Showing posts with label Royksopp. Show all posts
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Wednesday, 3 June 2026

Another Day #15: National Repeat Day

Today is, I'm presuming in the US, but maybe elsewhere too, "National Repeat Day". 

I'll let them explain...

Ever had an experience that was so amazing, it’s worth doing twice? Or said something so brilliant that it simply bears repeating? Well, that’s exactly what this day is all about.

What?!?

National Repeat Day invites people to lean into the oddly satisfying side of doing something again on purpose. It can be as simple as replaying a favourite song or as ambitious as recreating an entire “best day ever” itinerary.

Was this written by AI? What exactly is "oddly satisfying" about doing something you like again? Why do I need a special day to play my favourite song again? 


See? I can do it whenever I like.


The charm is in the second pass: noticing new details, improving the outcome, or just enjoying the comfort of something familiar.

Shut up now.

A good rule of thumb: repeat what feels joyful or meaningful, not what feels draining. 

Well, d'oh. If I'm repeating what feels draining, isn't that just like every other day of my life?

Repetition can be playful, but it can also be powerful. Athletes repeat drills to get stronger. Musicians repeat scales to get smoother.

Excuse the language, but fucking hell. This is like someone reminding me to breathe in case I forget and turn blue.

Home cooks repeat a recipe until it becomes a signature dish. National Repeat Day simply turns that everyday truth into a theme worth highlighting.

Oh. My. God. Go away. I hate you.











Tuesday, 21 August 2012

My Top Ten Robot Songs


10. Arling & Cameron - Dirty Robot

Covered by The Lemonheads featuring Kate Moss, which might have worked... had it come without the "featuring Kate Moss" bit.

9. The Aliens - Robot Man

The artists formerly known as The Beta Band with their anthem to robot dancing.

8. Go Kart Mozart - I Talk With Robot Voice

Lawrence (of Felt & Denim fame) returned earlier this year with a new album from his third band, including this wonderful hymn to alienation which has him bemoaning his uselessness at humanoid relationships before guiltily confessing: "Yet I admit I'm still susceptible to vaginas." When was the last time Gary Barlow wrote a lyric like that?

7. Guided By Voices - Tropical Robots

It's only 52 seconds long, but it's still quite lovely.

6. Kraftwerk - The Robots

The track which inspired this...

5. Daft Punk - Robot Rock,

...which in turn inspired this...

4. Flight Of The Conchords - Robots

Finally, robotic beings rule the world! The humans are dead...

Binary solo - 000000100001110000111000111111100001010!

3. The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
Those evil-natured robots
they're programmed to destroy us
she's gotta be strong to fight them
so she's taking lots of vitamins

2. Robyn - Fembot

Once you gone tech you ain't never going back

Robyn's got robots on the brain. See also Robotboy and The Girl And The Robot (featuring Röyksopp).

1. Radiohead - Paranoid Android

I remember when this was released, the record company promoted it as Radiohead's answer to Bohemian Rhapsody. I still think that comparison holds true. Like Bo Rap, there's far more going on here than one song can usually hold... and yet, it works.

Back in my Championship Hearts playing days, I went by the moniker 'Marvin': the original Paranoid Android. Life - don't talk to me about life...



Those were the songs that get me robot-dancing... which one gives you a binary solo?


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