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bfm historical society

Ok so I’m a bit late to this but every Saturday over at bFM, Dubhead has been running a very interesting documentary series on the history of the station. Called The bFM Historical Society it’s a series of interviews with people who’ve worked in and around the b over the years, starting in the mid [...]

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how to pass the time at family gatherings

First, sneak off and find a computer. Which we’ve just done, yeah? I have. Now just drink until it passes. Here’s a couple of ideas to keep you occupied: 1. Play Auditorium. Speakers on. 2. Watch some hilarious clips of “live” electronic performers faking their shows at deadact.com. Do they think we’re stupid? (Hope that [...]

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a couple of things you should know about

First, sorry if you got an old email re-delivered today. I don’t know why that happens but sometimes it does. Anyway, I want to let you know about a couple of tools for finding music online. mtvmusic.com MTV have opened up their huge catalogue of music videos and put them online here – it’s a [...]

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instrumental for the people

This is a rhythm track I’ve been working on with a lot of nice live percussion. It does have some mean vocals but before I finish putting it together I thought I might release the instrumental to you all in case anyone else wants to use it. (creative commons license) [Audio clip: view full post [...]

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good things about vinyl

I used to listen to mp3s while working at the computer (because that’s where they live), but I’ve recently discovered something healthy about listening to vinyl: You get the micro-breaks for free! Because every 20 minutes you have to get up and flip the record. Just one more reason why records are still the coolest [...]

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