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UPDATED EVERY DAY : Retro-Boy, the poorly titled blog of Mark Reed.

DECEMBER 24th 2004
Hello strangers. Sorry for the lack of updates. We spent a long time in America : it was bonkers. (Click on blog above to read the full blow-by-blow, day-by-day account). Here's some gig reviews for you...
Morrissey - London Earl's Court - 18 December 2004
The Tears - London Heaven - 16 December 2004
Neds Atomic Dustbin - London Garage - 15 December 2004
Manic Street Preachers - London Wembley Arena - 09 December 2004

NOVEMBER 14th 2004
Bridget Jones : The Edge of Reason gets reviewed. Chick Flick? Shit Flick more like.

NOVEMBER 10th 2004
A Letter To America

NOVEMBER 8th 2004
Everyone's got an opinion on it... as do we...U2 - "How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb"

NOVEMBER 7th 2004
We review The Scissor Sisters at London Brixton Academy : 04 November 2004

NOVEMBER 4th 2004
President Bush was elected. As you can imagine I am unhappy about this. Democracy does not speak. Democracy swears.
(Full commentary on My Blog).

NOVEMBER 1st 2004
Couple of quick reviews... Franz Ferdinand Live in Brixton and the new record by Manic Street Preachers - "Lifeblood"

OCTOBER 28th 2004
The Big I Am added to the rants section.

OCTOBER 27st 2004
Updated the poems section. For a list of exactly was updated look at my blog entry.

OCTOBER 21st 2004
There's a new album by Depeche Mode - "Remixes 1981-2004", and it gets a review.

OCTOBER 20th 2004
We dissect Robbie Williams - "Greatest Hits".

OCTOBER 18th 2004
As you can see... it's been busy...
Primal Scream, Spiritualised, Nick Cave, Massive Attack (DJ Set), Beta Band - London Brixton Academy - 16 October 2004
U2 - London BBC Studios - 15 October 2004

OCTOBER 10th 2004
Quick reiews ... Metallica - "Some Kind Of Monster", and the new REM - "Around The Sun". Ok, gotta go, dinnertime!

OCTOBER 6th 2004
Some more reviews The Wonder Stuff in Nottingham and Sky Captain And The World Of Tommorow.

SEPTEMBER 29th 2004
Some more stuff... The Wonder Stuff - "Escape From Rubbish Island", and some rants...
The Man Who Slept With 1,000 Women..., Childhood's End and The $64,000 Question

SEPTEMBER 24th 2004
We take a chainsaw to The Star Wars Trilogy (DVD),
Depeche Mode - "Devotional" and The Clash "London Calling"

SEPTEMBER 19th 2004
Reviews of Golide Lookin Chain - "Greatest Hits" and Ian Brown - "Solarised"

SEPTEMBER 15th 2004
here's some updates... finally...
The Wonder Stuff - Camden Barfly - 14 September 2004, and Har Mar Superstar - "The Handler"
also Pet Shop Boys : "Battleship Potemkin" - London Trafalgar Square - 12 September 2004

SEPTEMBER 11th 2004
Here's some updates... McFreedom To Go!... a review of Manic Street Preachers - The Love Of Richard Nixon, and
They Might Giants Live In London. Oh, and if that's not enough... New Verse including my favourite, Jump.

SEPTEMBER 7th 2004
A quick review of Super Size Me and some guff about my Fear Of Sport and In The Midst of Life We Are In Debt...

SEPTEMBER 4th 2004
Coupla of reviews ... Bjork - "Medulla" and Jeff Buckley - "Grace" (Legacy Edition)

SEPTEMBER 1st 2004
A quick review of The Velvet Underground - "Live At Max's Kansas City",
and a little explanation of Why I'm An Anti-Union Rightwing Tory Nazi....

AUGUST 29th 2004
The Wonder Stuff - "Better Get Ready For A Fist Fight" EP gets reviewed.

AUGUST 23rd 2004
Some updates... a review of Happy Mondays - London Clapham Common - 22nd August 2004 and
V Festival - Stafford - 21 August 2004 and finally, How To Be A Festival Twat

AUGUST 20th 2004
The new Prodigy album sucks and blows goats at the same time. You don't need to eat shite to know it stinks.

