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illuminatus commented on the post, Troubled Blood 3 months ago
I started reading them after the first series turned up on the TV, and it intrigued me. Then again, I really like the novel of the Casual Vacancy (far more than the adaptation).
I really enjoyed this one. It’s […]
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illuminatus commented on the post, Doctor Who – The Timeless Child. An in-depth analysis. 10 months, 3 weeks ago
Thing is, if you go back to the beginning of the show, back with Hartnell, that’s exactly what it was. Every others tory was educational, or certainly had elements of factual stuff that your average schoolkids […]
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illuminatus commented on the post, Stewart Lee on tour 2020 10 months, 3 weeks ago
Excellent. Got a ticket to see him in Newcastle at the end of this month. Will be my third time watching him, and he’s not disappointed yet. Also, chatting to him post-gig, he’s a really lovely bloke, which is always nice.
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illuminatus commented on the post, Music Nerds – The Early Years 11 months ago
It’a strange, but I recognise quite a lot of those early years experiences and influences. My parents had shared, but also different musical likes, so while my dad liked Marty Robbins and Shirley Bassey, and mam […]
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illuminatus commented on the post, Pink Floyd – The Later Years 1 year, 1 month ago
I’m not struck on the One Slip remix. it just sounds a bit…flat to me, which is sad becasue UI really liked the orignal, which was par tof the sound track to may student years – AMLOR and DSOT were pretty much […]
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illuminatus commented on the post, House and Techno on Top of the Pops 1 year, 1 month ago
It’s weird , looking at this stuff, that I’m reminded of stuff that Jean Michel Jarre has said repeatedly in the past about performing electronica/dance music.
Electronic music is a European art form, unlike […]
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illuminatus commented on the post, Before They Were Famous….. 1 year, 1 month ago
Suppose so, but they weren’t exactly mainstream king pins.
I remember listening to TMWE pretty religiously at university, so its pretty contemporaneous for me.
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illuminatus commented on the post, It's All Because We Stole The Koh-i-noor 1 year, 1 month ago
Almost as much as the Chinese. Hong Kong, tea and The Opium Wars.
It’s a really good job we’re not going to have negotiate comprehensive international trade deals with them or anything in the near fut…oh, BUGGER.
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illuminatus commented on the post, Anybody had a Dental Implant? 1 year, 2 months ago
First thing that leapt into my head too.
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illuminatus commented on the post, The Royal Question 1 year, 2 months ago
Thing is, lots of the progressive and modern nations (mostly Scandi, admittedly, and the Dutch) manage perfectly fine with a monarchy. The main issue with ours is how it fits with the rest of the mess that is our […]
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illuminatus commented on the post, So which is the best music monthly. 1 year, 2 months ago
It was a product before its time really. Later, it may have succeeded, especially if they hadn’t been stretched financially so much on launch.
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illuminatus commented on the post, So which is the best music monthly. 1 year, 2 months ago
I distinctly remember Heat before it went, well…shit. I bought it until the relaunch, which came about because no one was buying it, and when it was still a decent read.
Actually, it reminded me of a mag that […]
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illuminatus commented on the post, Alita Battle Angel 1 year, 2 months ago
Thing is, I really liked it, but then I’ve read some of the manga as well. High art it’s not, but I don’t think that’s really the point.
And of course it sets up for a sequel that may never happen
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illuminatus commented on the post, Before They Were Famous….. 1 year, 2 months ago
St Mary’s College, Durham. Summer Ball, June 1991, where I went with my then girlfriend. There was a comedy package on. Compere, one Bob Mills, with two other slots: Jack Dee and Jo Brand.
And in 1992, same […]
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illuminatus commented on the post, Are we now post-NME and post-Peel? 1 year, 2 months ago
Wasn’t one of the things he basically said, “I’ll listen to most things at least once”
Hardly snobbery. How do you know what you like or dislike otherwise?
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illuminatus commented on the post, Are we now post-NME and post-Peel? 1 year, 2 months ago
tbf, I’d like to think I’m fairly well-read, and apart from a bit of The Book of Dave, I’ve barely read any Self, even though I know plenty about him. Lists of things don’t always give the full picture, but we are […]
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illuminatus commented on the post, Are we now post-NME and post-Peel? 1 year, 2 months ago
I find 6music falls into two camps, one of which I like, the other I don’t.
One is the earnest chin-stroking SU type of wonk, who takes it all way too seriously, and raises stuff onto unrealistic pedestals. (for […]
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illuminatus commented on the post, Let's talk about James Blunt again 1 year, 2 months ago
Musically I find him mostly inoffensive. The amount of play *that song* got wasn’t even really his fault. And generally speaking I think he’s one of the good guys, so I tend to leave well enough alone.
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illuminatus commented on the post, となりのトトロ 1 year, 2 months ago
The Ghibli stuff always fits perfectly.
But I present this. I don’t think music and visuals ever were so entwined in the mind as with this movie (and this isn’t even the piece of music most people first think of […]
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illuminatus commented on the post, This election has got to be the most confusing one I've ever seen 1 year, 2 months ago
This is the true legacy of the Individualist cult of Thatcherism: the most important thing is yourself, and better yet if it can be monetised. Everything else stems from the increasingly toxic potency of the […]
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