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Top 10 songs about football
There’s scant crossover between football and music. But here’s ten of the best. 10. Helen Love – Cardiff City Superstar “It’s the end of the summer / So it’s going to be / Another long season in Division Three.” South … Continue reading
Oxford Record Shop: Truck Store on Cowley Road
Once lost, some things never return: empires, David Trezeguet’s football shirt, the handloom industry, virginity, my Belle & Sebastian bookmark, records shops. But Oxford’s bucking the trend and – in what’s either a calculated act of genius or misadventure on … Continue reading
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Photos: Oxford students occupy Radcliffe Camera library
Jump to the bottom for a gallery. Almost the whole of Oxford University’s Bodleian Library is currently closed due to the occupation of the flagship Radcliffe Camera building. The protest has now been running for almost twenty-four hours. What started … Continue reading
Posted in Oxford
Tagged bodleian, cuts, library, Oxford, oxford university, rad cam, radcliffe camera, student protests
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Newspaper Review: “i” from The Independent
I’m a media geek with a penchant for borrowed nostalgia; an obsessive Twitter user with a love of newsprint. And despite doing my best to write for national publications I’ve, ahem, fallen out of the habit of paying for the … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism
Tagged #ilaunch, Design, i, Journalism, newspapers, relaunch, simon kelner, the independent
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Rip It Up and Start Again: York Development Plan of 1948
As part of my dissertation I’m working on some of the hairbrained schemes to redevelop my hometown of York. This fantastic document was commissioned during WW2 as a masterplan for the city – a beautifully printed vision of the future. There’ll be … Continue reading
Searching for a meaning: A dozen songs about places I love
Songs always become linked to specific locations in my head – be it the first time I heard it or the person I was with at the time. But others have a head start. Here’s twelve songs about places I … Continue reading
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Tagged billy bragg, elbow, half man half biscuit, iggy pop, jonathan richman, malcolm middleton, parachute men, pet shop boys, pulp, saint etienne, songs about places, the klf
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IoS: Let undergraduates into All Souls
The Independent on Sunday subs are at it again. It’s not on the same scale as last week’s wanky balls incident there’s another inadvertant slip in the photo caption. Though it’s just a bit of bad luck. Above a fairly … Continue reading
Frank Sidebottom: Gone
I’ve been trying to explain to some fellow Uni students why the death of Frank Sidebottom really matters. Most of them turn off after the opening “so this bloke wore a papier mache head and was the funniest act you’ve ever … Continue reading
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Tagged chris sievey, frank sidebottom, the biz, the freshies, zx spectrum
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Interview: Robyn
Robyn is a 10/10 sort of popstar: underrated but utterly brilliant. A constant presence on the radio without getting on your nerves. And she’s got class. In the electropop supermarket she’d be a succulent M&S Sunday Roast. Sorry…did you just choke on … Continue reading
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Tagged body talkk, electrpop, interview, pop, robyn, robyn carlsson, sweden
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Gameboy USB Drive
Welcome to This Is Pop, where aesthetics always triumph over function. In this vein, I’m happy to announce the launch of our first range of boutique products. We’ve taken a selection of original Gameboy cartridges and turned them into USB … Continue reading
Posted in Product
Tagged emulator, gameboy, games, geekery, mash-up, product, usb drives
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