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Beck-Golden Age
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— 20 May 2003 Anthony Easton Comment

I like this new genuine heartbroken Beck, where his bricolage and fake hipster poses can no longer protect a broken heart, and he stops being anything but real. This is supposed to be the new authenticity, we are supposed to be real, and the realness[…]

Some current lip-flapping in the UK
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— 20 May 2003 Tom Comment

Some current lip-flapping in the UK centred on the current collapse in singles sales and the imminent doom of the charts – here’s the Guardian’s laughable contribution courtesy of Dave Lee Travis, who once shocked John Peel by admit[…]

BONE THUGS N HARMONY feat PHIL COLLINS – ‘Home’ BLACK-EYED PEAS feat JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE – ‘Where Is The Love?’
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— 20 May 2003 Tom Comment

I’ve not been listening to music much the last couple of weeks and seeing as what I want to hear is this kind of syrup-sluiced corn-hop you’re doubtless thinking that’s NO BAD THING, anyway I’ve not even put the radio on, not […]

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