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They Might Be Giants’ children’s music is brilliant/hilarious/the future

By Ben Mcleish | Published October 25, 2011

The very first time I heard They Might be Giants (TMBG) was in the late 80s, when, as a kid, round 7 or 8 years old, I liked to cycle through the radio stations on my AM/FM radio, enjoying the random peals of voices and musical collage the rotation created. I guess this was my [...]

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The Means is The End: The Underlying Shared Logic of the Occupy Movement and The Media Blackout

By Ben Mcleish | Published October 24, 2011

So this afternoon, Truth-Out published what I happened to be thinking at exactly the moment the article hit my inbox; the means of the Occupy Movement, from supplying at every #Occupy location (and in their article’s context, Liberty Park, New York) free medical resources, free food and drink, and even in many cases, free Wi-Fi [...]

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Pre-Post-Apocalyptic In a Good Way

By Ben Mcleish | Published October 20, 2011

I remember first visiting London’s St Paul’s Cathedral at the tender, semi-Santa Claus eligible age of 17. Most striking was the exit; giant doors which held back the darkness of the inside, swinging open to a blanched square surrounded by the shining alabaster-coloured machines of London’s Square Mile. Often peppered with tourists, or suits, but [...]

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