Archives – 2005 – June – 02  

A Struggle on Two Fronts
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‘No one in France had been taking film seriously. Then people were saying you had to […] that was the the thing we had to do first: force it on people that there was “work,” even if you have to tell them now that they’ve[…]

stravinxsie and the banshees
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long ago i planned to gussy up something abt how everything twadorno sez abt igor s in this book actually better applies to the banshees but IN A GOOD WAY however art is long and life is short and i am v.easily distracted and in the meantime here is […]

Poptimism Preview (Caution Spoilers)
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It’s Poptimism #3 this time next week, Downstairs @ The Polar Bear in SoHo, from 7 till 1. What can you expect? Guest DJ this month is Kate, former Lolly and current Shimura Curve, who will be playing bubblegum and seeking pop at the heart of t[…]

it is an allegory!! an very lame allegory!!
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like you i have been revolted bored sickened and soporifically aghast at the varied dullardoid attempts made to interpret “revenge of the sith” as a fable about bush
actually though i *like* this mode of examination a lot but the basic r[…]

Oh to be in Clitheroe
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…now that spring is here. Or any other season for that matter, as Clitheroe is home to my favourite wine seller, the legendary Byrne’s. Now, I would happily have arsed about with HTML and used their name as a link then, but Byrne’s […]

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