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I Thought Uncles Were Relatives
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Did you ever have a friend of your parents who was called an Uncle? (Don’t worry, I am not going down that particular paedophile route here.) A mate of your Dad’s who, when you later found out the true definition of Uncle made you feel as[…]

My Glastonbury Highlight
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There will be much, much more on this front but from a pure visceral piece of musical fun there was really only one place to be in Glastonbury. That was the Roots stage in the Dance Village which unfortuantely also seemed to only ever have about thir[…]

The Glastonbury Drive
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There are other ways to Glastonbury, and I have used pretty much every one. The train does not differ hugely from the coach experience, except if you get on one of the full ones you won’t have a seat and it will be a bit cattle trucky. But the […]

Sports Highlight Of The Year
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Its that time again when the best sport is on the box. No, not the television, I mean your computah box. Because its Wimbledon (which I usually hate) and that can mean but one thing.
The Return Of The ILx Wimbledon Thread
Join you host Mike Jones and[…]

E= MC Hammer
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“Einstein would have loved Glastonbury” However said scientist is not sure if he would have loved the mud. Equally said scientist gives no real concrete evidence of WHY Albert would have loved this hippy festival. Still, this is science: […]

Well Sodom & Gomorrah are in the Bible
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Loony Christian Channel 4 Chief Executive Thinks Big Brother Is A Religious Program Or Something.
“Big Brother winners are all role models in their way, not only because over past series they’ve included ethnic minorities, a gay man, a t[…]

Quote Redeems Banal Story
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Is someone on anti-crack at the Ananova offices? In a relatively tedious quirky entitled “Thief Falls Asleep“, is the pure gold of the final line:
Police spokesperson said: “It is like Goldilocks on gin”.
And suddenly the whol[…]

Different blog, same theme
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In this month of piss, I am happy to see that even the BBC is helping us out. This thought provoking piece on the same of a number of paintings done by chimps has the wonderful sub-heading Piss Paintings.
Thought provoking, because art is seen to be […]

The Madchester Murders
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Not going to add anything to the various mentions of Batman Begins round here but rather to confirm an interesting casting choice. Mr Zsaz, a relatively minor member of Batman’s rogue gallery, whose ginnick is killing people and cutting himself[…]

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Films about films (no-one has seen)
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Last week saw the release of not one, but two films about previous films. And I don’t mean Batman Begins (which should be retitled Batman Starts for Essex). Inside Deep Throat, a documentary about the making of and the effect of notorious porn […]

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