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Johnny Alpha Mad Stronium Dog
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— 3 Nov 2009 Pete Baran 1 comment

I have never been directly involved in an African civil war. I have read a fair bit about them, the tragedies drawn up on racial lines, the devastating effect upon the population and the vicious cycles it seems to set up. And more recently the storie[…]

The Most Important Game Ever Made #19: Oh, Ha Bloody Ha
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— 3 Nov 2009 Al Ewing & Sarah Peploe 1 comment

Time to get political with ‘Taxman’:

That’s Junior Parker’s ultra-slow, ultra-mellow version, a chuckling drawl (“Aw, now this is awful…”) that makes it clear that Junior is having a whale of a time lounging[…]

CLIPSE – “Young Boy”
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— 3 Nov 2009 Tom Comment

What I said about “Young Boy” back in 2002 on this site:
“My favourite Neptunes production trick is their most retro- the explosive-horns-and-shouting thing you get here and to some extent on Beyonce’s ‘Work It Out’. It’s w[…]

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