Archives – 2003 – September – 05  

Calendar Girls
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— 5 Sep 2003 Martin Skidmore Comment

I’ve no idea whether Calendar Girls is a good film or not, though I’m always content to watch Julie Walters in anything. I’m reacting here without seeing the film. For those who don’t know, it’s about a true story, a cle[…]

The area around Green Park tube has always struck me as a bad one for pubs
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— 5 Sep 2003 Tom Comment

The area around Green Park tube has always struck me as a bad one for pubs, and last night showed that little has changed in the years since I was a regular drinker there. When I worked in Belgravia, there were three distinct types of local boozers &[…]

CLAY AIKEN – “THIS IS THE NIGHT”
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— 5 Sep 2003 fred Comment

CLAY AIKEN – “THIS IS THE NIGHT”
so this all happens because i happen to be listening to erasure; because i heard this clay aiken song on the radio; and because, hey, doesn’t the nylpm redesign look nice? why not bring the sit[…]

What could be better than Van Halen’s Jump?
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— 5 Sep 2003 Alan Comment

What could be better than Van Halen’s Jump? Only 8-bit arcade-game characters in MameJump that’s what. It’s a smashing little flash anim with the Van Halen song as backing, and Donkey Kong on lead vocals. There are plenty of geeky j[…]

I’ve been reading KING MOB
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— 5 Sep 2003 Tim Comment

I’ve been reading KING MOB: The Story of Lord George Gordon and the Riots of 1780, by Christopher Hibbert. I’ve no idea whether it’s a well-regarded pop-history piece or not, but I’m enjoying it despite its rather uneven pacin[…]

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