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Finally, a justifiable obsession
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The ultimate Jason Dean fansite, devoted to the Christian Slater character from Heathers, features penetrating psychoanalyses of the character. Don’t forget to sign Heather’s suicide note.[…]

Advent Calendar Of Filth Day 7: SAINT ETIENNE & TIM BURGESS – “I Was Born On Christmas Day”
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You didn’t expect to see this amongst the hoary old chestnuts roasting on an open hell-fire below. If you didn’t then you obviously still do not understand this site, and you are also possibly deaf. The man with a lifejacket for lips and […]

Y2K Garage – Tim Finney Reviews The Year In UK Garage
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A little note: these are not what I consider to be “the best garage tracks this year”. For starters, I only heard a fraction of the goodness waiting out there to be discovered. Secondly, I decided not to write about tracks I’d alrea[…]

Eminem voted Christmas favourite
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Eminem voted Christmas favourite: note misuse of word “coveted” in first sentence. Note also 2% of UK population certifiably insane for voting for Craig Phillips.[…]

Melody Maker to merge with NME
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Melody Maker to merge with NME – and it’s all our fault. “The magazine’s publisher IPC said increasing competition from music sites on the internet had prompted the decision” – well, OK, maybe they’re not pre[…]

THE ADVENT CALENDAR OF FILTH 6: JOHN LENNON & THE PLASTIC ONO BAND : Merry Christmas (War Is Over)
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THE ADVENT CALENDAR OF FILTH
6: JOHN LENNON & THE PLASTIC ONO BAND : Merry Christmas (War Is Over)
Much has been said on this very site about the utter wretchedness of John Lennon?s solo career. This track has escaped much lampooning so far pret[…]

Sexist? Call that Sexist?
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I have had to put up with much worse (unless there was more which was too sexist to publish). The sole sexist element appears to relate to drinking habits, and I would say these comments are more misguided than anything.
Pete knows all too well that […]

Hyperdub
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Hyperdub: and now a link nicked off Simon Reynolds (see below) – Hyperdub is an extraordinary magazine marrying the futuristic musical rush of cutting-edge garage and dance music with the logokinetic buzz of writers firing on all verbal cylinde[…]

THE PUB OF SEXISM
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(Finally this gets finished. I would like to apologise on behalf of us all to women readers and especially to Emma and Kate. I should probably also apologise to Magnus given the perhaps undue emphasis on his drinking frailty, but tough luck.)
The Blu[…]

THE ADVENT CALENDAR OF FILTH 5 JONA LEWIE – Stop The Cavalry
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THE ADVENT CALENDAR OF FILTH
5 JONA LEWIE – Stop The Cavalry
Jona Lewie looked like he’d been slapped every day of his miserable life. His hangdog face matched his awful flat voice and his awful voice was backed up with a casio your kid s[…]

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  1. A fantastic collection of music highlights from 2003! The detailed commentary and diverse selection make this a fun and engaging…

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