Month: June 2015
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Why losing the battle to rip CDs is bad
Just heard the news that the recently gained right in the UK for people to rip CDs for personal use (which most people thought was legal anyway) has been overturned. Although I doubt this will stop anyone from doing it, it’s bad for several reasons – the first being that “they suggested that a tax…
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Venga Room
If you’re one of the three people that hasn’t seen Venga Room, the response to Boiler Room pulling the 90’s Boiler Room and a dig about Grimes infamous Venga Boys set, then you’re in for a treat! The idea is taking the most pretentious or po-faced Boiler Room sets and adding some Venga magic to…
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KLF United States of Audio mixumentary
Loving this ‘mixumentary’ about the KLF – going from Timelords to Extreme Noise Terror by United States of Audio aka Dave Trigg. (via Rob Manuel and Dave Green/Fakebit Polytechnic) Different approach to my two KLF shows (which if anyone wondered if the KLF are forgotten, they are still my most popular shows) with a mix…
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White Terrorist Bingo
Another day, another shooting in America, another set of excuses…FULL HOUSE! Let the bleating that it’s ‘not the same’ and ‘not about race’ begin, with a special bonus: ‘don’t take my guns’. (via Boing Boing and youngparis_/David Kerlick) EDIT: A great addendum is Jon Stewart’s Network moment, real clarity and uncomfortable truth here. I won’t…
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Future
I’ve been listening to Douglas Adams at the BBC which has clips from various series he was involved with, and it pointed out how much of a futurist and technologist he was (although one that realised the down side of technology – as he quotes Bran Ferren “”Technology is a word that describes something that…
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The Long Peace?
Interesting video/infographic detailing how many people died in World War 2 – very important to revisit this from time to time, lest we forget. I think people feel scared of ISIS, Iraq, Afghanistan, etc – but it is comforting to think these are tiny battles compared to what has gone before. I don’t think we…