The Godfather Of Go-Go, Dead At 75
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Chuck Brown, the famed spark of that uniquely DC style of horn-driven funk
called "go-go," has died at the age of 75.
In addition to being go-go’s princip...
Sod The Staycation
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Friends have asked me why I would go to Jerez (see columns passim) for a
weekend when it’s so awkward to get to – there’s only one flight on the
revoltin...
Pop Post-Mortem: How they ruined Alexandra Burke
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Once upon a time, there was a popstar called Alexandra Burke. You know –
her: Famed for THIS: And ultimately THIS: This in turn led to an album
being cobbl...
Feet together at the line
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So here I am, days away from hitting the halfway point of Bikram Yoga
Teacher Training. It's a Sunday afternoon and I'm plonked on my hotel bed
taking a li...
The Man Who Made Love To Her
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*The Spy Who Loved Me* (1962) is a really unpleasant book. It's told in the
first-person by Vivienne Michel, a young woman running away from her life
in En...
Thursday 10/05/12
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Next reading I'm doing is on Thursday 17th May (6.30pm) at Islington
Library. Please come. If you like.
I don't know about this 'carefully selected passag...
A good night in
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It’s been a good night in Husband is away, so I’ve had some great nights in
at home. I have been surrounded by: Hand, foot, cuticle and nail potions
All t...
Bad Guys
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The latest issue of *Doctor Who Magazine* is out around now, ish, and
amongst many other wondrous things it contains a little article by me about
the Dal...
MICF 2012: JENNIFER WONG
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Jennifer Wong - Ouch & Other Words
Sydney comedian Jennifer Wong’s first solo show at the Melbourne
International Comedy Festival is stand-up for introvert...
Baker Boys in HD
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Baker Boys in HD:
Baker Boys series 2 is showing on the BBC HD channel at the moment, and
will be up on iPlayer for the next three weeks.
Sparkling Cyanide (1945)
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*PLOT: Who poisoned Rosemary's birthday champagne last year?*
This book contains the worst sentence I've come across by Agatha Christie:
*"Anthony took a ...
You Wanna Piece Of That?
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The only way I get to see the popular musical charts these days is keep one eye on the tunes they play in my gymnasium, which tends to be thumping, dizzying ...
Great list of free UX tools
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Here's a great of free UX tools from UXforthemasses that's worth sharing. While they do list some free prototyping tools my experience of them are not great....
A small inkling of a thought
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Buzz. There's a LOT of it, isn't there?
Anyway, I had to turn it off. Too many distractions in the wrong place. I
suspect I'm getting old.
There was a hug...
Some of the crowd are on the pitch...
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Hello. Apologies for the radio silence over the past few weeks. It's just
that I was outed as a research scientist from Bristol who doesn't look
anything l...
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spilt my coffee
hurrah for you!
boo for your coffee!
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