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Sent an euphoric rave banger 4 kath <3

Yeah well-known samples can def get through the Veto with no issues.. I sent Daniel Bortz's “You Can Stay Forever” to 135 which has a sample of Alicia Keys “No One”. In 153 both Kath and blacksquare got to Art School Girlfriend before I did, and I don't think I've mentioned in here that in 129 (when I planned to come back to BJSC during the pandemic) Jonjo got to TSHA “Sister” before me, which finally got a video in February this year and deserved to do so much better than it did in the contest!

Aw, that's a shame. Too good for the chart tbh.

Doctor Blind Chart - 6th August 2023 TW - LW / Artist / “Song” / (Peak- if not current) 01 - 01 Sampha “Spirit 2.0” *2 weeks at #1* 02 - 06 ascendant vierge “À L’Infini” 03 - 04 Peggy Gou “(It Goes Like) Nanana” 04 - 02 Genesis Owusu “Leaving the Light” (01) 05 - 12 Glasser “Drift” 06 - 09 Avalon Emerson & The Charm “Astrology Poisoning” 07 - 03 Hallan “The Colline Gate” (02) 08 - 05 Grian Chatten “Fairlies” (04) 09 - 10 Gabriels “Glory” 10 - 07 Say She She “C’est Si Bon” (07) 11 - 15 ANOHNI “It Must Change” 12 - 08 Pangaea “Installation” (01) 13 - 21 Art School Girlfriend “Real Life” 14 - 20 The Chemical Brothers ft. Halo Maud “Live Again” 15 - 23 Tourist “A Little Bit Further” 16 - 11 Aphex Twin “Blackbox Life Recorder 21f” (08) 17 - 26 Nabihah Iqbal “Sunflower” 18 - 13 Hudson Mohawke & Nikki Nair “Set the Roof” (06) 19 - 31 Snow Strippers “Again” 20 - 14 Yves Tumor “Heaven Surrounds Us Like a Hood” (02) 21 - 25 Drab Majesty ft. Rachel Goswell “Vanity” 22 - 17 Suite Simone “Lost In Love” (17) 23 - 35 Róisín Murphy “You Knew” 24 - 29 Will Butler + Sister Squares “Long Grass” 25 - 19 Tibasko “U Want It” (19) 26 - 16 Amaarae “Co-Star” (16) 27 - 32 Squid “The Blades” 28 - 18 Confidence Man & Daniel Avery “On & On (Again)” (01) 29 - 37 Sofia Kourtesis “Si Te Portas Bonito” 30 - 39 Couch Prints “True Religion” 31 - 24 bar italia “Nurse!” (08) 32 - 38 Say Lou Lou “You’re The One” 33 - 40 DJ_Dave “Array” 34 - 22 DJ HEARTSTRING “It Ain’t Over” (15) 35 - 48 twst “Off-World” *Biggest Climber* 36 - NE Club Casualties “Fall Of The Leaves” *Highest New Entry* 37 - NE Yard Act “The Trench Coat Museum” *New Entry* 38 - 28 Tiberius b “Jetski” (02) 39 - 27 Minor Science “Workahol” (06) 40 - NE Hoodie x James K “Scorpio” *New Entry*

Yeah this didn't disappoint at all. I can tell that this is going to be perfect for chilled late summer evening listening~ I adore the string arrangements in some of the tracks, particularly in the current single “Real Life” towards the end, which is really growing on me atm. There's a great sense of melancholia throughout, but I also enjoy when it shifts into a different more hopeful gear like when the distorted guitars storm in on “The Weeks”, which is probably my favourite album track on first listen. I'm also obviously a big fan of all of the artwork from this era, all the coloured cloudscapes!

