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The UK's premier street-level guide town guide, updated every day by
its users.
With essential data on nearly 500 towns, like where to get your music, what
shops have what mags, where to skate, hook up, drink... and where to avoid.
Mail us an update on your town, or use the Knowhere Board to leave a
message, make an announcement, whatever...
Eclectic or what?
STATE dips a
languid tentacle in the musical current and pulls out some gems for wider
appreciation.
The Wonderful and the Weird, the Cult and the Classic, the Quirky
and the Downright Obscure
Visionary has all of these and more in its huge video catalogue. Names like
Kenneth Anger and Hawkwind,
Divine and Betty Page, Genesis P.
Orridge and Alien Sex Fiend give a hint of the
range and significance of the collection.
Hanging out at the cutting edge of independent feature film-making,
Visionary's new SCREEN EDGE label is building up one of the classiest
collections around.
Check out the featured titles, and see what we mean:
Of course they, and the other SCREEN EDGE titles - including Rhythm
Thief, Transgression and The
Bedroom - are all available to order on-line.
Famed in legend, and sorely missed, Phat mag lives on at state51, a
reassuring blend of homegrown common sense and total lunacy.
Career Guides for Losers...
Living by Numbers
Specials
Freeze Frame
A Tribute To...
Shorts
Daniel Pemberton is a musician and journalist. He's also still at
school. His first album, Bedroom, was released on the Fax label when Daniel
was 16.
Collaborations with the likes of David Toop and Jon Tye followed.
Phat collared him for an interview, but Daniel thought something a bit more
in depth was called for...
Phat: Daniel Pemberton is the
result
- Bedroom is about the album
- Boredom is about the life
- 2Player is Daniel's
collaboration with Jon Tye on Ninja Tune
A sampling of Jeff Noon's eagerly-anticipated sequel to Vurt,
including a reading by the author for Radio One.
Jeff did a live question and answer session on state51 when Pollen was
launched. Read what he had to say.
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