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		<title>End of Year Review &#8211; 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Erm. I might have to break this down into sub-headings&#8230; Gigs We didn&#8217;t gig much in 2011; we were all pretty busy at various times throughout the year, and aside from that, we were not exactly inundated with offers. Also, things are different now to how they were when I gigged semi-regularly (2003-2005) &#8211; the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.minoans.co.uk/2011/12/31/end-of-year-review-2011/</link>
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		<title>november moment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I feel like I&#8217;ve maybe collected enough debris to bundle some kind of update together, let&#8217;s find out! First off, what the devil have we been up to? As a collective, not massive amounts. We finished two new songs, which we will be debuting at our next gig &#8211; this brings us up to four [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.minoans.co.uk/2011/11/29/november-moment/</link>
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		<title>Summer Ends</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From a promotional point of view, we couldn&#8217;t have finished the mini-album at a worse time. If we were the Killers, we&#8217;d have taken it on a World tour, and Ken Bruce would be forcing it down your throats. If we were a semi-serious amateur band, we&#8217;d have taken it on the toilet circuit. Even [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.minoans.co.uk/2011/09/07/summer-ends/</link>
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		<title>Recording &#8211; Day 607</title>
		<description><![CDATA[And with that, they were done&#8230; Although I&#8217;ve been waiting to write the &#8216;our EP is finished!&#8217; post for over a year, I can&#8217;t think of much to say other than that our EP is finished. Here goes&#8230; Myself and Aaron descended on Casa French last night for one last cursory glance over the tracks [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.minoans.co.uk/2011/07/01/recording-day-607/</link>
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		<title>talentless hunks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wow, so, haven&#8217;t really updated much &#8211; it really did get to the stage where every update would have been identical. Nobody wants that. Do they&#8230;? This bad boy is really more of a summing-up than anything else; I owe you that much at least. First off, we did a gig a while back. We [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.minoans.co.uk/2011/05/24/talentless-hunks/</link>
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		<title>inexorable march of progress</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Have I ever gone an entire month without p&#8230; Oh. You can probably take some solace in the fact that blog activity is inversely proportional to actual activity. Put another way &#8211; them that talks abouts it, ain&#8217;t doin&#8217; it. So, what HAVE we been doing??! Mixing After a couple of false starts, we&#8217;ve hit [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.minoans.co.uk/2011/03/03/inexorable-march-of-progress/</link>
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		<title>infinity fold</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Have I ever gone an entire month without posting? No, and I&#8217;m not about to start. We&#8217;re all aware of our slackness, and as a result we&#8217;ve decided to up practice from zero times a week, to once a week. You don&#8217;t need me to tell you that&#8217;s an infinity-fold increase. A more subtle change; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.minoans.co.uk/2011/01/16/infinity-fold/</link>
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		<title>alternativ julekalender 2010 &#8211; review</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, I&#8217;ve been thoroughly impressed with this year&#8217;s Alternativ Julekalender; so much so that I&#8217;ve decided to pick out some highlights. Kicking December off was Sleep Party People, a bedroom project expanded into an awesome live band. For the full audio-visual experience, check out the videos over at The Copenhagen X Sessions. Compared to these [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.minoans.co.uk/2010/12/24/alternativ-julekalender-2010-review/</link>
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		<title>horse.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With EP mixing slated for January, we decided to quickly demo a new song, mainly so we could remember what finishing things feels like. Download audio file (Minoans-Horse-demo.mp3) download At 5 mins long, it&#8217;s a bit of a dumping ground for unfinished bits of songs I had &#8211; it definitely needs an overhaul in terms [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.minoans.co.uk/2010/12/08/horse/</link>
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		<title>alternativ julekalender 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, December has snook up on me again, I guess the snow was a bit of a giveaway. This is just a heads-up. If you like being eased gently into Christmas (like me) and you enjoy painfully obscure Scandinavian bands (like me), you can do no worse than head over to Alternativ Julekalender. It&#8217;s like [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.minoans.co.uk/2010/12/01/alternativ-julekalender-2010/</link>
