Posts by Peter Darlington
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That's a great summary by the way. Thanks Graham!
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And wow, Dizzee is simply amazing. I rated his first album, but thought that he would be simply a one-trick pony. He's proven me wrong, time and again.
Like any musician worth their salt, Dizzee has given the finger to everybody's expectations and just done what he wanted and it's really worked for him. I'm sure his old cobbers in the Grime community aren't too impressed with it but he really has reinvented himself as an international rockstar. As one of the top two British MCs he's like Miles Davis to Roots Manuva's Ornette Coleman :)
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Rich, gotta say: nice to find that it's not just me and Simon here who love this music.
Oi!
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So I wonder who's handed over the cash for the 1.55 billion (yes billion) music transactions in the US last year. I get fucked off when I read this sort of doom-laden ill-informed drivel.
So, read any Bono this New Year? :)
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Heh. This is where I do my 'honestly, I can't really hear the qualitative difference between a 192 mp3, a FLAC and an LP' thing, and all the audiophile nerds look at me in abject horror. Sorry guys. :)
I need to video the bass bins on my speakers while playing "Pounding System" by Dub Syndicate on vinyl. They're bouncing all over the place with shock and awe. They barely twitch playing a digital file at any volume. The vinyl has such warmth and physicality in comparison.
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What did you/do you do about the vinyl?
I love the vinyl and still buy it. I know, I'm an illogical freak :)
My earliest purchases are all on vinyl and give me some great memories, they also sound fantastic, while the CDs just remind me of how much I was ripped off paying over the odds in the '90s
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I'll probably end up listening to more music now they're all unboxed than I have done with the mp3s - it's easier to idly browse, pull out anything that catches my eye, and give it a spin.
With some kind of album view I really don't see the difference between browsing MP3s and browsing CDs, except having your tunes in a database means you can also do a load of idle playlisting and choosing that would wear you out with physical media.
I have all my cd's out like this but generally feed them on to the computer when I want to play them. More and more they depress me as an inefficient dead weight of plastic, wish someone had invented broadband in in 1985 and saved us all the bother :)
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Where do you think inspiration for fiction comes from, if not 'real life'? *People* are stupid, crass and debased (as well as intelligent, noble and uplifting, at least sometimes).
True, I just wish I was on the " intelligent, noble and uplifting" side of the ledger for once :)
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As I'll probably be in Auckland in January 2011 I'd like the BDO organisers to think seriously about King Midas, Darkstar, Nero, Mungolian Jetset and Andrew Weatherall. It's not too much to ask...
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Possibly one of the saddest gay athlete stories is this one.
In his autobiography, Clough recounts a dressing down he gave Fashanu after hearing rumours that he was going to gay bars. "'Where do you go if you want a loaf of bread?' I asked him. 'A baker's, I suppose.' 'Where do you go if you want a leg of lamb?' 'A butcher's.' 'So why do you keep going to that bloody poofs' club?"'