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26,May,2004
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ZZZ Apparently Nigel Kennedy managed to squeeze 'motherfucker' into his pre-Vivaldi speech last night at the Classical Brits. You heard it here first...
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26,May,2004
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People are so funny when it comes to Friends Reunited. I opted for the 'let people know what you're currently doing (miss out the great long history bit) and add a comment or two pertaining to where you're living/what you do in your spare time'. Maybe even say, 'It would be nice to hear from people'. I admit, I've added too much to the 'favourite music' bit (maybe I should split it into genres) but all these people who say, 'Life is good!' or 'Wasted my time on you people, love what I'm doing now' can get out of my face, quite frankly...
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25,May,2004
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Today marks 22 years since Aston Villa won their last European trophy. I'm bored...
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25,May,2004
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24,May,2004
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I got scratched by a long-fingernailed bloke on the tube this morning. It was most distasteful. I might get a tetanus jab. A bloke with long fingernails!! I can't think of anything worse - I was nearly sick when I saw the finger-pickin' guy from The Lovin' Spoonful on the John Lennon's Jukebox documentary a few weeks ago - yech!
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24,May,2004
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I bought The Best Of Astrud Gilberto in Fopp at the weekend. I also managed to get hold of Now 2 (Matthew Wilder!!!) at a car boot sale on Holloway Road. Purchase of the weekend prize goes to Stuart for his pound-a-go ELO box set.
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21,May,2004
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Pato and I went flyering yesterday round Finsbury Park/Tufnell Park for his Hit or Miss relaunch. Stuart thought Finsbury Park would be more frightening (you know the score - Staffordshire Bull Terriers trained to collect the pizza leaflets for their sofa-bound owners, that sort of thing). I was more scared of Tufnell Park, and I was right. Old dears can be incredibly threatening when they're 'keeping an eye out for the neighbours' sakes'...
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21,May,2004
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If I can work out how to do it, I'll post Pato's Belated Birthday Djing Extravaganza flyer on here. If not... Thursday 27th May - Nambucca (Holloway Road) - DJ Pato Presents...Hit or Miss (featuring such musical luminaries as Prince, The 5th Dimension, Aretha, The Tom Tom Club, Harry J Allstars, I could go on...). Expect Soul, Funk, Raggae, Ska, Hip Hop and long-forgotten Indie (Northside, anyone?). Nearest Tubes include Highbury and Islington, Holloway Road and Finsbury Park.
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21,May,2004
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urlLink Is this cat wired to the mains? Should I call the RSPCA??
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20,May,2004
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I just sent an e-mail containing three paragraphs to Pato. They began as follows: 1. Hey - 2. No - 3. I was wondering - Is this how I speak? Please don't say yes.
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20,May,2004
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Happy Birthday (for tomorrow) shout out to the venerable pop professor Stuart Pato ...I've bought you one of those Apple and Blackberry cakes - With Candles - it would have been a huge Chocolate Party Cake affair with dolly mixtures but Emma-Louise and Jamie would have eaten it ;)
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20,May,2004
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I'm wearing my new claret and blue adidas shirt today (early eighties West Ham fare). Three of the head honchos just cornered me and asked, Them: West Ham or Aston Villa? Me: Aston Villa. Them: Ahhhhhhh hahahahaha We'll have to introduce you to Nigel - he'll be delighted!! Me: Kennedy? Them: Yes. Great.
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20,May,2004
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I just ate an apple crumble for lunch (post-salad bar, I was making up for lost calories). I took the (fast, glassy) lift straight after and nearly vommed. I might save this particular manoeuvre for the next time The Celtic Tenors visit our office.
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19,May,2004
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Sorry about the lack of posting. I'm actually having to concentrate on doing a bit of work and it's hurting my head, and preventing me from dreaming up silly ideas. I promise I'll be back on form once I've worked out how to use a calculator and type at the same time.
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19,May,2004
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I just got told off by a security guard for not having my pass with me when i re-entered the building. Do I look like a suicide bomber?
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18,May,2004
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Pato and I have a car!! I've not driven since I was nineteen. I'm anticipating some hairy moments on the highways of London over the next few weeks...
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18,May,2004
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Things that are getting on my tits: 1. The Spanish girl whose only remarkable feature is her outrageous hyena laugh. Hence, 'Who made so-and-so laugh?' every time she starts up. 2. People called Giles on phone conference calls to our office. Actually, just people called Giles. Think he must be based at Tenterden Street, doing shite marketing ('Anyone in advertising? Go kill yourselves!!').
