January 2009
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Jan 31st
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“He was a sort of Anglophone version of Bernard-Henri Lévy, but with a pedigree...”
– The NYT on Michael Ignatieff He’s still alive and kicking, but could anyone ask for a better epitaph?
Jan 31st
“I don’t have curtains. I don’t have to worry about someone watching me dress or...”
– Rand Hall, on the appeal of ‘womyn’s land’ communities
Jan 31st
Facebook | People for the Ethical Treatment of... →
These are my people.
Jan 31st
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Robert Carlyle reads Burns’s ‘Thou Gloomy December’ There’s also an archive of audio recordings by Carlyle and other readers. (I’ve no idea if people outside the UK will be able to watch or listen to any of this stuff. Sorry. That’s the licence fee for ya.)
Jan 30th
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ListenSaint Etienne - Method of Modern Love
Jan 28th
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Jan 28th
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David Tennant shares Critics' Circle award with... →
I saw Tennant last month, and I’ll see Jacobi tonight. So I guess I’ve had a good run of Shakespeare. (Branagh in Chekov was pretty amazing, too. Shame I didn’t see The Chalk Garden.)
Jan 28th
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“With Monkey, he’s grafted his own melodic sensibilities onto music written...”
– Pitchfork inteview: Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett Is it pedantic to point out that the ‘strict five-note scale’ to which Plagenhoef refers is actually pentatonic?
Jan 27th
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“Today’s fortune: People admire your proficiency at using your expensive...”
– J. Stratham Ya heard.
Jan 27th
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ohnotheydidnt: Jamie Bell and Daniel Craig Join... →
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Jan 26th
Camera Crazy: Sing Your Life →
My mother the Smiths fan.
Jan 26th
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dyfl: Semi Secret Software - Wurdle So I bought my first iPhone game and I am SO SERIOUSLY ADDICTED YOU GUYS. Ugh. Weak-willed. This game is rad though. And, uh, that’s all I got. I just bought this, too, cos I figure Chris is a man of taste, and I can vouch for the fact that it’s fun. It took me a minute to work out the method of play (it chucks you straight in), but that’s...
Jan 26th
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ListenFranz Ferdinand - No You Girls Philip and I heard...
Jan 26th
Gemma Arterton Matthew Goode Britain’s got talent.
Jan 25th
“Obama, like a good writer and a better politician, seems to understand that, as...”
– Robert McCrum
Jan 25th
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“Minimum number of laws that Bush signing statements have exempted his...”
– Harper’s Index: A retrospective of the Bush era
Jan 24th
ListenHooverphonic - 2 Wicky (via therealjanelle) Trip...
Jan 24th
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Jan 23rd
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No Snickering: That Road Sign Means Something Else →
Classic Lyall.
Jan 23rd
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EOP - Blog Post - Change has come to... →
Jan 20th
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Glasvegas - Flowers and Football Tops
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Davros’s QAF cameo Poor Vince.
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Queer as Who →
A catalogue of all the Doctor Who references in Queer As Folk. And look at RTD now…
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“…the gruff solidarity of survival is an essential part of living in...”
– Aleksandar Hemon
Jan 18th
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Goodreads | Kevin's review of Twilight →
kfan: At long last, right? What do you think. We touch on Shakespeare, Guns N’ Roses, and Buffy. Whereas, all I want to say is: every sentence has something like 10 adverbs in it.
Jan 17th
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“I don’t want to exist to the British people as just one song. I want to be...”
– Lady GaGa Tell me, America: have the ‘true artist’ Lady GaGa and her Haus of GaGa affected the culture? Cos I’m a bit sceptical…
Jan 16th
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“It’s true, I did break bread with Obama. It was amazing. He was carried into the...”
– David Brooks Occasionally, I don’t mind him.
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The New York Times: Obama's People →
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