Author: Dan

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Fus Roald Dahl

Roald Dahl’s got bars, man. Check out his multi-syllabics and internal rhyme schemes in this extract from George’s Marvellous Medicine: ‘Fiery broth and witches brew Foamy froth and riches blue Fume and spume and...

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A flawed defence of Islam

I stumbled across this popular video on YouTube, showing a discussion about whether Islam is a peaceful religion. However, the discussion in this video doesn’t address the issue at all. The lecturer claims that...

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DLC PLC

Downloadable content for games is a topic that polarises gaming fans. Some of them think it’s great that the lifespan of their favourite games is increased by the introduction of new episodes and expansions....

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Republican Rap Battle

I think a lot more people would engage in politics if political discourse was conducted in confrontational rhyme format. To be honest, I don’t know why this isn’t happening already. So, who won? I...

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Mass Effect

I was hoping to release this much earlier today, but iTunes messed about and didn’t get round to publishing the song until this evening. Regardless, here is my new piece – an ode to...

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February Album Writing Month

FAWM stands for February Album Writing Month, and it’s a campaign designed to help people overcome their creative hesitation and just get stuff done. The idea is to write 14 songs during the month...

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Megaupload is gone

Megaupload was taken down. Bugger. My first album was on there, so now all the links to it in blogs across the web are dead. How is this helping me in any way? Megaupload...