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Interested in hearing what people think of this film particularly given Dissensus' London bias. Really appreciated it (the bleakness of the film means that it's hard to ENJOY it) but be interesting to hear people's opinion on how accurate a picture it paints of life out East (and I'm not talking...

Cycled through Brixton a couple of times recently and found the place a shadow of its former self. Coldharbour Lane late on a Saturday morning and all the shop fronts had shutters down (presume shops closed down). This is a real sharp contrast to 7 or 8 years ago when Brixton felt like a mini...

Got a spare tix to the above gig tomorrow night at the Barbican...let me know if interested

I see the Congos are playing in London at Hootananny tomorrow...does anyone have any idea what they would be like live (old favourite but worried they might be somewhat over ripe)

Anyone got any recommendations for the above cities...heading there in a few weeks and keen to explore corners not likely to be mentioned in the usual guide books

Looking for suggestions on who are the most frequerntly read music journalists currently among youth audiences...not necessarily looking for the ones who are the most interesting (Reynolds, Frere-Jones etc), just the ones that are likely to have the greatest reach. Problem I'm finding is that...

Yet another website looking at relations between different artists - powered by Last.fm and Amazon - worth a play http://clients.onyro.com/tuneglue/ good for a dose of time wasting

Some nice stuff although no grand revelations http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/all-events/meltdown

Picked up the best of compilation from the Ethiopiques series. Really liking it particularly at work where more relaxing sounds are the order of the day

Am heading to Portugal this week and wondering does anyone have any advice for checking out Kuduro in Lisbon for white faced non Portuguese speaking fellow like myself. any feedback gratefully received

Figure someone is going to make use of this. NY Times has an article on police sirens and includes a selection of them which look available for download including "the rumbler" although in not particularly high fidelity http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/14/nyregion/15siren_sounds.html

I recently had a couple of weeks in Vietnam. Amazing time but also intrigued in finding out more about local music - both interesting pop and more traditional strands given that i heard plenty of interesting fragments. I spent some time in a Saigon music store listening trying to track down...

been listening a bit to the new Hot Chip and Junior Boys album and they both come across as rather 'fey'. Definitely liking some of it but also find it running v contrary to the majority of my musical palette...interested in hearing other peoples thoughts on this and other recommendations

Fascinating article looking at how the 'Israel Lobby' in conjunction with Neo Cons in the US has pretty much set the agenda for the US Middle East policy and how it is ultimately doing more damage than harm to America (surprise surprise) http://www.lrb.co.uk/v28/n06/mear01_.html Would be...

Anyone got a good knowledge of Moroccan pop...had a trip in a friend's car recently and he had some tapes that he'd acquired on at trip to Morocco was amazing mix of the exotic and good old pop. Unfortunately it was all on cassette with notes in Arabic so can't really chase it any further...

I picked up the Soul Jazz compilation "Tropicália - A Brazilian Revolution In Sound" without much knowledge of the era or its music, particularly for someone who has a skeptical attitude to many things given the 'latin' prefix. Am now excited in a guarded way about the Tropicalia festival on...

Have enjoyed his album but seeing him play live last night was a treat. Loved the live use of vocals and the low slung sound was great for a Sunday night (Bar Music Hall, Curtain Road, London) particularly with room to move. If you get the opportunity, he's worth checking out and they...

Interested in hearing what festivals and large scale musical events people are heading to. Am returning to Sonar (day time events then night time in Barcelona) after a period off but wondering if others have suggestions for places to soak up the audio and atmosphere

Had a look for a thread on this one but couldn't find it...really like it, it's enough to whet my appetite but also leave me wanting for more, the ups and downs of its brevity I guess. I loved the format particularly when it came out in the original record sleeve and its coverage runs a nice...

heading to Budapest for a long w/end wondering if anyone has been and would care to share any experiences, first hand or otherwise thx