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The new Britpop

Not trying to be American: Taio Cruz. Photograph: Chris Floyd No chips on shoulders, no moaning about not selling records: Tinchy Stryder and Chipmunk. Photograph: Chris Floyd It's just before 3am on a Friday in October. ...

From BEN THOMPSON, Guardian Unlimited,  31 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Dizzee Rascal (musician),  Chris Floyd,  Rolex,  Shayne Ward,  Leona Lewis

Shooting blanks? Ars reviews two new Wii firearms

The Nintendo Wii is a system that seems almost designed for a light gun renaissance, and the system has more than a few games that bring the arcade experience home. Of course, playing with a stock Wiimote is no fun at all, and the Wii Zapper barely ...

From BEN KUCHERA, MICHAEL THOMPSON, Ars Technica,  21 Sep 2009

CD: World review: Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou, The Vodoun Effect

Complete box set of all 10 British city supplements as published in the Guardian. A fertile swamp of glorious beats, writes Peter Culshaw vma group. this leading global business services organisation…. £50000 - £70000 per annum. city of london ...

From BEN THOMPSON, The Observer,  8 Nov 2008

CD: Pop review: Robert Wyatt & Bertrand Burgalat, This Summer Night

This ear-catching collaboration with French composer/producer Burgalat serves as a trailer for the forthcoming reissue of Wyatt's back catalogue. The A-side's wonky electro-pop would not have been out of place at a mid-Eighties Red Wedge disco, but the ...

From BEN THOMPSON, The Observer,  11 Oct 2008
Related Topics: Robert Wyatt

Ben Thompson enjoys a tribute to a New York that's long gone

No Wave: New York 1976-80 Happily, you do not need to be remotely conversant with the evolutionary links between Gynecologists and Teenage Jesus & the Jerks to enjoy this book. Beyond the abundant bitchery, and the haphazard poetry of band names and ...

From BEN THOMPSON, Guardian Unlimited,  17 May 2008
Related Topics: Ben Thompson

Light in the west

This is how the new Portishead album starts. A friendly voice says something vaguely introductory in Brazilian-Portuguese. There's a bit of subdued chatter in the background, and the reassuring plink of a distant piano, as if you're arriving at a ...

From BEN THOMPSON, The Observer,  16 Feb 2008
Related Topics: Beth Gibbons,  Serge Gainsbourg,  eBay Inc.,  Art Blakey,  Timbaland

Manhunt widens in trooper shooting case

CASSADAGA, N.Y. -- For months, authorities in western New York scoured hunting campsites, stopped traffic and questioned acquaintances in a search for an escaped inmate with the skills of a seasoned outdoorsman. On Friday, the manhunt intensified after ...

From BEN DOBBIN AND CAROLYN THOMPSON, Boston Globe,  2 Sep 2006
Related Topics: Wayne Bennett,  Sean Brown

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