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Box(set) of Orange Juice

Orange Juice - Coals To Newcastle

The NME reported yesterday that Domino Recordings are set to release an Orange Juice 7 disc boxset on the 8th of November, possibly due to overwhelming public demand after The Joint played the title track of Edwyn Collins’ new CD “Losing Sleep” last Saturday. Possibly.

Entitled “Coals To Newcastle”, the release will comprise their entire discography plus video footage.

I’m particularly looking forward to the latter because it will include the official promo for “What Presence?!” – which I reckon to be the best Orange Juice single and a piece of video I’ve never seen. Derek Jarman directed to boot.

Sure, you can stream it online at Muzu.tv or vh1la.com or some other off -the-beaten-track video site but NOT if you live in New Zealand. We have to put up with some dodgy VHS footage of an Old Grey Whistle Test appearance or one of those motionless YouTube tributes…

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Some Things For The Weekend:

I’ve watched this a few times and I’m of the thinking that it’s one of the great TV / music moments- MIA on David Letterman:

I’ve watched this a few times and I’m of the thinking that Buju Banton (author of Boom Bye Bye) should get, ahem, a special birthday present in jail:

I’ve watched this twice and I’m of the sinking feeling that David Harvey is right when he says “Debt incumbent homeowners don’t go on strike”:

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Adolf Hitler versus Paul the Octopus

It’s been an interesting World Cup. My wish at the start of the tournament was for a Spain versus Netherlands final with Spain edging it. That way, either the best team in the world is rewarded for several years of brilliant football OR the Dutch finally complete what they could not finish in 1974 and 1978. Never in my wildest dreams did I think it would happen! Roll on Monday morning.

But my abiding memory of the World Cup 2010 (apart from France, England, and Italy all hilariously choking) is of Paul the Octopus who has been successfully predicting the Germany results – including the semi-final loss to Spain.

Paul the Octopus has now been immortalised in a classic “Downfall” remix. Funny – I thought that YouTube had squashed all the Downfall videos.

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Whilst we’re on the subject of Guy Ritchie: Snatch Wars – Brick Top vs Darth Vader

It’s not that were weren’t giving the show our full attention last weekend, it’s just that we came across this entirely by accident. It must have been when we were researching something musical about some musician. Or something.