Concrete and Clay

Dear Eskiimo (from Manchester UK) have released a very nice free mp3 mixtape, showcasing their "slight obsession with Technicolour musicals" alongside some fresh pop and a sprinkling of their own (rather good) tracks.

www.deareskiimo.com

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Cassy (Perlon) is at All Over My Face, The Key tonight, alongside residents James Priestly and Giles Smith.

And rumours are, this Sunday will see the return of secretsundaze... info@secretsundaze.org

These days, the telephone has assumed a variety of different functions, most of which have little or nothing to do with the telephone's intended purpose as a communicator with other telephone-handling people. You could call these functions 'non-purposes'.

My favourite non-purpose for a telephone is as a cloaking device when walking along a street or in a building and encountering individuals with whom communication is not required/not hoped for/dreaded. For this non-purpose, the phone is switched off (a sudden ring would crash the cloacking) and placed against the ear whilst a concerned/mirthful face is adopted. In this ostensibly distracted state it is possible to glide almost unnoticed, and certainly unhailed, past your target of avoidance.

This cloaking is also a useful tactic when wishing to use toilets of pubs you haven't bought a drink in.

Do people have any other non-purposes for everyday objects?

This Friday Heartbreak play live @ Computer Blue, Bar Music Hall, Curtain Road, Shoreditch launching their new EP "Heartbreak 1".

Soul Brother has got to be one of my favourite tracks of the year.

Check them out and get down to some 80's synth-pop emotion. The venue has a good bar and there's plenty of room for everyone. Oh yeah, and its FREE!

See www.computerblue.co.uk and www.myspace.com/heartbreak1 for more info.

dj_drinks_-_soul_music.mp3
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  A musical realization of the motion graphics of john whitney as described in his book digital harmony.
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A whaletail swished by, thin black stripes on deepest ebony. And then she was gone, never to be seen again off in search of another toilet. I was on the train to Shrewsbury to visit an old friend. Shrews. Bury. Strange name which conjures up images of furry rodent types. And graveyards. I've never been to Shrewsbury. Does anyone go to Shrewsbury? My friend has to pick up her mother who is spending the evening doing Scottish country dancing. In Shrewsbury. Interesting.

I've heard that this "my space" site is more than just a dating service. I am not convinced.

I have decided to start my own "my space" project; so if anyone wants to be my friend send me a mail and I will decide if I like you or not.

Tell me about yourself, what you like, do, and where you 'hang' and I will be the judge of everything else, also please enclose a photo of yourself looking as interesting as possible.

All submissions to: dannyreakes@concreteandclay.org

1. Only ride a cycle in the streets of London if you are prepared to enter into a Mad-Maxesque kill or be killed relationship with car drivers, particularly the 19000 hackney, or black cab drivers, whose vehicles are painted black owing to the fact that like hearses, they bring death on wheels. A formal part of "The Knowledge" includes methods of best running cyclists off the road without causing damage to wheel-arches and/or happy-go-lucky cockney demeanour.
2. Do not, under any circumstances attempt to talk to someone you don't know on any form of public transport unless you are wish to be looked upon as a verbal leper.
3. Thank newsagents for your Rizlas and Freddos by saying "boss", particularly in East London.
4. Be prepared to throw radio against the wall after constant barrage of Essex garage djs singing over the tunes they play. This relatively modern phenomenon has recently spread like wildfire over the airwaves with the djs in question oblivious to the similarity of their dulcet tones with the sound of pigs en route to an abattoire.
5. Do not expect any till attendant in Benjys sandwich shops to acknowledge your humanity. If you are the recipient of a smile, consider yourself on the purple path to enlightment.