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March 2010

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-3-28) → last.fm
  1. Laura Marling (39)
  2. Camera Obscura (19)
  3. Belle & Sebastian (14)
  4. Fanfarlo (14)
  5. Band of Horses (10)

Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

Mar 31, 2010
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Mar 30, 2010
#daily mail #newspaper
Anton Vowl looks at the Daily Mail readers views on Claudia Winkleman (and women in general) → enemiesofreason.co.uk

Clearly it makes for depressing, misogynist, reading. Personally, I don’t mind Winkleman, and although I wouldn’t have thought of her first, she might work out well.

Mar 30, 2010
“Punishment is the last and least effective instrument in the hands of the legislator for the prevention of crime.” —John Ruskin, Notes on the General Principles of Employment for the Destitute and Criminal Classes
Mar 29, 20101 note
#punishment #crime #government #politics
Advice to Cameron: dump George → heresycorner.blogspot.com

I respect the Heresiarch for his often intelligent views on current topics. However, his suggestion that just before an election, Cameron sacks Osborne because he might be unpopular is laughably insane.

Mar 29, 2010
Zero Punctuation review of Heavy Rain → escapistmagazine.com

I think I enjoyed it a little more than Yahtzee, but I think he’s pretty much right on all points.

Mar 28, 2010
Alexis Petridis on Compare the Meerkat and Cravats → guardian.co.uk

I couldn’t agree more. Are there people over three who actually like those fucking adverts?

Mar 27, 2010
“What about whales? They are ignoring animals that are more important. Animals need saving and that’s more important. This New York thing is being blown out of proportion. Who gives a fuck about New York when elephants are being killed.” —Lee Ryan, Blue, on 9/11
Mar 26, 2010
#lee ryan #blue #9/11 #whales #elephants
News Graphics by Megan Jaegerman → edwardtufte.com

The illustration on how to spot people with concealed weapons is particularly good, although has a great deal of potential for paranoia-creation.

Mar 26, 2010
“Three o’clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do.” —John-Paul Sartre, Nausea
Mar 26, 20108 notes
Michael Gove used to strike but big questions remain → people.co.uk

Namely, how anyone could chant “Management are denying people the chance to be governed by a collective bargaining deal and denying freedom of choice in the workplace.”

Mar 23, 2010
Charlie Brooker on Drugs and Newspapers → guardian.co.uk

Articles comparing various things we accept to things we don’t, like drugs, aren’t rare, but Brooker does this well.

Mar 23, 2010
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-3-21) → last.fm
  1. The National (25)
  2. Jr Walker & The All-Stars (23)
  3. Belle & Sebastian (18)
  4. Four Tet (16)
  5. Camera Obscura (13)

Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

Mar 23, 2010
“All human wisdom is summed up in these two words — wait and hope.” —Alexander Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo
Mar 22, 20105 notes
#alexander dumas #the count of monte cristo #hope #wait #wisdom
Extract from Total Politics' interview with Nick Griffin → iaindale.blogspot.com

Making Nick Griffin look like an idiot is like shooting fish in a barrel, but it’s good to see that even Iain Dale’s Total Politics magazine managed to kill a few dozy fish.

Mar 19, 2010
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Mar 18, 20101 note
#chatroulette #music #improvisation
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Mar 18, 20103 notes
#the national #terrible love #high violet
Mar 17, 201032 notes
#the national #matt berninger #setlist #music
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-3-14) → last.fm
  1. Fanfarlo (36)
  2. Mumford & Sons (33)
  3. Hot Chip (16)
  4. TV on the Radio (12)
  5. Vampire Weekend (11)

Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

Mar 16, 2010
‘Tis Pity We Called Her A Whore – And Other Ineffectual Digital Apologies → techcrunch.com

Paul Carr on the new potential for libel that the internet provides. He points out that online “the simple fact is that many editors have absolutely no idea how their papers work any more.”

Mar 16, 2010
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