Archives – 2000 – October – 01  

Just Drifting: Situationism and Rock
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— 1 Oct 2000 Tom Comment

Just Drifting: Situationism and Rock: via Pearls, a pretty basic overview of the links between, well, situationism and rock (links which indie punk boy rockers down the ages have been far keener to emphasise than the situationists, it needs be said).[…]

V is for….”A View To A Kill”
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— 1 Oct 2000 Tom Comment

V is for….”A View To A Kill” by Duran Duran, because I heard it the other day and thought how modern it sounded. Well, no, modern’s the wrong word, but its bombastic synthchestral stabs, jerky rhythms, et cetera sounded like a[…]

The Friends Of Rachel Worth
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— 1 Oct 2000 Tom Comment

The Friends Of Rachel Worth: my review of the new Go-Betweens album.[…]

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