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Nostalgia For The Present Time
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Nostalgia For The Present Time: a thread. I can remember nothing about January and February this year. What on earth did I do?[…]

Why We Write About The Strokes
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Why We Write About The Strokes: So, OK. Neumu which is a big online altzine covers the Strokes who are an altband you might have heard of, yes? (Here’s what I thought of them) Neumu wuvs The Strokes. Reader writes in, and is sick of The Strokes[…]

Second rule of FilePile is YOU DON’T TALK ABOUT FILEPILE
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Second rule of FilePile is YOU DON’T TALK ABOUT FILEPILE: oops. Anyway not that I’m condoning MP3 trading but I thought I’d point out that this fellow seems to put up files regularly which chime rather well with the NYLPM worldview.[…]

Good Times Never Seemed So Good
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Good Times Never Seemed So Good: A friendly suggestion – if things are looking bleak, and you can’t seem to do anything to perk yourself up, sing a Neil Diamond song. Doesn’t matter which one, though I would think that his best-kn[…]

Unplug the oldies – for good
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Unplug the oldies – for good: long essay with little to say – Rolling Stones apparently now old men shocker. “Rock is about youth” quoth writer. First rule of rock, ‘kids’: never believe anyone who wants to tell yo[…]

MR. GREENGENES, WAX, AND THE UNDERGROUND LIVE MUSIC FROM OCEAN CITY, MD – AUG. 6, 8, & 11
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MR. GREENGENES, WAX, AND THE UNDERGROUND
LIVE MUSIC FROM OCEAN CITY, MD – AUG. 6, 8, & 11
i have to start a band. upon leaving monday’s performance by mr. greengenes, with the history of mediocre bar band shows ringing in my ears, i […]

Sex, Sunshine and Somnolence
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I have been neglectful of new music weblogs lately. Given that I’ve hardly been reading all the old music weblogs, this is not surprising. But it means I’ve missed out on sex and sunshine (which is a fine name for a weblog) and somnolence[…]

Consequences
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Consequences: Clarence Carter, Hefner, pop and sin, discussed in a new Freaky Trigger article.[…]

Club Sussed IV!
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You might like to know that the fourth CLUB SUSSED is taking place this Thursday night in its usual venue: Club Latino, The Plain, Oxford, £3 to get in, 10pm-2am, pop music and beer. A Day Of Decadence is also planned for the Friday. Regular DJ[…]

Punk: How was it for you?
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Punk: How was it for you?: punk is twenty-five years old, that’s nice. The more interesting question – how is it for you? – goes unasked.[…]

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