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2014-10-04 (Saturday)

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  1. diamond geezer - Friday, October 03, 2014

    On the branding of ‘Midtown’ in London, and other sponsored rebrandings. Some comments date ‘Midtown’ back quite a while in some industries. (via Londonist)

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  • philgyford’s avatar

    @disemdat I come across those occasionally but never thought to try reading them regularly for some reason. Ta!

  • philgyford’s avatar

    And Mr Agreeable's still going?! It's like I've never been away. thequietus.com/articles/15988…

  • philgyford’s avatar

    2 mins of reading music blogs and I have the latest hot news about The Scene That Celebrates Itself ghostlifeghostlife.com/2014/09/23/my-… I'm so with it!

  • philgyford’s avatar

    @mala All the comments I've seen have been "Ha! Wizards! Golden keys!" not "that's technically impossible".

  • philgyford’s avatar

    @katylindemann @Zoonie Ta. I never quite got on with popjustice but I'll try again, and the other one.

  • philgyford’s avatar

    Or have I missed something? This is a great book but it's about people making the Internet, not ACTUAL WIZARDS amazon.co.uk/Where-Wizards-…

  • philgyford’s avatar

    People mocking the Washington Post for "wizards" and "golden key" sound horribly superior and like they have no knowledge of metaphor.

  • philgyford’s avatar

    @Zoonie I don't have my hopes up.

  • philgyford’s avatar

    I don't need much. Covering everything between Smash Hits and The Wire, written by hip young gunslingers, Greil Marcus and Simon Reynolds.

  • philgyford’s avatar

    What site(s) should I read that do good music writing? I'd like to feel less out of touch about new stuff and know more about old stuff.

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  • lifewinning’s avatar

    the future is here, it’s just not one in which we’ve all read that William Gibson one-liner