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A disappointing selection of album covers purporting to be the worst ten ever made
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All of them involve some sort of portraiture or action shots of people. These ten are all quite badly posed, titled and presented, but I feel uncomfortable about also pointing and laughing at ugly and/or poorly dressed people. And surely every l[…]

The Nags Head, Kinnerton Street, London SW1
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The Nags Head, Kinnerton Street, London SW1: A lot of the pubs we write about here have unpromising exteriors but great atmospheres. This is a pub which looks great and has a really promising, trad-boozer interior but feels lifeless. Its position in […]

It is going to be a long day.
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It is going to be a long day. XFM on in the office and already they’ve played “Size Of A Cow”.
Reciprocal linking leads me to this breezy blog.
Just heard an advert for TSB – “You don’t still play your first record[…]

hawking
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hawking RECANTS!!
sorry pbs a bit a slow on this (meanwhile, back in the royal shrewsbury hospital mid-week, it wz reported in the papers so mark s had to explain it to a recuperating mum s) (here is he told her, tho preposterous has simplified a bi[…]

State Of The Music Industry
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State Of The Music Industry: it’s fair to say you probably haven’t read a music blog quite like this one before.[…]

Possibly the greatest advantage of working with international students is…
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Possibly the greatest advantage of working with international students is the exposure to international snack foods that comes with them. Recently I have eaten home-made Iranian sweets (actually too sweet for me despite much good will and obvious au[…]

THE THRILLS – Not For All The Love In The World
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THE THRILLS – Not For All The Love In The World
Theh AWL SOWNDID THUH SAY-EEEEEEMMM… yes, last year The Thrills really were the runts of the litter, weren’t they? Incessantly pushed by Radio 1’s New Sound Of Not Quite Able To […]

When the going gets TOUGH.
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When the going gets TOUGH.
The TOUGH – gets going.
 
Why did no-one tell the ten year od me that this song was about rough sex? Its far too filthy for Boyzone.[…]

Chelsea
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Chelsea
Of all the stupid money being thrown around by Chelsea, the two Argentines are the ones I really can’t get to grips with. Now, neither Crespo or Veron took the Premiership by storm. At a cost of over ’30m, that’s a big waste[…]

Double, err, thingy
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Reading two or more books at once is an often confusing but interesting thing to do, particularly if the two inform each other in amusing and/or startling ways, or if you can make a funny title out of combining them.
At the moment I’ve got Ann[…]

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