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17,May,2004
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Pato and I are going to see Madness on Wednesday. It's going to be full of sweaty skinheads...and maybe Graham Coxon...
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17,May,2004
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An Italian crooner is now being pumped into the bogs. He was singing about Primavera. On my way to the toilet, I passed the Press Girl. Her job is to arrange press for artists overseas, and then to follow up the interviews by means of reading the British press, and then file them away. Best...job...in...the...world...
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17,May,2004
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urlLink So can anyone enlighten me as to the point of this exercise? A composer in residence who can't compose? (Not actually a criticsm because my composition skills are pisspoor but he's getting paid for learning to compose when most students have to pay over £1000 a year)...
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17,May,2004
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Should I be outside this lunchtime? Being somewhat fair of skin, I often balk at the idea of letting the hole in the ozone layer outmanoeuvre me. Fuck it - I'm staying in.
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17,May,2004
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The Scottish bloke who drives the CEO around (he gets driven home to Bracknell in a Merc) has just popped by. He's a big genial man who uses ones name after every sentence and tells lame jokes. I can't believe EMI waste money on a chauffeur for the big cheeses. Bracknell's miles away!
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17,May,2004
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Hello from Wrights Lane. All I have to report so far is the fact that they pipe string quartets into the (formidably futuristic) toilets here. And I think I'll have shaken my Seasonal Affective Disorder by Friday. It's also weird looking up and not seeing Pato, just casting my eyes over a bunch of folders and a Nigel Kennedy Vivaldi DVD.
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16,May,2004
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Hi Chris, thanks for visiting. You're right, fashions change - it seems that you're quite the indie-schmindie type. Perhaps we should start 80s-wise with e.g. Echo and the Bunnymen, The Teardrop Explodes, The Smiths, New Order, The Cars. All 80s bands, all genius. Don't be afraid of Best-ofs, they're the only means of testing the waters. If you want a rationale for the worship of 80s music, go to Al's urlLink Correct Opinion blog and click on The Decade That Invention Remembered. Me, I'm off to listen to Visage...
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14,May,2004
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Bye bye from Tenterden Street. Sick Building Syndrome and Seasonal Affective Disorder on all five floors. Pop by if you're shopping on Oxford Street, you'll be astounded by the lack of natural light. Indeed, you'll be able to borrow my (sadly vestigial) EMI pass. Or you could get Pato to let you in. I'm actually quite sad. I might have to come round on Monday night, Pato...
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13,May,2004
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Haha. The Man was *so funny at lunchtime down the pub. Everyone from work (apart from me and Pato) went out on the Bacardi Breezers last night. The Man approached me to wish me Good Luck, and *of course* I had to ask him if he had a nice evening, and if he'd overdone it on the vodka martinis. Conversation went thus: The Man: ZZZZzzzzz. Me: Oh, last to leave, were you? The Man: ZZZzzz (puts hand up) ZZzzz...oh sorry, you woke me up Me: Heavy Night? The Man: ZZZzzz yeah, I was the last to leave, of course and it was a heavy night. Me: Yes, that's what I just said. Did everyone have a good time? The Man: Well, I'm sure there are a few headaches around the place today. I've just carried on drinking. Me: Nuts. The Man:There were these girls falling over when we left, not with us obviously...(relates crazy story about some really pissed girls who fell over). Me: Nice. The Man: We were so pissed. etc, etc. I'm quite glad we didn't go.
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13,May,2004
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urlLink This girl knows her new music, granted. But she knows nothing of anything before about 1998. Even I could tell you who Astrud Gilberto is. And she likes Muse. God, I love laying into these new-to-the-scene spring chickens. They've got so much to learn.
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13,May,2004
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It didn't work last time, so for the benefit of my blogging crew...
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13,May,2004
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I've been ordered to go down in a blaze of blogging glory. I'm currently finding it a bit tricky due to pure inertia on my part. I'm sat here in my Curtis Mayfield hat surveying what can only be described as Handover Hell (or delegating all my unfinished Chris LeDoux albums and box sets to Stuart). I'm thinking of telling him to 'ring me if you've got any questions' rather than go through the pain of revisiting Pat Benatar.
