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dr john v van
more grumpy old bastard evidence from dr john
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Tech News
Skype and VOIP phone calling are getting closer to being an actual practical product... with this nifty thing that allows you to use your existing Mobile for internet call.
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Technology moves ever onward...
Gizmodo
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family ah-ha
never really got into the family guy, but this makes it look like it might be worth checking a bit more
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10th Sep 2005 - Add Comment - Tweet
warchild
new warchild album "fastest recorded album ever" out - radiohead, gorillaz, zutons, magic numbers etc
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Wedding List
The Wedding Present are playing their last show of 2005 at London's Shepherd's Bush Empire on November 20th.
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Free Wilco
There's a free download of a Wilco gig over at:
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iNews
Top snoopsters Think Secret got it all right as usual, with the long awaited and inevitably dissapointing Motorola iTunes phone being announced, alongside the more interesting (in name at least) iPod Nano. iTunes 5 also released, with a few updated playlist functions. Oh, you can now also buy Madonna tracks on iTunes...
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king biscuit time
new single from ex-beta band man steve mason's solo project, with a tour on the way - saw him a few weeks ago, v good live even if you only know walk the earth
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cargo
new accidental signing Micah Gaugh is playing live at cargo
29th sep, with herbert putting records on in a reasonable order…
LIVE: STEVE REID + MICAH GAUGH + THE NEW VINCENT QUARTET DJS: GILLES PETERSON + MATTHEW HERBERT + THE SOUL JAZZ SOUNDSYSTEM
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font of all wes
always good to see people taking fonts seriously - two links to sites dedicated to wes anderson's perceptive use of futura bold.
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world of futura
bold chat
typecasting
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man in tights!
pics from the forthcoming superman returns up
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mary v george
Louisiana Senator MARY LANDRIEU is emerging as an unlikely cult hero in the katrina fall-out… plus the NYT is really starting to up its editorial attacks…
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go mary!!
United States of Shame
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Goats
It's not quite up to Danny the Squirrel's classic I Have To Admit: I Love The Nuts, but it's close.
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Hey, You Got Something To Eat?
I Have To Admit: I Love The Nuts
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sars wars
new thai zombie film, sensitively titled Sars Wars… on at the gate notting hill soon
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iPhone
think secret's got some interesting speculation on the iPhone spec; the real thing's announced tomorrow though
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Live Beeches
Bull & Gate, Kentish Town
Friday 23rd September 2005
Onstage at 10pm
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Earth Departure
Nasa's Messenger spacecraft took hundered's of time-lapse stills as it recently left Earth, which have been strung together into an MPEG movie, showing the Earth rotating into the distance. It's so clear it doesn't actually look that real...
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www.radarvector.com
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Readius
Sounds like one of Kramer from Seinfeld's inventions, but electronic paper is nearly here...
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www.geekzone.co.nz
www.polymervision.com
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Late Night Creosote Jr.
Both King Creosote in session and a broadcast of Dinosaur Jr's performance at Reading/Leeds on Radio 1 tonight.
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Matthew Herbert: Plat Du Jour
Victoria Rooms, Bristol
Dr and Mrs Chimp were served a feast of tasty treats at the Matthew Herbert Plat du Jour gig in Bristol's Victoria Rooms last night. Loud and manic sounds, great visuals, intriguing smells, white wellies, fishy balloons, and crunchy Worcester apples were all cooked up into a real assault on the senses. Serving suggestions will never quite be the same again. Make reservations for next month's Barbican gig now. And as for Dani's constume: 'We're lovin' it'.
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Read more 4.5 star reviewsplat du bristol
dr chimp's review of last night's plat du jour gig in bristol is up in the reviews section now... tickets still available for the barbican gig
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Google's Katrina Coverage
Google have added satellite coverage from August 31st of New Orleans.
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News from the Front Line
Interesting blog coming out of war-torn New Orleans.
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horses 30
30th anniversary edition of patti's smith's horses coming out, w the second disc live from the rfh whole-album live set. listen closely for dr chimp and c71 being stunned in the audience…
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jam econo
you wouldn't know it from their slightly annoying site, but the ICA is going to be showing the long-awaited (well, in chimp towers) minutemen doc We Jam Econo in a season of music films 7 – 20 October
"UNCONTAINABLE: A Music Documentary Season, presented by the ICAand the Curzon Soho in association with independent DVD label Plexi (www.plexi.co.uk). This selection of innovative documentaries about true originals and real outsiders features Shane McGowan, Kurt Cobain, the Minutemen, Klaus Nomi, Vashti Bunyan, Jim White, Sonic Youth, Phil Oakey, Bob Dylan, Jeff Tweedy, Carl Craig, Derrick May and two guys in a van…"
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Song Of The Day: II
I'm A Drfiter from Terry Callier's classic, The New Folk Sound Of Terry Callier has been doing it for me recently… clocking in at 8:52, another measured ramble that fits the SOTD bill
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The Barbican Funhouse
Sounds like The Stooges' recent Funhouse gig at the Barbican was a riot - almost literally....
