The State of British Politics

In today’s Guardian there’s an interesting piece about this week’s Hartlepool byelection. I particularly liked this paragraph which nicely sums up the state of British politics. On September 8, the byelection was called for the 30th. A tour of the offices up and down York Road that day felt like retracing a cycle of history.… Continue reading The State of British Politics

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Smile

It’s thirty-seven years late, but the Beach Boys album Smile is finally released on Monday – although internal band politics mean that it’s now a Brian Wilson album. Still (very) long-awaited tho’. I’m reminded of the the excitement that surrounded the CD release of Pet Sounds in 1990. Hope this is as good. Update: I’ve… Continue reading Smile

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Mod Pop Punk MP3 Archive

Lots of blasts from the past here. Bands that I haven’t heard for over twenty years – The Barracudas, The Chords, The Lambrettas – together with some slightly better known bands like Generation X and Jilted John. Ah… nostalgia. Via 50 Quid Bloke (who all aging musos should be reading).

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Evening Standard and DRM

Today the Evening Standard gave away a CD that contained some standard audio tracks together with some extra tracks which were controlled by a Digital Rights Management tool called “4Play” (because you can play the tracls four times before you need to buy them). Obviously, I assumed that this was never going to work on… Continue reading Evening Standard and DRM

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