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SOMETHING CORPORATE
London Mean Fiddler |
| Singing
midgets & piano punk-pop. |
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| I
don’t think I’ve ever heard a midget sing before.
Saying that it’s not like I’ve ever really known
any midgets; but this little guy just to the side of me was
singing his heart out. This is the uplifting power of more |
MONKEY ISLAND
Gibraltar |
| Casinos,
monkeys and brushes with death. |
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I
approach the front desk “Room 430 please”
”…here you are, Sir” and I get handed a monkey.
more |
GAME
ON
Barbican Arts Centre |
| The
history of video games. |
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| Well
I was going up to London and it was a grey and overcast day
yet again. Why do all my ‘going up to London’ articles
have to start on such a down note? more |
INTERNET
DATING
by Johnny Gasoline |
| "I
met my girlfriend on the Internet." |
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| I
met my girlfriend on the internet. This lies somewhere between
having genital herpes and membership of the Ku Klux Klan in
the scale of ‘things not to reveal about yourself’
at trendy parties, as I more |
TRUSTcompany
The Lonely Position Of Neutral |
| Full
on emotional hardcore. |
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| TRUSTcompany
were one of the bands frequently playing on O-Rock 109.5 while
I was in Florida, and being a sucker for the ‘heavy verse
– melodic chorus’ style of songwriting it was a
name I knew
more |
DOGTOWN
And Z-Boys |
| The
origins of skateboarding. |
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| Dogtown
And Z-Boys is a feature length documentary on the Sony Classics
label. Narrated by Sean Penn this film is mostly a cinematic
version of the work by writer and photographer, CR Stecyk more |
FLORIDA
Part 1 |
| The
Flight and Arrival |
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| I
hadn’t been on a plane since I was about 12. Well that’s
not entirely true, I went on one about 2 years ago, but that
was just a short 2 day business trip (ooh, posh!) to Berlin,
and the flight was more
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TOYS
Round-up 2 |
| Star
Wars, Buffy
and Transformers. |
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| Well
I suppose it's time for another quick toy round-up. For those
that know me personally, you'll know that I haven't had much
money to spend on silly things lately, so this small selection
pretty much more |
A
/ RIVAL SCHOOLS
London Astoria |
| The
UKs Best Kept Rock Secret. |
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| We
were stood in an otherwise extremely dodgy looking side street
in London with a bunch of sugared-up teenagers, mostly all chatting
and sometimes shouting amongst themselves. Suddenly heads more |
POMEGRANATE
Sorbet |
| A
red and tasty frozen treat. |
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| Ok,
bit odd this, I know, but it seems like quite a nice desert,
and I'm a big fan of deserts and puddings. Let's face it, it's
the best part of the meal. Anyway, they always have much easier
recipes, aren't too more |
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