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[Jah Womble]

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a 21st Century Joy Division, fronted by a young, totally wired, Welsh Tom Waits, strapped to the front of a speeding train with no brakes

a young, totally wired, Welsh Tom Waits, strapped to the front of a speeding train with no brakes

strapped to the front of a speeding train with no brakes

a speeding train with no brakes

no brakes

no brakes

no brakes

no brakes

Aye, a speeding train with no brakes that derailed almost immediately, IIRC.

[Gangster Octopus]

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Before I catch up on this thread, can I just point out that this is on Radio 4 at four o'clock.

[Jon]

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Yes, I enjoyed it. It included contributions from John Doran, formerly of this parish.

[Borracho]

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A good listen all right, thanks for the heads-up. I've reviewed it for my employers this weekend.

[Gangster Octopus]

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Do the Irish papers review many British radio programmes?

[Borracho]

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In general, no. I do it the odd time if it's a quiet week domestically.

[Taylor]

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Was Melody Maker written out of history on that programme, the way it usually is?

Nobody asked me to contribute, so I sat here sulking with folded arms and didn't bother to listen.

[Borracho]

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I don't remember Melody Maker being featured that much. It was Danny Kelly, Mark Ellen, David Hepworth, all that lot. More of a nostalgia trip than a comprehensive analysis.

[Taylor]

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Yeah, all editors, who barely wrote a single line worth reading. That's always the problem with these things. It's like an official history of your schooldays, written by the teachers.

[Mumpo]

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In next week's unmissable NME: The 100 Greatest Beatles Songs

I don't know about going free, they'd have to pay me to read that one.

[axel]

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Not very surprising, but NME to become a 'free sheet'.
http://www.nme.com/news/various-artists/86702?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_ca mpaign=NME

[Mumpo]

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Shame that as a nation we are neither able to produce, nor consume in sufficient quantities to sustain, a decent heavyweight music-oriented broadsheet weekly.

Come on The Daily Mail, forget the BBC’s tennis coverage, this is the sort of thing you should be getting indignant about.

[Ray de Galles]

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Mumpo wrote: Shame that as a nation we are neither able to produce, nor consume in sufficient quantities to sustain, a decent heavyweight music-oriented broadsheet weekly.

Does any other nation do so?

[axel]

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The music website Louder Than War has a new bi-monthly magazine out. Anyone read it?

[Lucia Lanigan]

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Nope.

I saw a free NME the other day. Christ. Last time I looked at it, at least my housemates were writing the reviews section but I'm not sure they even have one anymore. I give it a year.

[Bored Of Education]

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I have just realised that I picked a free NME up the other day and it is still in my bag. I should read it.

[N est à?]

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Don't go out of your way.

[Bored Of Education]

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I am going up to the loo in a minute. Will report back.

[Snake Plissken]

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50 minutes and counting. Perhaps it is a throughly absorbing read.

[Bored Of Education]

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Sorry, went to make lunch straight after.

It's OK actually but all over the place. Now I am assuming that I shouldn't know a lot in there. There are two interviews - one with Foals and one with Example - both of whom I have heard of and the latter quite enjoyed when I saw him on TV. However, they are definitely music for ver kids.

However, there are odd things like a bit on Rage Against The Machine because there is a live DVD of their 2010 concert out. There is also a piece of Gorillaz also and it all seems a bit, well, old. It seems to be trying to aim itself at late 30 year olds and upwards. Maybe that generation is the last time NME was relevant.

I wouldn't say that I found it unreadable or that I was out of touch with it. Indeed, considering I am nearly 50, I was worryingly conversant with a lot of it. Indeed, anyone who had watched a fair few episodes of "Later...." would be well up to speed.

It had a singles review and a couple of albums reviewed, no live reviews but lots of games and films. Two interviews and features on TV programmes, films and fashion. It also had a cartoon horse which I have no of the relevance of. Basically, if it was like this before it went free, I could see why it went free. Having said that, I find it a bit better than some other free music papers I pick up.

[N est à?]

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no live reviews eh?

I guess the eternal question 'were you even at the same gig???' can at last be conclusively answered.

[Lucia Lanigan]

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Were you even at the same laptop as me?!

[Jah Womble]

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However, they are definitely music for ver kids.

Speak for yourself, grandad. I have the first three Foals albums.

I browsed a free NME in the pub around a month ago. I think I managed to do it more than justice while my friend - whose copy it was - went to the bar.

[Bored Of Education]

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You're a kid though, Jah. Aren't you?

[Jah Womble]

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As long as I'm not a 'kidult'...