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SENSES OF SHAME – Smells Like Teen Spirit
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SENSES OF SHAME – Smells Like Teen Spirit
In 1991 rock was at its lowest ever ebb. Forget the ironic reappraisal of hair metal: it stank. Little did I know things would soon get even worse. The title of “Smells like Teen Spirit” com[…]

SENSES OF SHAME Touch Me- Samantha Fox
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SENSES OF SHAME
Touch Me- Samantha Fox
In many ways Samantha Fox wanting us to touch her should not surprise us. As the most famous Page 3 girl the Sun ever had, she was certainly used to being seen. What difference would a bit of touching make? Well[…]

SENSES OF SHAME
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SENSES OF SHAME
People often ask me if I would be happier deaf. That is the kind of sensitive talk that passes as conversations in the gin-haunts of Bloomsbury and Finsbury, and yes I suppose if music and banal conversation is all I get then deafness[…]

LIES AND THE LYING LIARS ETC.
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LIES AND THE LYING LIARS ETC.
NEWS FEED: Bono says U2 have deal with fans. Two crap albums and they are out.
Surely they have reneged on this deal then. Back in 1981 when they released October. Take this to the High Courts now, a deal is a deal.
In o[…]

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  2. Count me as one of the people oddly affected by issue 300. Although... The thing I most remember about this…