Archives – 2005 – April – 10  

Crick Watch
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— 10 Apr 2005 CarsmileSteve Comment

Newsnight are trying to say that the Crick-copter is there to track down exciting “under the radar” local stories, why then was Thursday’s visit to Sedgefield filled with the same cliches as every other report from the constituency […]

The Most Solo Album Ever
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— 10 Apr 2005 Martin Skidmore Comment

This isn’t about judgements of quality: I just wanted to mention what is surely the soloest album of all time, Boulders by Roy Wood, the great man behind The Move, Wizzard and the only Electric Light Orchestra track I like, ‘10538 Overtur[…]

Poptimism Jumps on the Bandwagon
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— 10 Apr 2005 Alan Comment

…or variations thereof (“It’s not racist to only like indie – but pop is better”) could appear on the back of the flyer for the next Poptimism. But “variations thereof” are also popping up all over the web (n[…]

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