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I think that with the Madonna / producer farago below
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— 4 Dec 2000 Pete Baran Comment

I think that with the Madonna / producer farago below,my original thesis has been more or less proved. That being able to name the producer of Justify My Love cold on a live radio quiz (“this was not a phone in if you know the answer” job[…]

Firstly Ally, my apologies. I had assumed that Lenny co-wrote “Justify My Love” but that Shep had produced it.
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— 4 Dec 2000 Tim Comment

Firstly Ally, my apologies. I had assumed that Lenny co-wrote “Justify My Love” but that Shep had produced it. Actually that explains the use of the breakbeat (the same one as on My Bloody Valentine’s “Instrumental” &#82[…]

I don’t know how I missed it earlier, but I’ve decided it’s high time to clear up a misconception placed on
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— 3 Dec 2000 Ally Comment

I don’t know how I missed it earlier, but I’ve decided it’s high time to clear up a misconception placed on this very webpage on November 27th. I normally wouldn’t care, except that this misconception has run so rampant around[…]

Condolences
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— 3 Dec 2000 Sophie Comment

Condolences to the Kempa family: chriskempa.com. This would be why our beloved kempa.com is down.[…]

Where is Pop-Eye?
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— 1 Dec 2000 Tom Comment

Where is Pop-Eye? I hear you sob. Well, ah, the thing is….I didn’t listen to the charts this week. And there’s not really that much to say about “Independent Women (Part 1)”. It’s a good record, I’m pleased t[…]

IAN CRAUSE – Elemental
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— 30 Nov 2000 Tom Comment

Like Life Without Buildings, this is on Tugboat Records, who make their CDs lovely, with fold-over waxy cardboard sleeves. There’s a strict two-tracker policy going on, so I’d guess the aesthetic is to get CD singles as beautiful and cont[…]

LIFE WITHOUT BUILDINGS – Young Offenders
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— 30 Nov 2000 Tom Comment

Good packaging is so important, and Life Without Buildings records look supercool, really hard post-punk fonts at angles, light green and off-white on stark black background, minimal information but not making a point of it. They look like they could[…]

going back to spin
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— 29 Nov 2000 fred Comment

going back to spin, i’d say that, yes, it is a publicity stunt, but it’s also the truth. the timing couldn’t have been any better, what with the napster explosion combined with a dearth of great albums released this year. going over[…]

This was published in the old version of NYLPM, which was never archived. But I liked it so I resurrected it.
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— 28 Nov 2000 Tom 1 comment

This was published in the old version of NYLPM, which was never archived. But I liked it so I resurrected it.
AFGHAN WHIGS – Lost In The Supermarket
Now let me say first of all that I don’t know The Clash at all, not being one of those pu[…]

Spin have named
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— 28 Nov 2000 Tom Comment

Spin have named “your hard drive” as Album Of The Year. This is going to be taken as either the simple truth or a publicity stunt: clearly, it’s both. What do you think?[…]

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