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Pop Notes
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Rescued from a LJ comments box, about the Rachel Stevens album (and the Girls Aloud one):
“That is kind of the problem though, it’s a terrific album partly because it’s a series of little revived micro-genres (‘the Bucks Fizz […]

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MY BIG POT Day 4 – with pictures
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MY BIG POT

WHAT IS INSIDE MY BIG POT

As you can see I am barely using the capacity of MY BIG POT at the moment, and the contents at the moment will probably last two days tops. This is due to it taking a slight hit last night when I got in from the[…]

Comics Lie To Tom, Again
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Cloning scandal
I am somewhat disappointed in Professor Hwang Woo-Suk, even beyond the ethical considerations a disgraced cloning genius should not be saying:
“I am very sorry that I have to tell the public words that are too shameful and horri[…]

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The end of an era
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aka (Ring the fucking bell)
I don’t think anyone has ever anticipated the ringing of last orders as we did last night in the Lyric. A tiny pub opposite the Windmill Theatre (soon to be subject of a film which has Bob Hoskins naked in it), it is[…]

The great West Lancashire Pub Crawl / Hike
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What with the weather being cold but dry, your intrepid correspondent spent yesterday hiking across many a field in the interests of healthy exercise. The effect of which was rather ruined by the pubs visited at along the route. However, in the inter[…]

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