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		<title>recording &#8211; day 386</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m almost afraid to say it, but here goes&#8230; tracking is finished. Day 386 was shaping up to be a tall order; a full day of vocals, some keyboard experimentation and a last ditch round of rough mixes before stepping back to prepare for some kind of mammoth mixing session. Busy, busy, busy. This goes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.minoans.co.uk/2010/11/22/recording-day-386/</link>
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		<title>repeaterheater</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Things move slowly in the world of Minoans, so weekly updates are a bit of a struggle, but here goes. Me and the Bride went to see Paramore last week &#8211; I&#8217;ll add a couple of pics here when I get them. Even though I&#8217;m an indier-than-thou pretentious twat, I&#8217;ll happily say it was one [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.minoans.co.uk/2010/11/16/repeaterheater/</link>
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		<title>november spawned a monster</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We recently celebrated one year since we started recording our ep. I celebrated by weeping uncontrollably into my pillow. We&#8217;re not as lame as you think; we have excuses. Heaps of them! In any case, we&#8217;ve had a couple of sessions to blow off the dust and get reacquainted with the songs &#8211; tried to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.minoans.co.uk/2010/11/10/november-spawned-a-monster/</link>
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		<title>album covers what look dead similar &#8211; part II</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This one is a bit coincidental, so, I dunno, if you have a weak heart you&#8217;re probably best to avoid this post altogether. I&#8217;ve been playing &#8216;Boys And Girls In America&#8217; by The Hold Steady more or less on repeat in the car; not only is it great driving music, but there&#8217;s plenty of singalong [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.minoans.co.uk/2010/10/10/albums-covers-what-look-dead-similar-part-ii/</link>
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		<title>hire synths</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pre-holiday catch-up, yo! Band activity is on hold for a fortnight while me and the Bride take the highway to Hellas. That&#8217;s Greece to you, mush. Heading to Faliraki so I can get off my tits on Bacardi Breezers for 2 solid weeks. Recording-wise, 7 of the 8 songs are pretty-much tracked, and the majority [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.minoans.co.uk/2010/09/12/hire-synths/</link>
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		<title>recording &#8211; day 309</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Surveying the Cannock music scene these days, I see a lot of anger &#8211; black t-shirts, piercings, scowls, angry lyrics, scary tattoos, scooped distortion&#8230; and that&#8217;s just us! It&#8217;s hard to imagine that just 10 short years ago, it was a very different landscape. In place of flesh-tunnels, angsty-screaming and tight jeans were boater hats, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.minoans.co.uk/2010/09/08/recording-day-309/</link>
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		<title>recording &#8211; day 306</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Doing more violins with Jamie&#8230; At first he was like&#8230; &#8230;but then&#8230; &#8230;he lol&#8217;d.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.minoans.co.uk/2010/09/04/recording-day-306/</link>
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		<title>recording &#8211; day 297</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Laughing in the perfectly-symmetrical face of acoustically-treated live rooms, the Minoans recording bandwagon set up shop in Aaron&#8217;s front room to start tackling the violins. For those of you that don&#8217;t know, Ian is an Acoustic Consultant, so if he claps his hands and doesn&#8217;t immediately pull a face, that&#8217;s good enough for us. Incidentally, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.minoans.co.uk/2010/08/26/recording-day-297/</link>
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		<title>recording &#8211; day 287</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If this EP were a Hollywood blockbuster, with a montage of Ian (played by Bernie Mac) turning up a fader and getting nods, smiles and an all-American thumbs-up from me (John Candy), before Aaron (played by a bumbling Jean Reno) falls head first into a tuba and we all fall about laughing, day 287 would [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.minoans.co.uk/2010/08/19/recording-day-287/</link>
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		<title>a minor swell of violins</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It hasn&#8217;t even begun yet, but I can tell it&#8217;s going to be a rambling one, so apologies in advance. EP recording has gathered a little momentum. With cellos in the bag/under our belts/finished, we&#8217;ve started experimenting with violins. Our violinist is another long-term bum-chum, Jamie Parkes. Here he is, doing some parts for my [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.minoans.co.uk/2010/08/10/a-minor-swell-of-violins/</link>
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