Farina’s early nineties post-rock scene contemporaries Codeine and Bitch Magnet are hauling gloriously their brontosaurus bodies over the comeback coals, but Farina’s band Karate always stood out from the tranquilised hardcore crowd, with their diminished sevenths and jazzy licks.
Today he’s a born again acoustic troubadour, laying rewarding mid-west poetry professor verbiage over finger-picked traditional sounding tunes, not unlike that other bookish math rock graduate, David Grubbs.
Prick Up Your Ears describes small town soldiers departing for Iraq with commendable sobriety, in a folksy idiom that emphasises the their timeless circumstance.
Al Murray, Comedian
Al Murray, Comedian
Patrick Kavanagh, Guardian.co.uk
Patrick Kavanagh, Guardian.co.uk
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Pudabaya, beexcellenttoeachother.com
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Len Firewood, Twitter
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FBC, finalgear.com
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Wharto15, Twitter
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Sidsings000, Youtube
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Bobby Bhoy, Twitter
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DVDhth's grandparents, Twitter
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Sam Rooney, Youtube
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Coxy, Dontstartmeoff.com
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Jamespearse, Twitter
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World Without End, Twitter
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Anamatronix, Youtube
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98rosjon, Twitter
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Alwyn, Digiguide.tv
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Sweeping Curves, Twitter
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Leach Juice, Twitter
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Lents, redandwhitekop.com
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Pnethor, pne-online.com
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Dick Socrates, Twitter
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Fairy Pingu, Twitter
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Gwaites, Digitalspy
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Foxfoxton, Youtube
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Horatio Melvin, Twitter
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GRTak, finalgear.com
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Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph
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Tokyofist, Youtube
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Lee Mack, Mack The Life, 2012
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Neolab, Guardian.co.uk
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Fowkes81, Twitter
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12dgdgdgdgdgdg, Youtube
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Guest1001, Youtube
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NevW47479, UKTV.co.uk
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Whoiscuriousgeorge, Youtube
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Clampdown59, Twitter.
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Neva2busy, dontstartmeoff.com
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Deepbass, Guardian.co.uk
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Henry Howard Fun, Twitter
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Dominic Cavendish, Telegraph
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Pirate Crocodile, Twitter
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Hiewy, Youtube
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Someoneyoudon'tknow, Chortle.com
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Kozzy06, Youtube
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Mearecate, Youtube
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Gabrielle, Chortle.com
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Joskins, Leeds Music Forum
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Nicetime, Guardian.co.uk
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Tres Ryan, Twitter
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Cojones2, Guardian.co.uk
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Rowing Rob, Guardian.co.uk
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Alex Quarmby, Edfringe.com
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Aiden Hearn, Twitter
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Keilloh, Twitter
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Z-factor, Twitter.
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Iain, eatenbymissionaries
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Birmingham Sunday Mercury
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John Robins, Comedian
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Borathigh5, Youtube
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Syhr, breakbeat.co.uk
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A D Ward, Twitter
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Maninabananasuit, Guardian.co.uk
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Meanstreetelite, Peoplesrepublicofcork
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Visualiser1, Twitter
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Tweeter Kyriakou, Twitter
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Contrapuntal, Twitter
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Meninblack, Twitter
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Rudeness, Youtube
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Bosco239, youtube
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Funday’schild, youtube.
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Peter Fears, Twitter
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Esme Folley, Actress, cellist, Twitter
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Joycey, readytogo.net
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Ishamayura Byrd, Twitter
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Gmanthedemon, bbc.co.uk
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Spanner, dontstartmeoff.com
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Peter Ould, Twitter
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Idrie, Youtube
BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
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Anonymous, The Northfield Patriot
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Anon, westhamonline.com
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Carla, St Albans, Dailymail.co.uk
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James Dellingpole, Daily Telegraph
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Emilyistrendy, Youtube
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Anonymous, don'tstartmeoff.com
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Slothy Matt, Twitter
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Danazawa, Youtube
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Peter Ould, Youtube
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Zombie Hamster, Twitter
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Jackmumf, Twitter
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Tin Frog, Twitter
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Anon, BBC Complaints Log
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Lancethrustworthy, Youtube
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Etienne, Chortle.com
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Aaron, comedy.co.uk
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Dave Wilson, Chortle.com
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Mini-x2, readytogo.net
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Cabluigi, Guardian.co.uk
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Brighton Argus
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Anon, dontstartmeoff.com
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Brendon, Vauxhallownersnetwork.co.uk
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Mpf1947, Youtube
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Johnny Kitkat, dontstartmeoff.com
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Genghis McKahn, Guardian.co.uk
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Rubyshoes, Twitter
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Stuart, Chortle
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Carcrazychica, Youtube
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General Lurko 36, Guardian.co.uk
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Shit Crit, Twitter
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Richard Herring, Comedian
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Mrdavisn01, Twitter
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Secretdeveloper, Youtube
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Cyberbloke, Twitter
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Lucinda Locketts, Twitter
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Liam Travitt, Twitter
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Dahoum, Guardian.co.uk
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Lenny Darksphere, Twitter
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Chez, Chortle.com
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Tweeterkiryakou, Twitter
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Guest, Dontstartmeoff.com
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Shane, Beverley, Dailymail.co.uk
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Pudabaya, Twitter
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Yukio Mishima, dontstartmeoff.com
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Stokeylitfest, Twitter
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Joe, Independent.co.uk
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Robert Gavin, Twitter
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Frankie Boyle, Comedian
Microcuts 22, Twitter
Microcuts 22, Twitter
Karen Laidlaw, Edfringe. com.
Karen Laidlaw, Edfringe. com.