Archives – 2005 – May – 11  

Finally: A reason for Liverpool to win the Champeens League
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— 11 May 2005 Pete Baran 1 comment

Mel C will get a Liver Bird tat on her arse. Finally Steven Gerrard will pull his finger out with an incentive like that.
Oh, and does anyone want to tell UEFA that the Champions League, isn’t, like, a league at all. It’s a cup competitio[…]

PAGAN BABIES – Elmore Leonard
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— 11 May 2005 Pete Baran Comment

You don’t expect an Elmore Leonard book to start in Africa. Perhaps that is the point. The first five chapters of Pagan Babies is set in Rwanda, and is pretty much about the massacres. Admittedly it told me nothing I did not already know about […]

CHARITY WAR
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— 11 May 2005 Pete Baran Comment

Spotted in the Head Of Steam last night (pub one of three for me) – a new style of hi-rise charity box. In a wooden frame there were five perspex boxes all labelled with their respective charities. The HoS said they would double any money given[…]

Moments In Hate: Neneh Cherry – “Buffalo Stance”
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— 11 May 2005 Pete Baran Comment

Okay, if we can have Moments In Love and/or Martin’s Great Moments then can we have the opposite. Moments in songs that you hate with a passion. You might hate the song completely due to that moment, or, as in this case just get your teeth set […]

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