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It seems like the beautiful Amanda Palmer is, according to Roadrunner Records, too fat to be commercial.  They’ve told her that they wouldn’t release her new video for Leeds United unless they cut shots of her belly.  As you can imagine, she’s now looking for another label.  With some of the fat, ugly blokes of [...]

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For anyone watching Orange Unsigned Act on Channel 4, you’ll already realise that Tommy Reilly is one of the best things ever.  For everyone else, check out his myspace.
(if you’ve got sense, you probably like Klaus Says Buy The Record, too).

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Well, another week, another gig I expected to be mightily disappointed by, this time at The Duchess.  Unfortunately, as the early bird of my little group, I had the pleasure of seeing Wurlybird on my own.
Wurlybird (no website, it seems) were pretty weak.  With no drummer, they failed to gel for the vast majority of [...]

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If you like M.I.A., if you like Tom Waits, or if you like the Wire, then you should check out M.I.A and Blaqstarr’s cover / mashup / whatever of Way Down In The Hole called Save Ur Soul.  The tune’s very much back on M.I.A.’s old-skool form, and the video cost less then $10 to [...]

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For those of you who like both Peaches and the Muppets, we give you …
<found at Hear>You>Me>

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This shit is amazing.  Coldcut played at the BBC Electric Proms this year following a panel discussion on the wonderfulness of the Radiophonic Workshop.  Although I didn’t managed to get to see them, the wonderfulness of Youtube has helped me yet again.  And now it helps you.
<From Create Digital Music>

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Last night Rolo Tomassi played their second gig in York, at the Junction.  As we missed the first one, Jim and I decided that we had to get our asses down and catch them this time.
The first act on where a bitchin’ trio of kids called Ghosts on the Intercom.  They’re very impressive to say [...]

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Last night Rolo Tomassi played their second gig in York, at the Junction.  As we missed the first one, Jim and I decided that we had to get our asses down and catch them this time.
The first act on where a bitchin’ trio of kids called Ghosts on the Intercom.  They’re very impressive to say [...]

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Last night Rolo Tomassi played their second gig in York, at the Junction.  As we missed the first one, Jim and I decided that we had to get our asses down and catch them this time.
The first act on where a bitchin’ trio of kids called Ghosts on the Intercom.  They’re very impressive to say [...]

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23rd August 2008
Seal Cub Clubbing Club
The Laze
The Uprights (I think)
@Brudenell Social Club
YACHT
@The Faversham
As an exciting birthday night out for Jim Hemmingfield Poetry (you should book him for gigs, he’s brilliant), we went to a free gig hosted by Stench of Muscle at the Brudenell in Leeds. Unfortunately, the first band (who I think were [...]

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