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Shit I Got Far Too Excited About This Summer

Posted on on 19/07/10 by Liam P. Manley

Liam P. Manley runs down a list of things that disappointed him this summer. These include a threesome (that he didn’t have), the Pavement reunion at Primavera, and England at the World Cup, to name but a few.

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Sandy Kim Goes East

Posted on on 15/07/10 by Sandy Kim

It’s been almost two months since Colby and I moved from San francisco to New York. So far we’ve downgraded to a dungeon that houses rats and a kitchen that’s perpetually submerged in grease. There are roaches the size of my thumb and silverfish the size of my hand. Our closet is made out of used plastic bags, our bed is covered in cum, our shower is broken, and the hallway reeks of dead rats.

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Tammy And Tommy

Posted on on 15/07/10 by Leslie Turret

Ladies and Gentlemen, it is our pleasure to introduce you to the best thing to come out of Atlanta since Usher – Tammy and Tommy. They’re the band of 1000 unanswered questions… Is he for real? Are her boobs for real? Are they really a couple?

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Merica The Champ Of Beers

Posted on on 15/07/10 by Emma Sheridan

Emma Sheridan goes out with one of the guys in Hounds Of Hate and recently joined them on tour in America, she sent us this set for our new photo blog.

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Ray Potes Got Hamburger Eyes

Posted on on 14/07/10 by Jess Gough

Ray Potes is a magazine editor/gallery curator/darkroom ninja/ general promoter of all good things photography. He was part of the team that put together the photo journal Hamburger Eyes, first printed 9 years ago in San Francisco. We asked Ray to explain a few of his images.

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House Party Etiquette

Posted on on 14/07/10 by Robert Foster

Last weekend Bob Foster saw a hippy butthole at a house party, which means that clearly some of you don’t know how to behave in front of company. To help you out, he’s given you a few guidelines for how to comport yourself at a gathering. Thank him later.

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Boiler Room #16 Livin’ Proof Takeover Ft.Rags, Snips, Khalil, Budgie

Posted on on 13/07/10 by Chalin Barton

Tonight we welcome London’s Livin’ Proof down to The Boiler Room: Hip-hop with a dash of soul, funk, boogie, rare groove and whatever else they feel like.

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Hosts

 

HOLD BOX FLAT
holdboxflat.com

 

MR WONDERFUL
nutstosoup.com

 

ONEMAN
myspace.com/1mandj

 

YOUNG TURKS
theyoungturks.co.uk

 

LIVIN' PROOF
myspace.com/livinprooflondon

 

Boiler Room Dates

27/07/10
YOUNG TURKS SPECIAL FT. KWESACHU, JAMIE XX, PHANTOM, SAMPHA

03/08/10
STANDARD PLACE SPECIAL: ONEMAN, BRACKLES B2B BEN UFO, MARTELO, REECHA

17/08/10
LIVIN' PROOF TAKEOVER FT. HUDSON MOHAWKE (HIP-HOP SET)

24/08/10
DEVIATION CARNIVAL SPECIAL: BENJI B, JUDAH, MOXIE, SANTI

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