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IHM Health & Safety watch: THE WATERBOYS “The Whole Of The Moon”
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— 20 Aug 2007 Tanya Headon 3 comments

Mike Scott was not a clever man. For instance, he seems unaware that all he has to do to see the whole of the moon, rather than a crescent, is wait a couple of weeks.
However, the object of his affections in this song is perhaps even more stupid than[…]

It Were All Nerds Round Here When I Was A Lad
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— 20 Aug 2007 Tom 8 comments

Via I Love Comics comes this link to a remarkable collection of pictures from a 1982 comics convention. It’s a parade of earnest men – mostly men – in polyester suits, from a time when even respectability was an aspirational dream f[…]

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— 20 Aug 2007 Pete Baran Comment

“Because Midway Still Aren’t Coming Back.” Well, they did, but they shouldn’t.[…]

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The Unstoppable Power Of The Penguin
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— 20 Aug 2007 Pete Baran Comment

I saw two films on Saturday afternoon. One was the terrific, ruthlessly efficient machine that was The Bourne Ultimatum. There is little to say about it except THE 43 BUS DOES NOT GO PAST WATERLOO STATION. Except for that two second wrench out of an […]

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