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End-Times Economics
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— 8 Dec 2004 Tom Comment

End-Times Economics
The Good News! We (well, those of us who were interested) have got our tickets for Gurls Aloud at the Hammersmith Apollo on May 28. See you there poppists!
The Other News: Apparently after booking fees etc. are taken into account […]

“time to give yrself into strange gods’ hands”
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— 8 Dec 2004 mark sinker Comment

“time to give yrself into strange gods’ hands”: or how an IT GUY saved my BACON at the mere small cost only of the sacrifice of my DIGNITY hurrah ugh groo
mark s (by email): dear lovely IT Guy One , IT Guy Two says you sometimes un[…]

Does the umpteenth rehashing of rockism-bashing get your blood boiling?
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— 8 Dec 2004 HKM Comment

Does the umpteenth rehashing of rockism-bashing get your blood boiling? Not as much as rockism itself, and the upcoming NFT ‘Easy Riders, Raging Hormones I [Heart] the ’70s’ Fest provides plenty of that. The programme notes posit an[…]

Charity Update
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— 8 Dec 2004 Tom Comment

Band Aid 20 is now squatting atop the charts and I feel I can safely bring an end to my “History Of Band Aid” charity appeal. If you recall it involved me giving a pound to charity for every link this got. The links keep trickling in and […]

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I was a touch hasty in stating there were no amputee/one-armed players…
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— 8 Dec 2004 Pete Baran Comment

I was a touch hasty in stating there were no amputee/one-armed players in top flight football. H’kan S’derstjerna, a Swede who is a key player for Fredrikstad FK – as pointed out by OleM in the comments box below.
The EA Sports FIF[…]

THE ADVENT CALENDAR OF CHRISTMAS FILMS 8: It’s A Wonderful Life
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— 8 Dec 2004 Pete Baran Comment

Come on, did you really think this would not make the list? (I tried my hardest to veto it out of contrarianism…) Does this need to be a Christmas film at all? The plot would work at any time of the year. That said, the Christmas setting does p[…]

Napoleon Dynamite as a film is a canvas
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— 8 Dec 2004 Pete Baran Comment

Napoleon Dynamite as a film is a canvas stretched thinly over its 86 minute running time. Nevertheless as a comedy where nearly all the laughs rely on the deadpan responses of its characters to the other grotesques in the film, it is remarkably succe[…]

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The Advent Calendar Of Comics: Dec 8
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— 8 Dec 2004 Tom Comment

The Advent Calendar Of Comics: Dec 8[…]

Good news for all you lefthanders out there.
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— 8 Dec 2004 Barry Comment

Good news for all you lefthanders out there.
If widespread hand-to-hand combat breaks out in your society, you’re likely to flourish!
The side effects include reduced lifespan, low birthweight and increased incidence of immune and nervous disor[…]

ILXor.com is back!
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— 8 Dec 2004 Ned Raggett Comment

ILXor.com is back! — just a quick report to note that Andrew has scrounged up the source of the problem and put in a hopefully sufficient enough temporary fix for the moment. Rah![…]

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