"I don't believe in an interventionist God...."

HELP!

DOES ANYONE KNOW OF A GOOD (AND REASONABLY PRICED) DATA RECOVERY SERVICE IN THE UK?

THE DIAGNOSIS ON MY EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE FROM A MAJOR RETAILER IN THE WORLD OF PCS WAS BAD AND ESTIMATED AT £800 TO RECOVER!

PLEASE LEAVE ANY ADVICE IN COMMENTS - I REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT.

(OR IF THERE ARE ANY RICH PEOPLE WHO HAVE ENJOYED THE MIXES AND WANT TO CONTRIBUTE...I AM NOT TOO PROUD TO TAKE THE FILTHY LUCRE!)

HERBAL T.

"the hands of the clock, coming together at midnight"

DISASTER.

A LITTLE BOY CHASES A KITTEN BEHIND A SOFA.

AS HIS LAUGHTER INCREASES I TURN TO SEE HIM FALL, HIS FOOT CAUGHT IN A CABLE.

A CABLE ATTACHED TO AN EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE.

A HARD DRIVE THAT CONTAINS MY MUSIC.

ALL OF MY MUSIC.

FINALLY CATALOGUED AND TRANSFERRED FROM VINYL, CASSETTE AND CD ONTO ONE HARD DRIVE THAT HAS NOT YET BEEN BACKED UP.

LIKE THAT MOST CLICHED OF CINEMATIC MOMENTS, A GHOSTLY SILENCE FILLS THE AIR AS TIME SLOWS TO A CRAWL THE HARD DRIVE FALLS TO THE FLOOR.

A SINGLE 'CRACK'.

"SORRY DAD."

HOW CAN I BE ANGRY?

I PICK UP THE EQUIPMENT AND HOLD IT LIKE A BIRD WITH A BROKEN WING. THE SOUNDTRACK TO MY LIFE - GONE, LIKE TEARS IN RAIN. (THANK YOU RUTGER.)

TODAY - MY HARD DRIVE GOES TO SEE THE TECH' SURGEON FOR A POST MORTEM. SHE IS DEAD, BUT THERE IS A REMOTE POSSIBILTY THAT SOME OF THE MEMORY MIGHT SURVIVE.

WILL KEEP YOU POSTED - AND KIDS, BE SURE TO BACK UP YOUR FILES.

HERBAL T.

“I’M BEING CARRIED DOWNSTREAM ON WAVES OF DELIGHT....”

A FANTASTIC MIX FROM NOLAN MICRON OF MY FAVOURITE BLOG ‘CASTLES IN SPACE’ – A LINK TO WHICH CAN BE FOUND ON THE RIGHT OF THIS PAGE. (PLEASE PAY HIM A VISIT, DO YOURSELF A FAVOUR AND JUST DOWNLOAD EVERYTHING.)

SPORES IN A VACUUM

“When I was no more than a spotty teenager, I bought a cassette through the classifieds in the NME. A Bowie bootleg called "Bump and Grind Edited Plus". Typed TDK C60 cover and featuring some amazing Bowie tunes, which were at the the time really, genuinely hard to find.

As much as the music though, I also loved the between song clips of stoned hippies being interviewed, advertising jingles and radio speech which I just thought were unbelievably cool. You can see where this is going, can't you. (Rhetorical. No question mark.)It's about the music, mainly, but what we have to say is also so important to me. Its a slow build. The sound of the television talking to no one. The sound of one person alone at the end of the night. Come on Thunder. We are just spores in a vacuum. Hello. Need a hand?”

St. Etienne - You're In A Bad Way

The Loft - Model Village

The Teardrop Explodes - You Disappear From View (BBC Session)

Aimee Mann - Wise Up

JJ72 - Snow

It's Immaterial - Ed's Funky Diner (The Keinholz Caper)

Kings Of Convenience - I Don't Know What I Can Save You From (Royksopp Remix)

Duels - The Slow Build

James - Sometimes

Orbital - Belfast/Wasted

Beyond The Wizards Sleeve - Get Ready To Fly

Mordant Music - Fallen Faces

YOU KNOW WHERE TO GET IT IF YOU WANT IT.