Doctor Blind Chart - 30th July 2023 TW - LW / Artist / “Song” / (Peak- if not current) 01 - 03 Sampha “Spirit 2.0” *New #1* 02 - 01 Genesis Owusu “Leaving the Light” (01) 03 - 02 Hallan “The Colline Gate” (02) 04 - 06 Peggy Gou “(It Goes Like) Nanana” 05 - 04 Grian Chatten “Fairlies” (04) 06 - 12 ascendant vierge “À L’Infini” 07 - 10 Say She She “C’est Si Bon” 08 - 05 Pangaea “Installation” (01) 09 - 14 Avalon Emerson & The Charm “Astrology Poisoning” 10 - 13 Gabriels “Glory” 11 - 08 Aphex Twin “Blackbox Life Recorder 21f” (08) 12 - 18 Glasser “Drift” 13 - 07 Hudson Mohawke & Nikki Nair “Set the Roof” (06) 14 - 09 Yves Tumor “Heaven Surrounds Us Like a Hood” (02) 15 - 21 ANOHNI “It Must Change” 16 - 20 Amaarae “Co-Star” 17 - 24 Suite Simone “Lost In Love” 18 - 11 Confidence Man & Daniel Avery “On & On (Again)” (01) 19 - 22 Tibasko “U Want It” 20 - 27 The Chemical Brothers ft. Halo Maud “Live Again” 21 - 33 Art School Girlfriend “Real Life” 22 - 15 DJ HEARTSTRING “It Ain’t Over” (15) 23 - 30 Tourist “A Little Bit Further” 24 - 17 bar italia “Nurse!” (08) 25 - 29 Drab Majesty ft. Rachel Goswell “Vanity” 26 - 36 Nabihah Iqbal “Sunflower” 27 - 16 Minor Science “Workahol” (06) 28 - 19 Tiberius b “Jetski” (02) 29 - 40 Will Butler + Sister Squares “Long Grass” 30 - 35 CIEL “So Scared” 31 - 44 Snow Strippers “Again” 32 - 46 Squid “The Blades” *Biggest Climber* 33 - 38 Lanterns On The Lake “Real Life” 34 - 23 Jorja Smith “Little Things” (05) 35 - NE Róisín Murphy “You Knew” *Highest New Entry* 36 - 26 Daniel Avery ft. Georgia “Going So Low” (26) 37 - NE Sofia Kourtesis “Si Te Portas Bonito” *New Entry* 38 - 43 Say Lou Lou “You’re The One” 39 - NE Couch Prints “True Religion” *New Entry* 40 - NE DJ_Dave “Array” *New Entry*

Kathalda-SLAY-zia! Congrats on another win Kath.. when I saw that you had sent “Magic” I had a feeling it would do very well but didn't expect it to win so emphatically. That was a very tense reveal for the results, however it's great to have a jury reveal every once in a while to change things up and make it more interesting. Thank you for hosting Botchia, sorry I was working and so missed the results. Excellent to see Neliönoir hit the Top 10 for the first time, you've sent such consistently great/diverse entries so far and until LSDXOXO they've all got paid dust with unjustly low finishing positions, so it is long overdue - I had expected BAMBII to do pretty well last time round but sadly for whatever reason it was not to be. Anyway, pleased that you are looking to stick around and I look forward to what you end up sending next! I'm also very pleased to finish sitting between my Top 2 of the contest in the Top 10! *.* Thanks to everyone who voted for twst! !! Sadly all that listening to Aphex Twin at full volume and standing right near the speakers at the Cavern nightclub in the 2010s is starting to have an effect in my old age x

I'm firmly team AOC x

I haven't got any updates since 137 unfortch, but the stats up to the start of that contest are all here for anyone who took part in that edition. Here is your one: Hendinia

Yeah, this is the big one - we've got the tape recording of him threatening Georgia's Secretary of State. *.* I've got a present for Chris...

Voted. Some great electronica here, my top pointer is an absolute delight <3

That's actually a really great list, although I'm a bit sad that Daniel Avery missed out - I guess Fred again.. and Shygirl are repping for electronica on this shortlist, and both v much deserve to be here, but I love that album so much I'm perhaps being slightly biased. Anyway rooting for my faves Young Fathers, Shygirl, Jessie Ware, Jockstrap and Loyle Carner. I haven't heard the Ezra Collective album but I have enjoyed quite a few of their singles playlisted on 6Music over recent years, inc. the collab with Loyle (tho I don't think that's on this new album).

Doctor Blind Chart - 23rd July 2023 TW - LW / Artist / “Song” / (Peak- if not current) 01 - 01 Genesis Owusu “Leaving the Light” *2 weeks at #1* 02 - 03 Hallan “The Colline Gate” 03 - 09 Sampha “Spirit 2.0” 04 - 05 Grian Chatten “Fairlies” 05 - 02 Pangaea “Installation” (01) 06 - 08 Peggy Gou “(It Goes Like) Nanana” 07 - 06 Hudson Mohawke & Nikki Nair “Set the Roof” (06) 08 - 10 Aphex Twin “Blackbox Life Recorder 21f” 09 - 04 Yves Tumor “Heaven Surrounds Us Like a Hood” (02) 10 - 14 Say She She “C’est Si Bon” 11 - 07 Confidence Man & Daniel Avery “On & On (Again)” (01) 12 - 18 ascendant vierge “À L’Infini” 13 - 17 Gabriels “Glory” 14 - 22 Avalon Emerson & The Charm “Astrology Poisoning” 15 - 19 DJ HEARTSTRING “It Ain’t Over” 16 - 11 Minor Science “Workahol” (06) 17 - 13 bar italia “Nurse!” (08) 18 - 31 Glasser “Drift” *Biggest Climber* 19 - 12 Tiberius b “Jetski” (02) 20 - 25 Amaarae “Co-Star” 21 - 27 ANOHNI “It Must Change” 22 - 26 Tibasko “U Want It” 23 - 15 Jorja Smith “Little Things” (05) 24 - 33 Suite Simone “Lost In Love” 25 - 16 Coach Party “All I Wanna Do Is Hate” (16) 26 - 30 Daniel Avery ft. Georgia “Going So Low” 27 - 36 The Chemical Brothers ft. Halo Maud “Live Again” 28 - 20 Conducta “3FALL” (07) 29 - 37 Drab Majesty ft. Rachel Goswell “Vanity” 30 - 40 Tourist “A Little Bit Further” 31 - 21 2hollis “God” (18) 32 - 24 Romy “Loveher” (24) 33 - NE Art School Girlfriend “Real Life” *Highest New Entry* 34 - 23 Jessie Ware “Begin Again” (01) 35 - 45 CIEL “So Scared” 36 - NE Nabihah Iqbal “Sunflower” *New Entry* 37 - 41 Glimji “Flicker” 38 - 47 Lanterns On The Lake “Real Life” 39 - 29 Jellyskin “Bringer Of Brine” (08) 40 - NE Will Butler + Sister Squares “Long Grass” *New Entry*

