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Went down to the London anti-cuts demo in Whitehall tonight. Got to whitehall before the student demo arrived, probably around 500 people there. The organisers announced that the police had agreed to close Whitehall from 6 pm so people should go into the road - some of us did but the first car...

True I'm afraid: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8573682.stm Which means that one of his last acts was to give his name to a campaign against immigration restrictions on musicians and artists: http://history-is-made-at-night.blogspot.com/2010/03/musicians-deported-by-uk-border-agency.html

Nil by Mouth was mainly filmed on Pepys Estate in Deptford, not aware that any of it was shot on Heygate but I may be wrong.

Not exactly, but according to this song's very own wikipedia entry, it includes samples from "Let the Words Flow" by Chill Rob G, "Love's Gonna Get You" by Jocelyn Brown, and "King Of The Beats" by Mantronix.

Surprized nobody's mentioned The Power by Snap yet! Subject of a long legal battle over the supposed Jocelyn Brown sample this a 1990 classic. It always makes me think of the poll tax riots of that year, as some anarchists put out a video of riot highlights with this song as the soundtrack. It...

Since the Estate was emptied out, pending demolition, it has been used a lot for film, TV and the odd music video. Among the latter, there's 'Love Let Me Go (David Guetta vs The Egg)'. I have posted about this previously at my blog...

The East London Line will be back open soon so maybe the vibe will move South - come on down to New Cross!

Also the seOne club has closed, blamed on recession but violence and heavy security/licensing conditions also factors: http://history-is-made-at-night.blogspot.com/2010/02/seone-club-closes.html

It's true that a request for a licence review doesn't necessarily mean losing the licence - at this stage it's just as likely there will be new and more restrictive conditions put on the licence - e.g. changing the opening hours, restricting the numbers of people, requiring addtional security -...

Nearly 18 months into current financial crisis, the immediate risk of banks collapsing etc. might have gone but the real impact on the rest of us is just starting in terms of cuts, redundancies and general austerity. Greece and Ireland today, here tomorrow? So where's the crisis music? Talking...

Don't know whether people have picked up that the Ministry of Sound is also concerned about its future, not because of police but because of redevelopment in the area: http://history-is-made-at-night.blogspot.com/2010/02/ministry-of-sound-under-threat.html

Dubstep on my mouth This made me smile:

Know what you mean, unfortunately my Latin isn't sophisticated enought to be able to respond, 'it's one thing not to speak ill of the dead, quite another to excessively praise the dead to seemingly absurd lengths'

Couldn't help thinking that the obituary in the Independent, by SWP colleague John Molyneux, was a little over the top though: 'At the time of his death he was, in my opinion, the foremost Marxist theorist in the world'. Really?

That Saint Etienne track is my personal favourite, saw them doing at their 2003 Xmas show with Edwin Collins singing Tim Burgess's part. Also really love Just Like Christmas by Low: Must admit I am very partial to cover versions of trad Xmas songs, especially O Come O Come Emmaneul. I...