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Focus Group 11 – MIKA
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MIKA – “Grace Kelly” – Score: 3.68 (17th) – Controversy: 2.59 (14th)
(Females: 10th. Males: 19th. Under 30s: 18th. Over 30s: 15th)
Most like: Take That. Most unlike: FHM High Street Honeyz. (more…)[…]

People Are Strange, Doors Fans Are Stranger aka What’s Up, Cock?
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Want proof? Here are a bunch of Doors fans seeking a pardon for Jim Morrison. Now if you ask me, there is absolutely no forgiveness availible for the heinous crimes committed by the so called Lizard King. Not only was their stoner rock lazy, lacksida[…]

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FT Top 100 Songs: 63: TAKE THAT – Back For Good
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* The recent Take That revival has brought them up as a topic of conversation in my flat. My American flatmate saying to me that she was surprised the Take That had been quite so big over in the UK. I replied that Take That were like Wham!, N’S[…]

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Worst Film Of The Year (so far)
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Last year, no film annoyed me more than All The Kings Men, deathly dull remake of the Robert Penn Warren book, which had already been filmed serviceably. What was wrong with it was an absence of life, and a collection of heritage performances (Sean P[…]

The Rock Of Barnet?
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Every now and then I like to look at the collected quotes of British football as punted on the BBC website to gauge the state of the game. After all football managers are interviewed incessantly, and as a large group of people there are always a few […]

The Knitler Diaries
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I promised to blog this dream last week and failed to. My unconscious has not allowed me to dream since so for the sake of my sanity, if not the world’s, KNITLER MUST LIVE.
“My dream yesterday involved a lot of work stuff, and then work d[…]

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