AUGUST 19th 2004
Here's a fistful of updates for you... Mark Thomas - Edinburgh Bongo Club - August 2004,
Natalie Haynes - "Still Not Sorry" - Edinburgh Assembley Rooms - August 2004, The Hotel Life,
Endurance... coming soon to a life near you!, The Human Condition, Rule Britainnia, and Death To Bill Gates (and other stories)

AUGUST 13th 2004
More old rubbish... The Gift Of Fear, and one I'm not quite sure about, but published and be darned... The Ex-Man

AUGUST 09th 2004
A couple of film reviews... Tom Braider : Cradle Of Life* and Smokey And The Bandit.
(* yes, I know it is mis-spelt, but it makes as much sense that way as the 'proper' way...)

AUGUST 07th 2004
Again, life is a busy state of chaos... and here's the updates..
The Dole Army, Humans On The Menu, The Human Virus, The Happy Life, and Wha The Fack U Lookin At, Cant?
also a sneak preview of the cover art for my upcoming novel Wake Up, Dead Man. And a link to my Kraftwerk in London 2004 review.
And finally, a short story called Imagine. it is by no means an easy read.

AUGUST 04th 2004
In the midst of some updates.... Ten new pieces of verse, which have also been compiled as one piece called Reality.

JUL 23rd 2004
Whoosh. Sorry we have been so fucking busy recently. here's a boatload of stuff to make up for it...
Belle And Sebastian - London Somerset House - 18 July 2004
PJ Harvey - London - 14/15 July 2004
T In The Park - Scotland - 10/11 July 2004
The Cure - Manchester Move Festival - 09 June 2004
Ministry - House Of The Mole

JULY 5th 2004
Here's the new stuff... a review of Farenheit 911, and some comments :
Procrastination Knocks, Bored Of Life?, and As Queer As Folk

JUNE 29th 2004
More rants about America and it's The Silent Exodus. This time, the President is The Traitor To The Cause.
And some gig reviews .... Morrissey in London and Orbital In Brixton.

JUNE 24th 2004
Added New Verse and The Guardian Questionnaire

JUNE 16th 2004
An interesting look at Life In The Big Machine. All of us are human machines, after all...

JUNE 14TH 2004
Updated the site horrendously.... Labour's Last Laugh, as well as new Verse including....
The Girls Of Summer, The Happening, and my favourite for a long time The Pledge Of Alleigance....

JUNE 13th 2004
Spare Bricks fanzine features my column on Pink Floyd's La Carrera Panamerica.
Also another oldie from the Spare Bricks days... Pink Floyd : Animals

JUNE 12TH 2004 Added
The Complete Index Of Me... Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Me But Were Too Scared To Ask,
The A-Z of Me, First Things First, Who? Where? Why?, All About Me, My Favourite Things, and The Last Thing You Should Do

JUNE 9th 2004
Just a quick review of the new album by ex Guns'N'Roses alumni....Velvet Revolver - "Contraband".
Also went through and stripped out all the dead links on the Links page.

JUNE 4th 2004
Saw The Pixies In Brixton Last Night. Yes, yes, yesh!

JUNE 1st 2004
MASSIVE update of the Links Page. Two years of updates in one night...

MAY 31st 2004
Just a quick review of Fantomas - London Astoria - 29 May 2004

MAY 27th 2004
More rants....Hello Extinction!
The Madness Of President George III
Life Is A Limited Business

MAY 26TH 2004
New Verse. Also....BLOGSPACE has moved.

MAY 25TH 2004
Exhaustive scientific research has uncovered something we can only describe as The Bono Effect

MAY 24TH 2004
Just added a quick review of Miles Hunt at the Putney Halfmoon - 20 May 2004

MAY 23TH 2004
Updated the Trivia page.