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Album is out v soon, exciting!! Lovely interview with Polly on ITV recently, hopefully this album does well and she continues to succeed at what she is doing and helps to inspire other women to follow in her footsteps working on her own production etc. jefo3L0hdsg

Hit Rate- was just (No of Top 10 finishes divided by total number of entries) * 100 to get it as a percentage rather than a decimal. So for example, for Pavel it would be 'never', divided by 'too many' xx I think when I was working on these originally I also had a 'Hipster Smoothie' rating that was out of 10.

Great to see the Cocteau Twins Q, I've never heard that track before but the hook kinda reminded me of “Unworthy” by Thieves, one of my all-time 90s faves <3

Looks like it was a gamble that ultimately paid off then to call a snap election to shock and test the momentum building after the local elections. In the end- an inconclusive result with no stable coalition possible, meaning further elections later in the year, which as Iz says could potentially be great for Sánchez in the longer run. The bigger story here, and it's great to see that fall in support for Vox, is that pandering to the far-right and the 'war on woke' (note: a word that can't ever be defined by those who use it most, apart from pointing towards a vague sense of 'things I don't like') only has limited mileage when it comes to crucial elections. PP and Vox going in to coalition in towns seems to have scared a lot of people and posters like the one below seem to be mobilising the left/progressive alliance successfully more than generating support for the opposition. @1683388905217839104 Final result:

Some of the released polling (not an 'Exit Poll') is suggesting a small majority for the conservative/far right coalition but it looks v tight at the moment.

Amazing results in both Selby and Ainsty, as well as Somerton and Frome! Hopefully we'll see a similar collapse in Tory support in future by-elections (of which Mid-Bedfordshire should be coming up at some point this autumn..) Slightly frustrating to see Labour come within 2% of taking Uxbridge and South Ruislip but I think it should be taken into consideration that the seat didn't even go Labour in 1997, and there was as Suedehead says above, some pretty disingenuous campaigning by the Tories on ULEZ. Even more frustrating and sad (but not surprising) to see Starmer bow to this pressure, I'm hoping Khan tells him where to go because delaying the introduction of the scheme seems a stupid idea as that will just merely delay the protest vote to make it even more of an issue come the GE or London Mayoral election. But we have at least some divine intervention on this issue... @1683107597249912834

Not sure yet what to make of the chant/chorus tbh but otherwise this is an unexpectedly great funky house serve from Troye- I think it'll be something that just grows and grows on me though, plus it has the perfect serotonin and upbeat/positive feel for the peak summer season. The video is fantastic too.. I can definitely see the criticisms as having some validity as a wider issue, but I think they miss the point and completely glosses over how wonderful it is to have an unapologetic celebration of queer love/sexuality which radiates confidence and joy.

Could I have 8 please Mack?

