The Boombox Project
favorited 12 times, recently by filthy light thief, nicolin, whatawaster, Paquda, scblackman, chrchr, codacorolla, yeloson, edw, jammy, The Salaryman, condour75
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14 days ago
(* How was that not posted here? How did I find it otherwise? Am I going crazy?)
It was! [
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favorited 1 time, recently by MCMikeNamara
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2 weeks ago
"Slow paced, very spacey, the music is so intriguing..."
favorited 12 times, recently by Erroneous, chicofly, CyborgHag, volt4ire, etc, BonusMcGregor, Jimbob, sonascope, agregoli, theperfectcrime, zippy, Blazecock Pileon
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2 months ago
"The motion is smooth as butter, and a pleasure to rotate."
favorited 42 times, recently by The Salaryman, a halcyon day, agregoli, DarkForest, donio, theredpen, firesine, MikeKD, teraflop, FireballForever, ifjuly, PCup, forallmankind, supercoiled, TDIpod, oneironaut, ocherdraco, The Great Big Mulp, The demon that lives in the air, Prince_of_Cups, cosmac, runincircles, glip, Jody Tresidder, DaddyNewt, mullacc, qcubed, Wemmick, codacorolla, cobra libre, foonly, zsazsa, BucketOBees, fight or flight, Lorin, theodolite, neroli, Drab_Parts, asperity, Mister_A, Greg Nog, koeselitz
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3 months ago
rpn: I see that you're still working in DN-skrapan! :) [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Lynsey
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3 months ago
"The Rest is Noise" is a
great read. I can't recommend it highly enough. It's chock-full of facts yet personal and engaging. It's scope is very wide, yet it retains a laser like focus throughout. It's thought provoking, extremely... [
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favorited 3 times, recently by LooseFilter, Maecenas, Fritz Langwedge
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5 months ago
I sometimes edit the concert guide in Sweden's best heavy metal magazine. I really should start writing down all the good bad names I come across doing that. The worst worst band name I've ever seen was Campsite, though. I'm all for things being band... [
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favorited 1 time, recently by hapax_legomenon
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5 months ago
But Davenport, who's also the club's secretary, treasurer and chairman, is not letting it get him down. "Morale's high," he says. "Heads are up. We're getting better." Madron FC just acquired a new fan. I wonder if they... [
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favorited 8 times, recently by Nossidge, Songdog, JHarris, pyrex, hanoixan, mattbucher, spinifex23, zippy
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7 months ago
Ett jättestort grattis på födelsedagen, Matt! Du leve! Hurra, hurra, hurra, hurra! [
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favorited 1 time, recently by spinifex23
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7 months ago
beaucoupkevin: I'm with you. My heart sank when I heard this recent reunion rumor and soared when Johnny Marr's people denied it. [
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favorited 1 time, recently by bent back tulips
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7 months ago
I've said it before, and I'll say it again, life moves pretty fast, if you don't stop and take a look around once in a while, you could miss it. [
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favorited 3 times, recently by sweetkid, gauche, KokuRyu
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Last year
The Worst Gig
favorited 36 times, recently by I am the Walrus, Slack-a-gogo, millions of peaches, junebug, polyester.lumberjack, not_on_display, reductiondesign, philip-random, Cainaan777, BobsterLobster, theperfectcrime, majonesing, bentley, sleepinglion, bright cold day, nicolin, idiomatika, snsranch, fatbaq, therubettes, methinks, pyrex, biochemist, GEB's fun world, jokeefe, limeonaire, misha, Lovecraft In Brooklyn, Justin Case, jeffburdges, jason's_planet, L'Estrange Fruit, futz, peterkins, ravelite, flapjax at midnite
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Last year
I fancy a Mefi version of this.
We could never have a cross over between the two, though. Because if that guy had been a MeFi member he wouldn't have had a TV and then he'd never be in that sorry mess.... [
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favorited 2 times, recently by kuanes, pxe2000
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Last year
i believe the beat is Up North Trip.
