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Where I've been... on the interwebs at least...
I've been renewing my teenage dream of having a decent, sizable record collection again, largely 'cos of actually having the money to do so. It might seem a retrograde step in this era of iPods and so forth, but Vinyl is Back apparently. I quite like the idea of teensy teenage emo kids coveting 7"s again, how cool is that? More generally, I'm glad ( Read more... ) -
I can see you....
But can't talk to you. Currently able to view LJ at work through proxy firewall dodging sites, but annoyingly I haven't found one of these which enables me to log in yet (so I can't read friends-locked posts). I assume this is something to do with enabling cookies via the proxy site? If anyone knows of one that works and lets you log in fully, ( Read more... ) -
The first meme I've ever been arsed to do...
it must be the bank holiday rain. Jonjust hit me up with this meme:
List seven songs you are into right now. No matter what the genre, whether they have words, or even if they’re not any good, but they must be songs you’re really enjoying now, shaping your spring. Post these instructions in your blog along with your 7 songs. Then tag 7 other ( Read more... ) -
One man analogue revival - or, who wants a tape?
I've been buying lots of records again lately, something I haven't done for years. I used to collect records in my teens and up to about my mid-twenties. I never really had a great collection, as such, as I never really had the money to invest, unlike some of my mates. Most of my collection, such as it was, has been lost or dispersed through ( Read more... ) -
"Living is Hard"
I am actually trying to get back into writing on the regular, at least for summer. It will probably be mostly about music as I have rediscovered my love of vinyl and am currently spending the national debt of a small nation on records.
( This is an edit of something I wrote for another board, about a great compilation which got me thinking about related collections and why I like them. ) -
A simple equation...
Two things ( Read more... ) -
Weekend fun?
Anyone up to much tomorrow? Fancy meeting/beer/food kind of stuff? I'm busy tonight and on the Sunday but on the off chance.... -
The Fat Kids go upmarket
One of my favourite telly programmes of the last year was Heston Blumenthal’s Search for Perfection. He’s the insane chef who makes ice cream with liquid nitrogen, cooks steak for 18 hours etc I can’t define what it is I love about this - the insane impracticality of it all, the creativity, the bizarreness, the boys science club atmosphere or just ( Read more... ) -
The Shock Doctrine
Just finished Naomi Klien's "The Shock Doctrine" last night, which is pretty amazing - depressing, angry-making and inspiring in turn (alright, you have to wait till you get to the last chapter till it gets inspiring...).
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