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Selection of articles written between 2005 and today.
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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
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Cheated by the DMCA
Social media, user generated content, folksonomies, Web 2.0. Geeks usually view these emerging phenomena in a glowing light – as ways for individuals and groups to co-operatively contribute to the generation of technology, culture and information. To cynics such buzzwords define methods for private companies and corporations to build products and databases without needing to… Read more
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Brendan Canning – Something For All of Us
After Broken Social Scene’s initial tryptic carried the collective Toronto scene to international acclaim, the Kevin Drew / Brendan Canning centred alt-pop collective had the wit, canny and sheer cynicism to launch a series of ‘Broken Social Scene Presents:’ records – beginning with Kevin Drew’s ‘Spirit If’, a riotously experimental indie rock record, twinkling with… Read more
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Dublin Duck Dispensary – Luanqibazao
The latest album from savage one man lo-fi outfit ‘Dublin Duck Dispensary‘ is out today for free, from the bands netlabel Rack and Ruin. The band recently made their live debut with an ultra brief but fantastic set at the poorly organised Hard Working Class Heroes festival. The album is called Luanqibazao (pronounced Loo –… Read more
