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THE BETA BAND – Heroes To Zeros
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— 29 Mar 2004 Jess Comment

THE BETA BAND – Heroes To Zeros
“What on Eart will they do next?”, Tom asked, on this very site, way back in ’99. If you had told me then that the answer would be “release a straight up indie rock record” five yea[…]

Worst Prize EVER!
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— 29 Mar 2004 Tom Comment

Worst Prize EVER! Woolworths in Tooting (my most-visited record shop, thumbs up for teleworking) had a refit the other week and relaunched with a special Mother’s Day competition. On entering the shop you were greeted by the huge cardboard face[…]

Only Fools And Horses / Best Sitcoms
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— 29 Mar 2004 Tom Comment

Only Fools And Horses / Best Sitcoms: my views on OFAH are pretty conventional I suspect – very good early on and then getting steadily worse as first Rodney and then Del Boy get hitched. The character of Cassandra at least had comic potential […]

KALMAN BALOGH – “Calusul Dance”
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— 29 Mar 2004 Tom Comment

(aka PopNose3): Also in the Fopp £3 only pile was the album I got this from – Songlines Presents World Music: The #1 Tracks From The #1 World Music Albums Of The Year”. It has a very nasty cover on which totally ordinary card has be[…]

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