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Film 2Oh!!: Truth Is Messier Than Fiction
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— 15 Aug 2011 Pete Baran 2 comments

Clearly I am massively behind on this project, as is often the way with FT projects. But whilst there is usually something interesting to say about any film, sometimes there is not MUCH interesting to be said. So here is a stab at quickly trying to s[…]

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LIVE BLOG: Pictures Of Bankers With Heads In Hands
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— 5 Aug 2011 Pete Baran 20 comments

Whilst the threat of a Double Dip Recession is nothing to make light of, there is at least one aspect fondly remembered from 2008. Like the gurningly beautiful twins on A-Level result day, there is only one way our online news sources know how to cel[…]

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Guess my theory!
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— 3 Aug 2011 Katie G 2 comments

(for full story about THE MULTIVERSE see here)[…]

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Which Decade Is Tops For Pops 2011: the Number 5s
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— 2 Aug 2011 Mike Atkinson 43 comments

1961: Warpaint – The Brook Brothers (video) (lyrics)
1971: Mozart Symphony No 40 – Waldo de los Ríos (video)
1981: Grey Day – Madness (video) (lyrics)
1991: Sailing On The Seven Seas – OMD (video) (lyrics)
2001: Get Ur Freak […]

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Secrets and Pies
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— 29 Jul 2011 enitharmon 10 comments

When I persuaded Tom, several years ago now I think, to give me privileges to post to FT he was curious about what I would contribute.  So, it turns out, was I; most of the popular culture bases I know much about – music of course, crime fiction, […]

Martin Skidmore
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— 28 Jul 2011 Tom 25 comments

Martin Skidmore, our friend and long-term Freaky Trigger contributor, died of cancer on Wednesday. He was 52.
There is an awful lot you could say about Martin. He was a terrific fellow – even he didn’t seem to realise how kind and smart h[…]

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Which Decade Is Tops For Pops 2011: the Number 6s
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— 27 Jul 2011 Mike Atkinson 49 comments

1961: Are You Sure – The Allisons (video) (lyrics) (Lena’s write-up)
1971: Hot Love – T.Rex (video) (lyrics) (Popular entry)
1981: Can You Feel It – The Jacksons (video) (lyrics)
1991: Born Free – Vic Reeves & The Ro[…]

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Which Decade Is Tops For Pops 2011: the Number 7s
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— 22 Jul 2011 Mike Atkinson 33 comments

1961: Don’t Treat Me Like A Child – Helen Shapiro (video) (lyrics)
1971: Remember Me – Diana Ross (video) (lyrics)
1981: This Ole House – Shakin’ Stevens (video) (lyrics) (Popular entry)
1991: Senza Una Donna (Without A […]

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Film 2Oh!!: Pastiche With A Side Order Of Gore
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— 20 Jul 2011 Pete Baran Comment

38: Hobo With A Shotgun (Movie)
I have no sensitivity to gore. Blood can spurt out of wounds on film like Old Faithful and the more it spurts the less sensitive I am. Guts can fall out of bodies and it might even push a giggle out of me. The moment s[…]

It’s Not The Beer That’s Sexist, Just The People Selling It
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— 18 Jul 2011 Pete Baran 12 comments

Another year, more whizzy ideas from the big international beer companies. Yet again returning to that old bugbear, why don’t women drink more beer? Of course you could just give up on trying to make people drink stuff they don’t want to […]

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