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The diskant team report back from their fun day out at the Supersonic festival in Birmingham. Headlined by Sunn 0))), Mogwai, Om and Qui with sunshine, cake and films it really was the perfect festival experience. Read more >>
Simon Minter finds out more about The Walk Off from Oxford and their messier, noisier and more downright bizarre take on New Rave. Read more >>
My home internet is currently broke so no email responding or diskant updates until it is fixed. It may not be fixed til stupid david gets back from stupid america next week or I may figure out a fix over the weekend. But most likely I will try some of this Doing Nothing Much thing […]
Ugh. Edinburgh, what are they doing to you? As if handing over a fat chunk of the regeneration budget to the cloth-eared fuckwads at MTV wasn’t enough (’cos the capital’s coke dealers need the extra trade now there’s a bit of a banking recession, presumably), at the same time, NATO is invading:
“‘After Iraq - a […]
As if handing over a fat chunk of the regeneration budget to the cloth-eared fuckwads at MTV wasn’t enough (’cos the capital’s coke dealers need the extra trade now there’s a bit of a banking recession, presumably), at the same time, NATO is invading:
“‘After Iraq - a new transatlantic consensus? NATO at a crossroads!’
As well […]
I took the day off today. Most people’s response to me saying I was doing this (it’s a Wednesday today) was to say “why?”, and there was a remarkable amount of surprise to my response of “no reason, really”.
Taking the day off for no reason, really is a great thing. It has reminded me that […]
Most people’s response to me saying I was doing this (it’s a Wednesday today) was to say “why?”, and there was a remarkable amount of surprise to my response of “no reason, really”.
Taking the day off for no reason, really is a great thing. It has reminded me that I do not exist to get […]
As Ollie says down there below that scary-looking monster photo, Chris’s stuff about Zoot Horn Rollo / Beefheart is fantastic. Everybody should dig Beefheart.
In my capacity as ‘columns master’, I should also mention that there are new columns online now from Dave Stockwell and Wil Forbis. Dave’s ‘15 minutes of mantra-filled oompah’ (I don’t know […]
ok then, taking a cue from chris h, here is my ‘weird american things’ list.
- middle aged women like my accent.
- people drive like insane crazy loons. i have seen more accidents in the last three and a half months than i had in the previous 22 years. i’m not looking forward to learning […]
ok then, taking a cue from chris h, here is my ‘weird american things’ list.
- middle aged women like my accent.
- people drive like insane crazy loons. i have seen more accidents in the last three and a half months than i had in the previous 22 years. i’m not looking forward to learning […]
Aw, everyone’s been doing much more exciting things than me. My weekend was mostly spent putting together exciting new content for diskant (lots on the way, keep an eye out), playing Zelda: Ocarina of Time (yes, I know it’s taking me actual years to complete) and managing quite well not to spend money even when […]
Aw, everyone’s been doing much more exciting things than me. My weekend was mostly spent putting together exciting new content for diskant (lots on the way, keep an eye out), playing Zelda: Ocarina of Time (yes, I know it’s taking me actual years to complete) and managing quite well not to spend money even when […]
