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JOHN DICKSON CARR – It Walks By Night
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— 2 Aug 2007 Tom 14 comments

It Walks By Night was the very first book published by Dickson Carr, master of the locked room mystery. I didn’t know this while reading it, but it makes sense: the style is rambling and florid, it feels like a book by someone pleased to b[…]

Intertotal Football
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— 1 Aug 2007 Tom Comment

My adopted* Veikkausliiga (Finnish Premiership) team, FC Honka, seem to be suffering a touch of ‘second season syndrome’, but I don’t mind, as one of my most enjoyable discoveries this summer has been the Football In Finland blog, w[…]

A Poptimist July
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— 1 Aug 2007 Tom 1 comment

 Bonus beats! Here’s a selection of the best discussions from the Poptimists LiveJournal community last month:
 
The ethics of music listing on social networking sites
Where R UK female musicians plz?
Sinatra canon – “Does Poptimi[…]

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