Archives – 2011 – February  

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RIP
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— 23 Feb 2011 mark sinker Comment

Nicholas Courtney, born in Egypt in 1929: spoke French and Arabic. My favourite regular Who character — and I doubt I’m alone in that.[…]

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guess my theory: nothing unpredictable here dept
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— 21 Feb 2011 mark sinker Comment

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“build a better TARKUS
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— 19 Feb 2011 mark sinker 9 comments

… and the world will beat a path to your door” — Ralph Waldo Emerson Lake and Palmer*

Rare photo of official stage prop being repaired, April 1973. From ELP official band archive, via Flickr.
Photo credit: Richard Kneubuehler.
*I felt[…]

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very belated xmas mashup: oh, whistle! and i’ll come to you MR BRIGGS
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— 6 Feb 2011 mark sinker Comment

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