Category Archives: Media

The life and times of Michael Cocks #4

Posted on January 6, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Former Bristol South MP Michael Cocks, even in the twilight of his long parliamentary career, still manages a small walk-on part in high Tory journalist Peter Oborne’s surprisingly impressive attack on contemporary parliamentary politics, The Triumph of the Political Class. … Continue reading →

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Crap-a-hack

Posted on January 2, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Are you an entertainments supremo? Could you handle Crackerjack? Asks Evening Cancer editor Mike Norton on the back of his job supplement in today’s paper. So what the fuck is this gormless accountant up to now then? It might sound … Continue reading →

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2008: sneak preview

Posted on December 23, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Next year should see a revamp and redesign for Bristol Indymedia. Here’s a sneak preview of the new logo and here you’ll find an altogether cleaner, brighter, shinier site. They’re taking their lives in their hands with that iTunes link … Continue reading →

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When we was fab

Posted on December 21, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

The term “fab” in this flyer may be laced with a certain irony since the address beneath it places Venue’s new offices on the 2nd floor of the Evening Cancer’s terrifying HQ – that rarely mentioned eighth circle of hell, … Continue reading →

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"Bloody foreign onions, coming over here, taking our shelves …"

Posted on December 19, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

“I, for one, wasn’t put on this earth to make life easy for British farmers, who are a reactionary and misanthropic lot as a rule – gaily destroying wildlife, backing blood sports, feeding animals the remains of their relatives and … Continue reading →

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No pressing concern?

Posted on December 14, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

The Arena bellyflop found Cancer editor Mike Norton sharpening his crayons yesterday afternoon and attempting to deliver a thunderous editorial on the matter. Here’s a bit of it: So who is going to be called to account for this fiasco? … Continue reading →

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Cancer on the case (again)

Posted on December 2, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Another big shout out to Evening Cancer editor Mike Norton and his super smart newsroom boys. “PAY AS YOU THROW” thundered the front page of our ever so good local newspaper yesterday. “ A “pay-as-you-throw” scheme charging householders £2 per … Continue reading →

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It's childsplay at the Evening Cancer

Posted on November 24, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

I see today’s Evening Cancer was produced by a group of 11 year olds. It’s definitely an improvement on the efforts of the 8 year olds who normally do it.

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Hyocrite watch meets eco balls

Posted on November 16, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Not ones to pass up the opportunity to put a semi-naked teenager on their pages, today’s papers are full of stories about teenage supermodel sensation Lily Cole becoming the new face of Marks & Spencer. Cole is currently the posh … Continue reading →

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Bristol not a media ball balls

Posted on November 13, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Exciting news just in from the spiritual home of the laptoperati, Bristol Media. This is the local website that acts as a sort of online support group where badly paid marketing assistants, PR nobodies, wannabe web designers, media studies graduates … Continue reading →

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