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    Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson

    in General Banter

    Posted · Edited by Soloman Tump

    48 minutes ago, bendish said:

    Okay what happens with a crash out? 

    Short and long term?

     

    what @goDelsays maybe, who knows.

    Remainers will tell you its all doom and gloom, leavers will tell you everything will be fine....

    Short term there would be shortages of certain imported foods, of course.  Maybe including "HP Sauce" (yes, Houses of Parliament Sauce) which is made in Netherlands ?

    After a while UK based producers will see the benefits (I know a number of sole traders / small businesses who are starting to prepare to ramp up production in order to meet potential demands, but the uncertainty of what is happening is stalling investment and it sucks for them)

    Supply of tropical foodstuff like Bananas, coconuts etc shouldn't be affected unless they get to us via mainland europe... (not sure? Citation needed)

    Quite happy to be able to buy seasonal "local grown" fruit and veg to be honest, fresh corn on the cob still in the husks are amazing, as is asparagus etc.

    I really don't see why places like Aldi have to import all of their apples from spain and wrap them in plastic.  Not enough UK stock? Maybe we turn it all into cider!

     

    Answer is nobody knows to be honest - if only they had settled on a plan last year then we may already be someway into knowing what the next step is.

    Now Reading

    in General Banter

    Posted

    4 hours ago, Embers said:

    I really enjoy the format as I don't need to dedicate long sessions to reading. I can read one essay, let it churn in my mind and move on when I'm ready. The essays are short, sweet and to the point. They're grouped into "chapters" with a common theme, but are loosely connected so that you don't have to read it all in one sitting.

    What's been really surprising is the amount of research that has gone into this. All factual stuff is appropriately (scientifically) referenced which opens up further exploration of topics. Though you may find the references themselves equally bizarre. And this is all seamlessly blended with fictional narratives to create a kind of conspiratorial / esoteric vibe to the stories. Something that would sit comfortably within a dystopia framework. Reminds me of Blade Runner at times.

    For the price it's great value!

     

    Ok sold. Sounds great.  A birthday present to myself ?

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    Now Reading

    in General Banter

    Posted

    On 7/18/2019 at 5:33 AM, Embers said:

    Have been slowly churning through UNSOUND:UNDEAD

    https://www.urbanomic.com/book/unsoundundead/

     

    "A brilliant multi-disciplinary, multi-genre exploration of reality as perceived and unperceived. Unsound:Undead exists at the intersection of fact, fiction and philosophy. It weaves these together into a collection of short essays that are both intriguing and thought-provocative. An absolutely fascinating compendium into audio research and audio intelligence and its application into physical and metaphysical realms."

     

    This looks really interesting, I might grab this.

    Now Reading

    in General Banter

    Posted

    James Herbert - Ash.

    Picked up hardbound copy for 50p in local charity shop, looks unread.

    Used to read a lot of Herbert when I was younger (the Rats trilogy especially I recall), so interested to see how this fairs.

    Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson

    in General Banter

    Posted

    He was voted in by the Tory members on the back of his Brexit stance - so of course he has put a pro-brexit team in place and ramped up the no-deal prep.  People would be calling him a bullshitter if he had stuck so pro-eu members in place and waved a white flag at brussels. 

    Agreed he seems to be "walking the walk" so far - even if it is a silly walk, whilst playing charades.

    The PM job since the referendum is a poisoned chalice though - you are going to piss off a huge number of people regardless of your persuasion and what you do, so just do what you think is right (as TM did all along, but look where that got her)

     

     

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    Brexit :(

    in General Banter

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    Boris becoming PM seemed inevitable, unfortunately.

    GE next, following the next Brexit failure, I guess.

    But that won't yield us any certain results given the current political mixed bag of nuts that we have and the shitshows from the Tory oppositions.

    Hmmm.

     

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    Noise Music

    in Music Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Soloman Tump

    On 7/16/2019 at 10:57 AM, kichiguy said:

    Nice one! Any other Old Captain recommendations? I never got that whole martial industrial aesthetic either, but maybe that's because I come  preloaded with an erstwhile colony bias and find nothing entertaining about fascism, totalitarianism etc. 

    I got the Ebola Disco Discography, quite a savage collection of studio tracks and live recordings, all fits onto a single CD.

    Great dirty textures, rumbling clippy distorted vocal screams.  You can pretty much visualize the live shows from hearing it ?

    I guess its somewhere between noise and P/E

     

    AE_STORE Is Live!

    in Autechre

    Posted

    Quote

     

    OCTOBER

    29 Tourcoing @ Le Grand Mix
    30 Ghent @ Vooruit Concertzaal
    31 Strasbourg @ La Laiterie

    NOVEMBER

    01 Lyon @ Le Sucre
    02 Lausanne @ Les Docks
    03 Zürich @ Rote Fabrik
    04 Turin @ Club2Club
    05 Ljubljana @ Kino Šiška
    06 Zagreb @ Močvara
    07 Budapest @ Akvárium Klub
    08 Graz @ Orpheum Extra
    09 Prague @ Meet Factory
    10 Warsaw @ Teatr Powszechny
    11 Vilnius @ TBA
    12 Riga @ Skaņu Mežs
    13 Tallinn @ Von Krahl Theatre
    14 Helsinki @ Tavastia
    16 Stockholm @ Kägelbanan
    17 Oslo @ Parkteatret
    18 Copenhagen @ DR Koncerthuset
    19 Berlin @ Kraftwerk
    20 Hamburg @ Kampnagel
    21 Leipzig @ Conne Island
    22 Nijmegen @ Doornroosje
    23 Brighton @ Concorde 2
    24 Bristol @ Marble Factory
    25 London @ TBA
    26 Manchester @ Granada Studios

     

    12 minutes ago, jaderpansen said:

    more curious about the title: aeonesix1

    i mean it could be an edited version with single tracks, who knows. but my money's on sets.

    Yeah, it could be constructed tracks from the onesix era of tunes, studio edited format.  That would be sweet.

     

    Folk Horror films and novels

    in General Banter

    Posted

    Found this book recently and I think it looks interesting enough to warrant a mention on this thread.

    Also, for my own personal music projects, I have been inspired by the River Thames which flows nearby.  Field recordings, place names and curiosities along its path.

    Have been dipping into local Oxfordshire folklore a tad, and when my upcoming album eventually surfaces, it will be themed around such things as The Blowing Stone, Waylands Smithy and Wychwood Forest.  Fun times.

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    Noise Music

    in Music Discussion

    Posted

    4 minutes ago, kichiguy said:

    BJNIlsen has rekindled his industrial tape music project, Tape Dekay, from the 90s. Defo worth checking out.

    Great album, reviewed in my latest snare rush zine nontheless! Unsettling music. The digital bonus track via bandcamp is also worth a listen.

     

    Not always convinced by the Old Captain output, some of it is really intriguing noise, drone, sound art and experimental . Other times it's the really militant industrial / power electronics with war imagery and violence that honestly does nothing for me. 

    Board Game Discussion

    in General Banter

    Posted

    On 7/12/2019 at 4:48 PM, Braintree said:

    We did it with like 6 people. Seems like it's designed for at least four.

    Well the box says 2+ that's why we got it. The mechanics feel more suited to 3+ but I imagine it's still crazy hard

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