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BLU CANTRELL – “Hit ‘Em Up Style (Oops)”
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— 20 Sep 2009 Tom 3 comments

The signature sounds of the 00s pop boom – all those staccatos, pizzicatos, clicks and bubbles – fix this track in its era even as the central, taunting string figure calls further back to long-ago good times, now soured. “Hit Em Up[…]

The Most Important Game Ever Made #5: Georgebot Is A Playa
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— 20 Sep 2009 Al Ewing & Sarah Peploe Comment

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuCl0Jn_CyY
The Cavern setlist continues with ‘Do You Want To Know A Secret’, another one I’ve not heard before now but apparently originally written by the liverpudlians for Billy J Kramer, according […]

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My Ten Favourite Films Of 2008: 4. Planet Terror
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— 20 Sep 2009 Pete Baran 2 comments

I was initially disappointed to find out that this was not a sci-fi film about some rogue wine makers terraforming a whole planet to make the best wine int he universe. But hey, someone else can make Planet Terroir.
I am not going to use this as an o[…]

The Most Important Game Ever Made #4: That’s What I Want
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— 19 Sep 2009 Al Ewing & Sarah Peploe 1 comment

Second song in, and the band play ‘Boys’, as sung by Ringo Starr. I’ll try and keep it brief this time.
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SHYSTIE – “Nu Style (Dee Kline and Ed Solo Mix)”
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— 19 Sep 2009 Tom 6 comments

This is one of the great contemporary London songs for me, one of the small cross-genre epics the city throws out sometimes, like “Weekender” or “Avenue” in the early 90s – not through any particular lyric but something […]

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My Ten Favourite Films Of 2008: 5: Wall-E
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— 19 Sep 2009 Pete Baran Comment

Why is the UK always the very last territory that Pixar films are released in? What is wrong with our summer holidays that means they shun us? I was in France in July and Up was happily doing what I believe is called Boffo business everywhere. Here, […]

The Most Important Game Ever Made #3: What’s Eating Ringobot
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— 18 Sep 2009 Al Ewing & Sarah Peploe Comment

And so the game proper starts, with one of the Beatles’ most iconic hits:

WAIT WHAT
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My Ten Favourite Films Of 2008: 6: The Fall
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— 18 Sep 2009 Pete Baran Comment

I am a sucker for films about films. The Fall is a film about an injured silent movie stuntman trying to commit suicide. It is a ridiculously opulent film, seemingly pieced together from oblique advertising shots and somewhat portentous in tone. But […]

FALL OUT BOY – “Thriller”
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— 17 Sep 2009 Tom 14 comments

One of the most contentious threads I can remember on ILX was over a blogpost by Ultragrrrl claiming that My Chemical Romance were “this generation’s Nirvana”. OK, the thread was contentious more because Ultragrrrl herself was a div[…]

The Most Important Game Ever Made #2: Oh Boy
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— 17 Sep 2009 Al Ewing & Sarah Peploe 4 comments

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When you pop the disc in the PS3, this is pretty much the first thing you see. And make no mistake, it’s luvverly.
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