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13,May,2004
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Emma-Louise ... ...we must stop meeting like this...
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13,May,2004
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Like Maxine Carr, today is the beginning of the rest of my life. Okay, that was touched by the hand of hyperbole...I'll be working at EMI Classics (Wrights Lane) from Monday, with a bunch of people I've never met (okay, met once). The first and last time this happened was back in June 2002. I hope I'll have time to update my blog, although, in an Emms and Jane vein, I might be forced to start furtively posting of an evening.
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13,May,2004
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Pato and Al's records arrived this morning. I'm having the Aussie compilation with Visage - Fade To Grey on. Sorry guys.
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13,May,2004
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For the benefit of Jane... Lewis Collins: I first 'came across' Lewis Collins when my parents had Sky installed. I decided to watch an episode of The Professionals (70s cop show featuring the Criminal Intelligence 5) on UK Gold (or some such) and was tranfixed by the mean and moody Bodie, partner of Doyle (Judge John Deed, some say Martin Shaw). My obsession with retro men is well-documented (Richard Beckinsale, David Bailey) but he shot straight to the top of the list. I found a particularly nice picture of him in the Radio Times. As well as having dark hair, he looks kinda mean. Cillian Murphy: I first saw him in (Irish Film) Intermission...didn't take *that much notice. Chris, Stuart and I watched 28 Days Later a few months post-Intermission and he was manifestly fitter. Nice dark hair/striking blue eyes and Irish accent.
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13,May,2004
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Reading TV Cream reviews of Saturday morning tele prompted me to think of Tommy Boyd for the first time in about 7 years today. So imagine my surprise when I clicked on 'random definition' in Urban Dictionary and was presented with this: Boyder A fan of the radio presenter Tommy Boyd and his show 'The Human Zoo.' Boyders are also known to populate #tommyboyd on irc. Well I never.
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12,May,2004
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Top 10 Singles Ever, according to TV Cream. This list is astounding: 10 STAND AND DELIVER - ADAM AND THE ANTS The music cognoscenti (and Jo Whiley) might laud the early punky stuff, but c'mon, it was the chandelier-swinging, panthers and Diana Dors era that everyone really loved. 9 INSANITY - OCEANIC The soundtrack to a million mid-90s college balls. 8 PARTY FEARS TWO - THE ASSOCIATES So your mum might have thought she could sing better than Billy McKenzie, but really this was as swoony and melodramatic as perfect 80s pop could get. Did lengthy service as theme to SDP-era R4 satirefest Week Ending too. 7 LEFT TO MY OWN DEVICES - PET SHOP BOYS Gets our vote for the one essential PSBs offering. All the necessary subject matter present and correct of course - drinking tea, shopping etc. 6 DUEL - PROPAGANDA Truly ZTT's finest four minutes, and yeah, there is some competition for that title. But Duel storms it courtesy of that exultant piano break. Did lengthy service as theme to the Lombard RAC Rally on BBC2 too. 5 THE STORY OF THE BLUES - WAH! Poor old Pete Wylie, he wrote one of the great 80s anthems (and did it again with Sinful three years later) but did anyone ever thank him for it? 4 THE LOOK OF LOVE - ABC 'And all my friends just might ask me, they say, 'Martin...'' 3 VIRGINIA PLAIN - ROXY MUSIC Knowing ritzy sci-fi decadence and ever-so-slightly-too-complicated-back-of-a-Gitanes-packet lyrics never, erm, sounded so good. 2 HEART OF GLASS - BLONDIE Majestic swirly I Love NY disco with throbbing synths ahoy, and of course, that tricky time-sig middle-eight. But the winner is... BRITAIN'S NUMBER ONE DON'T YOU WANT ME - THE HUMAN LEAGUE The returning officers have counted all the votes, our independent adjudicators have ratified the result and a hush falls over TVC Towers as the pulsating cinematic pop meisterwerk, Don't You Want Me, is declared the real greatest single of all time by a whacking great margin. Sadly, Phil and The Girls can't be with us this evening, but fortunately Paul Morley is on hand to make an entertaining if diverting speech about how the group were 'a bit like if Abba had come from Sheffield'. Paul...?
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12,May,2004
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Big Up Jason! Every Thursday the BBC Radio 7 Alan Partridge archives are updated. Jason always sends us the link. urlLink Here it is.
