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he probably thinks that if he makes sneery jokes about dido then the kids who read the nme will think lenin is “cool”
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— 17 Jun 2005 mark sinker Comment

and thus, inevitably, a column in which mark steel gamely ploughs his way through a crit of THIS KIND OF THING (viz: Live8 in particular, charity protest in general). Fraid you have to subscribe for the complete “764 words approx” but her[…]

whether the weather is hot…
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— 17 Jun 2005 CarsmileSteve Comment

…or whether it’s p!ssing down, at least glasto weather watch give us something more to read as the excitement increases :)[…]

MY HIDEOUS GLASTO DREAM
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— 17 Jun 2005 mark sinker Comment

i dreamt i wz at glasto!!
we all (inc. me tom and al ewing) wandered disconsolately round this vast huge darkened building, looking for some idea of who might be playing where – it was dank, the floor was ordinary outside-style earth, in humm[…]

Next Stop Utopia
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— 17 Jun 2005 Tom Comment

Music “helps cut crime” sez a Baroness. The reason why there is not much crime at Glasto is surely nothing to do with the enormous fence that keeps the crims out. I am suspicious of the soothing powers of music – trudging across the[…]

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The Wind Whistling Thru My Cavities
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— 17 Jun 2005 Pete Baran Comment

Okay, okay – we will get on to proper science somewhere along the line, not just stuff I read on the side of a bus. But really. Colgate “Oxygen”! I think pseudo-science in cosmetic adverts have reached such a point that Colgate need[…]

COMES A BATMAN (Once again)
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— 16 Jun 2005 Ned Raggett 1 comment

More scattered and general thoughts on ILE but here’s a quick take:
The advantage of knowing the general story of Batman without knowing the details is handily refreshing. It meant that I could and did enjoy everything from That TV Series to t[…]

GUESS MY THzzzz
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— 16 Jun 2005 mark sinker Comment

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My theory of everything
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— 16 Jun 2005 byebyepride Comment

It’s not often that Simon Renolds reminds me of Alexis Petridis, but his 10th June comments on blissblog have a definite echo of Petridis’s Lost in Music Guardian Review cover story from last October. As professional music critics both Re[…]

Lambrini Girls Guide To Sport
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— 16 Jun 2005 Pete Baran Comment

It would appear that Lambrini Girls do not know much about sport. However they
a) like drinking
b) like men
so are more than willing to learn. As long as that learning isn’t too complicated. For example, from the Lambrini Girls Guide to Footbal[…]

Jonathan King’s Theory Of Pop Greatness
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— 16 Jun 2005 Tom Comment

I remembered this in the bath this morning for some reason, and then have been reminded again by mention below.
When JK had a pop column in The Sun during the 80s – tipping among others Carter USM for greatness – he once devoted an entire[…]

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