"The moshpit was NUTS! And there must've been about 50 people onstage during 'No Fun'! Beer flying everywhere, underwear, cigarettes.. I saw at least two cups of beer hit Iggy directly (and one black bra).."
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Asheton, Asheton, Mascis + Watt
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Song Of The Day: II
It's time for another Song of the Day compilation, so I'm kicking things of with At Least That's What You Said from Wilco's excellent album A Ghost Is Born. It's a slow-burning, turbo-charged rocker with machine-gun drums - and was good enough to kick off their album, so it's good enough for us.
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No Morning Jacket
ARGHHH!!!!!!!! Gig of the year is postponed!
"hey everybody...thanks so much for wanting to come to the shows in ye olde london town. we were really looking forward to coming over again and kickin it old school style, but unfortunately for health reasons we are simply unable to come-we've looked at all the options, and just cant find any way to make it possible right now. we feel strongly about this because we want to do it right or not do it at all-and right now it just cant come together.
so anyways, sorry about the inconvenience and we hope to see you again real soon.
thankyins, yer pals mmj."
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what is it?
trailer up for crispin glover's new film, which looks like it'll tide us all over until the next lynch outing…
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os london
great os mutantes gig tonight, he IS the brazilian paul mccartney... no photo tech w me (but you get the idea from this pic), but really v enjoyable indeed. yet again, the new stuff was a little bar bloozer, but as soon as it got onto the mutantes stuff, it totally rocked.
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don vs cia
don the don delillo v the cia over oswald records? it's like a fall song witing to happen… it was the fault of the government-ah!!! another dr chimp tip
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auster coming up
new auster on schedule… he's been back on form, hope it stays that way.
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good night and good luck
trailer up for the new george clooney mccarthy era drama
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31st Aug 2005 - Add Comment - Tweet
mutantes london
don't forget it's Sergio Dias’s Os Mutantes tonight - first time they've ever played in the uk…
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lovely hong kong
dido-bashing chimp favourite ukulady mara carlyle's taking her lovely sounds to C71's other home, hong kong in september, playing for RTHK Radio 4 on 15 september, and the fringe club on 16 september (home to many a three-hour auto-chimp ube/vitamin trip gig in the 90s…)
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Chart Show Fact
Tower Bridge wan't actually built until 1894.
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29th Aug 2005 - Add Comment - Tweet
box future
been hearing good things about this new tv toy = you can watch your tv from anywhere in the world… think it's just working in the states at the moment - if any US chimps want to let us install one in their living room so we can get a direct HBO feed in chimp towers, feel free to get in touch.
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29th Aug 2005 - Add Comment - Tweet
Cassette Phobia
Featuring:
Cristine (live)
Simian Mobile Disco
Punks Jump Up
The Springmine Disaster
Friday 26th August 8pm – 12.30pmish
£3
@ The 'Legendary' Montague Arms
(the best old boozer in this whole land - once owned by a taxidermist, untouched for years...)
289 Queens Road
SE14 5JN
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25th Aug 2005 - Add Comment - Tweet
fortress of solitude
an artist's impressions of living on the sea fort buildings just outside whitstable
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when the music's over…
…the arguments continue.
slightly confusing sidenote on think secret about the doors being up for licensing to apple, but being denied by ray manzarek of all people… break on through dudes.
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Firing Blanks
Trailer up for Guy Ritchie's new movie. Look's pretty uninspiring, and no sign of the scene shot outside Chimp HQ...
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23rd Aug 2005 - Add Comment - Tweet
Queens Of The Stone Age
Brixton Academy
after al qaida stopped the rock earlier this summer (and another time before that when they cancelled for health reasons), it was good to finally catch josh homme's latest version of q.o.t.s.a. at the brixton academy: still kicking it out even without a large bald dude on bass. lots of ten minute jams, super heavy drums and real charisma from l'homme, plus a cool set that had room for all the hits, as well as things like that pj harvey desert sessions song i wanna make it with you, and lots more (early?) stuff i hadn't heard before. rocket chimp felt they could have done with slowing down on things like no-one knows, which is a fair point. but as a carnivore of rock, this chimp thought it was pretty beefy all round. recommended, would see them again.
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qotsa brixton
after al qaida stopping the rock at somerset house earlier this year, it was good to finally catch queens of the stone age at britxon academy
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