one could hear him. In particular, he made for the ( Read more... ) -
Yusuf Azak
Anyone following me on Facebook in the last week will have been unable to avoid my growing excitement over the release of Yusuf Azak's debut album Turn On the Long Wire, and the positive attention it's been getting from music blogs and podcasts.
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Garfield Linus Garfield - the geekiest achievement of my life.
You've probably, by now, heard of the Garfield Minus Garfield site, which reproduces original Garfield cartoons with the eponymous hero removed. It works superbly - bringing to the fore the element of the strip that is really all about Jon's rather miserable, lonely life. I'm quite sure I've laughed more at those than I ever have at the original ( Read more... ) -
Glastonbury Carnival 2010
Somerset's 'Guy Fawkes' carnivals are among the largest illuminated processions in the world. They are almost impossible to describe adequately to anyone who hasn't seen them - a parade of bombastic floats on themes that range from bad jokes, through crude imaginings of other cultures, to (once or twice a year, if you make the effort to stand ( Read more... ) -
Hello again the internets
I've been (mostly) offline since mid-July, learning how to function without my fingers touching a Qwerty keypad again in the wake of Storm the Charts, which involved staring-at-screens pretty much 24/7 ( Read more... )
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