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Courtney Love

Wednesday, September 8th, 2010

Hated by many, maligned by many more, mocked and frequently disregarded... Courtney Love must be one of the most underrated artists and cultural icons of modern times. That she IS a cultural icon is quite beyond doubt. In the early to mid nineties, her band's music was more powerful, more relevant, more influential and more potent than pretty much anything that the diminishing rock and indie genres have produced in the past decade. (more...)

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THE BASS PLAYER…

Tuesday, August 17th, 2010

They're the most underrated and generally overlooked members of the band. To be honest, that's because lots of bass players really aren't that important to the music - they're just there to keep that necessary element of the rhythm going, almost imperceptibly, in the background. You wouldn't even notice the bass a lot of the time. And there's some really bad bass players whose incompetence is covered over by the rest of the band; Sid Vicious springs to mind. (more...)

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The Common Cold

Thursday, August 5th, 2010

The first symptoms appear insidiously, like a thief in the night. Watery eyes alert you that something is not quite right this morning. A runny nose soon confirms your worst suspicions: your wonderful immune system has balls it up yet again – a cold is coming! (more...)

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Analog Radio

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010

The Radio Dictatorship begins...
The government in this country (UK) has announced that all non-digital radio sets will be rendered useless by 2015, and that everyone will have to buy a digital radio or access radio programming via the internet or via digital TV.

On behalf of traditional radio users everywhere, I must now proceed to use this platform to defend the so very underrated analog radio format against the tyrranny of the Digital Empire. (more...)

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