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Classics: Davey Graham, “Anji” (Covered)
About a month ago, while watching a documentary I think was called Folk America on BBC4, I decided I’d actually follow up on something I’ve considered on and off for quite some time – learn to play...
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Some Other Stuff: World of Warcraft
Let’s face it, you’re a real geek when you play World of Warcraft. Some players are what many in the Warcraft community derisively call “mouth-breathing trolls”, an elitist pack of driven players that...
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Some Other Stuff: Creepy Tic Tacs®
Anyone who watches “My Name Is Earl” in the UK will recognize the creepy Tic Tac® men above; as the official sponsors of the show, the Tic Tac® men appear about 4 times throughout the show’s ads. Why...
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Some Other Stuff: Alien Loves Predator
I’ve been reading Alien Loves Predator for a few years now and I still love it. For those of you who don’t know it yet, the Alien and Predator, who are called Abe and Preston respectively, from the...
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Some Other Stuff: Apprentice-isms + Bad Move Bingo
So do you guys watch The Apprentice (UK version, of course – no Donald Trump for me, thank you very much)? I started watching a few years ago when I couldn’t find anything else on TV one night....
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Some Other Stuff: 6teen
One of these days I’m gonna write up a post about the long list of things targeted at kids, I – technically not a kid – enjoy way, way too much. For now, I’ll start with one of my favorite, new-ish...
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Some Other Stuff: Uncle Pecos, “Crambone”
I’ve said it before, but I have the worst case of arrested development I know. The other day I was telling Bean about an episode of Tom And Jerry that I really really loved. I feel for her, because...
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Some Other Stuff: Anvil! The Story of Anvil
I’m easily moved by an epic yarn. The Natural always makes my eyes well up with man-tears when Roy Hobbs uses the Savoy Special to smash the ball into the lights and I get goosebumps watching the...
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The Raveonettes = Twin Peaks?
Am I the only one that’s noticed this? The Raveonettes are the exact musical equivalent of classic television show “Twin Peaks”. It’s like they came from the same odd dimension (a place where it’s...
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Some Other Stuff: Sex Sells … Everything?
Has anyone else noticed the absurd use of well-endowed bikini-clad chicks in all sorts of web-based advertizing? And I don’t mean for porn or psuedo-porn sites. Or even anything remotely related to...
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Guilty Pleasures: World Wrestling Entertainment
I’m 37-years-old, have a Masters Degree in International Relations, and am an IT systems test manager. And I’ve taken up watching World Wrestling Entertainment a lot in the past few months. So much...
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10 Things I Learned After 10 Years Of Concerts
Two weeks ago Bean and I went to see The Dodos play. They were amazing and the new songs are spectacular live. So the whole experience was wonderful; great band, great company, great venue … Except...
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It was four years ago today…
Much to my surprise, it turns out that I wrote the very first post on 100b exactly four years ago today. It’s been said that, since I technically started this little blog, I should say a little...
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Do you want cake on your birthday?
Credit where it’s due, the Tamboosh dug up this hilarious little tune for our aDawgg’s big day today, and she done good. These is some seriously Funky Birthday Jamz. Happy Birthday, Dawgg! Flo Rida –...
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One, Two, Um, Threet, Yes, Now We Tweet
So, it took Twitter more than a year to batter us into submission. We did our luddite anti-next-big-thing best, but we finally broke down and joined the Twitterati. Since we wanted to find a low...
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Can’t find nothing on the radio? Yo – turn to that station.
I’m sure if any of you are in the UK, or tuned in to UK-based music news at all, you’ll have heard about the threatened closure of the BBC’s 6music digital radio station. I was hugely disappointed...
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Happy Birthday, Tamboosh!
‘Nuff said, really – we loves you, Tamboosh! I hope you have a wonderful birthday and, I promise, cupcakes for my best friend asap. Happy Birthday!
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Cornershop and The Double ‘O’ Groove Of, featuring Bubbley Kaur
It’s no secret that I love Cornershop. Yeah, I say I’m a big fan of a lot of bands, and it’s always true, but this is special. Like on equal footing with how I feel about the Beatles. One of those...
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Coming soon to 100b: Big Changes
If you stop by here frequently – or, heck, even if you stop by infrequently – you may have noticed that I have a difficult time updating regularly. We used to be really good about that, with a...
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The semi-new 100b, plus The Blueskins
A while ago, I talked about some changes I wanted to make here. To paraphrase myself: I talked about how I pretty much suck at writing about new bands and how I’d ultimately decided not to do that...
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