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50 songs from last year – #46 – Manic Street Preachers – Walk Me To The Bridge

Posted on 05/01/2015 by haonowshaokao

Having given up on the Manic Street Preachers in about 1997, the presence of this song in this list is even more of a surprise to me than it is to you. …and another link as the youtube one is … Continue reading →

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50 songs from last year – #47 – Marissa Nadler – Drive

Posted on 04/01/2015 by haonowshaokao

Twin Peaks alt-country, suggested by Duncan.

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50 songs from last year – #48 – Spoon – Do You

Posted on 03/01/2015 by haonowshaokao

I’ve never really *got* Spoon, perhaps I still don’t, but this is excellent in any case.

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50 songs from last year – #49 – Jessica Pratt – Back, Baby

Posted on 02/01/2015 by haonowshaokao

I’m still not sure how I feel about her voice, but for now she’s on the right side of the brilliant / annoying divide.

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50 songs from last year – #50 – Neneh Cherry – Cynical

Posted on 01/01/2015 by haonowshaokao

Hello friends / relatives / internet people / SEO robots. In a departure from the usual list of tracks in December I’m going to spend the first month and a half of 2015 posting a song every day. This should … Continue reading →

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Obituary for 2014

Posted on 30/12/2014 by haonowshaokao

2248 people who died in 2014, taken from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths_in_2014.

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Strongly Fight Western Imperialist Subtitles

Posted on 24/11/2014 by haonowshaokao

I like to watch films with my wife, and this means spending a good chunk of my free time faffing about with subtitle files. If we buy a DVD it’s a bit better, but we still encounter subtitles that have … Continue reading →

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Last Night A DJ Killed My Dog Podcast #30 – Year of the Horse

Posted on 06/11/2014 by haonowshaokao

Last Night A DJ Killed My Dog Podcast #30 – Year of the Horse <—- right-click here, choose 'save link as', enjoy. Every year I make a mix of songs and speech clips for the Chinese zodiac. This year it’s … Continue reading →

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Birth, part 3

Posted on 09/10/2014 by haonowshaokao

Our baby had been in the world outside the womb for 24 hours when a woman arrived. Her job is to look after women and their babies during the month-long confinement (“yuezi”) almost every Chinese woman goes through after they … Continue reading →

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Birth, part 2

Posted on 07/10/2014 by haonowshaokao

The “delivery” or “operation” had been scheduled for 7am, then was postponed to 1pm, then at 11.30am V was suddenly told it was time, and was wheeled away. I didn’t even really have time to see her as she disappeared, … Continue reading →

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