Archives – 2005 – August – 26  

Dumber & Dumbest
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Just a quick note that Freakytriggers favouritest of Five television programmes is returning soon. How? After all, the irrepressibly gravel voiced Tommy Vance has gone to the great razor blade gargling parlour in the sky. Who could replace Tommy Vanc[…]

When You Ask Me If I Liked The Movie, The Answer Can Only Be
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Yes.
Sometimes you go and see a film just to dislike it. I think there was a bit of this about me when I went to see Sally Potter’s Yes, a film which proclaimed itself happily as being entirely in verse. And the opening soliloquy from Shirley H[…]

South Central, London
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An addendum to yesterdays NLA post. If you go to the website (or indeed the exhibition) , click on the Changing Face Of London exhibit. Enter, then follow the link to list projects, and finally click on South Central. You get this frank nonsense:
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Food Science Day Warm Up: Beer Science
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An experiment to see what a “Grey Beer” would taste like.
Reagents: 50% Budvar Dark (a traditional Czech Black Beer with strong molasses taste and equally strong alcohol content)50% Kronenberg Blanc (a remarkably citrusy White beer which is also […]

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