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Dare You!
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Dare You!: I’m glad this ILM thread is getting going, I was a bit worried it would die a death, or just turn into people ‘daring’ people to listen to something they know the other would hate. I am not sure I’d have heard to an[…]

Catterick
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Catterick
The new Reeves and Mortimer (writers and stars) sitcom, on BBC3 at present, is for the most part as odd an affair as you’d guess. Lots of strange characters played by a great cast including Matt Lucas, Dennis Healey, Charlie Higson, M[…]

Patriotism Corner
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Patriotism Corner: God bless you, T A Harley! “These pages contain information about one of my favourite interests, the British weather.” He’s not joking either! I’ve already put some of it to ‘good use’ on Popular[…]

Tyrone Davis and a genre’s 10th percentile
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Tyrone Davis and a genre’s 10th percentile
I was listening to a fine old soul twofer, Tyrone Davis’s Can I Change My Mind/Hold Back The Hands Of Time (a bargain at £5 from Fopp) and thinking of recommending it here, which I guess I&[…]

Coming Soon!!! by John Barth: What’s it about?
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Coming Soon!!! by John Barth: What’s it about?
I’m not sure how useful the above question is in general, but it’s something we all ask and I guess almost all reviews try to address it too. I was thinking of this while reading John B[…]

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