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PRESENTERATOR
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— 31 Jul 2004 WBS Comment

PRESENTERATOR
a new semi-regular thing rating the television presenters of current-day Britain
#1: MIKE “Weapons That Made Britain” LOADES
Mike Loades, according to a brief and slightly half-arsed Googling wot I just done, is a fight chor[…]

AN OBLIQUE AND I HOPE NON-RANCOROUS RESPONSE TO
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— 31 Jul 2004 mark sinker 1 comment

AN OBLIQUE AND I HOPE NON-RANCOROUS RESPONSE TO BLISSBLOG’s LONG NON-RANCOROUS RESPONSE to etc (zzz)
While tidying up at Stone Lanes, I reread Teach Mark S a Lesson: Louis Prima. As it’s set long ago, it doesn’t strictly speaking a[…]

WHAT ALIENS MIGHT BE LIKE pt something-or-other
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— 31 Jul 2004 mark sinker Comment

WHAT ALIENS MIGHT BE LIKE pt something-or-other [isn’t this a PBS series?]
On the whole science fiction novelists are no more convincing (though maybe more inventive) than science fact dreamers. Frank Herbert is the exception.[…]

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THE SQUARE TABLE 8 / The Streets – “Dry Your Eyes”
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— 31 Jul 2004 Tom 1 comment

POP FACTOR: 839 CONTROVERSY RATING:
“Was I ever in love? I called it love.
I mean, it felt like love.
There were moments when –
well –
There were moments when.”
8 (Tom)
The Streets finally have indie cred here. Painfully hip […]

I’ll wager xwaxboz quatloos on the newcomer
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— 31 Jul 2004 mark sinker Comment

“I’ll wager xwaxboz quatloos on the newcomer“: [v.long post alert]
Aliens in SF movies are mostly humans in rubber suits for a good practical reason. But since humans read books to find out about themselves, aliens in SF novels are[…]

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