Bloc Party: C/D?

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Fluxblog turned me onto Bloc Party a couple months ago with an mp3 from the first single, and I've just heard the songs from the new "Banquet/Staying Fat" single along with some loose tracks from the Lamacq session (notably "Little Thoughts").

I'm completely sold. Apparently, there's going to be two more singles this year with a full-length to follow next January.

Classic or dud? Or too early to judge?

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Friday, 30 April 2004 02:11 (9 years ago) Permalink

Too early to judge.

― Xii (Xii), Friday, 30 April 2004 02:34 (9 years ago) Permalink

Saw them at Eat your own ears a month or two back in Islington, and thought they were possibly one of the worst things I've ever had the misfortune to hear

Having said that I also heard the track on Fluxblog and thought it was OK, so probably too early to judge

― actionjackson, Friday, 30 April 2004 09:42 (9 years ago) Permalink

Too mediocre to bother judging

― DJ Mencap (DJ Mencap), Friday, 30 April 2004 10:27 (9 years ago) Permalink

i thought this was going to be a thread about lisa left-eye :-(

― pete b. (pete b.), Friday, 30 April 2004 10:37 (9 years ago) Permalink

3 weeks pass...

*how* good is 'banquet'. it's really 1983 though isn't it?

― piscesboy, Tuesday, 25 May 2004 09:33 (9 years ago) Permalink

i like the single lots, moshi moshi printing up only 2000 copies was madness, they could have really paid the office rental if they had pressed up more with. whether they can maintain the vibe while they record the album this summer will be interesting (esp as the world will no doubt have moved on from the current gang of four revival thing). i am now very fed up with Franz Ferdy. and worried that this lot could fall into the same type of trap of overexposure.

― mark e (mark e), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 12:31 (9 years ago) Permalink

Those of us in the States will be treated to a compilation cd of the first two singles and a couple more tracks this September when Dim Mak brings Bloc Party across the pond. I can barely wait.

Franz who?

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 12:46 (9 years ago) Permalink

2 months pass...

i like the compilation of the two singles. at times they seem a bit like a low-rent Ikara Colt but i think they've got a bit more depth. was very surprised to see the debut 45 go for obscene amounts on ebay recently, find it difficult to imagine them as the sort of band who would attract obsessive fans..

― purple patch (electricsound), Wednesday, 4 August 2004 23:53 (8 years ago) Permalink

Oooooh what sort of obscene amounts? I have their demo...

― DJMencap0))), Thursday, 5 August 2004 08:07 (8 years ago) Permalink

57 pounds

― purple patch (electricsound), Thursday, 5 August 2004 08:18 (8 years ago) Permalink

WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

― DJMencap0)), Thursday, 5 August 2004 08:21 (8 years ago) Permalink

1 month passes...

this b ep I just listened to is a total dud. a crap post rock type song and a crap ambient type song, but that Banquet track is alright, I guess.

seem to be pretentious assholes too, "Suffice to say there would be no band without the efforts of guitar bands formed in British and American towns in the 70s, 80s and 90s, aswell as visionary writers and artists of various kinds whose work has informed the world and culture itself as it stands. The precise names are as good as any you can come up with, in fact probably much, much better."

― artdamages (artdamages), Friday, 10 September 2004 22:12 (8 years ago) Permalink

then they all list who they are "informed" by!

Gordon Moakes - D.O.B 22.06.76 - Instrument: Bass and voice - Informed by "Anne Sexton, JG Ballard, Joy Division, melodic hardcore, Kubrick, the Gang Of Four, British post-punk, Sonic Youth"

― artdamages (artdamages), Friday, 10 September 2004 22:14 (8 years ago) Permalink

crap post rock type song and a crap ambient type song

I have no idea what cd you might be listening to, but it certainly doesn't sound like Bloc Party.

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Friday, 10 September 2004 23:31 (8 years ago) Permalink

3 weeks pass...

Just heard "Banquet" on the Vice sampler CD - amazing. There's obviously still a few gems to be squeezed from this post-post-punk think.

― Taxi Dancing in the Soft Prison (Ben Boyer), Friday, 1 October 2004 17:56 (8 years ago) Permalink

Banquet is alright, but there's nothing life-changing about it.

― Atnevon (Atnevon), Friday, 1 October 2004 17:59 (8 years ago) Permalink

i love banquet. i'm looking forward to an album..

― the surface noise (slight return) (electricsound), Saturday, 2 October 2004 03:16 (8 years ago) Permalink

Banquet's great, but I like Little Thoughts even more.

Just slsked a couple of live performances of songs yet to be officially released (This Modern Love, Luno). I can barely contain myself waiting for the full-length.

