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Howl!

Posted on Wednesday, 06/02/04 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

America, you’re silly. I think you’re chronologically 12. Psychosis, America you’ll choke on your own Exxon mine. America I miss Abbie Hoffman. Thomas Merton and Dorothy Day. Peter Maurin and Mitch Schneider. —America – a tribute to Allen Ginsberg

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A Warm Gun

Posted on Monday, 05/31/04 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Waxy.org: “Five days after the assassination of John Lennon, radio engineer Rob Grayson compiled a montage of every Beatles song in alphabetical order and aired it following a ten minute period of silence.” Check out the 16 minute mp3.

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Reggae, Dylan, gMail

Posted on Tuesday, 05/25/04 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Pardon my snicker. A reggae tribute to Bob Dylan: “Is It Rolling Bob?” (via Evaristo who now has one of those ultrahip 1Gb gmail accounts and will no doubt, be inviting me in shortly – I’d nudge nudge wink wink, … Continue reading →

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Abba To Zappa

Posted on Tuesday, 05/25/04 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Abba-to-Zappa the quiz, had me grinning from start to finish – in part I suppose because one of the little band-member puppets kept reminding me of this guy (have a look and you’ll know what I mean, unless you’ve never … Continue reading →

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news from another side of the wall

Posted on Monday, 05/24/04 by Balint

Has VPRO come out with some unknow stuff?

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Archive *This*!

Posted on Friday, 05/21/04 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

There won’t be a Friday Boot this week I’m afraid. Instead, may I suggest you have a look at archive.org‘s rather huge collection of live music. No Zappa (!), but still, something there for everyone, I’m sure (teehee!).

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Fine Arf

Posted on Wednesday, 05/19/04 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Ha. I want one of these! Found at Fine Arf which has an impressive collection of Dog Breed Charms (and where, rather temptingly, you can “Click for Enlargement!”).

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Musicians, prizes…

Posted on Wednesday, 05/19/04 by Balint

What is the common between Jimmy Page, Gyrgy Ligeti (Hungarian composer), Elgar Howart (conductor of 200 Motels), B.B. King and Stig Anderson (from ABBA)? It’s the Polar Music Prize. Congratulations!

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Verbless

Posted on Tuesday, 05/11/04 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

A book without verbs: “The verb is like a weed in a field of flowers,” [Mr Thaler] said. “You have to get rid of it to allow the flowers to grow and flourish.” A lot of verbs in that quote … Continue reading →

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Miguel Milanos

Posted on Tuesday, 05/11/04 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

The 100 Worst Porn Movie Titles, too funny: “Willie Wanker and The Fudge Packing Factory”, “All Anal On the Western Front” and “Beyond The Valley of The Ultra Milkmaids”, among other linguistic gems. (Kudos to the person who can tell … Continue reading →

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let’s hear from another great mother

Posted on Sunday, 05/09/04 by Balint

Let’s hear it folks, from mother superior (see September 4, 2003) to Tom Waits. I didn’t know none of those audio archives, neither those pictures, and of course there is a lot more to be known, like The Fall’s covers … Continue reading →

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Uncle Dickie’s Shameless Quickies

Posted on Thursday, 05/06/04 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

If you’ve ever been part of a band, you’ll know that coming up with a decent band name that everyone can agree upon is not an easy thing (to say the least). As for our little teenage rocking combo, we’ve … Continue reading →

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Movie Characters

Posted on Thursday, 05/06/04 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

For those who like completely arbitrary lists: The 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time. Sadly, Fielding Mellish has been overlooked. Not to mention Derek Smalls!

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Moore vs Mickey

Posted on Thursday, 05/06/04 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Michael Moore may not have been made to shut up quite this drastically but Disney forbidding the distribution of Fahrenheit 911 to please Brother Jeb B. is just as ludicrous – and effective. Un-effin’ believable. Luckily the film will be … Continue reading →

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One of the brain police…

Posted on Saturday, 05/01/04 by Bertanya

Now this could be a risky occupation, i jest ye not. For after avowing to being one of the brain police, the future held as an acquaintance the infamous charles manson, and thus far 35 years in prison for murder. … Continue reading →

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