Doctor Blind Chart - 16th July 2023 TW - LW / Artist / “Song” / (Peak- if not current) 01 - 02 Genesis Owusu “Leaving the Light” *New #1* 02 - 01 Pangaea “Installation” (01) 03 - 07 Hallan “The Colline Gate” 04 - 04 Yves Tumor “Heaven Surrounds Us Like a Hood” (02) 05 - 11 Grian Chatten “Fairlies” 06 - 09 Hudson Mohawke & Nikki Nair “Set the Roof” 07 - 03 Confidence Man & Daniel Avery “On & On (Again)” (01) 08 - 14 Peggy Gou “(It Goes Like) Nanana” 09 - 16 Sampha “Spirit 2.0” 10 - 13 Aphex Twin “Blackbox Life Recorder 21f” 11 - 06 Minor Science “Workahol” (06) 12 - 05 Tiberius b “Jetski” (02) 13 - 08 bar italia “Nurse!” (08) 14 - 19 Say She She “C’est Si Bon” 15 - 10 Jorja Smith “Little Things” (05) 16 - 21 Coach Party “All I Wanna Do Is Hate” 17 - 24 Gabriels “Glory” 18 - 32 ascendant vierge “À L’Infini” 19 - 25 DJ HEARTSTRING “It Ain’t Over” 20 - 12 Conducta “3FALL” (07) 21 - 18 2hollis “God” (18) 22 - 34 Avalon Emerson & The Charm “Astrology Poisoning” 23 - 15 Jessie Ware “Begin Again” (01) 24 - 28 Romy “Loveher” 25 - 35 Amaarae “Co-Star” 26 - 39 Tibasko “U Want It” 27 - 38 ANOHNI “It Must Change” 28 - 22 Slowdive “kisses” (22) 29 - 17 Jellyskin “Bringer Of Brine” (08) 30 - 36 Daniel Avery ft. Georgia “Going So Low” 31 - 47 Glasser “Drift” *Biggest Climber* 32 - 20 Men I Trust “Ring of Past” (10) 33 - 44 Suite Simone “Lost In Love” 34 - 27 Geo22 “Magic” (27) 35 - 30 Leon Vynehall “Black Dove” (30) 36 - NE The Chemical Brothers ft. Halo Maud “Live Again” *Highest New Entry* 37 - NE Drab Majesty ft. Rachel Goswell “Vanity” *New Entry* 38 - 26 Four Tet “Three Drums” (05) 39 - 23 Blur “The Narcissist” (17) 40 - NE Tourist “A Little Bit Further” *New Entry*

Frankly I'm so tired of hearing the stale take that ‘there is no money’ - a dictum developed by Cameron and Osborne (and accepted by the largely right wing media client journalists) to give them sufficient cover for their cruel and damaging cuts/ideology. When they claimed that drastic cuts needed to be made the UK's debt-to-GDP was 60% (it's now over 100%) but after WWII we were at 270%. I know that isn't what people are suggesting and it's that a prospective Government has to look economically competent, but it just isn't in any way true and I reject it totally. The cost of borrowing has gone up, true, however the massive increases last autumn were because Truss and Kwarteng frightened investors by not getting a proper OBR forecast and just slamming >£40 billion tax cuts on a Friday morning before going for a boozy lunch with some bankers and enjoying the 'beakend' at Chequers.. so yeah that panicked everyone, tanked the pound and caused inflation and interest rate rises that we have now to be so much worse than they would have been. That doesn't preclude ANY spending commitment being made in the future, particularly on a no-brainer one like removing the two child benefits cap!! Let's leave aside for one minute how cruel and unfair it is - if you're rich like Boris Johnson (8* + and counting children) or Jacob Rees-Mogg (6 children) then feel free to breed as much as you want, however for those who are struggling with the cost-of-living crisis- and remember this cut largely affects in-work families it must be stated- then no matter how much love and support you could offer your potential new children you wouldn't be able to have any more once you've had 2. That's it, sorry guys. But let's look at how economically illiterate this policy is: the UK birth rate is in continual decline, we've dropped to below 1.6 for the first time on record (2.1 is required for a stable population)- not quite as low as South Korea (0.78) but heading that way. I mean I remember when there was a sitcom on UKTV called 2 point 4 children, and that was only a few decades ago! If we don't address this soon the ageing of our population will overwhelm the shrinking workforce and suck demand out of the economy, leading us into permanent decline. To not prioritise helping poverty stricken children is one thing but to ignore the obvious economic implications of such a damaging policy is IMO just as wrong even if the impacts on fertility aren't actually that marked. Finally, I'd just like to bring up a Tony Benn quote re: Sir Keir. Starmer is a weatherCOCK (emphasis on COCK), not a leader. It doesn't matter if the public don't have the same view, your job as leader is to stick to what you think is the correct course of action and persuade the public. It's not as easy as going to a focus group and being led by them but it's a far more principled and admirable quality. I'm now hearing that Starmer is considering 'potentially scrapping the two child benefit cap' so just waiting for his outriders to tell me how brilliant he is for deciding this and that it's absolutely the right thing to do and he was even more brilliant for suggesting on Sunday that he was ruling it out and thus has formed another embarrassing U-turn (after pissing off most of the Labour support base). I'll wait.. *that we know of.

Quite an interesting snap poll released from YouGov yesterday: @1679502894796533760 Opinion seems to be quite split amongst the public. I have to admit that in the light of the more recent allegations by BBC staff, I think that there probably was a public interest for that story to be printed- but I still stand by the fact that the initial story printed by The Sun did not meet that criteria. The fact that junior staff didn't feel comfortable reporting complaints speaks to the toxic environment that STILL exists within the BBC. The Sun can still get in the bin for what they've done however.