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Saturday, 2 October 2004 07:55 (8 years ago) Permalink

1 month passes...

The latest shizzle:

Little Thoughts EP, which contains everything they've released since the first EP (sans "Always New Depths" for some reason), will be out in Japan on 1 Dec and in the US on 25 Jan... haven't found anything for a UK/Europe date.

Silent Alarm LP will be out on Wichita in the UK and on V2 in Europe/Japan on 14 Feb and on Vice/Atlantic in the US on 20 Mar (vinyl on Dim Mak same day).

WFMU studio set here (begins approx. 5:20 into stream).

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Monday, 15 November 2004 02:35 (8 years ago) Permalink

everyone seems to have heard "banquet" but I like that song "staying fat" (?) better anyway.

...and yeah, I agree it's too early to tell.

― ryebot (ryebot), Monday, 15 November 2004 05:07 (8 years ago) Permalink

i would just like to note that my earlier comment on this thread was about the band Battles, not Bloc Party (they share a label and i get confused)

― artdamages (artdamages), Monday, 15 November 2004 05:18 (8 years ago) Permalink

they are the alarm for the 00s.

― weird monster, Monday, 15 November 2004 09:22 (8 years ago) Permalink

2 months pass...

I was lead to believe this band would be good! :(

― .ada.m. (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 18 January 2005 22:32 (8 years ago) Permalink

Someone lied to you. They're actually GREAT.

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Tuesday, 18 January 2005 22:42 (8 years ago) Permalink

I am kind of bored of the record already. "Like Eating Glass" is good but alot of the rest is too like Dawsons Creek music, a la the Killers.

― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 18 January 2005 22:43 (8 years ago) Permalink

It is HORRIBLE! :( :(

Where's the "Party"?

― .ada.m. (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 18 January 2005 22:45 (8 years ago) Permalink

I WAS PROMISED A PARTY!

― .ada.m. (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 18 January 2005 22:45 (8 years ago) Permalink

This album definately changes with further listens. When I first heard the band I love Little Thoughts and on the album initially I liked the old singles, Banquets and She's Hearing Voices. But now my favourites are Positive Tension (I hated it originally) and Price of Gas. The ballads on it are still rubbish though

― jellybean (jellybean), Tuesday, 18 January 2005 22:48 (8 years ago) Permalink

Where's the "Party"?

Madonna to thread.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 18 January 2005 22:48 (8 years ago) Permalink

Too early to judge.

― Broken Hipster (Broken Hipster), Tuesday, 18 January 2005 22:58 (8 years ago) Permalink

They will give the NME demographic a quick enema.

― elwisty, Tuesday, 18 January 2005 23:04 (8 years ago) Permalink

Is that a less intense version of "tearing them a new asshole"?

― .ada.m. (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 18 January 2005 23:06 (8 years ago) Permalink

i think the single banquet is ok. however I can't imagine being captivated by this band. seems almost too formulaic. bloc party are the new franz. the bravery are the new killers. and when I say "new" i really mean they are all rip offs

― owen reading, Tuesday, 18 January 2005 23:07 (8 years ago) Permalink

Not really like a complete removal of anal area more a cleansing of the sphincter hopefully washing away some nasty congealed Babyshambles from the particularly nasty stomach upset that was The Libertines's reign of terror but The Bravery look like being some kind of rear guard action butt plugging device designed to keep it all in.

― elwisty, Tuesday, 18 January 2005 23:15 (8 years ago) Permalink

Hmm...now that I'm finally hearing them, I proclaim to be very like Moving Units in my mind, which is no bad thing. It is of a 'type' currently current, to be sure, but it works well enough. Some Cure/Smiths/etc. bands are better than others...

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 26 January 2005 02:31 (8 years ago) Permalink

yay ned!

― cutty (mcutt), Wednesday, 26 January 2005 02:41 (8 years ago) Permalink

I like it too. Unusual for me.

― djdee2005 (djdee2005), Wednesday, 26 January 2005 02:49 (8 years ago) Permalink

I like Helicopter.

― Michael Stuchbery (Mikey Bidness), Wednesday, 26 January 2005 05:54 (8 years ago) Permalink

they're a thousand times better than the moving units (who i also like)

― the surface noise (slight return) (electricsound), Wednesday, 26 January 2005 09:24 (8 years ago) Permalink

This album is all about the drums. Put a song like 'So Here We Are' in the hands of, say, Snow Patrol or Coldplay and they wouldn't really know what to do with it other than just making the guitars louder and louder. Here they build the momentum just by making the rhythms more and more complex so the guitars can carry on doing that great shimmery thing and the effect is *so much* better.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Wednesday, 26 January 2005 11:59 (8 years ago) Permalink

I fucking love this record. It makes me very happy. I'm loathe to talk or write about it too much though because I've gotta save it for the Stylus review.

