Archives – 2001 – May – 01  

Blimey its a new episode of
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Blimey its a new episode of Thousand (with a special guest star!)[…]

do you remember rock n’ roll radio?
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do you remember rock n’ roll radio?: report from salon on clear channel communications which quietly acquired over 1,200 radio stations in america, including 247 in the top 250 markets. your favorite local station may now be programmed from hun[…]

THE PUB SEVEN DEADLY SINS: 4: No Smoking Areas
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THE PUB SEVEN DEADLY SINS: 4 : No Smoking Areas
Now those who know me will be well aware that I rarely puff on the evil weed. Or, for that matter, its slightly less evil and more charitable weed. So you would think that I would be a clean air fanatic[…]

BROADCAST – “Come On Let’s Go” / “Dead The Long Year”
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BROADCAST – “Come On Let’s Go” / “Dead The Long Year”
Not a review so much as a suggestion and a glimpse. A suggestion that people think of Broadcast too much as sound curators and mood builders, casting old Radiop[…]

A Loafer’s Discourse
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A Loafer’s Discourse – my final (hopefully) word on the freakytrigger.com thing.[…]

REM – “IMITATION OF LIFE”
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REM – “IMITATION OF LIFE”
i have a problem, and all of yer recovery type programs say that the first step is to admit to it. so i will do just that.
i like the new rem single.
it’s good, i don’t know what else to say. ex[…]

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  1. "Dave Sim sticks the landing." That is my feeling too. As frustrating and borderline unreadable as the last 50 issues…

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  3. " ... it’s also an ominous indication of where he’s going as a creator. He’s laying out dialogue so as…

  4. LOL - I'm reading through these, and the "Jaka's Story" one drew my first reaction, and in it I said…

  5. I think the notion that conservatives can't make art is nonsense. J.R.R.Tolkien and G.K. Chesterton are two of my favorite…