“The blacks were burning Watts while the whites were burning...”
— The Boy Looked At Johnny,...
— The Boy Looked At Johnny,...
May 31st
- released CIA document on torture almost entirely blacked...
May 31st
Mike Patton plays Rock Band
May 30th
“Everything’s wrong on Wikipedia.”
— Gore Vidal, Esquire 06-08...
— Gore Vidal, Esquire 06-08...
May 28th
A bit for an illustrated book that I...
The nights of endless aching stretch out like a cartoon teenager’s bubblegum. I told her she was...
May 27th
“It was chilling, unsettling - like watching a haunted...”
— Charlie Brooker on the...
— Charlie Brooker on the...
May 26th
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The Guillemots do a typically skewed take of Sam Sparro’s Black And Gold for the consistently...
May 24th
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This song always makes me break out my jerky angular Thom style dancing.
May 24th
The Guardian is running A Softer World strips in its G2...
May 23rd
bauldoff: Extraordinary Mind by Andre Jordan. (via Peter...
May 23rd
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Sparks - Lighten Up Morrissey
As much as I love Moz, they do have a point…
May 23rd
Just saw...
…Lightspeed Champion make a guest appearance with We Are Scientists. Oh East London so much to...
May 22nd
Ditto (kind of)
…just replace the Shins with the Smiths. rockuboff: I just got the sudden desire to make out with...
May 22nd
I love WeTheRobots
That is all.
May 22nd
The Cool Nerds: I am one and even I think it’s an...
May 22nd
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The song that gave Adam Ant his ideas - Burundi Black
May 21st
Tom Waits' favourite sounds
1. An asymmetrical airline carousel created a high pitched haunted voice brought on by the friction...
May 21st
“She’ll take out her 200 rounds of bullshit…”
— Sir Alan Sugar on one...
— Sir Alan Sugar on one...
May 21st
Me doing a James Dean…
May 21st
James Dean.
May 21st
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Facebook in real life.
May 21st
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Cesc Fabregas on fire. That’s really earning your endorsement money.
May 21st
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Edwyn Collins (ex-Orange Juice and, sadly, best known for A Girl Like You) suffered a major stroke a...
May 20th
Definitely pedantic
May 20th
nevver: The Comics Journal #290 You’re not your own...
May 20th
Mic's irrational hatred of inanimate...
The screen at the baggage reclaim in Heathrow terminal 2. Not ‘please wait’, just...
May 20th
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Based on a survey of what 500 people liked most in music, this is what science says the greatest...
May 20th
Dallas News ropes readers in to scour unseen...
May 19th
NYU student invents virtual girlfriend.
Sadly, she’s...
May 19th
“Z-man: The aim: to allow soldiers to scale vertical walls...”
— - from New Scientist’s...
— - from New Scientist’s...
May 19th
“New York City during the 1970s was a beautiful, ravaged...”
— Lydia Lunch in the...
— Lydia Lunch in the...
May 19th
lovepuppy:
Bloodline- I love conspiracy theories. Damn...
May 19th
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Little Big Town - I’m With The Band (by way of Almost Famous)
Great sentiments for a tour...
May 17th
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Fist Of Fun - Urban Man
May 17th
“I think he missed a huge opportunity to promote...”
— a Norwich resident misses the...
— a Norwich resident misses the...
May 17th
Up in Manchester...
I could not feel more London. On the plus side last night I had some mushy peas.
May 17th
Facebook is picking on me. Bastards!
May 16th
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Woody Allen interview Billy Graham part 2
In this part, Billy bigs up Cliff Richard...
May 16th
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Woody Allen interviews Billy Graham.
Billy: [My favourite commandment is] honour your father and...
May 16th
1968 Will Eisner designed Army rifle maintenance booklet.
...
May 16th
Mic’s indie crushes no.2: Hillary Woods
She may have...
May 16th
Pitchfork’s interview with Scarlett Johansson is so...
May 15th
From dwarf grooms to armed celebrities: the...
May 15th
vinh: Batman & Robin Decadence - Donald Soffritti...
May 15th
“His name is Sam Uba. He was a Biafran refugee and...
May 14th
“Let’s go to the ‘war room’…”
— a senior manager talking...
— a senior manager talking...
May 14th
Someone at the Metro has a sense of humour. I am, frankly,...
May 13th
“In 1999, my editors assigned me to cover the Tokyo...”
— Jake Adelstein in the...
— Jake Adelstein in the...
May 13th
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McCain vows to replace Secret Service with his own bare fists
This is (as usual) worryingly...
May 12th
Bike 1 Mic 0
My first time on the BMX after six months of leaving it sleeping peacefully in the Stuff room and I...
May 12th
“Gay Sex Splits Bishops”
— - headline spotted in an old...
— - headline spotted in an old...
May 12th
I’m vaguely obsessed with Kate Consumption’s...
May 12th
“AQUARIUS
(Jan 21 - Feb 19)
If you feel like you’re...”
— Today’s London Paper...
— Today’s London Paper...
May 12th
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Video for The Bird And The Bee’s single Again And Again done entirely in OS X. Video = genius....