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Wednesday, 26 January 2005 12:00 (8 years ago) Permalink

i think they are gonna stick around for awhile. i get that feeling.

― owen reading, Wednesday, 26 January 2005 20:00 (8 years ago) Permalink

2 weeks pass...

Okay, confirmed. These guys to me are what Killers etc aren't -- they WORK.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 14 February 2005 04:44 (8 years ago) Permalink

Yay, me and Ned like the same thing (and it's not 20 years old).

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Monday, 14 February 2005 05:03 (8 years ago) Permalink

Chuck Eddy also agrees! There is a groundswell here. (Listening to the new album and loving it.)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 14 February 2005 05:03 (8 years ago) Permalink

Oh, that just makes it more weird.

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Monday, 14 February 2005 05:09 (8 years ago) Permalink

The record is actually pretty good, but the New Order record probably means that I won't listen to it much (as they're in a similar vein for me). The drumming *is* great.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 14 February 2005 05:30 (8 years ago) Permalink

Yeah, when I heard the new album tonight I let myself listen closely to the drumming, there's some great stuff there.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 14 February 2005 07:04 (8 years ago) Permalink

the drumming is indeed very good. and i think this album won't wear off as quickly as Franz' album did for me. not as instant hitting but better aging in time i think

― Rizz (Rizz), Monday, 14 February 2005 11:51 (8 years ago) Permalink

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In any case, it would seem they aren't going to be called "Bloc Party"

― Mark G, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 11:45 (1 year ago) Permalink

Bloc Party frontman Kele Okereke has admitted he is unsure of his future in the band after the rest of the group went into the recording studio without telling him.
The singer has told NME he recently spotted guitarist Russell Lissack, bassist Gordon Moakes and drummer Matt Tong outside a rehearsal studio in New York and he wasn't even invited to take part in the sessions.
"I was actually having lunch about three weeks ago, just here on 8th Avenue and I saw somebody walk past and I recognised the haircut," he said. "It was Russell. I was like, 'Hey!' but he didn't see me and I followed him around the corner and then I saw Matt, Gordon and Russell all standing outside this rehearsal space. They all went inside."
He added: "I hope I haven't been fired. I don't really know what's going on, because we haven't really spoken recently and I'm a bit too scared to ask."

This is weird. Just talk to the band, you big goose.

― master musicians of jamiroquai (NickB), Wednesday, 28 September 2011 11:58 (1 year ago) Permalink

manager Simon White on twitter now saying it's all bollocks.

― piscesx, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 13:18 (1 year ago) Permalink

Man Bloc Party fell hard and fast, but I still love the debut album and a couple scattered songs from the next two albums. I can't see this being a good idea at all.

― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 13:23 (1 year ago) Permalink

this is weird...

my only hope is that they go back to being more of a rock band? all the electronic & dance stuff they tried to do -- and i think a lot of it was kele's lead, tho i'm speculating -- was sort of noble at the time but it never really fit for them. kele didn't know how to write interesting or good songs of that nature.

that said the band is so much about him at the forefront that having a new vocalist really wouldn't even be the same band

― yung huma (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 28 September 2011 18:35 (1 year ago) Permalink

also weird that they went behind his back to record/to nme to announce they're looking for a new singer but he also didn't even bother to call them?? fucking people

― yung huma (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 28 September 2011 18:36 (1 year ago) Permalink

"i still remember" has aged really well for me, sorta wish that they'd gone the route of kings of leon & tried to sell out with stadium pop-rock stuff than try and become a rock band that is cool for dance fans to like

― yung huma (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 28 September 2011 18:37 (1 year ago) Permalink

J0rdan pretty much otm on all counts

― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 18:38 (1 year ago) Permalink

y'all

UPDATE: Bloc Party's camp have told us that, despite reports, Kele is not being kicked out of Bloc Party. A post on the band's website claims that "Bloc Party is still Bloc Party," with a cartoon of the band drawn up as characters from "The Simpsons" and a promise to "see you soon."

http://pitchfork.com/news/44139-bloc-party-kicks-out-kele-okereke/

― markers, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 18:40 (1 year ago) Permalink

cool, i hope they go back to writing rock songs

― yung huma (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 28 September 2011 18:41 (1 year ago) Permalink

I do have to admit that one thing I miss from the "old days" was having to wait until a new promo cycle came around to find out if all of the wild break-up rumors flying around were true or not. Not as much fun when they get debunked within hours.

― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 18:43 (1 year ago) Permalink

They tried to follow a Radiohead route and tried way too hard I think, electronic influences, useless state-of-the nation lyrical clangers. Neither they nor their producers were talented enough to pull it off. If ever a band needed an editor.

― Matt DC, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 18:43 (1 year ago) Permalink

"You rang?"

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 19:09 (1 year ago) Permalink

No, no I didn't. Please get off my porch you lot.

― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 19:10 (1 year ago) Permalink

They tried to follow a Radiohead route and tried way too hard I think, electronic influences, useless state-of-the nation lyrical clangers.

^^ why I lost interest in the first album. Their weaknesses were their strengths too: all that racket made political and musical sense in 2005 (lots of good memories dancing to "Banquet" and quoting "Price of Gas" in another record review) but when they became better record makers they eliminated that beguiling vagueness.

― Anakin Ska Walker (AKA Skarth Vader) (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 28 September 2011 19:12 (1 year ago) Permalink

*why I lost interest AFTER the first album.

― Anakin Ska Walker (AKA Skarth Vader) (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 28 September 2011 19:12 (1 year ago) Permalink

I'd also say: "They tried way too hard to think."

― Anakin Ska Walker (AKA Skarth Vader) (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 28 September 2011 19:12 (1 year ago) Permalink

otm

― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 19:16 (1 year ago) Permalink

http://www.nme.com/news/bloc-party/59460?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Lol. With the exception of AC/DC, has rebooting a band with a different singer ever worked?

― Matt DC, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 12:28 (7 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

New Order?

― Ravaging Rick Rude (a hoy hoy), Wednesday, 28 September 2011 19:20 (1 year ago) Permalink

Seems to have worked reasonably well for Alice in Chains so far.

― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 19:20 (1 year ago) Permalink

Alice in Chains have been going at some point since 1993?

― Dios mio! This kid is FUN to hit! (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 28 September 2011 19:21 (1 year ago) Permalink

They just released a new album in 2009 with a new lead singer, seems to have been pretty well reviewed too.

― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 19:22 (1 year ago) Permalink

3 months pass...

http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/03/bloc-party-confirms-reunion-new-album/

In an interview with the BBC’s Zane Lowe, Bloc Party lead singer, Kele Okereke confirmed that the band is back in tact and will be recording a new album in 2012. Fans were never given concrete reasons for the band’s shaky future, but can now look forward to a new year with new material, the first since 2008′s Intimacy.

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This is cool and all, but based on Kele's solo tracks and the fact that Intimacy was pretty lame, I'm not sure I care anymore.

― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 23:33 (1 year ago) Permalink

Hoping this is a return to their earlier spirit, also. Get out of Matt Tong's way and scuff up the production as stated above.

― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Wednesday, 4 January 2012 20:53 (1 year ago) Permalink

these guys went downhill so fast :( that debut album is still a cracker though

― Michael B Higgins (Michael B), Wednesday, 4 January 2012 21:34 (1 year ago) Permalink

Yeah, I listened to 'Silent Alarm' the other day and quite enjoyed it. Not only that, but it made the flaws of their other albums more apparent... two things that I always find appealing about the first Bloc Party album is the frantic drumming and the guitar sound. It definitely has the most 'tolerable' lyrical content of all their albums too... not smacking you around the head with clunky lyrics about eating foie gras with complete disdain or taking ones watch off before one makes love.

― Turrican, Saturday, 7 January 2012 21:58 (1 year ago) Permalink

4 months pass...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=s4M5EqOGsMA

this video has some clips of new music. it sounds lush... and warm, a key ingredient whose absence did a lot to spoil intimacy.

― phantompenguin, Friday, 1 June 2012 03:04 (1 year ago) Permalink

New album is imaginatively titled Four. It is their fourth.

― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 1 June 2012 03:40 (1 year ago) Permalink

the last two albums were definitely cold and stiff and just very rudimentary in their experimentations

BUT kele's lyrics also went way the fuck off the rails in an embarrassing way. his vocals sorta, too. so, we'll see.

― fapper don (J0rdan S.), Friday, 1 June 2012 03:46 (1 year ago) Permalink

haha

would it be better or worse had they titled it Nine

― mookieproof, Friday, 1 June 2012 03:47 (1 year ago) Permalink

One of the clips of new material in that youtube sounds very Smashing Pumpkins.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 1 June 2012 04:23 (1 year ago) Permalink

i thought that too! i was even confused at first and then i realized oh it really is a bloc party song.

― phantompenguin, Saturday, 2 June 2012 04:47 (1 year ago) Permalink

3 months pass...

