10 Science Fiction Novels You Pretend to Have Read (And Why You Should Actually Read Them)
That's a pretty good list. And I'll claim to have read 7 of them.

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Perhaps us Brits should all move to the west coast of Eire. At least then it will be supposed to rain all the time.  Galway was a lovely town when I last visited with just a gentle drizzle the whole time.
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Keep Calm Until The Bass Drops

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Kindle-only book releases? What's wrong with dead trees?
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I know someone who knows someone who has a weekend ticket available at list price for Bloc 2012 if you left it too late.

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The Guardian (post)Subgenreifies 2012 music. Genius take out quote: "if you refuse to come up with your own name for the music you're making, eejits like us will have (to [sic]) do it for you."

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Here we go again. M/C parking charges in Westminster. Then Camden, Islington, Hackney, etc, etc.

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My ticket for Bloc2012 has just turned up. Excited, and just a little nervous about this.

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Yum. Affogato made from two shots of Veluto Nero expresso from the Algerian coffee stores and a couple of big scoops of Tesco Finest Madagascar Vanilla ice cream.
http://www.algcoffee.co.uk/scripts/prodView.asp?idProduct=30

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Just a link really so I can go back and find it again in August come the first anniversary of the London Riots.

"The question on people's lips is 'why are these people rioting', but perhaps the question should be 'why wouldn't they'?"

"Politicians can't see any political message to be drawn from the eruption into the public consciousness of thousands of people around the country with so little stake in society, so little to loose, so little to do with a long hot summer and no EMA, no spending money, no youth centres to do anything in that they're willing to risk jail time for the thrill of a firebomb and a new TV."
http://dominjapanround4.blogspot.co.uk/2011/08/atari-teenage-riot.html
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Like-d for this piece of genius. "it's really only the eyeballs and the tips of our fingers that play a role in the pursuit of pleasure - as far as the Internet's concerned, the rest of us is just meat."

http://www.factmag.com/2012/06/21/polysick-digital-native/

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It's World Gin Day tomorrow. http://www.facebook.com/GinDay
So I had to finish my bottle of No.171 Portobello Road today. All I can say is that it's a good honest drop of gin and makes a damn fine Martini. And at a very reasonable price as well.
http://portobellostarbar.co.uk/portobelloroadgin/ Recommended.

Next on the list (and ready for June 9) is a gift bottle of Greenall's Berkeley Square. Looking forward to it.

Nods to http://www.facebook.com/pages/Donald-Cox-the-Sweaty-Fox/41859412935 "Gimme some gin!"

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Try and define the Oughties via its music
Top 100 albums
Search https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Albums+of+the+Decade
Mainstream http://www.nme.com/list/albums-of-the-decade/158049
Mainstream http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/series/albums-of-the-decade
American http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-best-albums-of-the-2000s-20110718
IDM http://www.discogs.com/lists/FACT-100-best-Albums-of-the-Decade/7757
IDM http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx?1144
Pitchfork Readers  http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7710-the-top-200-albums-of-the-2000s-20-1/
List of Lists http://www.metacritic.com/feature/best-albums-of-the-decade-a-roundup-of-critic-lists

Kid A - Radiohead, Is This It? - The Strokes, Funeral - Arcade Fire. Not sure why I find that vaguely depressing. ;)

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Stuff, nonsense and found rubbish
Total contrast to the previous post. The very worst the UK has to offer along with some whimsy.

What it is. http://shitlondon.co.uk/
A guide to the very cheapest in Iceland, Aldi, Lidl, Tesco Value http://www.shitefood.co.uk/
Retro Stuff http://found0bjects.blogspot.co.uk/
Biscuits http://www.nicecupofteaandasitdown.com/
Greasy Spoons http://russelldavies.typepad.com/eggbaconchipsandbeans/
Not yer average foody blog http://lukehoney.typepad.com/
Hipster Heaven. Site has several other guides. This one is Dalston and environs http://somesuchguide.tumblr.com/post/12842625911/stoke-newington-dalston-and-borders

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The very best of West End-Central London

I've been meaning to do this for a while. Here's some of the very finest shops, cafes and stuff in Central London.

Cheese http://www.paxtonandwhitfield.co.uk/
Cigars http://www.jjfox.co.uk/
Wine and Spirits http://www.gerrys.uk.com/
Coffee http://www.algcoffee.co.uk
Chocolate http://www.paulayoung.co.uk/
Chocolate http://www.williamcurley.co.uk/engine/shop/index.html
Delicatessan http://www.icamisa.co.uk/
Chillout cafe http://www.candidarts.com/sections/galleryandcafepages/candid_cafe.htm
Burgers http://www.byronhamburgers.com/
Pub to rest your feet in Camden http://www.lock-tavern.com/
Indian Veggy Food. Especially weekday lunch all you can eat buffet https://plus.google.com/108536873882938167549/about
Indian Sweets http://www.ambalafoods.com/

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Top 10 best (Wobble)Dubstep tracks of all time
http://earthexit.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/10-wobble-records.html

Will (Wobble)Dubstep last longer than DnB and become more mainstream? It's now at least 7 years (maybe 10 depending on where you start) and counting. That's longer than most sub-genres in the Hardcore Continuum(c) survive. And I think it's safe to say that it's better known by more people than most of them.

I still hate it though. It was hilarious for 5 minutes and then just stupid. (IMHO!)

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Is your Linkedin password the same one you used on other sites?
http://xkcd.com/792/ on password re-use. Obviously.

Bonus link: http://www.technologyreview.com/view/428105/why-linkedins-password-leak-endangers-security/

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Damn you, Placebophiles and your crazy Handwavium! Where's Peer-Review Man and his Double-Blind Stick when we need him?
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Shackleton - Music For The Quiet Hour / The Drawbar Organ EPs
It's time to dust off the IDM label. This is both clearly part of the dance music continuum and also clearly not for dancing to! Which is kind of where IDM sat. It really reminds me of people like Bill Laswell and Jah Wobble in the sense of producing experimental music but which is clearly informed by a more mainstream genre like Funk, Dub Reggae or Dance.

It also highlights the current problem of trying to name, categorise and create boxes for (sub)bass-heavy musics particularly from the UK melting pot. "dowuhtulike - we'll name it later" is a valid response but it's a bit of a cop out so here's another take. There's DM (dance music), sometimes called IDM that is DM designed for listening to while doing something else. As opposed to DM that is designed to jack your body and that only really makes sense while played at high volume on a dance floor.

The "intelligent" bit of IDM is a bit insulting because it suggests that there's Stupid Dance Music (SDM?) as well. Well there certainly are DMs that are stupid (psy-trance comes to mind!) but that's not the intention.

AnyRoadUp, no matter what we decide to call it, Shackleton is pushing boundaries with some extraordinary sounds that are still accessible. Dig it out, listen to it, enjoy. RA gave it 4.5 out of 5 and IMHO that's deserved.

http://thequietus.com/articles/08633-shackleton-quiet-hour-drawbar-organ-eps
http://www.residentadvisor.net/review-view.aspx?id=10964
http://www.thisisourhouse.org/2012/05/reviews-shackleton-music-for-the-quiet-hourthe-drawbar-organ-e-ps-woe-to-the-septic-heart/
http://www.spin.com/blogs/genre-shall-not-be-named-dubstep

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