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more great things about CSI
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in THE LONG KISS GOODNIGHT (=one of my favourite films), samuel jackson bursts into a room to find the following two people in bed together
and[…]

Day 72: The Israelites
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 LOUSY TUNES
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Egypt was supposed to be a respite for me, a chance to relax after the cattle truck experience and held by the marines. Instead I was remarkably uncomfortable, and I found out why quickly. The part of Egypt I was in was called Memphis. The first, ori[…]

Day 71: Walk Like An Egyptian
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 LOUSY TUNES
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I was taken by the soldiers into custody where I explained how I had gotten into Iraq and what I was doing there in the first place. I was pleased to see that my mission resonated with the marines which surprised me a touch, until one of the chaps ex[…]

Its All Gone See Hear
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When it came out, Its All Gone Pete Tong got very middling reviews. A half arsed stab at a dance music Spinal Tap, six years too late and about a Ibizan scene that had almost died. A comedy with a serious plot, which then undermines both the comedy a[…]

Poptimism – Lesson Two
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Tracks:
New Horizon – John Parr vs Tommyknockers
Marble House – Teh Knife Band (Rex t Dog mix)
Faster Kill Pussycat – Oakenfold feat Britanny Murphy
Ela so pensa em beijar – MC Leozinho
Ihre Personliche Glucksmelodie – G[…]

RoboCup
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Yes, yes the football World Cup. But also in Germany concurrently as if to cash in on the interest in football in that country we have the Robot Soccer World Cup. A great idea, and one which suffers slightly from Robot Wars syndrome. ie You say the n[…]

Bath (Social) Science
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I think I first got a scientific urge from when I was allowed to take baths on my own as a child. Luckily my urges tended away from the biological and towards the chemical, as my main source of experimenting would be with the various shampoos, soaps,[…]

Bob Mitchum for the noughties
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While watching the first half of Down In The Valley, I remembered a couple of reviews saying how much Edward Norton reminded them of Robert Mitchum in this film. I was surprised, and then impressed by their perspicacity, as it is neither resemblance […]

Poor Mia Maestro
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Not only has her regular on-going TV series (Alias) been cancelled, but she gets the non-white treatment in Poseidon. And then, nary a week later she gets kidnapped in Caraccas in Secuestro Express. Though you do get a feeling that this film with the[…]

Day 70: Bombs Over Baghdad
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 LOUSY TUNES
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There are middle class people of my acquaintance, say Bryan Ferry, who think traveling by bus is analogous be being carried in a cattle truck. Having now spent two days in a cattle truck, I can tell them that the number 73, even on the busiest day on[…]

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