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Mr Agreeable
Mr Agreeable: Auf Wiederzane Prick - A Farewell To Zane Lowe
Waking up to my customary repast of pumpkin seeds, rooibos tea, tangerine segments and a ...
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The Quietus Essay
Sonic Sabotage: The Noisy History Of Auto-Destructive Music
This message will self-destruct in five seconds. The tape sparks and fizzles in the deck....
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Black Sky Thinking
This Is A Low: Blur, Asia & Cultural Appropriation
Photograph courtesy of Yulia Grigoryeva/Shutterstock.com My misgivings began when frontma...
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The Quietus Essay
Stupid & Sophisticated: The Rise & Rise Of The Seven Nation Army Riff
Like Jake and Elwood, Jack White felt he was on a mission from God to bring the blues scr...
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Black Sky Thinking
The New Prudishness: On Free Speech In Election Year
Image courtesy Philip Date / Shutterstock.com Nous sommes Charlie, right? So it turns out...
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The Quietus Essay
Laughing In The Face Of Death: On Paris & The Charlie Hebdo Attack
Image via conejota/Shutterstock Yesterday morning people were being shot dead in cold blo...
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Black Sky Thinking
With All Duet Respect: On Snobbery, Kanye & McCartney
Kanye West is one of the biggest pop stars the world has ever seen. He's been cloned and ...
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Wreath Lectures
Beyond Dapper Laughs: Comedic Realism & The Failure Of Liberalism
Like many, perhaps most or even all, of you, I won't look back on 2014, at least in terms...
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Wreath Lectures
Remember Them: The Accrington Pals & 2014's WW1 Centenary
Accrington; what's in a name? Well I'm going to tell you in a minute. By way of introduct...
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Wreath Lectures
Crash & Carry? The Supermarket In Pop Culture In 2014
"The supermarket is an expression of our times, the pop art of everyday life." This is th...
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