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Dark Days
Um...I thought Arthur C Clarke was already dead: BBC News
Anyway, in other news I managed to watch 'Dark Days' this evening, after copious amounts of streaming news while filing and chucking the tat and tickets I've been scrabbling together over the last four years. 'Dark Days' was incredible: for those who haven't seen it, it's a documentary about ( Read more... ) -
Memory Lane
Going through old music before selling it, finding old treasures, rediscover The Dears 'No Cities Left'. Awesome record.
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In the news
Ah, the smell of sheer fucking terror. The world is, frankly, panicked and fucked:
* Michael Todd, Manchester Chief of Police, has been found at the bottom of a mountain, quite dead. He spent the weekend making, essentially, farewell calls to friends and relatives and his body was found with letters addressed to them. Suicide, let's be honest here, ( Read more... ) -
The Age Of The Understatement
Now, I have no love for the Arctic Monkeys, but there's something about this, a near-mash-up of 'Knights Of Cydonia' and 'Pass It On', that tickles my fun button. -
Couples and Tracklists
The new Long Blondes record, Couples, has a few kitsch samples from old TV shows (or, at least, dialogue in the style of it). Included in the mix is this choice phrase: “Not the most original sentiment I ever heard. So, what's new?“. I'm wondering if that's Erol Alkan being a tad too knowing. You see, the new Long Blondes record really begs that ( Read more... ) -
That was then and this is now
Home, listening to the forthcoming Long Blondes album Couples, typing up thoughts on a journey home, taking calls about what fuck ups former friends are and how beautiful current friends can be. Weird shit, really.
Some thoughts collected on the latest Pressing.
But really, I'm posting to say that 'Nostalgia' by The Long Blondes is one of the most ( Read more... ) -
On life, death and Derek
I'm lying on my sofa with the laptop on my legs. Derek Jarman's Blue is on TV in the background, washing the room with, well, a wireless glow. I don't think Jarman could have known that the colour tone he chose for the film would be replicated by BskyB and O2 for years to come.
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Two and a half thousand
So, apparently, 2500 flyers looks like a big mother-fucker of a box. It looks like this in fact
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Bacon Candy
"...Slices of bacon rolled in dark brown sugar, then baked at 350 degrees for 20 minutes or so, turning once, and cooking until crisp. Here's what I consider the important part: lay the bacon on a cooling rack and then place the rack on a foil lined baking sheet. Otherwise, you'll have bacon swimming in fat and sugar. I roll the raw bacon in a LOT ( Read more... )
