We finally got internet back last night after it mysteriously cut out sometime during Monday afternoon. Turns out we missed a payment. But we’re back up and running, and I can finally publish this post. Goody.
I thought I’d chat music for a bit. More specifically, I’d like to talk Coldplay and I’d like to [...]

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There is a lot about this video that is almost as awesome as Rivers Cuomo’s moustache. See how many YouTube stars you can spot – Tay Zonday, the Numa Numa guy, the Evolution of Dance dude, Star Wars guy, Chris Crocker (”Leave Britney alone!!”), Miss Teen South Carolina (she loves South Africa), Kevin Federline (although [...]

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I missed them in Brighton at the weekend, but got to see Austin folk-indie group Okkervil River last night at the intimate Borderline off Tottenham Court Road. Honestly, one of the best gigs I’ve been to in ages.
Opening act A.A. Bondy got things off to a promising start with his Dylan-esque [...]

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Got out of London early on Friday evening and popped down to Brighton where I caught the second day of the Great Escape Festival, hailed as the biggest new music festival in Europe (over 200 bands and artists performing in 20-plus venues over three days). Definitely a good night out, but a little [...]

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He had a couple of good albums and has managed to get his mojo on with loads of hot chicks, including Jessica Simpson, Cameron Diaz, Victoria’s Secret model Minka Kelly and, recently, Jennifer Aniston. I always pegged him as a total loser and couldn’t work out how he managed to convince girls like these to [...]

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Yes, it has been almost a week since my last post. Yes, I realise this sloppiness is becoming all too frequent. My silence over the past few days has been largely due to the fact that we’ve just come off a long weekend (nothing like last week’s South African national vacation, but good nevertheless) and [...]

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Any guesses where 50 Cent will be staying during his South African visit? Yip – Midrand.
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Hahaha. If you didn’t get it first time round, don’t worry: the term “average intelligence” requires that about half of all people in the world are below the mark, so there’s a 50% probability that you’re just stupid. But that’s [...]

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If you’ve been following Splattermail for any length of time now, you’d probably have picked up that our refined tastes tend towards music of the rock/indie/ instrumental persuasion. But shit, that’s not to say we don’t also enjoy other genres. Both the salami and smg have been known to fuck mix it up on the [...]

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It’s been a manic week up to now. Finally feeling the effects of it and crashed at work this morning, so I left early and have retired to my boudoir where hopefully I’ll be able to work with fewer distractions. My brain blue-screened on a call this morning, which was extremely unpleasant. I reckon I’m [...]

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This is such a South African story. When Mischa Barton, Paris Hilton, Nicole Ritchie and Mel Gibson get done for drink driving, there’s usually an amusing mug-shot, a bag of weed under the passenger seat and witty verbal exchange with Konstabel Sugar Tits before he/she makes nice with the public, does some community service and [...]

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