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Somebody wrote in
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Somebody wrote in reminding me to name the Tooting curry house we liked so much (see below), so here we go…
Shahnaz Indian Cuisine, 102 High Street Tooting
“To avoid disappointment please reserve a table” it says here but Pumpkin Pu[…]

J.C.CHASEZ – “A.D.I.D.A.S.”
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J.C.CHASEZ – “A.D.I.D.A.S.”
Everybody’s going on about this song at the moment, and they’re quite right. Something I like about it: one-note choruses aren’t uncommon in pop but the way Chasez grates his voice for t[…]

I swear I had no idea
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I swear I had no idea that Marcello had laid into 1985 when I put Red Box in my Top 12 just now. He really has a go at that particular single, as well. Maybe I’m the only person who likes it: I’ll admit I gulp slightly at its bug-eyed pos[…]

Level Playing Field
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Level Playing Field: I’ve rearranged the blogs section so that there’s no more ‘ten favourites’ stuff going on – apologies if your hits drop as a result of this but it seemed a bit self-important.
On the other hand comme[…]

Menko New Nintendo DS Console Annoucement!!
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Menko New Nintendo DS Console Annoucement!!: It’s NEW CONSOLE TIME, which will herald ”an unprecedented approach to video game play. Holding two separate game screens in the palm of your hand hits the scene later this year when Nintendo i[…]

Black And White is a lot more engrossing than its cookie cutter equal rights presentation would suggest
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Black And White is a lot more engrossing than its cookie cutter equal rights presentation would suggest. Yes, the film is just a dramatisation of the courtroom battle that abolished capital punishment in Southern Australia, but the story has a slight[…]

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