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Zoom Zoom
I’ve been asked to review my new ZOOM. Your wish is my command. What is it? It’s a portable 24 track sound recorder made by ZOOM, best known for their…
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Walking Through the Biggest Book
I recently attended a lecture by Professor Lewis Lancaster in which he described his collaboration with what he calls ‘Long Data’. Best if I first quote from a 2011 paper…
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Down With This Sort Of Thing
Pause a moment: It’s a magazine that’s apparently been missing in a warehouse since 1985. On an iPad. OMD is on the cover. OK, alright, fine. I’ve had my say…
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It’s Raining Synthesisers
Here in the year of our lord 2013 it’s raining 80s synthesisers. Yes yes I know that the boutique manufacturers have been on the rise for years – but I…
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David Bowie
Every time I glance at the cover of The Next Day, a sense of relief and happiness descends on me. I am found, and set square on the earth. I…
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The Gig Review: A Triumph of Snot
This is the live show review. From the inside. The nice photographer for The Guardian told me to smile, and to stop frowning. I wanted to tell her – listen…
Posted inGame Design Severed Heads
HH: Not With A Wang But A Bumper
[H.H] DIES IN A FEW DAYS – LAST CHANCE A couple of days to go and SH’s exit is looking as chaotic as its birth. Behind the curtain all kinds…
Posted inRanting Severed Heads
VIVID and Kraftwerk Deserve Each Other
I saw Kraftwerk play live in 1981. It was wonderful. They brought their whole opera stage with them; all those green/yellow Wagnerian boxes and knobs and neon tubes. They seemed…