Archive for the ‘general’ Category.
16th June 2008, 08:32 pm
portrait of the author as an intense young man
Somebody with a dysfunctional email address writes:
What happened to you John? You used to be so vitriolic and teacher like. Now you’re all fluffy. Did having a kid make you less of a wanker? Good on you if did. I remember you being a full on immoral Whitehouse freak who thought that if you didn’t produce you weren’t a person. You came across as a product of a strict protestant work ethic based family.
Mark [surname I don't recognise deleted]
Thanks Mark!
14th April 2008, 09:05 pm
invoicing for Woofah / lots of scanning / dump stuff in charity shop / water newly planted (not by me) vegetables / listen to the new blogariddims podcast / get technics deck fixed / transcribe an interview tape / review Downpressor’s record he sent me ages ago / purchase mixtapes by Jammer, Tinchy Stryder and the new Ruff Sqwad 12″ on no hats no hoods oh and a copy of ‘Smell of Female’ by The Cramps / finish reading Jason Toynbee’s slightly too academic Bob Marley: Herald of the Postcolonial World / answer all my emails, texts, private messages / watch Barbarian Queen featuring Lana Clarkson / start on sleevenotes for next blogariddims with Paul Meme / get to these:
2nd April 2008, 08:29 pm
Really pleased to see Gutta’s continuing posts on dub ancient and modern.
Kek wins my full respect for taking direct action against Van Morrison. Hand that man a medal!
After a hiatus from blogging in which Martin has been getting into shape for the summer, he’s back with some great tips for healthy urban living.
WOOFAH issue 2 is selling really well - check the website for details of new stockists! Grab it while you can…
11th January 2008, 12:07 am
http://www.uncarved.org/shop/
Back up with the last few copies of Woofah, plus Datacide, Stewart Home, Osama, psychogeography and more.
Lots of stuff still to add.
Please let me know if it’s running slow or you have any problems… apologies but if you registered before you will have to reregister now.
6th January 2008, 11:36 am
BEYOND THE IMPLODE
The Royal BTI Xmas Lectures have commenced!
4th January 2008, 08:35 pm
WOEBOT: Farewell
So it’s goodbye to Woebot - no more of them massive posts with huge amounts of scans and even more great comment, no more hugely ambitious projects like woebot.tv and well, all that.
I think it’s fair to say that in our little corner of the web a lot of people had been reading Simon Reynolds’ site, and then blog, but it was TWANBOC that played the bigger part in showing people they could do it themselves - Woebot just seemed a bit more accessible in some ways and proudly amateur in the sense of not being a paid journo / published author.
In his usual style, Paul Meme weighed in early with an arsey email.
The various interblog posts which followed from Heronbone, K-Punk, silverdollarcircle, gutterbreakz, the original soundtrack, skykicking (and my and Paul’s efforts) were in retrospect golden times for me and t’internet. Lots and lots of great blogs followed.
And when the sidebars all got a bit unwieldy, Dissensus came along…
So, respect where due.
24th October 2007, 08:09 pm
I’ve noticed that in my haste to move to a new web host, several minor things have stopped working.
The first of these is the search function on the index page of the “archive” bit of the site, which has now been fixed.
The second is the uncarved shop which will be back in due course with a load more stock.
The last thing, which I don’t think I can fix, is that the permalinks for this blog have now changed. That means any links you have to old posts probably won’t end up where you expect them to. That’s quite annoying as a load of people have linked to things here over the years, but there it is. Apologies, I shall see what I can do.
26th September 2007, 11:03 pm
expletive undeleted - Some great accounts of seeing Crass and Jah Shaka in the north of England in the early 80s. Also some nice observations on the film Babylon. Works for me!
Martin on the Crass reunion/tribute
(and this interview with George Berger on his Crass book, via greengalloway)
Dub Voyage: A Jamaican Offshoot’s Journey From Studio Accident to World Power
Blackdown interviewing Trim and worrying about the inevitable compromises being made if dubstep and grime going overground.
Stelfox on the possible end of reggae vinyl.
Droid on pop reggae.
DSCGB - The sordid story of an ex blagger and ex neoist meeting downtown.
My employer’s new policies on computer usage, which include “no blogging” and “no use of online discussion forums”.
8th August 2007, 09:31 am
Kingsland slammed the megaphone handle into his critic’s temple, causing the whining, posing tossbag to collapse into a crumpled heap. “ATTACK!!” George screamed - the signal for the great unwashed of the Clapton Brew Crew to charge through the crowd, kicking and punching anything that moved!
A hail of Merrydown bottles, filled with piss, rained down on the stage, drenching Bassey and her backing band. The crusties’ dogs sunk their fangs into Fratellis fans, while a group of Young Conservatives, who’d travelled all the way from Inverness just to catch new indie sensations The Monday Club, cried out in torment as paraboot after paraboot pounded against their vital organs.
BEYOND THE IMPLODE: “FESTIVAL!”
Dave Stelfox on Jah Cure being released from prison.
Hyperfrank on homophobia and grime.
Melissa Bradshaw interviewing Sarah of FWD/Rinse.