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12,May,2004
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Living In Expectation Of Bad Karma or What Goes Around Comes Around Sample conversation betweem Pato and I at work: Pato: Who's that girl? Who is she? She's random. Me: Oh. God. The One With The Blonde Hair? Pato: (pulls face) Yes. Me: Dunno. She's well ugly. Pato. Sure is.
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12,May,2004
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Excellent. Just checked hotmail and discovered that some Sleazy Senor from Venezuela ('Moving To London', no less) had e-mailed me to inform me that, 'You look good in your photo [which one??] - wanna Hook Up when I get to London? - Sorry for my bad English [they always say that, they think it's charming that they're poor linguists]'. If you're reading this, Resident of Caracas, I've blocked you. You wrongly assume that (a) I'm single, (b) I'm 'up for it' with someone I have nothing in common with and (c) I'd be the slightest bit interested in a sleazy come-on from a weirdo halfway across the world. Go away.
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12,May,2004
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urlLink *Sigh* ...I think there are more pressing questions to arise out of this story than, 'Why was my daughter advised that she could have an abortion?'. For fear of sounding like Ann Widdecombe, I'd like to know if her mother was complicit in allowing her daughter to have a sexual relationship, and if she didn't know about it, why didn't she know about it? It's also obvious from this story that the mother had initially advised her daughter that abortion would be 'the wrong option'. Her daughter clearly needed impartial advice, advice that she had to seek elsewhere. And Life can stay right out of it. One of my main hobbies is ripping down Life advisory service posters wherever I see them. They've no business in letting their 'experts' anywhere near vulnerable children.
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12,May,2004
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My latest Fit List: 1. Bob Mortimer . He'll always be fitter than Vic Reeves, and funnier. And triumphs over adversity - he's got rheumatoid arthritis. 2. urlLink Cillian Murphy . I've resisted this one for ages, because he's not old/retro enough. But he has the winning dark hair/blue eyes combo. And an Irish accent (sorry - cliche). 3. urlLink Gareth Barry . i know, he's a footballer...not his best picture, btw. 4. urlLink Adam (from Adam and Joe). Shhhh! 5. urlLink Lewis Collins . Still has to make it into any fit list ever.
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12,May,2004
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urlLink Hilarious, Victoria Newton. As I understand it, Release Me, although undoubtedly a cleverly-crafted song, was a regressive, granny-friendly number back in 1967. What's the use in re-releasing it? Leave Humperdinck to his Hollywood residencies and leave us to listen to Frankee and Eamon in peace.
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12,May,2004
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Just been on Cat Talk, the Cat Of The Day talkboard. Cat owners freak me out, I mean, you should hear my mum talking to the cat. Anyway: Greebo, I love you! I'm so jealous, I wish you were mine. I wish I could talk to you right now! Hope your folks will read this to you! I once had a lady cat who was a terrible talker. She had opinions about everything. When she was about to turn in her bed, she would tell what she would do. She could understand the words Out, Food, Sofie(her name), My little cat! (tender exclamation), Cat, No! Greebo, you know how to enjoy life and how to handle people. I wish you a fine day, today, and always. Greetings also to your People!
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11,May,2004
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urlLink Cat Of The Day is hilarious. Check out urlLink Fluffy
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11,May,2004
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urlLink :( Anyone who can't claim to have thought about what the past seven years of Labour government would have been like had John Smith not died is lying. Or not interested in politics.
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11,May,2004
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I don't normally do this kind of thing, (a testimonial to technology) because I've (arguably) got better things to talk about, but I feel I must send a 'shout out' to gmail. I was writing an article for the website last night and tried (and failed) 4 times to send an attachment through hotmail. On the verge of giving up, I remember the gmail account I'd set up a couple of weeks previously...30 seconds later, Pato was in receipt of my article. If anyone's tiring of the Bill Gates email emporium way, I'd suggest you get yourself down to http://gmail.google.com and get yourselves some 1000MB of gmail love.
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11,May,2004
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'From the dark ocean caverns of Poseidon to the ravishing beauty of Aphrodite, CUSCO delves into the inner journey of ancient Myth and Legends. Soaring flutes, haunting vocals and an array of new and old world instruments capture the awe-inspired tales of gods and heroes. Filled with adventure. magic and mystery, CUSCO delivers another extraordinary musical journey through the wonders of the human heart and spirit.' The above is a description of what's on the CD I'm currently 'cleaning'. At least Cusco arent evangelical christians, I s'pose. Hang on... 'Soaring flutes, haunting vocals and an array of new and old world instruments'. Instruments of...torture? Their syntax is puzzling.
