here's a hyperdub interview with dj marlboro from a while back, done by andy cummings, the first person to alert me to funk's existence (link via wayne&wax, who is promising to weigh in on the debate, sporadic skirmishes wherein continue to flare up)

got a whole bunch of interesting info on the historical background of the tamil/sinhalese struggle from various sources i've been meaning to stick up here, but since most of the MIA-lovers have now admitted they don't, in all honesty, give even half a shit and really wish people would stop harping on about those "extraneous" politics and leave them to their enjoyment in peace, perhaps i won't bother!