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BREAKFAST OF BANALITY 2: TORI AMOS – Cornflake Girl
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BREAKFAST OF BANALITY 2: TORI AMOS – Cornflake Girl
Y Kant Tori Read? Now there is a question – posed by her first and often hidden away “metal” album which remained unanswered for some time. The obvious solution is that she i[…]

Fluxblog
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Fluxblog: not a new music blog, but I’ve not seen it before. Also talks comics. Looks pretty good if only cos it slags off the Warren Ellis Forum in terms I precisely (from my limited knowledge) agree with.[…]

It is inevitable that if Will Smith is in a summer blockbuster
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It is inevitable that if Will Smith is in a summer blockbuster that he will record the theme tune. And from Men In Black to Wickee-Wickee-Wah-Wah-West they have usually been pretty lousy bits of cut and paste eighties pop rap. However he is truly scr[…]

His Wotanic Majesty’s Request
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Some Nordic Bands
In the past, whenever I thought of Nordic music, what came to mind were bands like Bathory, Mayhem, Burzum, and the like. You know the score – lunatic pagan Satanists who delight in baiting trendy people and burning down churc[…]

I have never heard of the
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I have never heard of the Official Landlady of the City of Londons pub. The Rising? The London’s Rising?! Surely they can’t mean the Rising Sun? Any publoggers more in the know than me?[…]

The refurb merry-go-round spins and spins
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The refurb merry-go-round spins and spins and this week paints another publog regular (favourite might be too stiff a word). The Pint Pot is dead, long live The Castle. There was something wonderfully alliterative about inviting someone for a drink a[…]

Wish You Were There
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Wish You Were There: finally, my web account and FTP connection are back, and the Glastonbury 2002 Review can go up. It might be selective but it’s still the best write-up you’ll find – and unlike the NME, our writers actually bothe[…]

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