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Old 09-07-2023, 01:35
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Watched it again on iPlayer. The word "Orwell" is definitely muted during 1985. Why is that?
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Old 09-07-2023, 19:02
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Watched it again on iPlayer. The word "Orwell" is definitely muted during 1985. Why is that?
BBC innit? They don't like it up 'em.
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Old 11-07-2023, 14:52
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Mitch Ikeda has posted on Facebook and Instagram etc a picture of the band at Glastonbury.
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Old 14-07-2023, 21:52
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Old 16-07-2023, 23:37
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BBC innit? They don't like it up 'em.
What did Orwell do to deserve having his name muted?
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Old 17-07-2023, 10:26
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What did Orwell do to deserve having his name muted?
Just mic difficulties I think, I'm pretty sure the verses were a bit iffy in the crowd.
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Old 11-08-2023, 19:24
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Yeah, i don't really think it was anything sinister from the beeb and they do have a lot to answer for anyway.
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Disk beginning to rotate, faster, becoming a sphere of paler gray. Expanding -
And flowed, flowered for him, fluid neon origami trick, the unfolding of his distanceless home, his country, transparent 3D chessboard extending to infinity.
Inner eye opening to the stepped scarlet pyramid of the Eastern Seaboard Fission Authority burning beyond the green cubes of Mitsubishi Bank of America,
and high and very far away he saw the spiral arms of military systems, forever beyond his reach.
And somewhere he was laughing, in a white-painted loft, distant fingers caressing the deck, tears of release streaking his face.
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Old 09-09-2023, 15:07
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I loved it myself, i've seen it twice now and it is a great set with some caveats. I like the anchoress, i'm just not sure that version of this is yesterday worked very well, but the guitar sounded amazing. There was a moment where james skips around her for a bit and it's a joy to behold - speaking of, his energy was something else. Go james. The ending to tolerate? Hmmm... not sure, i thought they were dead against stuff like that, especially for a weighty song like tolerate. Kinda works though, right? I saw they did that same at isle of wight fest and it really gets the crowd a movin'.
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Old 06-10-2023, 08:45
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