No, it's "Shook Ones Pt. II" and that irks me. The album that contains "Shook Ones Pt. II" is "The Infamous", to my ears one of the most perfect rap discs out there.... [
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favorited 1 time, recently by lkc
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Last year
Speaking of the utterly amazing Disco Inferno - if you haven't already read Neil Kulkarni's massive Disco Inferno article in The Quietus, please do so immediately.... [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Houyhnhnm
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Last year
Speaking of ColdChef's daughters, a Facebook friend of mine posted this pic a couple of days ago. I was just about to explain to him that OMG I know the guy who took that photo! when I remembered that OMG I don't really know the guy that took that... [
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favorited 2 times, recently by RJ Reynolds, Kattullus
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Last year
Apart from many other wonderful things found in this great post, I really loved the last minute or so of the "DJ PONE Championnat de France DMC - 2002" video (the "solo" link above). Such a great idea! Like a percussion music box... [
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favorited 1 time, recently by filthy light thief
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Last year
My top five genre names:
1. New Wave of British Heavy Metal
2. Power Violence
3. Electronic Body Music
4. Hypnagogic pop
5. New Weird America [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Lovecraft In Brooklyn
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Two years ago
Directed by Jonas Åkerlund
Well go fucking figure. My stars, I do detest that man. He's just the definition of shock-hack, if that's an epithet. He makes me feel embarassed to be swedish, actually. No talent, no intelligence; all airs and... [
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favorited 14 times, recently by zippy
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Two years ago
Nice that the stage in the final scene is an homage to the C64 demo Thrust Concert. [
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favorited 1 time, recently by griphus
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Two years ago
It's heartening to see all this love for MC 900 Ft. Jesus, because... Yeah! MC 900 Ft. Jesus!
I "discovered" him while on a ski-vacation with my parents (here in Sweden), the radio played "The City Sleeps" one morning as we... [
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favorited 3 times, recently by Afroblanco, lester, not_that_epiphanius
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Two years ago
One mustn't forget this neat trick (probably not forgotten in at least one of the links above, though):
A VICTORY OF LOVE
SUMMER IN BERLIN
BIG IN JAPAN
TO GERMANY... [
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favorited 1 time, recently by rongorongo
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Two years ago
This comment, by elendil71, warmed my heart so much I still think about it at least once every three weeks or so. Such a lovely story, such a lovely image.... [
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favorited 1 time, recently by theredpen
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Two years ago
Slight derail: Back in 1994 I was thinking about starting my own fanzine. As "Zopilote Machine" was an obsession at the time (still is) I humbly wrote to John and asked him to jot down a short list of albums that had influenced him; I... [
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favorited 6 times, recently by anodyne-
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Two years ago
the only sammiges available in Sweden are ham and/or cheese with a half a slice of paprika on. The other option would be brie and parma ham
This is kinda funny, but obviously not true. Please don't believe this to be the cause of... [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Hilweh
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Two years ago
Their Wikipedia page in case you'd like a... summary. [
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favorited 1 time, recently by lee
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Two years ago
September 3, 1967 Sweden made the switch from keep-left to keep-right. One of the ways to promote this switch was a... bathing suit (NSFW?), apparently. The logo on the girl's bikini bottom is the official logo of the switch.... [
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favorited 3 times, recently by Fezzer, rongorongo, BobbyDigital
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Two years ago
Also, another way to promote Sweden's switch was a song by Telstars called "Håll dig till höger, Svensson" - that is "Keep to the Right, Svensson" and "Svensson" is the name of the Swedish everyman, so to speak. It's... [
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favorited 1 time, recently by rongorongo
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Two years ago
authentically dressed
How did the masons, carpenters and stone carvers that lived in Arkansas between the 5th century and the 15th century dress, I wonder?... [
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favorited 3 times, recently by thivaia, contessa, pompomtom
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A long time ago
every hip hop producer's [not so] secret weapon
Yeah, here are just a few examples. [
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favorited 1 time, recently by kid ichorous
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A long time ago
That's some high quality TV right there, and I mean that sincerely. One question though: How did he get down? [
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favorited 1 time, recently by idiopath
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A long time ago
I haven't much to add to the discussion about the kid, so I'll address the derails instead!
songs like WOWY or "One" are often used in romantic situations where it's obvious the people involved have never actually listened to the... [
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favorited 1 time, recently by koeselitz
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A long time ago
Speaking of which, anybody know of any other bands that did that?
The best compilation ever: RRR-1000 Lock Groove LP. [
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favorited 2 times, recently by queensissy, idiopath
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A long time ago
I seem to recall that Graham Coxon in an interview once criticized Noel Gallagher for worshiping his guitar too much, or something. Graham meant that to play guitar well you have to be willing to treat your guitar badly, to hate it to some degree.... [
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favorited 4 times, recently by DMan, shakespeherian, battleshipkropotkin, minifigs
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A long time ago
