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Can someone tell Bob...

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Was anyone at the Scala last night?

Looks perfect for blokes of a certain age.

Paul and Mick back together doing The Guns of Brixton plus Pete Wylie, The Farm and Primal Scream all doing a few songs, looks like it was a good night out. All in aid of the Hillsborough justice campaign - Justice Tonight.

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MegaChef Rock 'n' Roll cookwear

I've just come across Megachef and wanted to make sure the Massive knew about it before their Christmas lists were posted.

I'm getting slightly concerned that I may have fallen for a Les Paul shaped bread board, and "Never Mind The Scallops" apron.

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150 indie lables see their CDs and Vinyl go up in smoke

This is miserable. PIAS who do the distribution for many indie labels had all there stock in the Sony’s DADC site in Enfield North London including Finders Keepers and Buzzin' Fly...

http://thisistheguild.wordpress.com/2011/08/09/pias-distribution-stock-d...

Buy some downloads help them out.

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Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic



20 pints in a minute that really is genius.

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The Steam Punk Turntable


Not pitch perfect, and I'm not sure there's a mass market waiting, but A+ for effort.

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He's a National Treasure

By golly John Lydon is in the press again, this time for all the right reasons...

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/3243058/Jay-Kay-kic...

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Magnificent Maps

I’ve got to agree with Fraser's comment on this weeks podcast; Magnificent Maps at the British Library is a great exhibition, and one of the standout pieces is Stephen Walter's London map ‘The Island’.

I’d highly recommend anyone vaguely interested in London to seek it out; you are guaranteed to be fascinated. It’s a combination of fabulously intricate charcoal drawing (you really need a magnifying glass to see all the detail) references to history, pop and football trivial, local folk law, and personal stuff. He’s also done similar project in Liverpool. There’s a brief BBC feature to gives a flavour.

If you’re in the Islington area (ideal for a Word office lunch) the Charles Lamb pub has The Island hanging across one wall with magnifying glasses supplied so you can study it with a pint at your leisure.

Can we have an interview with Stephen please…

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So Gorillaz replace U2 at Glastonbury

Maybe Mick and Paul could sneak in a quick version of Remote Control for Joe.

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Minute of Mayhem

I'm sure there are better selections but this suited me...

Did you join in??

A few photos from Highgate Cemetery this afternoon it was a stylish affair as you'd expect...


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Now this is what I call Football.

A pro team from Osaka (J-League) is playing against a team of primary/elementary school players. The pros have 11 players but the kids team has 100.

Are you watching FA?? This could catch on...


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A Song For Cheryl

Tracey Thorn seems to be ahead of the game.

This beautifully grown up tune has just been released as a free download promoting her new album. Don't let Cheryl anywhere near it...

http://www.traceythorn.com/


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The Jazz Loft Project

This looks fabulous...


Will members of the human race ever be so cool again?

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/333deeac-1477-11df-9ea1-00144feab49a.html?ncli...

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Way To Blue - Songs of Nick Drake

For anyone, like me, that completely missed the adverts for this tour there's some footage here of Green singing Fruit Tree with Danny Thompson on bass. It's sublime...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/music/celticconnections/2010/artists/way_t...

and great report from robram here...

http://www.wordmagazine.co.uk/content/way-blue-songs-nick-drake

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Last.fm Tube tags

Are there any other Last.fm subscribers out there?

I've just discovered their new playground where you can create all sorts of graphs and 'visualisations' from your own chart data. Anyone care to share Tube Maps?

Click on this image to see mine in all its glory...an interesting reminder of what you've been listening to for the last 18 months.

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