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lessons in mise-en-scene
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now everyone’s had their me-too knockabout fun with the locked doors and the doofus look, let’s get to the real question here — where does beijing get off scheduling their visitor’s press conferences on the set of china’[…]

Join us at the end of an era
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Friends, drinkers, publoggers – listen up.
This Wednesday is the end of an era. On Thursday the government opens wide the gates of binge drink anarchy and licensing laws as we know them come to an end. So Wednesday – if you’re in En[…]

World Against Toys Causing Harm
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or WATCH. In particular their annual list of the their top ten most dangerous toys. The list includes some boring choking hazards plus things which look and are designed as weapons which are being used as weapons.
In particular : Thing Hands (used to[…]

Art vs Craft
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I prefer the Primula vs Kraft debate, but nethertheless Stephen Grant here explains why its a bit of a red herring in his opinion in the comics world. Its a nicely balanced piece, clearly going via the detour of punk (well of course) and has the kind[…]

Abba Should Have Waited
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So Madonna’s song Frozen has been banned from Belgium. Not because of its implicit criticisms of the European policy on climate change, but rather that she has lost a plagiarism case on the song in the Belgian courts. Apparently it sounds a fai[…]

Double Deck ‘Er
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I get up from my seat and walk to the stairs at the front. A neatly dressed woman has decided to stand at the top of the stairs so I slow to let her swing out – perhaps she’ll take my seat – but no move does she make. With the usual[…]

Midas Taste
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EDIBLE GOLD LEAF num num.
(But is it really a pie?)[…]

Etiquette Watch
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Field reports of two OUTRAGEOUS breaches of pub etiquette:
1. From the PintJournal of our Glasgow correspondent comes a tale of someone ordering a very expensive wheat beer pint in someone else’s round and then providing a LIST of acceptably pr[…]

irony as history pt 2
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other things that i liked or made me laugh:
i. gambo wipin away a tear when sabbaf were inducted
ii. the general old folks reunion small-world-intit feelin
iii. angus young in LONG PANTS AT LAST!!
iv. p.townshend sounds EXACTLY LIKE (and looks a lit[…]

“tailored” shorts and long boots
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being an mang, and also being the opposite end of the spectrum from “fashionable” i am unsure as to the correct terminology for this au courant item of legcovering, but i know one thing:
ALL YOU LADIES LOOK RIDICULOUS IN THEM
i have only […]

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