February 2012
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Despite any justified skepticism I might have towards the medium, I have realised today that it has meant that the only cassette tapes I buy are ones that are worth putting that skepticism aside for. As such, my small tape collection is probably better and definitely more consistant than my CD and vinyl collections. Though the skepticism itself is the cause of this phenomenon, this realisation has...
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recent jams. 3 is probably the best.
What do you call a fastidious rock band?
OCDC
thank you, thank you you’re too kind!
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DIMENSIONS FESTIVAL →
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Bike Update 2
I got my bike back from the workshop a couple of weeks ago, but I wanted pictures ready before doing the update. Sorry for the delay!
Here she is:
Shown are the new wheels, new cassette, new chain, new front derailleur, new matching white bar tape and - this is the big news - new crankset!
I was worried that the old gearset might not be compatible with a 10-speed cassette, and I was right. It...
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All 4 sketches featuring ‘my wife’, David Mitchell:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=lu63iT8XdJs#t=378s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=k7h9pdxiy8M#t=155s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=k7h9pdxiy8M#t=427s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Lc5fUp1-gdA#t=215s
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creadaeth replied to your post: not sure whether to pre-order Burial’s Kindred…
I want to buy one and keep the other but I’m not sure whether it would actually go for that much.
yeah no info regarding limited numbers yet
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not sure whether to pre-order Burial’s Kindred EP for monetary gain
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I’ve got these two beuts shipping over from the US in the next couple of weeks.
Both volumes of the Hive Mind/Mammal collaboration, I’ve Been Sick and Our War. If you know Hive Mind already (and if not, why not you philistine?), imagine that but harsher.
plus its two more additions to my mega cool /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\cassette collection/\/\/\/\/\/\/\//\
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garmonbozium:
I can’t stand meandering, badly constructed sentences in academic papers which you just know wouldn’t be tolerated in an undergraduate essay.
We get this all the time in philosophy. They drill conciseness and coherency into us at every opportunity and force us to write about huge topics in ridiculously small essays while assigning us reading that is unfocussed, rambling and...
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Another culinary success from the kitchen of Chef...
Potato
Sweet Potato
Leek
Mushroom
Stilton
Soured Cream
baked
Boil the potatoes - sliced - for 20 minutes. With 5 minutes to go, start frying the mushroom and leek on a high heat with rosemary, basil, garlic and olive oil, allowing the leek to get a little blackened. Take both pans off the heat and put the mushrooms and leek in a casserole dish. Add a few dollops of cream and crumble...
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I've finally given in and made a bandcamp →
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I dreamed about this last night
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“No government can now expect to be permanent unless it guarantees progress as...”
– John Stuart Mill, from ‘Vindication of the French Revolution of February 1848’
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The watches ‘lookbook’ I’m currently compiling to aid potential future purchases is now up on flickr. Mostly Skagen, but with a few others thrown in for variety such as this Logines:
“There is only one plain rule of life eternally binding, and independent of all...”
– J.S. Mill, letter to Robert Barclay Fox 