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Apple makes a stand, and I applaud them for it.

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This struck me as a hugely important statement of intent.

The United States wants to lead the world in the battle against intolerance masquerading as religion, but seems powerless to halt the creeping, insidious evil in its own legislatures that promote the self same ignorant medieval attitudes in the name of a different prophet.

And finally here we have an arch capitalist who stands up and adds his voice, and that of his corporation, to the worried (and unheard in Washington) voices opposing the rise of a stealthy fifth column of God-bothering heathens.

Hurrah, says I, never mind that I think the iPad is the spawn of Satan, I’ll let you off this time, for taking a stand.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/pro-discrimination-religious-freedom-laws-are-dangerous-to-america/2015/03/29/bdb4ce9e-d66d-11e4-ba28-f2a685dc7f89_story.html

Those little lines are neat! Thanks, team.

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Not sure if it’s just that I’ve been glued to the blog mostly via my phone recently, or if it’s a new arrival, but can I just say that those little continuity lines are ace when you’re reading on a decent sized screen.

You guys should have got the gig to redesign the Beeb website, it would have been splendid instead of pants.

As you were.

An important circular.

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Here’s something to put in your calendars in advance, to be sure you don’t miss the festivities. It’s going to be one of those ‘had to be there’ celebrations, and I understand that anyone who takes part is on a promise to get their pi arse squared.

The date in question is 3rd January 2041 and the exact time for kick-off will be early in the morning at 59 minutes and 26 seconds past midnight. Set your alarms.

New £500 note to be a yard wide, printed on vellum made from bat’s scrotums.

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So the new quid coin is going to look exactly like an old thrupp’ny bit. Stunning. How innovative.

We should throw it open to the Massive to propose some new currency designs. Any PhotoShoppers here who can suggest a new coin of the realm, or a new note to capture our imagination? A twenty with a picture of Kanye West up to his chin in mud on the back and Kim face down in gloop on the front? How about a new note altogether, worth minus 5 pounds, with Osborne’s grinning mug on both sides?

So they have installed a double. But he’s just a Putin lookalike! The sneer is wrong.

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Play Nikolay Baskov & Sofi’s current Mockba chart hit “Ty Moe Schast’ye” backwards at half-speed underwater and you can clearly hear the chanting; “Vladimir is dead, Vladimir is dead.” And now we’re expected to believe that this is really him, back in circulation, when we know the KGB always had at least 2 clones ready and waiting to step in for any operative who fell in the course of duty. I ask you, do they take us for fools?

What’s your favourite conspiracy theory this month?

The Black Planet called Eizyum

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Which band has been the most influential:The Sisters Of Mercy or Fields of the Nephilim

I have to go for The Sisters, even though they’ve totally trashed their reputation since the 80s and The Neff have made more, and better ellpees than them. I’m listening to Garden of Delight and Merciful Nuns these days. Copyists of both but very very good ones.

Lucky Jim, well James, and his ‘free’ Marantz gear

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Found out my next door neighbour is an electrician who specialises in AV systems, I allas thought he was a builder, anyway he helped me out a few weeks back with my new LG Blurry and swapped a dodgey optical cable for me. Unfortunately the swap meant the audio and picture were out of sync, so I gave him a call on Friday to see if he could help. He popped over and swapped the input which rectified the prob, while he was here I told him about the hum on a t/t a mate had given me. He had a look at it but couldn’t trace where it was coming from, he also said he had a hum on one of his systems so I offered him an old Kenwood amp the mate with the t/t returned to me. He took it away and tried it, returning about 20mins later to tell me it was a bit knackered. But thanks anyway and would I like some gear he was chucking out. Wait for it… a Marantz AV Receiver – http://us.marantz.com/DocumentMaster/US/SR4600specsheet0506.pdf and a Marantz Super Audio CD/DVD – http://us.marantz.com/DocumentMaster/US/DV7600specsheet02-06.pdf Boy am I full of WIN! I’ve got the CD/DVD up » Continue Reading.

New one from Wire

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I know Wire have a few fans here, they’ve just announced a new (eponymous) LP and this is the teaser track for it. Typical Wire track in that it’s very short, has no chorus or immediate hook, but oddly catchy. It’s a grower.