Archives – 2002 – July – 15  

THE BALANESCU QUARTET – “Autobahn”
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The Balanescus’ severe and beautiful string arrangement of “Autobahn” sparks familiar questions: what is the point of a ‘cover version’? What makes a good one? Can a distinction – for once – be made between s[…]

The Jubilee Stuff
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The Jubilee Stuff is a five-part piece by The Pinefox, an 8,000 word quasi-diary of a week in June. It will be running every day this week on Freaky Trigger.
Also up on FT is His Wotanic Majesty’s Request, a very entertaining review of some Sca[…]

A subject which often comes back up here is that of televisions in pubs
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A subject which often comes back up here is that of televisions in pubs. We all know the horror of the TV showing MTV while the jukebox is banging out something completely different. And we are all aware that no matter what is on a TV screen the eye […]

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  2. No offense taken! I don't have the ego to have alarms about myself. I do, still, have sufficient fondness for…