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Sam Diss

Sabotaging since 1 Jan 2012

Sam is a twenty-one year old writer and filmmaker from London, but living in Essex. He likes film, television, FIFA13 and bidding for Sarah Records vinyl online while drunk off his face on Mount Gay rum at 4am. Follow him on Twitter @SamDiss..

My Articles

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Film

Jesse Eisenberg Has The Most Awkward Interview Ever

The Social Network star Jesse Eisenberg manages to COMPLETELY misjudge flirting and only succeeds in having the world’s most awkward interview.

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Football

5 Technical Players West Ham Have To Sign In The Summer

After a few shaky spells West Ham’s safety in the Premier League looks secured for another season, here’s the players who could help both the style and that difficult season…

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Football

Luis Suarez: Keane, Diouf & 5 Bans That Should Have Been Longer

With Luis Suarez today being handed a massive ten game ban for having a nibble at Branislav Ivanovic, we have a quick look at some of the Premier League’s worst offenders who got off lighter.

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Video Games

FIFA 13: The 5 Most Infuriating Things About EA’s Masterpiece

I’ve lost months of my life playing the last FIFA and I love it. But these things really get my goat…

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Music

10 Forgotten West Coast Hip-Hop Classics

With summer beckoning, we dig through the crates and find some of the lesser-known jams from the sunny West Coast.

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Football

West Ham Fans Have To Grow Up And Accept A Physical Approach Is Best

There was a mixed reaction from fans when Allardyce joined, but for West Ham to make progress, they have to play to their strengths and forget the West Ham way…

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Music

How The Knife Dived Headfirst Up Their Own Arse

The Swedish electro-weirds have just dropped their fourth album, and true to form it’s a tricky, often indigestible, collection…

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Music

Ghostface Killah: Twelve Reasons to Die Reviewed

The Wu-Tang master sensei is back, this time with help from Adrian Younge. Twelve Reasons to Die is a risky horror-western concept album. But does the original twist stand up as a hip hop classic?

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Music

To Kill A King On Guerilla Gigs & Not Being Coldplay

The orch-folk band have just released their first album, and take a lot of pleasure in being a bit different…

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Music

Johnny Marr Live: A True British Great Who Will Not Go Quietly

The former Smiths axe-man released a popular album this year, and live is as arresting a proposition as ever…

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Music

The Top 5 Outdated Rap Lyrics

Referencing pop-culture probably seemed like a good idea at the time but, in retrospect, it can make things end up sounding hilariously quaint…

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Music

Woodkid: From Lana Del Ray Videos To Superstar Solo Artist

He’s most well-known for making the iconic ‘Blue Jeans’ promo, but with his new album is poised to find his own success in front of camera…

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Music

Kanye West Live: Some Cruel Summer in Cold Winter

Bombastic, bolshie, but still brilliant, Kanye West played a massively over-priced one-off gig at the Hammersmith and I was there to take in the god-king’s “wisdom”…

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Music

Yo La Tengo: Your Favourite Band’s Favourite Band

They are hailed as indie darlings the world over, and their new album only solidifies this status…

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Music

Emeli Sandé: From Critics’ Choice to Public Enemy

From the high of bookending Olympics’ Ceremonies, to the low of dreaded X Factor live shows, Emeli Sandé has gone from Critics’ Choice to Public Enemy in one rollercoaster year.

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Lists

5 More American Sitcoms You Need To Watch (But Have Probably Never Heard Of)

Bored of the lack of interesting sit-coms on television? Can’t bare to see Miranda fall over again? Then have no fear, because these great American sitcoms will have you bursting at the sides…

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TV

Is Derren Brown Himself The Placebo of Fear and Faith?

Derren’s latest stunt sees him trick people into forgetting fear, but is it just his TV personality that makes the magic happen?

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Lists

The Best New York Rap Discoveries of 2012

After many years of ignominy and anonymity, 2012 has been something of a renaissance for NY rap. Here’s a run-down of our top five discoveries coming out of NY this year…

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Music

Cat Power- Sun: It’s Like She’s Never Been Away

The follow-up to The Greatest has been 6 years in the making for Power; how does it shape up to her previous releases?

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Music

The Vaccines – Come Of Age: Britain’s Biggest Indie Band Grow Up (A Bit)

Their first record arrived in a storm of hype, and they’ve since played every festival and venue in the country, but can their second album prove they are more than just 1-shot wonders?

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Music

Jessie J Live Review: “Pop Music As It’s Supposed To Be”

She’s slowly making her name as the UK Queen of Pop, but would she deliver live on the promise of her early singles?

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Football

Five Things We Learned From Wrestlemania 28

The biggest night of the wrestling calendar came and went with memorable moments and many lame ducks. Today’s WWE is in a state of turmoil, perfectly exhibited at Wrestlemania XXVIII.

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People

In Defence Of Kony Flasher Jason Russell

Sending chills down the spine of every young male, the plight of Jason Russell, co-founder of the plucky Invisible Children organisation, proves once and for all: there is no safe haven for masturbators.

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Film

10 Comedy Tweets That Saved The Oscars

With Billy Crystal going through the same old motions and Sacha Baron-Cohen ejected, it was left to the Twittersphere to rescue The Oscars…

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TV

Channel 101: The Unavoidable Future Of Comedy

Sick of network shite that fails to hit the straps with a massive budget? Then check out Channel 101, the most democratic comedy website and film festival you’ll read about this year…

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TV

5 American Sitcoms You Need To Watch (But Have Probably Never Heard Of)

Tired of bemoaning the lack of interesting sit-coms on television? Think they don’t make them like they used to? Ready to shoot yourself in the face if you see Miranda Hart win another award? Then have no fear… There are options out there, if you can find them…

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Football

7 Things We Learnt From Royal Rumble XXV

Sheamus was last man standing on a night that saw Big Show drop some WMDs, but what else did we learn from the WWEs second-biggest event on the calendar?

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Music

Introducing Childish Gambino

A dingy, cramped Shoreditch basement: the appropriately titled CAMP was the perfect venue for self-effacing hipster rapper Childish Gambino in his first London gig upon releasing his first album Camp.

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Film

The Good, Bad And Ugly Of The 2012 Oscar Nominations

The nominations have been announced! Collect your gowns from the dry cleaners, dust down that tuxedo, it’s time for this year’s Oscars . . .

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People

When Schtick Comes Unstuck: The Rise And Fall Of Ricky Gervais

He’s been known to hail himself as “Britains Best Comedian” and at one time he might have been right, but the years have not been kind to Ricky Gervais and now his jokes have become predictable and flat.

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Music

Don’t Believe The Hype: From Lana Del Rey to Tyler The Creator

I have failed to fall under the Lana Del Rey spell… she might have bags of mystique but to me she’s dead behind the eyes. Sick of the social-media created music stars, I’m wading through the hype to try and find the music.

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