Archives – 2005 – October – 17  

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THE FT TOP 23 UNEXPLAINED PHENOMENA No.16: WHEN GRAVITY GOES MAD!!
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All around the world, there are mountain roads where drivers can ease off the car brakes and wheee!! They coast happily UPHILL hurrah. Explanationist “surveyors” — and other similar shills for the frightened Scientific Establishment[…]

Doing Exactly What It Says On The Tin
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I am not sure why I bought a tin of Campbell’s Condensed Cream Of Mushroom Sauce a few months ago. Perhaps it was on special. Perhaps it was for the design. It was unlikely to be for the soup. Maybe it was the “Base of 1000 Meal’s&#[…]

Day 51: The Bush
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 LOUSY TUNES
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It was refreshing to be on a new continent: North America had been getting me down. Also their alcohol measurements were very stingy, whereas here in Australia I had discovered something called a Schooner, which made a tolerable gin measurement.
My g[…]

Captain Jack And The Gay Agenda!!!
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I was convinced, what with the resounding success of the character of flirty bisexual cad from the future Captain Jack, that the BBC would spin him off. And, lo and behold, they have. However rather than having him conquering time and space in his ti[…]

The FT Top 100 Songs Of All Time No.77
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Depeche Mode – “Just Can’t Get Enough”
Depeche Mode are a curious lot in that they’ve made a lot of entertaining singles in which you can plainly see the seeds of their future complete awfulness: for much of the band&#82[…]

POPTIMISM #6 Giveaway CD Tracklisting
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The theme this month was cover versions, so if you got a copy of this, here’s what you heard, and if you didn’t, well, you can go and make your own. Apologies for the serious lack of ‘flow’ on this disc!
1. JOAN JETT – &[…]

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