Month: December 2012
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Night Network and the rise and fall of UK night telly
As a night owl in the 1980’s (and now, notice the time of posting this!) I used to watch Night Network all the time – probably have some on my old tapes. ITV In Your Face goes through all of the original late night programs in the UK, including Late Night Late which was less…
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Looking back to those we’ve lost
Love this tribute from TCM to the actors, directors, singers and creative people relating to the film industry we’ve lost in 2012 – great choice in music too (M83 – Wait). I think for me, Marvin Hamlisch, Hal David, Andy Williams, Andy Griffiths (for Face In The Crowd specifically), Larry Hagman, Nicol Williamson, Tony Scott,…
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The Spirit of Christmas
…is very warped and disturbing if you are Cyriak. (via Felix Five)
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Santa’s Satellite: Soviet Space Age Festive Cards
Now as you might have guessed from the latest Radio Clash I’m on a Space Age Santa tip inspired by Mr Fab’s compilation, I didn’t realise that over the Cold War border Santa – or ‘Father Frost’ was also going into space in Soviet Russia. Not Christmas cards as such but New Year ones, and…
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I want what he’s having…
OK my vote for the new Burial (not that the old one is doing that badly thankyouverymuch) is in and it’s Sinjin Hawke. Well with ‘Crystal Dust’ maybe a more trap version of Burial, with Disney Black Hole symphonics and Anna Meredith’s Nautilus style parps over a trap beat. I LIKE. Makes me want to…
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Last out of the Trap
Checking out this trap business…which turns out it’s part what I thought it was, and part not – I knew it was those skippetty 808 claps and snares, slow like chopping and screwing – what surprised me checking out this potted history of Trap is how most of what is called ‘Trap’ I’d call crunk…