Category: Music
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15JUL22 / accessions
Few days late, these, but the accessions department is running at reduced capacity due to annual leave. Doom Patrol because I’ve known of it for years, but never read it. New Nina Allan because new Nina Allan. The Rankin-Gee because I read the blurb and was reminded almost instantly of half a dozen unfinished stories…
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tooled up
Went out-of-country on Saturday, for the first time in about a year—day-trip to Copenhagen, on the occasion of TOOL playing the Royal Arena over there, and me having bought tickets way back in October last year or thenabouts. I swore off arena shows after a disastrous and deeply disagreeable trip to see Deftones play what…
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I’m a very different person today, with different priorities
Via Simon Reynolds, I learn that David Stubbs, one of the core Melody Maker writers during my brief stint as a regular reader thereof, has got a fancy new website. Based on this sample, it’ll be worth reading for guidance on how to age gracefully with regard to one’s publicly-aired opinions: I’m not just embarrassed…
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venue rules
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weird shit is afoot on Spotify
I have no idea. A friend I showed this to yesterday asked me if I’d listened to it, as it cropped up in my “trending albums for you” feed. I replied that of course I haven’t listened to it; I’m way too scared of banjaxxing my recommendation-algo profile by clicking through on something that shows…