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11,May,2004
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urlLink Anyone up for turning the clock back...? An edit: Thanks, Catherine, for drawing my attention to urlLink this article in relation to the above...
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11,May,2004
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Thanks, emms...
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11,May,2004
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So I woke up this morning at 6.40am and turned the tele on, comme d'habitude. A man was having his head cut off. I picked up a paper at Canada Water station, and there he was again, on the front. No head.
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11,May,2004
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Albums that everyone should listen to asap: 1. urlLink This one. 2. urlLink This one. 3. urlLink This one. 4. urlLink This one. 5. urlLink This one.
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11,May,2004
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A big hello to visitors, apart from the usual ones: what can I say? I'm bored with you ;). Also, big apologies for logging off MSN last night having titillated (?) you all by logging on for the first time in 3 months. Pato's taking me to Villa Park for the last game of the season on Saturday. We'd better crush United (well, beat them, Queen of Hyperbole) or he'll be a broken man.
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11,May,2004
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I had a dream last night that a friend (who shall remain nameless) told me that she had Better Cheekbones than me. I woke up horrified to discover that I was on the verge of tears.
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10,May,2004
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There are these two guys in the office next to us. They do everything on top of each other, and hang around each other in the kitchen, like me and Pato do when we think no-one's looking. They look the same and wear the same clothes. They're also (a) Aryan children (frighteningly so) and (b) camp as tits. And they speak over each other (like when they just announced that they were monopolising the fax machine for 5 minutes).
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10,May,2004
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I'm aware that the posts below express strong opinions relating to a subject that everyone (to a certain extent) either knows about or also has very strong opinions in relation to. This is why I posted them. I fully expect everyone to try and shoot me down/argue with me. Therein lies the fun.
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10,May,2004
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Bands/music I'm massively into at the moment: 1. Franz Ferdinand (of course). 2. The Monkees 3. Pulp 4. Pato's double Ska Best-Of (Desmond Dekker, The Upsetters, The Skatalites) 5. The Stranglers
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10,May,2004
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Oh, and I've gone *right* off the White Stripes since Elephant. Or maybe it was when everyone else started liking them.
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10,May,2004
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More terrible bands/artists, perhaps worse than the preceding list: 1. Starsailor. Worse, even, than Maroon 5. The Worst Band In The World Ever. 2. The Rasmus. 3. Joss Stone. Kinda. At least she *listens* to decent music. 4. Lostprophets. 5. Norah Jones. 6. Katie Melua. Someone stop me from shooting this girl. 'Bloody Awful'. 7. Jamie Cullum. Go away. In fact, anything Michael Parkinson has trumpeted.
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10,May,2004
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Okay, now I've slagged off the Scissor Sisters, I'd like to lay into the following bands: 1. Keane. Crap. 2. Muse. Crap. 3. Maroon 5. The worst band ever? 4. Snow Patrol. Crap. 5. Oasis. Were good for just over a year, at the beginning. 6. Red Hot Chili Peppers. The odd decent single. 7. Jay-Z. Terrible - what's the point of a rapper who can't match his predecessors in terms of skill and invention? I'll post any more I think of as and when.
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07,May,2004
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Okay, I admit it, I can't stomach the Sisters Of Scissors. You can listen to their brilliantly-titled single 'Laura' urlLink right here. I'd rather listen to Soft Cell, personally. Or Supertramp.
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Common Misconceptions About Me: 1. People Think That I'm Blonde. I'm not blonde, I'm a redhead, which is probably due to my Irish ancestry. I do, however, have commensurately darker eyebrows, like my mum, who is brunette. 2. People Still Think I'm A Smoker. I've had approximately 3 drags on a cigarette in the last nine months. Annual bronchitis is no laughing matter. 3. People Think I'm Laid Back. No, that's not me, either - I just pretend to be. 4. People Think I Know About (Some) Stuff. Wrong again! The stuff I know about is next to useless - area codes, anyone? 5. People Think My Job Sounds Interesting. So far wide of the mark - it's the dullest job since time began. The only thing that keeps me sane is writing useless posts in this vein. And Pato!!!