Ha this is great -- so I was scrounging through my old Suede fan club newsletters (as one does) and in the 'Swap That Shop' section of issue 14, winter 1997:

Kele Okereke, [with his then-address, as opposed to now, presumably], Manor Park, London
Original and very talented vocal-lyricist seeks guitar genius (Marr, Oakes, Butler) to write beautiful art rock. NOT a Suede tribute band; original and dynamic! 100% committed, real music head, style and image also. London area, willing to travel. Contact me after 5 pm on [phone number]. "Let's make it beautiful!"
As well as a musical partner, I'm also searching for various Suede bits. I'm desperately seeking copies of the promo videos to "Drowners" UK version, "New Generation," "We Are the Pigs," "Trash" and "Beautiful Ones." I'm also after copies of all the unreleased tracks: "Be My God," "Art" and "Wonderful Sometimes," as well as any decent live recordings of "Stay Together" and Richard playing "He's Dead." Any articles and posters are also most welcome.
I have a signed Suede CD and a signed (Bernard) "Stay Together" and also Bernard's black plectrum. I'm willing to pay for postage and packaging and for your services.

― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 16 September 2012 22:11 (9 months ago) Permalink

He would have sent that in when he was all of fifteen!

― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 16 September 2012 22:22 (9 months ago) Permalink

that's awesome, ned

― J0rdan S., Sunday, 16 September 2012 22:23 (9 months ago) Permalink

Okereke responded critically to comments made by Liam and Noel Gallagher of Oasis in early 2007. Liam called Bloc Party "A band off of University Challenge", while Noel dismissed them as "indie shit". In retaliation, Okereke stated, "I think Oasis are the most overrated and pernicious band of all time. They had a totally negative and dangerous impact upon the state of British music. They have made stupidity hip. They claim to be inspired by The Beatles but, and this saddens me, they have failed to grasp that The Beatles were about constant change and evolution. Oasis are repetitive Luddites."[17] Ironically, when Oasis cancelled their headlining set at the Rock-en-Seine festival near Paris in August 2009 (the concert where the Gallagher brothers clashed backstage, which resulted in Oasis splitting up), it was Okereke who announced to the crowd that Oasis had cancelled their slot and dedicated their track "Mercury" to the Oasis fans in the crowd, referring to the Gallagher brothers as "those inbred twins." [18]

― A.R.R.Y. Kane (nakhchivan), Sunday, 16 September 2012 22:41 (9 months ago) Permalink

There was a shorter note in the next fanclub issue where he was asking to see if someone wanted to edit a fanzine, kinda fun.

― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 16 September 2012 22:44 (9 months ago) Permalink

Kele otm about Oasis.

― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 16 September 2012 22:55 (9 months ago) Permalink

Ah, that's such a great find!!

― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Sunday, 16 September 2012 23:27 (9 months ago) Permalink

kele needs to zing oasis using fewer syllables tbh

― mookieproof, Sunday, 16 September 2012 23:36 (9 months ago) Permalink

why?

― Mark G, Monday, 17 September 2012 08:24 (9 months ago) Permalink

so oasis can understand duh

― lex pretend, Monday, 17 September 2012 08:39 (9 months ago) Permalink

fair enough.

― Mark G, Monday, 17 September 2012 08:58 (9 months ago) Permalink

i've got a copy of the zine he used to do at school if anyone's interested, iirc it's stuff about how the longpigs were great and oasis are rubbish, plus some stuff about my high school band that he was desperate to join but we wouldn't let him in haha who's laughing now eh oh wait

― DG, Monday, 17 September 2012 11:33 (9 months ago) Permalink

Haha amazing. Was it called Noir by any chance?

― Ned Raggett, Monday, 17 September 2012 12:30 (9 months ago) Permalink

yes that's it, i was going to see how much i could get for it on ebay but never got round to it. it is, er, 'not great'

kinda weird that a dude that lives on the other side of the world has a window into my adolescence eh

― DG, Monday, 17 September 2012 12:38 (9 months ago) Permalink

This is why I'm glad my own adolescence is safely in the memory hole.

― Ned Raggett, Monday, 17 September 2012 12:50 (9 months ago) Permalink

very wise!

anyway i always knew the guy would make it in the industry somehow but i reckoned on him being some record company apparatchik, not what has actually turned out :(

― DG, Monday, 17 September 2012 12:59 (9 months ago) Permalink

1 month passes...

they are kind of 'heavy' now

― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Friday, 26 October 2012 22:58 (7 months ago) Permalink

heavier than a death of a hamster in the family

― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Friday, 26 October 2012 23:06 (7 months ago) Permalink

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