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Tue, 02 Sep 2008

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f e a t u r e s: September 08

Music - Lucky Dragons have had coverage in the cool press, and have gigs stretching out into the future including in Australia. How does a twosome from L.A. that plays with Max/MSP patches get this sort of attention? We get some background to find out. Interview

Art/Theater/Music - The Fabulous Nobodies are a performance collective from Brooklyn, NY. Dressed in wild costumes that are sometimes shocking, they highlight some of the less palatable aspects of society and some that are fun as well. Friends of G.W Bush? Er, No. We have some pictures from a booklet on them published by Unagi Books. Pictures

Software/Wetware - Luke Stanley is looking for angel investors for his startup, Thoughttrail. The basic idea is that a mini-browser or plugin extends the information you have available by means of intelligent parsing and with nods to the ideas of the Semantic Web. We have a chat to find out what's going on. Interview

Hardware - Tesla Motors make a swoopy all electric sports two seater that accelerates like crazy and looks the part as well. The only problem is that you'll need deep and full pockets as well as patience to pick one up. We check out the specs. Report

Travel - We compare two European Budget airline over one route. Is cattle-class so bad? Yes, it is but the flight times are generally short. Report

Wetware/Politics - Michael Powell wonders whether the current US election is like the one of '92. Opinion

Music - Podcast! Lucky Dragons- See interview above. Podcast

More Music - Monthly Video Picks This month's pick is ... from the fabo 80's, The Bangles with Hazy Shade of Winter which featured in the movie Less Than Zero. Videos

Games - The secondhand games market highlights two areas: One is the idea of consumer rights and the other is self-defeating corporate greed. Commentary

Music - Pop/dance Thunderfinger remembers Bristol and checks out Tricky's latest release. Commentary

Music - Classical Schubert and Mozart piano. Commentary

Books - Corbijn's U2, Bryson's Shakespeare, UK Immigrants from the Russian Revolution Reviews

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