February 2012
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November 2011
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August 2011
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The return of Disco Inferno →
tomewing:
In winter 1994 a bunch of those bands got together for a showcase in London: Disco Inferno’s chunk was the best gig I had ever seen. Live, the group’s samples no longer sat tensely at the edge of a track – they boiled over into cacophony and the gig became three men trying to control the noise they were making, turning the clutter into molten, thrilling, and hard-won pop....
June 2011
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“A lot of good music gets released all the time: sometimes, some of it gets...”
– Tom Ewing is the most reasonable man in music writing. (via jonathanbogart)
Yes!
March 2011
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tomewing:
““More than Queen, more than Maiden, more than B**** A**** even, this hit stank of the past, all the more strongly because so many people around me seemed to think it wasn’t the past. And so I find it very hard to listen to now – my dislike of it is still located in the vicious roil of being 17, semi-detached from the repetitive ramalama knock-off I hear when I put it on.””
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I...
December 2010
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Me and Miles, we made a list. →
tomewing:
I agree with Jess and Matt P.
I agree with three people. But not the three who picked ArchAndroid.
November 2010
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August 2010
2 posts
I'm With The Genremongers →
tomewing:
New Guardian column! It’s not really about witch house though it’s “about” witch house. I wanted to do a column about the problems of genre which was written without the comfort blanket of an in-the-know tone. Whether I succeeded or not I dunno (especially as I’ve not checked the edit yet). This has something tangentially to do with Nitsuhs “whither underground?” link/conversation from...
July 2010
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the rich girls are weeping take notes: Ok, all... →
tomewing:
Obviously, the lesson may be, after reading a jillion opinions on the matter: whatever you were listening to when you were in the place Nathan Williams is now — that is what you hear.
OMG this actually works! I do hear The Senseless Things!!
I raise your Senseless Things by Mega City 4 with a touch of early Lemonheads!
September 2009
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August 2009
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P2K: the verdict is in...
No Crazy Frog: No Credibility.
July 2009
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F*** you hataz
I am enjoying Girl Talk and I don’t care what you think.
August 2008
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Democracy isn't pretty
The general point is that though equality may suit the imagination of an autocrat or an elite when the many are equal in subjection or slavery, the many themselves strive to become unequal. There is something unlovable about equality; so much so that it often feels like a condition accepted for want of a better one, and a consolation for those who cannot break out of it. If people cannot be better...