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The Knitler Diaries
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I promised to blog this dream last week and failed to. My unconscious has not allowed me to dream since so for the sake of my sanity, if not the world’s, KNITLER MUST LIVE.
“My dream yesterday involved a lot of work stuff, and then work d[…]

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Focus Group 11 – FALL OUT BOY
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FALL OUT BOY – “This ain’t a scene, it’s an arms race” – Score: 3.48 (18th) – Controversy: 3.23 (2nd)
(Females: 17th. Males: 16th. Under 30s: 17th. Over 30s: 19th.)
Most like: Just Jack. Most unlike: Kaiser C[…]

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Mines a PI – nt
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The pie edition of FT and their loverly lollards was notable for having more research per square inch for any episode. Which was a touch infuriating when I couldn’t get it out and instead fell back on fallacious articles about there being &#822[…]

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lingua franca no longa: the ppl vs pop part 39084570239847
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i. the eggheads at crooked timber wrestle* with the defn of EMO**
ii. phil “wall of sound” spector murder trial begins and no one much notices
*actually they don’t, they just assume that BIG MEDIA doesn’t “GET” the[…]

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Focus Group 11 – GIRLS ALOUD VS SUGABABES
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GIRLS ALOUD VS SUGABABES – “Walk This Way” – Score: 3.18 (19th). Controversy: 2.52 (16th)
(Females: 20th. Males: 17th. Under 30s: 19th. Over 30s: 18th)
Most like: Just Jack. Most unlike: MIA. (more…)[…]

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Focus Group 11 – THE VIEW
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THE VIEW – “Same Jeans” – Score: 2.97 (20th). Controversy: 2.83 (7th)
(Females: 19th. Males: 20th. Under 30: 20th. Over 30: 20th.)
Most like: Just Jack. Most unlike: MIA. (more…)[…]

Freaky Trigger and the Lollards of Pop – Week 14
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PIE from Cornwall. Host Eli, guests Mark, Cis and Pete (and Steve). focus group discussion, Steal the Brain, pi (proof of non-existence of god), Jean Laffite by Puerto Muerte, pi (proof of existance of god), miss you – m-flow etc, corvids specifically magpies, various people lollipop, PIE FOREVER, apple pie a la mode – destiny’s child, big thanks, dreadful cliff hanger, cherry pie – warrant.

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agatha on-screen
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semi-watching the endless marple on TV this weekend, i began to put together a theory of what film and television get wrong about christie (in line, anyway, with what i’ve got from the admittedly slightly skewed selection i’ve read so far[…]

The 11th Freaky Trigger Pop Music Focus Group: Raw Results
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I promised the results would be up on Saturday, and here they are. Detailed scores, instant reviews, correlations and clusters, and implications all to follow.
This is from 39 votes – 32 present at Poptimism yesterday, 7 “postal”. […]

TAKE THE BRAIN: we explore and support the concept of STUPID CHESS
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i. “take the brain” was aggressively marketed in 1970, with ads which mainly (as i recall) featured kids yelling “TAKE THE BRAIN!!” in a “crazy” way, and the pieces being wackily wiggled at the camera. I wz a sucke[…]

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