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“Peace and Love… or nothing at all”
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“Peace and Love… or nothing at all”: trolls (or critics?) make poor George Michael shut his web forum. A salutary tale for these ILX-less times.
Incidentally – a pitiful plea here – if you’re among the people who&#[…]

This is nepotism not music
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This is nepotism not music but oh well…
GO AND VISIT MY BROTHER’S BLOG.
k thx.
cheap larff at expense of well-known music site, c/o Clap Clap Blog. I know we shouldn’t, but it’s been ages.
Jess finishes his tour of duty. Thank[…]

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HOW TO MAKE A MESS
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HOW TO MAKE A MESS
1/ Witness arrival of spare Pret food in office, following ‘power breakfast’ attended by boss.
2/ Notice that Pret Cherry Smoothies v.unpopular, take one for later consumption.
3/ Forget about Pret Cherry Smoothie.
4/ G[…]

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The Square Table: 1 / Rachel Stevens – “Some Girls”
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The Square Table: 1 / Rachel Stevens – “Some Girls”
Pop Rating: 723 Controversy Score: 205 Length: 213
He almost botches it. This is Richard X’s big shot at writing a Pop Classic and when Rachel’s vocals glide dispassion[…]

You can get Unicum
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You can get Unicum in the Tiroler Hut in Westbourne Grove. You can also get this:

Num num.[…]

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Is
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Is this the nastiest liquor in the world? The web sez: a unique taste based on 40 secret herbs and spices. Your publog correspondent sez: hurrah, at last a drink based on fermented earwax![…]

Will any of the Beatles make it to 64?
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Will any of the Beatles make it to 64?*
Answer: yes. Ringo did 2 days ago. Good work Ringo. Coincidentally last night I was with colleagues in a restaurant and we were playing a quiz-based drinking game. If you got a question wrong you had to drink a[…]

DIZZEE RASCAL – “Stand Up Tall”
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The new Dizzee Rascal single (“Stand Up Tall”) is very pop, very fast, pretty incoherent, more “Lucky Star” than anything else he’s done, and the backing reminds me more than anyone else of… Komatrohn![…]

Alas Hits
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Alas Hits: to while away a journey recently I bought a copy of Smash Hits. I am so far outside the target market for SH as to be on an entirely different archery range, so the following grumblings can, maybe should be dismissed as the drool of a sad […]

Who’s a posh boy then?
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Who’s a posh boy then?: parrots invade the London suburbs![…]

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