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Selection of articles written between 2005 and today.
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On the Hour
Chris(topher) Morris, the terrible child of British televisionradio comedy, began his careen into famelebrity with the oft acclaimed Bee Bee, see? Radio For pretend comedy news show ‘On the Hour’. Warp Records, the British indie label associated with caravan living acid casualty Aphex Twat, has had a long association with morris. Possibly including fucking. They’ve… Read more
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Terrifying Blight of the Young!
Ah, past history. What a magnificent source of humor. Here’s a video made in the past, with scant regard for it’s absurdity today. Look at how the stupid news people talk in foolish ignorance of all the things every one now knows not to be true. Also, in the past we had silly baggy clothes,… Read more
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Music Video No. 1
Music videos are often highly pretentious documents of the megalomaniacal self-involvement of the musicians involved. There are many examples where this self-involvement is appropriate, where the video’s introspection points to something larger held common in us all. Often, however, they’re just silly. Empire of the Sun are tipped to be big next year. The song… Read more
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Why Sara couldn’t vote for Obama
Note; I was sent this email below a few weeks ago by a friend of mine from New York. Its final email in an exchange between daughter and mother about the then up coming election. The deep seated fear, racism and indoctrination of it is both scary and fun. The truly scary but is how… Read more
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Armando Iannucci
One of the drier comedy men doing the rounds in the late nineties was wee scot Armando Iannucci. Iannucci was one of the brains behind many of the best comedy shows of the last twenty years, and collaborated with figures like Chris Morris and Steve Coooooogan. The problem is that, whilst Iannucci is a clever… Read more
Gareth Stack 