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Stronghold
Quick plug for a friend with a new record out. Dave Anderson - Stronghold. This his is debut release as a solo artist on the legendary techno label Ferox , four great tracks with that Classic Detroit flavour. Listen or...
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Morvern Callar
Morvern Callar is an offbeat supermarket girl who takes a devastating event and spins it to her advantage. Its fairly original in style; quietly haunting and with little dialog. Random unimportant events come and go with the one big event...
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20 Rave Classics on Youtube
Just because it's been 20 years since the big 88, here's 20 Rave Classics I found on Youtube: I was planning to embed a lot more but the browser just can't handle the hardcore! Here's the rest (not all of...
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Skyrockets in flight boom tish!
Can't get this song out of my head recently. Any time I see that clip from Good Will Hunting or Anchorman I'm singing it for weeks. But now SkyRocket is being used as a project name in the office and...
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Stop thief!
Is plagiarism the sincerest form of flattery? I've come across that article on lots of sites over the years and that's great, I'm very flattered. But none of them have a link on their homepage that says "Click here to...
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Mark Ronson @ the BBC Electric Prom
Caught this Electic Proms show on the tellybox the other week. Was a really good show. A few of the performances have been rattling around my head ever since. Here's Kyle Falconer of The View doing a great version of...
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Roxanne Shante
Remember Roxanne Shante? Proper old skool b-girl. 'Have a nice day' was permanently in the 7" pocket of my record bag. Back then she was only a 15 year old single mother from Queens, so a record label offered her...
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Embra Fringe 2007
I went over to Edinburgh for the weekend. That's my third long weekend in a row, yeehaw. Don't know how I'll cope with a 5 day week next week. Have wanted to go over to the fringe for ages and...
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Creation Party 2007
All worked out pretty well for me. Was dissapointed to be on first, at first but because of bus times etc a good crowd arrived pretty early. I mean good in both senses; friendly, up for it lively crowd. And...
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Blast from the past
Mental. I've been asked to DJ at the next Creation Party. Though I'll never part with them, I've hardly touched my decks in a year and haven't been to a club or anything for years. Couldn't tell you the last...
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