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I Know It’s Crazy But I Can’t Stop
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— 13 Jan 2005 Tom Comment

The Honeycombs, by Dr C
I’m in love with Honey Lantree, and anyone who cares about pop should love her too. Look at the cover of The Honeycombs ‘I Can’t Stop’ – she’s above the boys, looking to the left and slightl[…]

Freaky Trigger End Of Year Pick N Mix
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— 30 Dec 2004 Tom Comment

January
Death Cab: “Boo fucking hoo”
Romo: “how elastic the human mind can be when it’s decided it wants to like something”
February
Super Bowl Halftime Show: “the car commercial featuring Metal Machine Music and g[…]

Down With Skool
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— 5 Dec 2004 HKM Comment

or Don’t Look Back in Anger
Shot during the Prague Spring and released after the Russian invasion, Lindsay Anderson’s ‘If….’ would seem to have earned its parenthetical (1968). With its violent anti-authoritarianism, lon[…]

Who is Jonathan Creek
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— 4 Dec 2004 Alan Comment

“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic” Arthur C Clarke
A 15-year long conspiracy is fighting for its life. The conspiracy, committed by desperate Dr Who fans, permeates the corridors of British television. […]

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Everything They Say About Soul Is Wrong
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— 13 Nov 2004 Martin Skidmore 4 comments

Emotion vs Technique in Soul Music and its Criticism
Does soul music have soul, and does it matter?
Hear or read most people praising soul music, and they’ll be hyping certain qualities, while some others won’t get a mention. ‘Soul&[…]

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The Ultimate Future Shock!!!!!!
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— 31 Oct 2004 Al_Ewing 15 comments

 
? Wait, what?   MORE!! ?
 […]

Whose Cuisine Reigns Supreme?
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— 21 Oct 2004 Nobody Comment

William Crump dines with the Iron Chef

In late 2001 I had just moved back to Mississippi after three and a half years in northern California, where I’d cultivated my gourmandism mostly on the cheap – during trips to the Bay Area, I discovered la[…]

I’LL BE BLOWN (UP) – Ten Reasons Why Terminator 3 Is So Much Better Than Terminator 2
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— 8 Oct 2004 Pete Baran 19 comments

I’ll be the first person to say that the world was not clamouring for Terminator 3. My reason oddly appears to be different to most, since I always thought that Terminator 2: Judgement Day was a bit – well – shit. Superfluous to the streaml[…]

FORTY FILMS
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— 7 Oct 2004 Pete Baran Comment

A List Of Films from 2003
How to write about what I thought were the best forty films of last year. No, scratch that, why am I writing about the forty best films of last year? The simplest answer of course would be that I did it last year and am a co[…]

ILC Comics Poll Nominees
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— 30 Sep 2004 Tom Comment

Official Nominees List (as of 21/10)
NOMINEES
100 Bullets (Azzarello/Risso)1963 (Moore/Veitch/Bissette)2001 Nights (Hoshino)A1 (anthology)ABC Warriors – First Series (Mills/McMahon)Action (anthology)Akira (Otomo)Alec (Campbell)Amazing Spider-Ma[…]

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