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photo from cycling news © James Huang

Dubbed the ‘Hell of the North’, Paris-Roubaix will see its 108th running this weekend. It’ll be on Eurosport (and probably streamed elsewhere on the internet). If you’re a betting man, my tip would be current hardman-in-form, and winner of recent monument – Ronde Van Vlaanderen, Fabian Cancellara.

a clip from Jorgen Leth’s ‘A Sunday in Hell’, docu feature of the 1976 race:

breathtaking footage. click the video to view on youtube in HD. more over at the BBC site.

Rage Against The Machine is being touted as the anti X Factor single for 2009 - not by the band, though they endorse it (who wouldnt); instead it’s by a protestor (he behind last year’s Jeff Buckley vs Alexandra Burke “Hallelujah” movement). Thoughts?

Join the Facebook group here and sing along: “Fuck you. I wont do what you tell me!” (Except join that Facebook group, natch…)

Buy the tune (‘Killing in the Name’) on iTUNES – 99p – track #2 (click on ‘view in itunes’ on the right) http://bit.ly/ratm-itunes or on PLAY.COM – 70p – it’s the only track on the page http://bit.ly/ratm-play

On the 40th anniversary of the Internet, WE LIVE IN PUBLIC tells the story of the effect it is having on our society as seen through the eyes of “the greatest Internet pioneer you’ve never heard of”, visionary Josh Harris. Award-winning director, Ondi Timoner (“DIG!”), documented his tumultuous life for more than a decade, to create a riveting, cautionary tale of what to expect as the virtual world inevitably takes control of our lives

out 13 november..