Archives – 2005 – May – 20  

Black Lois vs The Hypno-Hustler
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Nominations are open for the I Love Comics best characters of all time poll.[…]

Geeks like Dilbert and Tolkien. Who knew?
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Slashdot poll Favorite fictional place?. I am disgraced as someone who works in IT and didn’t know about Elbonia. Current memes force me to propose CSI: Elbonia at least.[…]

What Fresh Nonsense Is This?
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The science of Eurovision aka most desperate press release since the last one. Have you no shame, BBC Online? (rhetorical qn). Here – speak o revelator!! – are the ‘seven crucial elements’ to Eurovision success:
pace and rhyth[…]

see THIS is where crazy frog’s penis comes in, culture-war-wise
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i sorta plan to post more on this – or maybe not, sigh – but for the moment all i shall say abt that C4 abi titmuss doc is that when mr rod liddle declared that the AT phenom marked the arrival at sensible maturity of british sex, i i had[…]

Birgitta Haukdal – Open Your Heart
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Birgitta Haukdal – Open Your Heart The 2003 Eurovision song contest was notable for several reasons:
– TaTu completely fucking up the performance of their magnificent “Ne Ver Ne Bojsia”, and promptly disappearing forever.
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wigwam reform for eurovision!!
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(it’s a lock!)[…]

Yoda vs Lara Croft
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In Tomb Raider (the game), Lara Croft’s guns are auto-aiming. Basically if she can see it, she can shoot it. This leads to a particular set of moves when she is fighting anyone or any creature particularly difficult. You make her jump around. A[…]

Museum of Pop
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I realised last night that one of the things I enjoy about Eurovision is that it seems like a museum of pop: leaving aside the more ersatz ethnic elements liberally spooned over some of the entrants, this is mostly an extraordinary collage of past an[…]

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