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		<title>Training Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:53:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Max</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So last night I saw Training Day and, in all honesty, it wasn&#8217;t amazing. I mean, it&#8217;s good but not great. Having said that, Denzel Washington was phenomenal in this and easily deserving of the Oscar that he won because of this role; he managed to portray Alonzo Harris, a menacing and commanding corrupt cop, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maxraymond.co.uk&amp;blog=6490104&amp;post=1855&amp;subd=maxraymond&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Borgen</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:05:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Max</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The last time an episode of The Thick of It was broadcast was the 12th December 2009. Since that day I&#8217;m been waiting quite impatiently for more, especially considering what&#8217;s happened in the real political world since then &#8211; election, bigot-gate, coalitions, phone hacking etc. Part of the reason for its absence is that Armando [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maxraymond.co.uk&amp;blog=6490104&amp;post=1829&amp;subd=maxraymond&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Black Mirror: 15 Million Merits</title>
		<link>http://maxraymond.co.uk/2011/12/14/black-mirror-15-million-merits/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 15:52:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Max</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[black mirror]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Sunday I sat down to watch the second of three Black Mirror stories, 15 Million Merits. As I did with my post about The National Anthem, here are some brief notes. Beware of plot spoilers: I thought that the first fifteen or so minutes were expertly done. It was practically free of any meaningful dialogue between [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maxraymond.co.uk&amp;blog=6490104&amp;post=1797&amp;subd=maxraymond&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Whether or not American musicians snub Europe, it&#8217;s time for British bands to step up</title>
		<link>http://maxraymond.co.uk/2011/12/12/whether-or-not-american-musicians-snub-europe-its-time-for-british-bands-to-step-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 11:32:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Max</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[john harris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[live music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[metallica]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[neil mccormack]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[red hot chili peppers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you like American bands? Do you like American bands that play arenas and festivals quite regularly? Well, next year might be the best chance of seeing them because bands such as Metallica and the Red Hot Chili Peppers have been urged to bring their planned European tours forward due to fears that Europe might [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maxraymond.co.uk&amp;blog=6490104&amp;post=1778&amp;subd=maxraymond&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Helienne Lindvall: &#8220;There&#8217;s no point comparing Radio 1 with Spotify&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://maxraymond.co.uk/2011/12/09/helienne-lindvall-theres-no-point-comparing-radio-1-with-spotify/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 13:25:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[jon hopkins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prs for music]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a while now since Jon Hopkins tweeted his infamous statement: Got paid £8 for 90,000 plays. Fuck Spotify. Before adding: Radio 1 pay about £50 for each play. This kick-started yet another debate on whether or not Spotify is actually a fair deal for artists. Songwriter and musician Helienne Lindvall has written a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maxraymond.co.uk&amp;blog=6490104&amp;post=1776&amp;subd=maxraymond&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Black Mirror: The National Anthem</title>
		<link>http://maxraymond.co.uk/2011/12/05/black-mirror-the-national-anthem/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:57:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Max</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;d been looking forward to Charlie Brooker&#8217;s Black Mirror series and this first episode, The National Anthem, didn&#8217;t disappoint. Some brief notes, with plot spoilers: It was a lot more disturbing than I was expecting. That&#8217;s surprising because the plot of this episode had been doing the rounds in television magazines, listings etc. for a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maxraymond.co.uk&amp;blog=6490104&amp;post=1756&amp;subd=maxraymond&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Open response to &#8216;Blogging &amp; tweeting as second-class art forms&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://maxraymond.co.uk/2011/10/20/open-response-to-blogging-tweeting-as-second-class-art-forms/</link>
		<comments>http://maxraymond.co.uk/2011/10/20/open-response-to-blogging-tweeting-as-second-class-art-forms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 17:35:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Max</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[amanda palmer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Early this morning &#8211; very early &#8211; Amanda Palmer posted an interesting blog on blogging itself and tweeting as secondary art forms and went into really good detail about why. It&#8217;s a really good read and if you have ten minutes spare you should do so. Actually, do it now. I can wait&#8230; Done? Ace. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maxraymond.co.uk&amp;blog=6490104&amp;post=1681&amp;subd=maxraymond&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Archive Musical Chairs</title>
		<link>http://maxraymond.co.uk/2011/10/19/archive-musical-chairs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 11:22:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Max</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[jared leto]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago I decided to radically change The Musical Chairs, the music blog I&#8217;ve been operating since 2008. The older version had actual articles with actual words in them and some of those articles were rather fine. Most of those fine articles, however, appeared when I was angry with something. Therefore, I&#8217;ve decided [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maxraymond.co.uk&amp;blog=6490104&amp;post=1672&amp;subd=maxraymond&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Some odds and ends on the 11th October</title>
		<link>http://maxraymond.co.uk/2011/10/11/some-odds-and-ends-on-the-11th-october/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 19:59:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Max</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a summary of things that have happened or will happen: Tomorrow I am going to see Sam Amidon play a gig at the Crypt Bar in the Angel Hotel, Guildford. I&#8217;ve been there once on Heritage Open Days this year and I think it&#8217;s going to be very interesting to see how that plays [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maxraymond.co.uk&amp;blog=6490104&amp;post=1666&amp;subd=maxraymond&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pop Art, offender art and photographic art</title>
		<link>http://maxraymond.co.uk/2011/10/05/pop-art-offender-art-and-photographic-art/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 11:55:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Max</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[art by offenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[royal festival hall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[snap crackle and pop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[taryn simon]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the last week I&#8217;ve managed to find myself at three different art exhibitions &#8211; one at the Lightbox in Woking plus one at both the Royal Festival Hall and Tate Modern in London. Snap, Crackle and Pop: British Pop Art meets the High Street in the Swinging Sixties Pop Art is something that me [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maxraymond.co.uk&amp;blog=6490104&amp;post=1648&amp;subd=maxraymond&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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