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MUSIC

Here’s one I did with someone else

Portishead are due to start work on a new album in January. In the meantime, fans can check out the band’s producer and instrumentalist at work on new Bristol-band Scarlet Rascals & The Trainwreck’s latest release. He’s certainly gone to town with a new sound of deep vocals and pounding bass. Listen to it here: ind.pn/Newsound

POLITICS

One man, one vote?

Can one man influence the politics of an entire American state? Jane Mayer of The New Yorker believes so. In her latest essay for the magazine she explains how conservative multimillionaire Ed Gillespie has taken political control of North Carolina, one of the top battlegrounds for the 2012 Presidential election. Read more here: ind.pn/Stateforsale

TECHNOLOGY

The call of the open road

In amove that seems to come from the Japanese fashion for Chindogu, lavatory manufacturer Toto has designed a motorbike bike that runs on “biogas”, or less euphemistically, human waste. This week, the bike, (complete with a lavatory where the seat should be) sets off from Toto headquarters in Kyushu for Tokyo, a journey expected to take a month. ind.pn/totobike

HOMECOOKING

Peel me a clove

Beardie Todd Coleman, from the foodie magazine Saveur, demonstrates how to peel an entire head of garlic in less than ten seconds. All you need, allegedly, is the garlic and two vast, identical bowls. We’re yet to test the technique personally, but it looks likely to save a lot of effort. ind.pn/Easygarlic

PROTESTS

With this riot, I do thee wed

The last thing anyone wants on their wedding day is to emerge from the church into the middle of a riot and/or peaceful protest. After a couple leaving a church were snapped in front of a police corden at an EDL march, this couple found themselves on Brooklyn Bridge during the occupy Wall St protests this weekend. ind.pn/riotwed

ADVERTISING

Does exactly what it says on the…

Are slogans good for you? Creative Review,who’ve recently rounded up the greatest brand logos in history are now on the hunt for the greatest, Don Draper-worthy bit of copywriting. They’re asking readers to submit their favourites, from Coke’s It’s The Real Thing to Avis’s We’re Number Two, So We Try Harder. ind.pn/bestslog

HUMOUR

No, I am your father

Some very savvy (or perhaps slightly mean) parents have uploaded this clip of their son’s reaction to learning who Luke Skywalker’s father really is in the Empire Strikes Back. His face (and continuing reaction) is priceless. As is that of his sister, who is apparently in on the act. Check it out here: ind.pn/Starshock

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