Making weekly London to Leicester rail journeys, Sandra Cross secretly taped hundreds of buffet announcements, and edited them into this thirty minute piece. Focusing tightly on the small, and usually unvarying, list of fayre generates a maddeningly mundane musicality. Seven minutes in the unprecedented non-availability of hot drinks suddenly seems catastrophic.
Different announcements, with vastly different emphasis and emotional resonances, can sound indefatigably enthusiastic about the quavers/ water combos, or audibly defeated.
Marking the announcements as individual tracks might have offered the listener infinite random variations, but it seems fitting that we endure this album as the artist intended.
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Spanner, dontstartmeoff.com
Aiden Hearn, Twitter
Aiden Hearn, Twitter
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Cabluigi, Guardian.co.uk
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Al Murray, Comedian
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Pudabaya, beexcellenttoeachother.com
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Rubyshoes, Twitter
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Yukio Mishima, dontstartmeoff.com
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Lee Mack, Mack The Life, 2012
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Anonymous, The Northfield Patriot
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James Dellingpole, Daily Telegraph
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Horatio Melvin, Twitter
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General Lurko 36, Guardian.co.uk
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Ishamayura Byrd, Twitter
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Lancethrustworthy, Youtube
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Alex Quarmby, Edfringe.com
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Nicetime, Guardian.co.uk
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Sweeping Curves, Twitter
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Mrdavisn01, Twitter
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Neva2busy, dontstartmeoff.com
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DVDhth's grandparents, Twitter
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Esme Folley, Actress, cellist, Twitter
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Hiewy, Youtube
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Joskins, Leeds Music Forum
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Foxfoxton, Youtube
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Genghis McKahn, Guardian.co.uk
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Slothy Matt, Twitter
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Dick Socrates, Twitter
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Meanstreetelite, Peoplesrepublicofcork
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Peter Ould, Youtube
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Carla, St Albans, Dailymail.co.uk
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FBC, finalgear.com
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Pnethor, pne-online.com
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NevW47479, UKTV.co.uk
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Dahoum, Guardian.co.uk
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Richard Herring, Comedian
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Someoneyoudon'tknow, Chortle.com
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Zombie Hamster, Twitter
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Tin Frog, Twitter
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Alwyn, Digiguide.tv
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Sam Rooney, Youtube
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Robert Gavin, Twitter
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Anamatronix, Youtube
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Shit Crit, Twitter
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Brendon, Vauxhallownersnetwork.co.uk
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Tweeter Kyriakou, Twitter
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Frankie Boyle, Comedian
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Lenny Darksphere, Twitter
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Emilyistrendy, Youtube
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Dominic Cavendish, Telegraph
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Z-factor, Twitter.
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Leach Juice, Twitter
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John Robins, Comedian
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Peter Fears, Twitter
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Mpf1947, Youtube
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Gmanthedemon, bbc.co.uk
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Microcuts 22, Twitter
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Lents, redandwhitekop.com
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Visualiser1, Twitter
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Tweeterkiryakou, Twitter
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Borathigh5, Youtube
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98rosjon, Twitter
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Dave Wilson, Chortle.com
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12dgdgdgdgdgdg, Youtube
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Karen Laidlaw, Edfringe. com.
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Aaron, comedy.co.uk
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Tres Ryan, Twitter
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Anon, dontstartmeoff.com
Peter Ould, Twitter
Peter Ould, Twitter
Contrapuntal, Twitter
Contrapuntal, Twitter
Anon, BBC Complaints Log
Anon, BBC Complaints Log
BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
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Anonymous, don'tstartmeoff.com
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Anon, westhamonline.com
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Sidsings000, Youtube
Len Firewood, Twitter
Len Firewood, Twitter
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Stuart, Chortle
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Henry Howard Fun, Twitter
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Joycey, readytogo.net
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Maninabananasuit, Guardian.co.uk
Birmingham Sunday Mercury
Birmingham Sunday Mercury
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Iain, eatenbymissionaries
Fairy Pingu, Twitter
Fairy Pingu, Twitter
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Patrick Kavanagh, Guardian.co.uk
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Danazawa, Youtube
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Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph
Brighton Argus
Brighton Argus
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Rudeness, Youtube
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Carcrazychica, Youtube
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A D Ward, Twitter
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Guest, Dontstartmeoff.com
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Neolab, Guardian.co.uk
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Joe, Independent.co.uk
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Cojones2, Guardian.co.uk
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GRTak, finalgear.com
Johnny Kitkat, dontstartmeoff.com
Johnny Kitkat, dontstartmeoff.com
Rowing Rob, Guardian.co.uk
Rowing Rob, Guardian.co.uk
Shane, Beverley, Dailymail.co.uk
Shane, Beverley, Dailymail.co.uk