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23-01-2025, 22:58

Mikeandvan replied to a thread Record shops in the UK are pants in Blank Canvas

Well, they were London shops, so like everywhere else in London, you know............Some of dance record shops back in the 90s were quite...

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23-01-2025, 22:56

Mikeandvan replied to a thread Spinning Today - What Are You Listening To Right Now? (Part 3) in Musical Compositions

I associate Dury more with the late 70s, but his LP 'New boots and pants' is a stormer.

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23-01-2025, 21:56

Mikeandvan replied to a thread Record shops in the UK are pants in Blank Canvas

LOL, something got up your nose chum?

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23-01-2025, 21:53

Mikeandvan replied to a thread Spinning Today - What Are You Listening To Right Now? (Part 3) in Musical Compositions

LOL, I've got LPs by the first 4 acts mentioned there, I'm an 80s kid, but wasn't into contemporary music back then, I backtracked on it during the...

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23-01-2025, 21:04

Mikeandvan replied to a thread TRUMP IS IN THE (WHITE) HOUSE. Fact. Too big to rig. in Abstract Chat

Yep, Trump is a bugger for destroying the concept of truth, but then so are a few other bad faith actors. This is one of the major issues of our...

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23-01-2025, 21:03

Mikeandvan replied to a thread Spinning Today - What Are You Listening To Right Now? (Part 3) in Musical Compositions

Yeh P+P is funkier, the less commercial offering.

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23-01-2025, 20:52

Mikeandvan replied to a thread Spinning Today - What Are You Listening To Right Now? (Part 3) in Musical Compositions

These 2 80s gems, fast becoming my favourite decade.

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23-01-2025, 20:43

Mikeandvan replied to a thread Spinning Today - What Are You Listening To Right Now? (Part 3) in Musical Compositions

Oh yeah, bought a few of their CDs recently, endlessly listenable, their oeuvre is huge.

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23-01-2025, 20:41

Mikeandvan replied to a thread TRUMP IS IN THE (WHITE) HOUSE. Fact. Too big to rig. in Abstract Chat

Back on topic Trump has surrounded himself by China hawks, America was already on the path for conflict with China in the 'pivot to Asia'...

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23-01-2025, 18:57

Mikeandvan replied to a thread TRUMP IS IN THE (WHITE) HOUSE. Fact. Too big to rig. in Abstract Chat

Yeh I get that, I don't know how anyone could view my posts as anything less than reasonable though, I don't deal in hate speech, only facts and...

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23-01-2025, 12:28

Mikeandvan replied to a thread TRUMP IS IN THE (WHITE) HOUSE. Fact. Too big to rig. in Abstract Chat

I wonder if the Telegraph considered its legal position before publishing this? ...

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23-01-2025, 10:27

Mikeandvan replied to a thread Getting back into DVD - now which player! in AV Sources

I DM's you too, I guess summits up with AOS DM's system!

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22-01-2025, 21:47

Mikeandvan replied to a thread TRUMP IS IN THE (WHITE) HOUSE. Fact. Too big to rig. in Abstract Chat

Why's that?

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22-01-2025, 11:09

Mikeandvan replied to a thread Totem Sttaffs floorstanding speakers in Private Exhibitions

Now on Ebay with a £50 start bid, offers considered here too. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/167262640962

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21-01-2025, 23:33

Mikeandvan replied to a thread TRUMP IS IN THE (WHITE) HOUSE. Fact. Too big to rig. in Abstract Chat

Indeed, would you have welcomed the Viking invasion if you'd have been around?

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21-01-2025, 20:33

Mikeandvan replied to a thread Spinning Today - What Are You Listening To Right Now? (Part 3) in Musical Compositions

I'd like to look further into 'alt-80s' music, so far I've picked on Dead can dance, This Mortal coil, Cocteau twins, Soft cell, Heaven 17 (ok bit...

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21-01-2025, 20:30

Mikeandvan replied to a thread TRUMP IS IN THE (WHITE) HOUSE. Fact. Too big to rig. in Abstract Chat

I must admit to having some sympathy with the main thrust of the AFD's cause. Immigration from countries with radically different cultures to our own...

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20-01-2025, 23:02

Mikeandvan replied to a thread TRUMP IS IN THE (WHITE) HOUSE. Fact. Too big to rig. in Abstract Chat

The guy's a fucking idiot, he did it just to wind people up, an absolute disgrace. America is now officially run by a bunch of slobs.

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20-01-2025, 23:01

Mikeandvan replied to a thread TRUMP IS IN THE (WHITE) HOUSE. Fact. Too big to rig. in Abstract Chat

Already? Sigh.

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20-01-2025, 20:10

Mikeandvan replied to a thread TRUMP IS IN THE (WHITE) HOUSE. Fact. Too big to rig. in Abstract Chat

I wonder who he'll sack first.

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20-01-2025, 10:17

Mikeandvan replied to a thread Tell Me Something............Anything! in Abstract Chat

An apt anecdote for his presidency perhaps.

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19-01-2025, 23:03

Mikeandvan replied to a thread Tell Me Something............Anything! in Abstract Chat

D Day tomorrow peeps, hold tight.

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19-01-2025, 23:01

Mikeandvan replied to a thread Totem Sttaffs floorstanding speakers in Private Exhibitions

Offers invited.

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19-01-2025, 19:49

Mikeandvan replied to a thread Spinning Today - What Are You Listening To Right Now? (Part 3) in Musical Compositions

John Abercrombie - Current events - ECM - 1986. Sublime as usual from this label.

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18-01-2025, 20:30

Mikeandvan replied to a thread Getting back into DVD - now which player! in AV Sources

Thanks Buddy, I'll take the Panasonic DMP-BD77.

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18-01-2025, 20:02

Mikeandvan replied to a thread Totem Sttaffs floorstanding speakers in Private Exhibitions

Still 'ere

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18-01-2025, 11:14

Mikeandvan replied to a thread Spinning Today - What Are You Listening To Right Now? (Part 3) in Musical Compositions

I thought Bowie was finished by 1977 with Heroes, until I heard 'Modern love' in the 1986 French film 'Mauvais Sang'. So I rushed off to Ebay and got...

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17-01-2025, 22:19

Mikeandvan started a thread Totem Sttaffs floorstanding speakers in Private Exhibitions

Totem Sttaffs floorstanding speakers Full working condition, though on one speaker the cabinet appears to have a tiny gap where it might have come...

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17-01-2025, 22:02

Mikeandvan started a thread QED XT-40 speaker cable in Private Exhibitions

QED XT-40 speaker cable OFC - 2 x 3M lengths with the, ahem 'airloc' connections, except 2 of them have come loose, allowing the air to escape I...

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