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07,May,2004
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Right then. Can anyone suggest a topic for a rant? -(not necessarily a Correct Opinion-style one, in fact I'd be grateful if it were something I don't know anything about, might be nice to freeform a bit before getting round to music again).
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07,May,2004
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From Mad Mel Phillips' blog: 'A story in yesterday's Observer (which for some reason appears to have vanished from its website) says that Britain is to block moves to include a 'Christian clause' in the EU constitution, arguing that it should reflect instead Europe's 'multi-faith and multicultural make-up'. This confirms what has long been obvious in Britain itself -- that the Blair government is intent on destroying the particular cultural basis of British and European society. Yes, Britain and Europe now host many faiths and cultures; but unless they hang on to their own founding culture and its principles, that culture will be swept away.' Hang on, are we thinking of the same PM? The Tony Blair who believes that our education system should made up of 'faith-based schools'? The woman's clearly nuts.
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07,May,2004
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This is my last week working in the pop music industry. As of next Monday, I'll be cooking up a Classical storm working for EMI's unfavoured black sheep division, EMI Classics. It's not something I often admit to, but I spent the best part of three years in a library reading Carl Dahlhaus, Mantle Hood, Eduard Hanslick, Friedrich Nietzsche et al, pondering the question, 'What Is Music?'. I saw two references to pop music the whole three years - 1. One of my possible first year dissertations was, 'Analyse Blur's 'To The End' with references to British Pop of the 1960s, specifically The Kinks and The Small Faces'. 2. Mantle Hood mentioning 'the irrelevance of Beatlemusic' (that's right, kids, Beatlemusic) in relation to Ethnomusicology. So I'm ready to become a Moleperson. Don't try and stop me. See you down the RFH after the Boulez retrospective.
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07,May,2004
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urlLink Bet this didn't make The Sun... I know it sounds deranged, but I bawled my eyes out when John Smith died. The only other time I've cried at the death of a public figure was when George Harrison died. I was close to tears yesterday when I saw in The Observer that Neil Webb was now an ageing postman and proud of it ('People get old!!'). I don't really know what my point is...'mortality's weird', perhaps? In other news, The Farm are re-releasing All Together Now, in time for Euro 2004. Noooooooooooo!!!
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07,May,2004
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Franz Ferdinand have restored my faith in the power of indie. I was, in my jaded state, beginning to believe that 'indie music' was no more than a guitar-and-stodge / 4/4-driven vehicle for backwards-looking, white, anaemic Travis/Coldplay listeners. Okay, I admit it, the audience fitted this description. 6 months ago, audience members would probably have been raving about Parachutes and digging out their well-worn copy of The Man Who for nostalgic purposes. Franz Ferdinand have pissed all over this, with the help of Adam and the Ants and The Associates. I'm going to stop now for fear of sounding like pseuds corner...
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06,May,2004
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Chris Moyles has increased the Radio 1 Breakfast Show audience by a fifth.
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05,May,2004
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Well I've managed to undo my Aerobic workout with a couple of packets of crisps this morning. We were quite surprised to discover that our instructor was an ageing bloke, partial to jokes about shin fetishes and faking orgasms, and owned the greatest hits of Sash.
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05,May,2004
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Well...I got the job! Which means that I'll be in steady employment until November...but on five grand less than I'm on currently... Still...I start working for EMI Classics as a Contracts and Royalties Administrator on 17th May!
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04,May,2004
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Franz Ferdinand tomorrow night at the Astoria. I'm apoplectic with excitement...we missed them at Belle and Sebastian due to spending too long in the pub.
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04,May,2004
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Good to see that the author of my favourite childhood computer game, urlLink Jacaranda Jim (I was a sad child), has got himself a urlLink proper job .
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04,May,2004
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urlLink Pato's best album of the 1990s ...
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04,May,2004
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I'm going to the gym tonight. To an aerobics class. My abiding memory of aerobics classes at school is bounding around effortlessly in time to the music whilst girls with breasts/puppy fat/no sense of rhythm floundered and scowled in my direction. I get the feeling that tonight's going to be v. different. I've noticed a lot of gym-types on my bus in the morning...they're usually the orange ones talking about half marathons and telling their more clued-up friends that they're going to their first ever gig in two months (true story...).
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04,May,2004
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Was last night's TOTP2 the best ever?? XTC followed by Chad Jackson...it could be beaten by tonight's Depeche Mode edition, though.
