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Really really like Glenrothes. Kinda smokey. But Macallen, Talisker and Springbank are all favourites too. Side note - The best album to drink whisky to is Superchinchillarescuemission/The Tim Version split.

Tenement - Napalm Dream Bangers - Small Pleasures Former Cell Mates - Presented As A Work Of Fiction

Haruki Murukami - A Wild Sheep Chase. As with all his stuff, it's pretty odd. Really hypnotic, ends up obsessing me for days on end.

Ah yeah, 80% white + Latino, 13% black. I deserve a slap for that. My bad.

80% of the USA is white (according to Wikipedia, the footnote from the US Census Bureau) as opposed to 13% black and 15% Latino. Black minors being charged as adults being a more frequent occurance, I'd say it's worth bringing up. Maybe these aren't the facts you wish me to look at? Also, the (wo)man thing - I don't see the problem. How about (trans)wo(man) - is that better?

Proven not to be a deterrent, tends to be used against the poorest (and darkest) members of society, has no place in civilised society. I can understand why people can feel a criminal deserves to die (and have felt like that myself sometimes) but I think if an innocent (wo)man dies than the system is wrong.

I started at 16, I'm 27 now so 11 years. I don't consider myself a ~collector~ but buy a lot of records so probably am one. I used to skive off school and dig round the record shops in Newcastle. Now, I leave work and dig round record shops. Beats working!

I concur. I think my favourite was the Synth Britannia, the electro-pop one. No idea why, other than Everything Counts by Depeche Mode I don't like electro-pop! The Comics Britannia series was great too.

Frankie Boyle's non-televised stuff isn't always that shocking, he can talk quite interestingly about books and socio-political stuff. His tv show was awful though.

Doug Stanhope Reginald D Hunter Frankie Boyle Simon Munnery (maybe the best stand-up of the past 20 years) Richard Herring Stewart Lee Johnny Vegas is one of my favourites but not sure how well he'll translate outside of England.

I use a Mamiya 7II and pretty much always Fuji Pro 400H. Used to like busting out the Tri-X with my old RZ but I sold it (miss that 75mm shift!) but don't shoot much black and white these days.

Bit worried about a 50 year old man using the term "lulz". But yeah, what A-Money! said.

Superchinchillarescuemission/The Tim Version split.

It took a lot of putting up with The New What Next by Hot Water Music. I try to pretend it was by The Draft. Can understand why Against Me! hurt so many people's feelings, I was never that convinced he was convinced. Also: Rilo Kiley's last album and Shades Apart's last two albums, urgh. I'm also hoping Realism by Magnetic Fields was a mere detour from the good shit.

Leatherface.

Twin Peaks is awesome. Creepy, funny and created characters to care about. The movie's not very good though.

Hmm, with about ten minutes worth of thinking involved: Bob Mould Frankie Stubbs Malcolm Middleton John Reis Kristin Hersh Jeff Burke Isaac Hayes & David Porter Norman Blake, Gerard Love & Raymond McGinley Stephin Merritt Robert Pollard

Noam Chomksy's work can be a bit dense but the books published of him in conversation with others tend to flow a bit better. Perilous Power by Chomsky and Gilbert Achcar is a pretty interesting book about the Middle East and American foreign policy.

+ I overseeded my lawn and weeded my path + Made a nice chickpea and pasta soup thing - I'm not sure I can call myself working class anymore

Love Caves. That 7" was probably the best thing I heard last year. Roll on the album!

Red House Painters - Down Colorful Hill While none of Kozelek's work is ever anything but mournful, this really is the soundtrack to realising it's probably not worth living any longer.

I shoulda put in an under-cutting quote for the wedding photography. Hey, I'm paying for it anyway!

Leatherface - Mush Snuff - Snuff Said DJ Shadow - Entroducing... Leatherface - Horsebox Boards Of Canada - Music Has The Right To Children

Isaac Hayes Aretha OV Wright Ann Peebles (anything on Hi! really - obviously Al Green too) Donnie Hathaway The obvious ones (Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye etc) The Meters

Aw man, a real shame. World Turned Day-Glo to be played loud now methinks.