Archive for July 1st, 2010

Celebrity Presenters (stop the world, I want to get off!)

01/07/2010
By Chris Wright
Celebrity Presenters (stop the world, I want to get off!)

Witless, vapid and contributing nothing save a supersized ego to the sum of human knowledge. Ok, that may be a subjective opinion, but am I the only one who has grown to detest celebrity led Television documentaries to the point where I will actually refuse to watch them? There is a trend these days...
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Scuba – Triangulation (2010)

01/07/2010
By Chris Wright
Scuba – Triangulation (2010)

Angular and edgy, this music is inescapably urban. Dubstep is the unromanticised sound of the inner cities. Apparently drawing on the complete history of electronic music, Scuba produces a harder, cleaner sound than say, Burial. Fractured, kaleidoscopic and twitchy, this is the sound of the internet after everyone has gone to sleepRead more »

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Writing a book on freelancing

01/07/2010
By Leif Kendall
Writing a book on freelancing

I’m writing a book!!! I’m very excited about this. Ever since I wrote ‘Monkeys’ – my powerfully insightful poem about the nature of monkeys – at the age of 7, I’ve fantasised about writing a book. Now, at the age of 32, I have my first opportunity to write a book, and it’s really...
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