3/1/03 - A memorial to Melody Maker.

3/1/03 - Early movies with a certain bent.  The website is dedicated to the Marquis de Sade.

3/1/03 - George Formby didn't play the ukulele, he played the banjolele.

3/1/03 - Lester Bangs loves the Shaggs.

3/1/03 - The European Free Improvisation pages, based here in Sheffield.

2/1/03 - Catholics for Contraception. Dignity USA, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Catholics. Catholics for a Free Choice.

2/1/03 - The twisted world of Joe Coleman.

2/1/03 - Get your British Cheesecake, courtesy of Harrison Marks.

2/1/03 - An interview with Thomas Frank.

2/1/03 - The distribution of male and female first name from the U.S. Census.

2/1/03 - Viewpoint online, an INDEPENDENT paper for internal comment in the University of Southampton.  Complaints about parking, nothing changes.

2/1/03 - Interesting language myths:

"Myth: "Sign languages can only refer to concrete things, not abstrations."

Fact:: SLs have signs for all the abstractions found in spoken languages, and some of their own. Because they are visual, SLs sometimes have an advantage in dealing with the visual world (to tell a story, one may "build" a scene in "sign-space"), but this does not limit them in any way in dealing with the invisible, any more than audible speech limits hearing people's ability to discuss the silent or the inaudible."

2/1/03 - The Church of the SubGenius Radio Ministry.

2/1/03 - Mountain Goats photos, plus 'Going To Georgia' on mp3 performed at the Cow Haus!

2/1/03 - Two excellent sources for music and mp3s, Largehearted Boy and Wisdom Goof.

This year's John Peel Festive Fifty.

Go Home Productions with 'Christmas on the Block' Jennifer Lopez with 'Jenny From The Block' and Paul McCartney's 'Wonderful Christmastime'.

The dub mix of 'Tainted Love / Where Did Our Love Go?'

2/1/03 - From a more innocent time, Ladybird books.

2/1/03 - Could this take off on the Tube?

"An anonymous e-mail sent three weeks ago urging single New Yorkers to designate the first car of every subway train the "singles car" has sparked a grassroots movement so large that Metropolitan Transit Authority officials say they're struggling to keep up with the changing face of the agency they're charged with running."

"[S]ome of the cars have been claimed by two groups or more. For instance, the Greater New York Association of Single Parents dubbed the fifth car of each train the "single parents car" on Monday, seemingly unaware that the North American Man-Boy Love Association had already identified the fifth car of every train as the "man-boy love" car."

2/1/03 - Lee Miller's exploding hand: [Warning: website is IE only]

2/1/03 - Fooling biometric scanners.

2/1/03 - Fuck and the language of obscenity:

"...[I]n suburbia in the 60s, you would not even breathe such a word... whereas today, any 12-year-old from the dodgiest comp to Eton would say fuck if they so much as grazed a knee, I doubt my dad would have said it even if a flying saucer landed on the patio and a Martian laser-gunned the shed."

"As one middle-class west London mother said when I mentioned researching this article: "I'd rather my children said fuck than toilet.""

2/1/03 - Norfolk councillor reveals himself as idiot:

"Alan Partridge, the comedy character unabashedly proud of his "third best presenter's slot" on Radio Norwich, came under attack yesterday from Norfolk's civic leaders.

Steve Coogan's comic creation has already been blamed for costing Norwich a place in the shortlist of British towns vying to become the next "European City of Culture". He is now facing censure by Norfolk county council."

2/1/03 - Top track, LCD Soundsystem's 'Losing My Edge':

"Uh-oh. The guy who works at the record boutique -- the Simon Reynolds-quoting one who refused to buy back your copy of Goo because "major-label Sonic Youth is like just as evil as Winger" -- has made a record about how he has lost his edge to "the kids." He can't really sing, so he works up his best Mark E. Smith/Gil Scott-Heron impersonation and can't decide whether he should beat his brow, boast, or mock his peers. So he seems to do all three. He points out that he consulted Captain Beefheart, he prides himself for being the first to play Daft Punk at CBGBs, and he ribs a band for swapping guitars for turntables. He runs through a lengthy list of anything that has ever been declared cool by a hipster in the last several years and in the process provides the snide music-geek equivalent of Jeff Foxworthy's "You might be a redneck if..." routine."

2/1/03 - All you ever needed to know about surströmming.

2/1/03 - The Beatbox Saboteurs with free mp3s. Seaside is excellent.

2/1/03 - Too late for Xmas presents but who wouldn't appreciate a 1-800 AUTOPSY T-shirt?

2/1/03 - The Illegal Art exhibition.  Some great stuff is available online such as Todd Haynes' "Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story", told using Barbie dolls, Wally Wood's "Disneyland Memorial Orgy", and, of course, Negativland.

2/1/03 - Collection of old-time country and blues mp3s from the 1920s and '30s.

2/1/03 - Movies shot by Fritz Lang on tours of the American South-West from 1938-1953.

2/1/03 - Martin Parr's Leaning Tower of Pisa: (detail)

2/1/03 - The excellent PS2 advert featuring Monsieur Mangetout.  The whole ad as a .mov file.

2/1/03 - The scientist chain letter: (via Bifurcated Rivets)

"This letter has been around the world at least seven times. It has been to many major conferences. Now it has come to you. It will bring you good fortune. This is true even if you don't believe it. But you must follow these instructions:
...

Within one year, you will be cited up to 10,000 times! This will amaze your fellow faculty, assure your promotion and improve your sex life. In addition, you will bring joy to many colleagues. Do not break the reference loop, but send this letter on today. Dr. H. received this letter and within a year after passing it on she was elected to the National Academy of Sciences. Prof. M. threw this letter away and was denied tenure..."

2/1/03 - I'm gonna try and clear out my links in preparation for the New Year.