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So, for some time we've had the concept of the burger league tables. There is a Premier League, for quality burgers, and a Vauxhall Conference[*] for the also-rans. The likes of McDonalds aren't even allowed to play.

I thought I'd written up more of the investigative burger-eating trips here, but it seems that to date I've only had one post tagged "burger league". This surprises me. At present there's a bit of a backlog of recommended new burger bars in London to get through; I need to eat more burgers.

I don't think the league tables have fundamentally altered since that last post - though I'm fairly sure that we permitted Haché (recommended by phlebas) to join the Premier League. GBK has of late rewritten its menu in such a way that it sells almost all the same things it used to, but in a way that seems much less exciting; the burgers are still good, but I don't hold it in quite the same affection these days. It's the most convenient quality burger emporium for where I (now) live, but I'm actually not sure when I was last there.

( A new entry... )

And while we're on the subject of DERT... I don't think I posted much about last year's rapper competition (which we organised), because I was too busy, er, organising it.

However, someone got in touch with us just before the competition, and asked if she could come and make a short documentary about it. The trailer for the film she made is now up on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10150604256509332

(You don't need to be signed in to Facebook to see it)

Do you live in Oxford? Do you have a passing familiarity with city centre pubs? Are you free on March 5th? Would you like to give up your entire Saturday for no money?

( Excellent, sign up here! )

After yesterday's yak shaving, I spent the rest of the day hanging out with a couple of hundred people at the Isis Tavern Farmhouse, at Harvest Festival.

I saw lots of bands[*], listened to the local Green parliamentary candidate talking about the issues of feeding a growing population, and drank some nice beer. It was just like being at a festival, except when the last band came off I walked home to my nice, cosy bed. The sensible people at Truck (who are running the bash) chose this weekend because it's a Harvest Moon, meaning that at midnight it's still light enough to walk up the towpath without risking a dunking.

Anyone in Oxford who's at a loose end today is advised to pop along for the second day - there are still tickets available on the door. Music starts at 1pm. And there's cake!

[*] Moira Smiley, Gabe Minnikin, Stornoway, Hankdogs, Dusty Soundsystem, Piney Gir and the Age of Reason, Coute Diomboulu and Hot Club of Cowtown. No, I hadn't heard of any of them either, but several of them turned out to be very good indeed.