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was at the festival that I run. It was pretty unexpected to see him sauntering into the backstage area!

especially when Oz magazine did exactly the same thing in '70

because I'm ultra fucking skill.

they're going crazy with editorial and fuckin' with house style

http://www.nunuworldmusic.co.uk/photos/210603/index.php

Darn good show

maybe in '03 or '04 or something like that? I think it was Truck... they were on real early one day. Perhaps it was some other Oxfordshire festival...?

the stuff they played at Truck in oooooh about 2004 on the main stage. That was boss

Got a handy wall next to my computer.

I'm off to smash my head against a wall until the memory has once again disappeared.

Looks like a thin Bill Bailey there.

last thing I'd expect on this site! Fair play.

It just seems that if no test pressings were sent out, and the label have put something out that's different to what was sent by the band, then something's up there... especially as the label continue to sell copies of something the band have asked not to be sold.

Did you (Half Machine) fuck up the pressing? And you're just laughing it off with trite remarks?

...but I can't stop myself thinking that there's no reason that the content couldn't very happily be integrated into DiS. Except, perhaps, separate site = separate revenue stream/more advertising positions to carry AdWords and more targeted campaigns.

Not that there's anything wrong with that; but the whole 'it's a different site for a different audience which, er, crosses over with the DiS audience' doesn't quite make sense to me

Dig out your own stories, is all I'm suggesting, or at least cite your sources...

with a sarky comment tacked on the end. Top journalism.

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Alcohol's not a drug, it's a drinkzzzzzzzzz

is reminiscent of the Q And Not U cover http://www.whichwayup.org/images/49t.jpg

is ironic in its very nature.

Battles or Radiohead instead of Hard-Fi a lot of you people would be banging on about what a great artistic statement this is. I smell double standards

ever.

as a designer MYself I do a combination of paid work and freebies. The freebies I do generally for bands that I rate, and usually in return for something like a free t-shirt or guestlist spots or whatever. I like getting involved with the creativity of bands that I rate in this way.

The good thing about this competition is that if you don't like it, you don't have to enter it - it doesn't seem like a scam to me, it seems a bit like a physical embracing of the Web 2.0 world where every fucker (eg. myself) has an opinion and idea and concept about everything and is happy to share it.

"Where everyone buy's their guitars" ?

she's not a ginger.

(although maybe she wears earplugs). But releasing records and touring solidly does not necessarily equal drug/alcohol consumption.

she's not espousing drug use, alcohol consumption, loud volume, etc but she* seems to be on some kind of 'any body shape is a-o-k' tip.

*(or her press people. or the NME. or somebody.)

Also being a rock star IS super cool!

appearing on a magazine cover clutching bottles of vodka, with ten cigarettes in her mouth and her ear pressed up to a huge speaker, is she? She's got her kit off, which is obviously making a statement of some kind about weight. Maybe she's making a statement, maybe NME are trying to, who knows.

'but he is sooo intelligent and a very clever modern artist', as some kind of defence of him being a grown-up man who still dresses up in funny costumes and tries to shock people like a needy teenager. He just seems to be a bit of an egotistical numpty, to me.

that thinks Atlas every so slightly sags in the middle section? I reckon they could've happily chopped out half a minute...

would it be possible to have just the records and let another person win the tickets? I can't make the show...

wish death on somebody, it's a horrible thing to do

Lovely chap.

didn't come out in the mid-to-late 1960s...

I certainly wouldn't mess with Chris Olley.

Was just wondering.

is such a compilation in violation of discrimination laws?

I just have these attacks of feeling sorry for the underdog at times. Give it half an hour and I'll be sounding off to somebody about how shit Gossip are, or something.

how DIS seems to have decided Mika to be the hate figure of the moment, and how you're dropping in nasty comments on the site whenever possible. The best way to stop people having interest in or buying an artist's work (which is presumably the aim) is just to stop mentioning them - not to constantly bang on about them for comedy points. That just smacks of arrogance and some kind of weird ulterior motive.

It's sometimes worth remembering that, even if they're making truly awful music, musicians at any level are *real people*, and it can be genuinely hurtful if bileful hate is directed at you over and over again. I often see good, balanced reviews on here, as well as comments suggesting how constructive criticism is good instead of just saying "this is shit because I think it's shit". In this instance, no matter who it is aimed at, it's beginning to feel a bit too much.

Her music sounds fresh and sweet and nice to me, and she herself doesn't seem particularly pretentious or full of it. As far as I can tell she says what's on her mind in a non-hysterical way, and then the press (including this site?) bangs on about it in order to make her out to be some kind of ultra-good/bad character (depending on what you read). She just seems to be a strong personality.