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Pirate rewind
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— 12 Aug 2006 Andrew Farrell 6 comments

The main problem with sequels, particularly those in the middle of an Actual Trilogy (one part then a bigger sequel cut in half) is trying to figure out what it was in the first film that worked, that gave it the boost which made your terrifying oppo[…]

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prøg pub tribunal: jerüsalem årty choke division
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— 12 Aug 2006 mark sinker 27 comments

ok so p^nk s the high lord sükråt cunctør* took plebian form at the JERUSALEM TAVERN** to dally with the puissant lords woebot and kpunk and duke pill of box, plus also another fellow called matt who HAF NO BLOG TITLE :0 but was instrumental in ge[…]

Must we throw this filth at our fringe kids?
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— 12 Aug 2006 CarsmileSteve 8 comments

My god, what an appalling, patronising, ill-informed, load of tosh The Edinburgh Show (spin off from The Culture Show) was last night (BBC2, in the Late Review slot). The Ron Mueck piece was the worst piece of contemporary art “reviewing”[…]

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