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‘Nearly Home’ used in latest trailer for ‘Lost’

Any folks who regard themselves as both Broken Records fans and Lost fans will have no doubt spotted ‘Nearly Home’ being used in the trailer for the recent “Everybody Loves Hugo” episode.  For anyone who first heard us through this advert, here’s the full version of the song from last year’s “Until The Earth Begins To Part” album:

Diary – First Day in Austin

Tuesday saw us with our first day proper in Austin. We got up sharpish
in the morning (having been up for about 24 hours the previous day
everyone slept pretty soundly…), and those of us staying with our host
Sue were particularly chipper due to the liberal use of her espresso
maker. We headed in to the convention centre in the middle of town to
get our wristbands, with only minor confusion as to whether we were
Broken records or the representatives from “Broken Wreckords”, whoever
they may be. This left us with a whole day free, so Sue took us to “Juan
in a Million” for breakfast, insisting that we hit the “Don Juan
Breakfast Tacos” which left everyone a bit subdued afterwards by their
sheer scale…

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SXSW Diary – Part 1

As one of these Luddites who doesn’t have an iPhone or any sort of
international roaming wifi machine, all the SxSW blogs have been stored
in my head and will spew forth in the next few days. I will begin at the
most natural place to start, the beginning…

I woke on Sunday
morning with a hint of a hangover from the previous day’s Six Nations
draw with England, with no idea why my alarm was barking at me, until
the penny dropped and I leapt out of bed. Of course, we were heading
towards SxSW today. The seven o’clock start wasn’t hugely appreciated
but the drive to London was aided by Gill’s “nostalgia beats” on the
stereo. We were staying at the flat at the 4ad offices in Wandsworth so
met Roger in the neighbouring pub for a beer and a crack at the pub
quiz, while Rog dished out some useful advice on how to stay alive in
Austin – “Don’t smoke roll ups, they’ll think you’re smoking pot and
they will shoot you; don’t drink in the street, they will shoot you;
don’t smoke indoors, they will shoot you,” etc.

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