May 12th
Black Metal Cupcakes at The Black Oven via Boing Boing
I...
May 12th
“Mic looks like the last person you’d expect to have started...”
— from a profile of me written...
— from a profile of me written...
May 12th
Anthony Burrill cover for next month’s Wallpaper (via...
May 12th
tapenoisediary:
Nobody Wants to Play Sega With Harrison...
May 12th
via farm4.static.flickr.com
My favourite is regretful. Just...
May 12th
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I Just Wanna Bang Hot Chicks (NSFW unsuprisingly) - a song created by members of the mighty Mama...
May 11th
“We’ve got gigs in Newcastle and...”
— Ruth Owen, Mama Shamone
— Ruth Owen, Mama Shamone
May 10th
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Wearing My Rolex - Wiley. The perfect song for Macca and Mucca.
This video’s been around the...
May 10th
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Ellen Disingenuous - Busdriver.
Words, words, words. Nice job Busdriver.
May 10th
Gilbert & George - Rumplo, A Place for...
May 10th
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The Get Out Clause, an unsigned Manchester band, used Data Protection Act requested CCTV video to...
May 10th
From Exploding Dog
A rather apt visual metaphor for my mood...
May 10th
Interview with David Peace, author of Damned...
May 10th
“Like a dose of scabies/ I’ve got you under my skin/...”
— from TWAT by John Cooper...
— from TWAT by John Cooper...
May 9th
Far from the fold #1
The first part of what (I hope) might turn into my first proper novel. Please read and comment or...
May 9th
The Bard Of Salford: John Cooper Clarke -...
May 9th
Polly Stenham elicits both my jealousy and...
May 9th
Mic’s Old School Indie Crushes No.1: Justine...
May 9th
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Heavy Metal Parking Lot (1986)
Was just listening to a Word Magazine podcast that reminded me of...
May 9th
“The funfair is like a man you didn’t know coming up to...”
— Josie Long
— Josie Long
May 9th
sarazucker: i firmly believe that some women are just born...
May 9th
From Elvis, Nixon and narcotics to Rumsfeld...
May 9th
Suburban Glamour by Jamic McElvie
The first issue of the...
May 8th
“As a glance at the tabloid newspapers will confirm, England...”
— - The Rough Guide to England...
— - The Rough Guide to England...
May 8th
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Bloodpact (Demo) - Heathers
…and here’s the only song by them I can uncover from the...
May 8th
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Dublin folk duo Heathers cover the Mountain Goat’s This Year in an endearingly rough and ready...
May 8th
hrrrthrrr: She’s always been my favorite, ever since I was...
May 8th
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Snarky game critic Yahtzee takes on his own critics and flays them into small lumps of bloody flesh....
May 8th
lovepuppy:
dihard: Recognize that scarf? If you don’t,...
May 8th
Burger and spies
May 8th
The Yamaha Tenori-On has been out for a few months but I...
May 8th
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Teaser trailer for Creative Commons licensed film Iron Sky:
‘In 1945, the Nazis went to the...
May 8th
Bummer #2
lovepuppy: Such a bummer to see new followers and realize they aren’t New York dwellers. Such a...
May 7th
In this week's episode of the...
Nick: He did Classics at Edinburgh. How could he make such a mess of it?Margaret: Edinburgh isn't what it used to be.
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Sir Alan Sugar: Are you Jewish or not?
Idiot candidate no.3: ...
Sir Alan Sugar: ...if you're not sure we can pull down your trousers and check
May 7th
From Balakov via Numblr
This is cool but the over...
May 7th
Radar's take on Anonymous vs The...
May 7th
“It is not your fault I look like a cross between an egg and...”
— Philip Larkin talking to...
— Philip Larkin talking to...
May 7th
Modafinil - the mood enhancing, brain...
May 6th
Robin Askwith Lives! #fiction #
Stood inside the wardrobe, I knew things were finally getting out of hand. — ‘Maybe...
May 6th
Great article in Design Observer on the making of this...
May 6th
What better mentor for a 10-year-old than...
May 6th
(via hydeordie)
Just another ordinary day in London…
May 6th
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Twee-pop lives on! The droning sweetness of The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart drips with the white...
May 5th
“I want to rip Bill Clinton’s eyes out. Kidding! See,...”
— Michelle Obama seduces the...
— Michelle Obama seduces the...
May 5th
The Note Carriers (part 1) # fiction #
Anna was beautiful. When the girls played netball, rushing around in a flurry of tight airtex shirts...
May 4th
Sanctioned Stasi Pornography Department...
May 4th
Edward J Hicks plays Be@Proud Galleries (photo by Naomi...
May 4th
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The Figurines play Be @ Proud Galleries, Camden 04/05/08
Soaring songs packed with dramatic moments...
May 4th
Sting's daughter is trying to ply her trade...
May 3rd
Sufjan Stevens’s story from Write Me Stories, a blog...
May 3rd
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J Spaceman back with soaring grandeur and drug imagery as standard.
May 2nd
Boris vs Ken…
…would a ‘none of the above option’ be too much to ask?
May 1st