Archives – 2005 – October – 15  

kd lang—Dreams of An Everyday Housewife (From the Desperate Housewives Soundtrack)
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— 15 Oct 2005 Anthony Easton Comment

The first season of Desperate Housewives was interesting, well written and decently acted; the whole thing was a game to determine exactly how camp the producer was attempting to be. When it was nominated for Emmys in the Comedy category, it pretty m[…]

And in the dark dark woods there was a dark dark pub
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— 15 Oct 2005 Matt Comment

So I’m off to Bispham Green’s magnificent Eagle and Child for tea this evening. Now this is a pretty old-skool pub, what with big flagstones, low head cracking beams and a troll lurking down the end of the bowling green for all I know (a[…]

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FREAKY TRIGGER BEST OF LISTS: Forlorn Idea Dept
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— 15 Oct 2005 mark sinker 3 comments

the krew rereads the (i think 98) REAL ACTUAL (tranlated) OEUVRES of the NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS FOR LIT startin w. handsome Sully Prudhomme (see below), not so much to discuss and dissect — this will occur naturally — as to see if we can pos[…]

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