February 2011
23 posts
Emotive conjugation - Wikipedia, the free... →
… all paths lead back to Yes, (Prime) Minister eventually.
WatchA “darkwave township house” cover of Joy Division’s “Control”, by Spoek Mathambo. Not quite as extreme as I was expecting, but still worth a look.
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“… any time I see someone do something like that, it strengthens my belief...”
– XL Recordings, the record label that’s tearing up the rule book | Business | The Guardian
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“While regulation is never ideal, giving large corporate ISPs the right to create...”
– Rally around neutrality with Public Knowledge « Blog / CASH Music
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Radiohead are releasing their album The King of... →
… at the time of writing, 63.1% of respondents would prefer “a beautifully packaged object”.
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“You get love by giving love,” explains the listing. Although if you want...”
– Erykah Badu iPhone app - review | Technology | guardian.co.uk
“The Doctor is not, in and of himself, a family, but he is very like one. He is,...”
– Great dynasties of the world: The Doctors | Life and style | The Guardian
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Kristin Hersh: Crooked for iPhone, iPod touch, and... →
… recently I’ve been enthusing about the potential for the iPad etc to bridge that gap between traditional physical releases (artwork, sleeve notes, etc) and downloads (digital convenience). I swear I had no idea that one of my favourite artists was already working on this type of release. Though, as I hinted in a link I posted the other day, I do wonder about the longevity of this...
BBC News - Should graveyard wind chimes and... →
“… the aesthetics of mourning.”
“If we really are listening to the cassette’s static-drowned death-knell,...”
– End of the road for the car tape deck | Music | guardian.co.uk
“My guess? In three years, it’ll all be HTML5 and bookmarks, and the app...”
– The Hospital Club | The Truth Behind the Failure of iPad Magazines
“A libertarian state truly worthy of the name would accept that our freedom is...”
– BBC News - A Point of View: In defence of the nanny state
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“I have only the vaguest memory of what it was like, overlayed by other memories...”
– When Hari Kunzru met Michael Moorcock | Books | The Guardian
“Jack White, an inveterate record collector, understood the pleasures of being a...”
– The White Stripes: Detroit’s rock heroes remembered | From the Guardian | The Guardian
