Month: November 2009
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Pictures from Ethiopia & South Africa
Some of you will know I’ve just come back from a 2 week trip to Ethiopia and South Africa – certainly the cold wet weather has been a shock now I’m back in England. While I was there I visited Addis Ababa, Bahir Dar, Lake Tana & the island monasteries by boat, the mouth of…
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Their Final Hour: Wonderful Radio Soundhog rides the waves again
Calling All Shipping – MV Soundhog is broadcasting on all frequencies for possibly the last time with Radio Soundhog 7 (but then again Ben Hayes like his mate Frenchbloke always says ‘never again’ then pops up on the starboard bow when you least expect it). It’s a wonderful and in some parts jaw-dropping hour-long mix,…
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Finally a music-related post! Skyve Reuter – Rave will never die
Checking my email after Africa and this note from Skyve Reuter, the Belgian dj and producer dropped in the inbox: Hi blog friends, I just released a free bootleg album called ‘Bootbox’, including 13 mashups of banging party tunes and two dj-friendly edits of tracks by Roy Orbison and MGMT. Several tracks were already picked…
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Dear Glenda – the response
Followers of my Twitter and Livejournal will know I wrote to Glenda Jackson, my MP about the stupid ‘3 strikes’ rule that EU (not just UK apparently) are trying to pass with the Digital Economy bill, where if you’re caught 3 times filesharing they can cut off your internet. Thinking ‘I don’t fileshare’ or ‘I…