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04,May,2004
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On a Correct Opinion tip, Stuart surprised me (or not) with this wee gem over the weekend: 'Dollar: More Than Just A Guilty Pleasure'.
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04,May,2004
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Facts Of Life: 1. Ready Brek is better than almost any other food, ever (as part of a healthy diet, obviously...). 2. Television doesn't deserve its bad press - and there's nothing more sociable than watching University Challenge with your friends of a Monday evening. 3. We don't need 5 coffee retailers in close proximity (100 metres) to my office. Especially not the 2 Pret-A-Mangers. 4. There's no point getting into New Music. You'll only make a fool of yourself. Wait a few years (until they're old news) before getting into a new band. 5. Crowded House were exceptionally good.
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04,May,2004
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urlLink Easter Eggs for The Day Today
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04,May,2004
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Stuart and I (damn you Jamie you grammatical Goebbels!) spent Sunday evening in the pub playing Trivial Pursuit - 80s Edition. I can honestly say that I wasn't that far behind at any point during the game...I'd like to thank my A-level Politics teacher Mr Tilley for using outdated 1980s teaching notes the whole 2 years. The game comes highly recommended, especially if you have an encyclopaedic knowledge of The Specials/Fun Boy Three.
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04,May,2004
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I *heart* Amazon. We've just had a massive haul through the post: Spaced Series 1 & 2, Up The Bracket (The Libertines), The Day Today (again - and I've already managed to sell it), The Definitive Monkees (60 tracks...60 tracks!!!). I also got my Phoenix album on vinyl (free from EMI). I think I'm going to expire.
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04,May,2004
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Unsurprisingly, I think I can remember/recognise more members of urlLink this cabinet than our current one...
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30,June,2004
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It took me three and a half hours to get into work today (I set off from Holloway Road at 7am). Apparently the Victoria Line was running the whole time. And I lost my jumper. There was this bloke on the final bus (the 10 to Hammersmith) who was a care in the community candidate if ever I've seen one. He screamed down the phone to a stranger ('no I do not want to speak English, I want to speak Greek'). He then sat down, opened the Metro where a picture of Serena Williams happened to be, and started kissing the paper.
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29,June,2004
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urlLink Hell on earth . Like on that episode of The Simpsons. And I hate hiccups a whole lot less than e.g. Pato, who won't talk to you until they're gone (sometimes even necessitating 'a bit of a lie'). ;)
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28,June,2004
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Hi everyone. I feel I should add to the list of shame below with a few additions (known to some, not to others) of my own. Oh, and Emms, I always forget to thank you for blitzing my room after finals, I suppose I (wrongly) assumed that buying you Cadbury's Heroes during your Extended Essay 'mares was enough gratitude to tie me over for the academic year ;) 1. New Edition - Candy Girl. Did I just write that? 2. Matthew Wilder - Break My Stride. Of course!! Of course 'Alpro'!!! (Dropping Pato right in it - he bought the album - it's now in Al's safe hands). 3. Anything on Now 1-10, or Now Dance '89. 4. Most East 17. Yes, most of it. 5. Gary Glitter - Rock and Roll Part II. 6. Girls Aloud - No Good Advice, Sound of The Underground, but not the new one. That's enough guilty pleasures. Anyone fancy owning up to any of the above, or anything else record-embarrassment-wise, for that matter?
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25,June,2004
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Hey you lot, get urlLink this list that Pato just found. Of course We Don't Talk Anymore by Cliff Richard!
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24,June,2004
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Upon hearing 'Just Can't Get Enough' by Depeche Mode in the pub last night, and cast into a twilight world where prehistoric synthesisers were still a la mode, I decided that, had I been born in about 1955, I'd probably be Alison Moyet's only rival in the girl-synth-pop stakes. I may have been in Bananarama had I been born 5 years later than that, but they probably wouldn't have hired me. Still, beats contracts and royalties any day...
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24,June,2004
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Are guinea pigs the most useless domestic pets on earth? They squawk and scrabble around and, if they're lucky, dash up and down their 'runs' trying to find a way out ('they're rabbits who can look after themselves!') and you have to buy them in twos, like you're about to take them on Noah's Ark or something. It's utterly pointless buying them in twos, though, as one of your precious Meerschweinchen catches the inevitable cold and dies...'oh, that's okay, Squeak's dead, we've still got Bubble', then Bubble karks it a week later because he misses Squeak so much (a fortnight previously, the two had to be separated as Squeak lost an eye in a fight with Bubble). I hate them.
