Archives – 2000 – June – 22  

JOHN LENNON – “Imagine”
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There is one very obvious way to attack “Imagine”: you can accuse John Lennon of hypocrisy. He had, like, loads of money, and yet he was singing “Imagine no possessions” Isn’t that ironic, man? This argument was pursued […]

Hapless Clappers
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AAARGGGH! Would someone please tell the Top Of The Pops producers to make sure the kids only clap on the 2nd and 4th beats of each bar? Yeah, I know it’s petty but surely I can’t be the only one annoyed by it? Some of those studio audienc[…]

The NYPLM guide to dating Indie Rock girls
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Inspired by this (via Katie and Josh)….
THE NYLPM GUIDE TO DATING INDIE ROCK GIRLS
Don’t.[…]

Oval: Ovalprocess: Pitchfork Review
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Oval: Ovalprocess: Pitchfork Review “Try listening to Brian Eno’s Music for Airports in choppy RealAudio. Hear that? Digital clicks, random bursts of static, and underwater compression swim over icy electronic drones, numbing your mind in[…]

Pain Porn
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You want to know an overrated record? I’ll show you an overrated record – John Lennon’s Plastic Ono Band, an embarrassing forty-minute therapy session paid for first of all by the mugs at his record company and secondly by punters f[…]

UBERZONE – The Botz
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Uberzone’s sound – dry-tinder breaks and acid sizzle – is hot weather music. More accurately, it’s music for places where nothing but heat matters, great open desert places where you don’t even need to shimmy, ’cau[…]

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