My Booty: Tsch! You and your dirty minds. I refer, of course, to my swag from the Victoria Station WH Smiths 3 for £10 CD clearout. A mailing list sighs in relief.
Anyway, I’ve got nothing else to blog about.
What I got:
THE FALL – […]

Stankonia is an unofficial and anticipatory website/weblog dedicated to the upcoming Outkast album (also called Stankonia, by happy uncoincidence). Share the excitement![…]

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