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Link: Xbox funeral

In geek, internet, links on 30 November 2008 with no comments

Ahahahahah. Just look.

The cabinet of Dr Chorus

In internet on 24 November 2008 with no comments

OK, so this has gone in about 400m from my house.
That’s good, right?

Husker Du - Something I Learned Today

In music on 24 November 2008 tagged husker du with no comments

Via Kung Fu Grippe

Television - Marquee Moon

In Uncategorized on 21 November 2008 with no comments

Where the grass is green

In music on 20 November 2008 with no comments

Chuck Klosterman reviews Chinese Democracy:
Reviewing Chinese Democracy is not like reviewing music. It’s more like reviewing a unicorn.
It’s like if Jeff Lynne tried to make Out Of The Blue sound more like Fun House, except with jazz drumming and a girl singer from Motown.
Somewhere in Los Angles, there’s gotta be 400 hours of DAT tape [...]

Two links

In film, links, media on 17 November 2008 tagged charlie brooker with no comments

I’m becoming a fan of Charlie Brooker - he wrote Dead Set, the ‘Big Brother house is the only refuge from the living dead’ TV series, and works himself into indignant hilarity every week in the Guardian:
How annoying is it? Put it this way: James Blunt is also on the list, and he’s the least [...]