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UK grime couldn’t exist without ringtones, Playstations, and other low-fi tech

Aug06
by on August 6, 2018 at 2:11 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, syndication


I don’t know if it’s something to do with my own total absence of musical talent, but as both a music fan and journalist, lo-fi has always been my favorite of the fidelities. As a teenager in the 1990s, I listened gleefully to scrappy pop-punk bands like Bis and Urusei Yatsura, who proudly displayed their DIY credentials in zines and on pin-badges, and in the songs themselves. For several years, my favorite member of my favorite band was Manic Street Preachers’ Richey Edwards, who could barely play (rhythm guitar) at all — it didn’t matter; he looked the part, he said the right things. Tracking back through…

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‘Not a Lambo’ is a meme for broke Bitcoiners

Aug06
by on August 6, 2018 at 1:41 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


There’s a new game for Bitcoin enthusiasts on Reddit: poking fun at what they have or – rather – have not been able to buy with their cryptocurrency. Members of the r/Bitcoin subreddit have been posting pictures of what their Bitcoin has enabled them to buy for a number of months now. Most of them seem like fairly honest, humble braggings from those who have made a few dollars from trading cryptocurrencies. Take redditor shewnn, who bought some custom Nikes with BTC and ETH etched on the back. Or take a look at DontTellSmokey, who bought some sweet Ray-Bans with…

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‘Not a Lambo’ is a meme for broke Bitcoiners

Aug06
by on August 6, 2018 at 1:41 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


There’s a new game for Bitcoin enthusiasts on Reddit: poking fun at what they have or – rather – have not been able to buy with their cryptocurrency. Members of the r/Bitcoin subreddit have been posting pictures of what their Bitcoin has enabled them to buy for a number of months now. Most of them seem like fairly honest, humble braggings from those who have made a few dollars from trading cryptocurrencies. Take redditor shewnn, who bought some custom Nikes with BTC and ETH etched on the back. Or take a look at DontTellSmokey, who bought some sweet Ray-Bans with…

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The Pax 3 is a slick, stylish weed vape for blazing beginners

Aug06
by on August 6, 2018 at 12:51 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Plugged


While the humble spliff will always have a place in the (weed-loving) public’s heart, these days it’s all about that # v a p e l i f e. A lot of devices are fighting for a space in this market and the Pax 3 has become one of the most popular – and for good reason. The device is a lipstick-sized and modern-looking conduction vaporizer. And, by modern-looking, I of course mean heavily influenced by Apple’s design principles (like a lot of other products). Have a little gander at this thing and try to tell me otherwise: Daaamn, that…

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