Clive Martin
Articles by Clive Martin
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Rave and Hardcore YouTube Comments Will Restore Your Faith in Humanity
It's commonly held knowledge that most YouTube comments rank up there with Houellebecq novels and Somme fatality statistics as some of the most depressing things you can read. But, thankfully, there are a few diamonds of decency in that online hate-pit, and they usually arrive beneath music videos. Full story
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Why Closing Southbank Skate Park Would Suck for London
If there's one thing London is lacking it's coffee and sandwich shops. Many's the time I've found myself stopping people in the street, saying, "Hey, you know what this city needs? More cafes." The people at the Southbank Centre share my opinion, as they'd apparently like Londone… Full story
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The Strange Beauty of the Chinese Politician Who Threw a Tantrum at the Airport
In essence, this is just a video of a man having a nightmarish experience at an airport boarding desk. (He'd had a long breakfast and missed his first flight, then had not heard the call for the second flight, apparently.) But watched through the lens of one of China's state-owne… Full story
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Shuffling: the War at the Heart of London's New Dance Scene
Why are so many people pissed off about other people dancing to house music? Full story
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Explaining Rave Culture to Americans
Now that you're all taking ecstasy and going nuts to "EDM", it's time we had a little talk. Full story
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I'm So Sick of These Hipster Trombonists
The New York Times says playing the trombone makes you a hipster. So we called up a few to see if it does. Full story
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The Awful Legacy of The Libertines
Surveying the wreckage of the Good Ship Albion on Up The Bracket's tenth birthday. Full story
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RIP Men: An Obituary for a Gender
Reader, make sure you're sitting down. I have some terrible news. The entire gender of Men is dead. Full story
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MySpace Is Starting from Scratch, but Do We Want Our Old Profiles Back?
Do you miss scene-queens, 'pc4pc' and your Top Eight friends? Full story
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What Sort of Person Still Thinks 9/11 Was an Inside Job?
These people aren't of the "We'll never really know what happened," school of thought; they are 100 percent convinced that Dick Cheney was flying planes into buildings like a problem child with an Airfix model. But who the hell are they really? We stalked them on Twitter to find Full story
Daytona Beach, 1999
Photos by Eli Reed 
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BC Bud
Meeting Some Growers Out West 
The Imaginary Republic of Molossia
Nevada's Sovereign Micronation 
Fuck Him and His Library
George W. Bush Was the Worst 
Cry-Baby of the Week
Uh Oh, Someone Downloaded Cartoon Porn 
