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Tuesday Musics: Bill Drummond, “I’m the King of Joy” (1990)

by Carl Wilson Reading this very enjoyable Guardian interview today with KLF/Justified Ancients of Mu Mu/Timelords/million-quid-burning/etc pop conceptualist Bill Drummond – answering four of the last 100 questions he is ever going to answer publicly in his life, according to … Continue reading

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Little Boxes #94: Script That Made Prominent Use of a Pentagram

(from “The Best Ever Death Metal Band Out of Broxton” in Mighty Thor #14, script by Matt Fraction and art by Pepe Larraz, 2012)

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Friday Pictures – Melissa Doherty / Saturday, May 26 is last day of exhibition at Edward Day Gallery

 

Frill Series 2

 

 

Frill Series 5

 

 

Frill Series 9

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Tea With Chris: Recklessly Perfect Things

Tea With Chris is a roundup of recommended links, posted every Thursday. Here are a few of our favourite things from the Internet this week: Margaux: I went to an event recently, an informal award ceremony at The Gladstone Hotel … Continue reading

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Tuesday Musics (Belated Short-Week Edition): “Compared to What?” by Eddie Harris & Les McCann

This is a live 1969 recording from the Montreaux Jazz Festival of this cover of Eugene McDaniels’ song (also recorded on Roberta Flack’s first album the same year): Dedicated this week to the student protestors of Quebec. Love the lie … Continue reading

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Little Boxes #93: Eminent Victorians

(Victoria and Albert, by Kate Beaton, 2008)

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Friday Pictures – Brad Tinmouth, Henri Rousseau & Ben Reeves

 

Brad Tinmouth

 

Henri Rousseau

 

Ben Reeves

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Tea With Chris: The Queen of Eternal Disco

Tea With Chris is a roundup of recommended links, posted every Thursday. Here are a few of our favourite things from the Internet this week: Carl: Here is an experimental-music performance that turns into a Donna Summer tribute, by Alan … Continue reading

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Tuesday Musics: “Winter Solstice” by Cold Specks

by Carl Wilson From the fantastically titled upcoming album, I Predict A Graceful Expulsion. I appreciate that a song with this title has such a springtimey video. Also that like a lot of current hits this song is so sparse … Continue reading

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Little Boxes #92: Dog Bites Thing

(from Horrible #1, by Zach Worton, 2012)

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