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Punk Metaphor Watch #1: Guess His Theory
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— 14 May 2008 Tom 4 comments

With the biting winds of PUNK ROCK beginning to blow through the Popular comments boxes it’s time to examine the ways in which punk has become institutionalised as a metaphor – starting with Richard Williams on the Guardian football blog:[…]

Brandwatch: Marathon (and on and on)
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— 14 May 2008 Tom 14 comments

Marathon is back! Back!! BACK!! : Mars have cashed in one of their longer-standing “free goodwill” chips by restoring – however briefly – 70s/80s icon Marathon to its brand portfolio (whether it’ll completely replace Sni[…]

A Bite of Stars, a Slug of Time, and Thou – Episode 7
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— 14 May 2008 Elisha Sessions 4 comments

Ken Hollings joins Mark Sinker and Elisha Sessions to talk about “The Tactful Saboteur”, a tale of civil servants and their multi-phase sexual life cycles. Written by Frank Herbert in 1964, it’s read by Elisha at the front of the pr[…]

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