Archives – 2001 – February – 19  

Rap Snacks
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Rap Snacks: it’s hip-hop crisps! But of course it is. (via The Null Device, whose tagline I am so jealous of.)[…]

Interview With Gail O’Hara
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Interview With Gail O’Hara, who does legendary ‘zine Chickfactor. Oh, the toils and trials of the fanzine writer’s life! Nuff respect but her distinction between ‘zines (fab groovy gear etc.) and her vision of the Internet, wh[…]

“Where Is Thousand?”
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“Where Is Thousand?”, you might well be asking. I’ll be kicking off again tonight, but meanwhile Robin Carmody has missed it so badly he’s decided to do his own version.[…]

Revolution In The Head
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Revolution In The Head: Simon Reynolds’ long piece on Kid A from last Autumn. Well worth reading whether you like that record or not (I’m very interested in his semi-confession on his own site that he’s not listened to it much since[…]

The Sounds Of Silence
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The Sounds Of Silence: long and extremely interesting article about John Cage’s 4’33”. Wish I could remember where I got it from. Anyway it gets a little precious in places but that’s forgiveable given that Cage’s piece […]

Random Electronica Subgenres
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Random Electronica Subgenres: ho ho ho. Actually not very funny because half of them exist. I oscillate between thinking micro-genres are a good thing because they annoy people and a bad thing because debate about the music swiftly dissolves into &#8[…]

Weblogs weblogs weblogs
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Weblogs weblogs weblogs: this is Ghost Tropic, a new site which touches on music and links to us. If you link to us we will link back to you. That is how weblogs work. People who do not agree are elitist scum. Can’t they go and live in Russia?
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Did you know
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Did you know that Mark Knopfler has a dinosaur named after him? Well, he does. And this dinosaur is special, because the teeth in its lower jaw jut out horizontally from their gums. Now that’s what I call a rock & roll dinosaur, baby! […]

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