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After the relative aesthetic success
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After the relative aesthetic success of “ABBA in Hindi” I was delighted when someone on Slsk was sharing something called ABBA Metal. Readers prone to stereotyping will be delighted to discover that this CD comes from Germany, spiritual h[…]

When is a tourist attraction not a tourist attraction?
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When it has Arbeit Macht Frei written above the entrance and harbours the apparatus for millions of executions. Auschwitz has been open to the public for a good number of years. Do you need to justify a visit? I guess some tourists have a conscience[…]

Lumbering propaganda piece
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Lumbering propaganda piece Hero is of high interest if you like colour-coded interior design or CGI madness involving arrows. Otherwise it’s gorgeous cobblers, a waste of five or six great pop videos. The portentious narrative style may be an a[…]

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  1. "at one point a character literally dusts him". That part was hilarious!

  2. "Dave Sim sticks the landing." That is my feeling too. As frustrating and borderline unreadable as the last 50 issues…

  3. One thing I think you missed and one thing I have to shamefacedly admit: 1) The Krazy Kat homage, brief…

  4. " ... it’s also an ominous indication of where he’s going as a creator. He’s laying out dialogue so as…

  5. LOL - I'm reading through these, and the "Jaka's Story" one drew my first reaction, and in it I said…