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24,June,2004
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Does anyone want to visit urlLink the ref's site? It's possible to leave feedback, apparently...
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24,June,2004
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Thanks to Dan for recommending urlLink this site . If you put The Specials in the search facility, and then zoom out, you come up with all my favourite bands, all orbiting each other. Beautiful.
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21,June,2004
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Who wants to come and watch the game tonight in North London *and* hear some tunes that you probably won't have heard before/didn't know existed/didn't know you liked? nambucca, TONIGHT, Holloway Road, 7.45pm, *Portugal v England*, ***on the decks: everything from Blondie to Carolyn Franklin to Cerrone to Rose Royce to New Order to Toots and The Maytals to Northside (why do I keep doing that funny over and over again?)***...
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21,June,2004
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Since I've had this mystery virus, I've gone off meat. The mere mention of anything piggy/lamb/chicken/cow/fish-related is now enough to turn my stomach. I'll be living on cheese savouries for the rest of my life (and I'll never be able to stick to the atkins diet).
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21,June,2004
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All right you lot, I can talk about Rick Wakeman ot Vaughan Williams if you really want me to (after all, it's what I'm trained in). But I've been sick for two days and it's all I can do not to think of the fish and chips I had on Monday night (this would precipitate a dash to the toilet). Oh, and I thought the Longpigs were the best band since The Beatles when I was 15, so the 'once a great album, always a great album' argument just doesn't hold sway with me...
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21,June,2004
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I just got my freebie Supergrass best-of from work. Supergrass are, well, super (apart from their current single). But listening to Alright got me thinking - does anyone know of any other song in which the verse is more famous than the chorus? He Ain't Heavy by The Hollies immediately springs to mind, but that doesn't really distinguish so it doesn't really count...
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18,June,2004
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On a Miranda Sawyer tip, although I found myself agreeing with her, I'd also like to point out that she's got where she is today by being a ladette and being interested in typically 'bloke' things, and if she's trying to break it down from the inside then she's a bit bloody late.
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18,June,2004
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Love the fact that I just called Depeche Mode 'Depeach Mode'. It's Monday Morning, okay?
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18,June,2004
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Okay, just because you weren't wondering, and off the top of my head, here's mine (so many missing, but I'm trying to give you and overview of what a potential top 100 would look like): 1. The Beatles - Revolver 2. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses 3. Adam and the Ants - Kings of the Wild Frontier 4. The Specials - The Specials (any album with Message To You Rudy deserves fourth place) 5. The Human League - Dare 6. Blur - Parklife 7. David Bowie - Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust etc 8. The Beatles - Hard Days Night 9. Teenage Fanclub - Songs From Northern Britain 10. Depeach Mode - Speak and Spell
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18,June,2004
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Hey. Following yesterday's 100 Best British Albums in the Observer Music Monthly, Pato picked me out: 1. ABC - The Lexicon of Love 2. Cocteau Twins - Heaven Or Las Vegas 3. The Kinks - Village Green Preservation Society ...which I'll be listening to during the course of today. Any thoughts on the Top 100, anyone? I had a bit of a moan about Parklife crawling in at the bottom end of the list...
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18,June,2004
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Things I'm 'bloody loving' today: 1. England 3 Switzerland 0 2. The fact that 2 people at work are younger than me. 3. Elevation by Television (not pissing U2, like you thought) 4. The Harder They Come - Jimmy Cliff 5. Gareth Southgate
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17,June,2004
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How dedicated am I? I just worked through lunch so that I can get to Holloway to watch us lose in spectacular style to the Swiss from 5pm... ...PS Did I lend anyone Franz Ferdinand? I can't for the life of me remember where I put it...
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16,June,2004
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Currently listening to urlLink Blow up A-Go-Go . It's excellent. Buy it.
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14,June,2004
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I especially love it when these 'lads' get it wrong - now, I know Bobby Robson insisted on calling Ledley King 'Lesley' whilst commentating on England-France but it doesn't mean that we should all start doing it...
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14,June,2004
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I love the fact that all the men at work are talking shite about football to each other. No-one gives a shit what anyone else thinks, they're just loving the sound of their own voice. No-one addresses any of their football opining to me, either, because I'm a girl and therefore I prefer shopping, shoes and squealing.
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