Archives – 2007 – October – 17  

Pop Open Week 12
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— 17 Oct 2007 Tom 1 comment

This week’s tracks are on the theme of the EIGHTIES. As ever, no identification in the comments box please![…]

Shandy In The Way Of Control
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— 17 Oct 2007 Pete Baran 10 comments

Ok, I have not had the time to talk about films here for a while. This is because I have either been
a) Working
b) Watching films
c) Drinking.
Not in that order. Nevertheless like everyone else here I had a mini-essay about Control ready to go, which[…]

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Jim Henson Tribute For Trafalgar Square
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— 17 Oct 2007 Pete Baran 1 comment

So farewell then Alison Lapper. Your reign on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square, annoying my Dad is to end. But you have been a tremendous presence there, reminding us of the power of statuary and the indomitable spirit of motherhood. But what, w[…]

Long Live The Nu-Blogosphere!
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— 17 Oct 2007 Tom 3 comments

(There is no nu-blogosphere, sillies. These people have mostly been going for ages in one form or another, it’s just that this befuddled old veteran hadn’t paid much attention until the roundtable stuff last week prompted him to start l[…]

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