Simon Wistow’s blog Vox 2009-11-10T15:06:37Z Simon Wistow http://deflatermouse.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00c2252555dbf219/ One Drink Too Many and a Joke Gone Too Far 90s Music Monday tag:vox.com,2009-11-10:asset-6a00c2252555dbf2190123ddbb6afa860b 2009-11-10T01:45:14Z 2009-11-10T15:06:37Z Simon Wistow http://deflatermouse.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Young_and_the_restless Eastenders Kylie Natalie Imbruglia - Torn Wolfsheim - Find You're Here & Find You're Gone Ednaswap - Torn Lis Sørensen - Brændt Trine Rein - Torn Johann Lippowitz - Torn Johann Lippowitz with Natalie Imbruglia - Torn

Apparently #musicmonday is a trending topic on the Twitters - bunch of bloody Johnny Come Latelys. Some of us have been here every Monday morning (for various definitions of 'every', 'monday' and 'morning'), mining the rich vein of at-least-a-deca...

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Placebo - Nancy Boy Placebo - Pure morning Placebo - Running Up That Hill

Placebo are one of those bands that I always feel oddly guilty about enjoying which is odd because "Nancy Boy" is damn fine blistering 3 minute pop song which lovely crunchy guitars and a thumping bass line. I mean the video's a little bit "Art sc...

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]]> Spotted during a bit of Economics Blog spelunking tag:vox.com,2009-11-02:asset-6a00c2252555dbf21901240b73359d860e 2009-11-02T19:07:30Z 2009-11-02T19:07:30Z Simon Wistow http://deflatermouse.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom "Economists should listen more to techies on what techs will be feasible at what costs, but techies should also listen more to economists on the social implications of tech costs. Alas, just as economists prefer to rely on their intuitive folk tec...

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Alie and Georgia Present: The McNuggetini

This Halloween I'll be drinking McNuggetinis Two words: Ham Daquiri

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Sheryl Crow - All I Wanna Do

It turns out that Sedona in Phoenix is so unspeakably cinematic - with its soaring orange mesas and artistically arranged cacti silhouetted against the blazing sunset - that your brain can't actually deal with it and you just start thinking that ...

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James - Laid (Version 2) James - Laid (Version 3)

Have you seen "24 Hour Party People"? You should, it's pretty good. It's about the rise and fall of the legendary Hacienda club in Manchester and the entwined Factory Records which was home to acts like Joy Division, New Order, The Happy Mondays a...

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]]> I endorse this message tag:vox.com,2009-10-13:asset-6a00c2252555dbf2190123ddd65f74860d 2009-10-13T23:17:08Z 2009-10-13T23:17:08Z Simon Wistow http://deflatermouse.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom “ They sound like a twin headed beast of Liam Howlett and Soulwax Nite Versions taking Teenage Badgirl Up the arse at Leftfield's house, while Kissy Sellout watches and plays with himself in a Phones T-shirt, WHILST on a mobile phone conference c...

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Tori Amos - Professional Widow (Armand's Star Trunk Funkin' Mix) Tori Amos - Professional Widow

Well, fuck me rigid - this is the 100th 90s Music Monday. Who knew I had that kind of staying power - if you'd asked me 2 years ago I would have laid good odds that ADD would have got the better of me long before now. Either way - shouldn't I hav...

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Chilli Tomato Jam

Also, the result of an unexpectedly free Sunday Based somewhat on this recipe which is, in turn, based on a recipe I posted to a mailing list 4 years ago. The modifications I made were to cut way down on the sugar - between half and 3/4 (I eye...

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