MAY 20TH 2004
Just a quick review of the new album by Morrissey - "You Are The Quarry"

MAY 12TH 2004
More! New! Stuff!!... Karl Bartos - Communication gets reviewed.. and we reveal the True Enemies Of Freedom

MAY 10TH 2004
I Wish I Was Wrong : The Architects Of Armageddon

MAY 9TH 2004
Oh, I forgot to tell you... as they said in Dune. I am now on the staff for the esteemed Pink Floyd fanzine Spare Bricks.
Enjoy... A Bad Collection Of Record Sleeves and Tear Down The Wall.

MAY 7TH 2004
Some more articles and thoughts, about my two favourite subjects... war and music...
Smart Bombs, Stupid People, Britpop : Live Forever, Pay To Play, and How I Got Where I Am Today - A Look Back

APRIL 29th 2004
A review of Alabama 3 At The Cabot Hall and New Verse

APRIL 26th 2004
Yet more rants.... sorry, I mean, articles....
Intellectual Pygmies, Kidnapped By The Government and the all-important.. Sunglasses At Night

APRIL 25th 2004
Lets do the movies.... and how! - A quick guide to three retro classics....
Buffy The Vampire Slayer - A Cynics Guide, The Koyanisqatsi Trilogy, and Scarface - The Making Of A Hip Hop Classic

APRIL 13th 2004
Hot off the press, some new articles... Odour Adolescente : Kurt Cobain : 1967 - 1994,
the joys of not going on holiday with your parents.... Holidays In The Sun, and The Philosophy of Commuting

APRIL 7th 2004
I AM A GOOGLEWHACK. Wow. Wasn't even planning on that....

APRIL 6th 2004
Apologies for the lack of updates.... I have been moving house.... and listening to too much Bad Hair metal... voila!
Diversity And Perversity - If You Tolerate This..., The Rapture
Guardian Angels ,Winners And Sinners.... Why Atheism Is My Religion,
Paranoia Is A Drug too - On Compulsory Drug Testing, and finally....
You Must Be Living In A Dreamworld Baby....

APRIL 4th 2004
Well Ladies and Gentlemen..... the mighty Volume have reformed. Visit our official website.

MARCH 30th 2004
Well, here's the news.... we now own www.mark-reed.net. YAY!

MARCH 23rd 2004
Sorry it took a while to do, am in the midst of moving. Still had time to check out Kraftwerk At The Royal Festival Hall.

MARCH 18th 2004
Oh boy oh boy... here's a big load of links and rants for you all...
There Is A War, One Second : The Art Of Survival, Its More Fun To Compute, Faith And Belief, All That Jazz.

MARCH 9th 2004
Yadda Yadda .... yet more rants from the Angrometer...
The Joy of Tagging, and Customer Disservice : Shit Britain

MARCH 2nd 2004
Sorry for the break in transmission... laziness rules.... meanwhile we have been pondering The New Democracy

FEBRUARY 25th 2004
Hello...hello... Welcome To The People's Republic Of Tidiness

FEBRUARY 18th 2004
Long commutes equate to useless rants.... self-awareness is self obsession ababy...
Shit Pop : Chav Scum In The Charts, The Tortured Artists Dinner Party, and The Prison of Time

FEBRUARY 16th 2004
Added a rant... or something ... about my state of mind : Insomnia Boy : The Sleepless Hero

FEBRUARY 15th 2004
Updated 2003 Verse and added this years brand new crop of Poems

FEBRUARY 6th 2004
Not a huge amount of news but a reviews of Jane's Addiction - "Strays". I know, its been out yonks, but I'm very very lazy.

FEBRUARY 4th 2004
Just some album reviews... one old, one new... Moby (Voodoo Child) - "Baby Monkey" and Metallica - "St Anger"

FEBRUARY 3rd 2004
Yet more rants... we've been brewing these for a while... we binged... now we purge!
The Great White Wash In Westminster, The Culture Of Insecurity, and The Great year Of Divorce,

JANUARY 20th 2004
Rantamania! Here I go - scrawled, paranoid missives from deepest, darkest London.... The Poetry of Spam,
The Great Escape, The Promised Land : Israel At War, The Stepford World, Pornocopia, Nuts : Another Fucking Boring Lad's Mag.

JANUARY 4th 2004
A look back at 2003 : Year Of The Bloke

2003 HEADLINES HERE

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