tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66973782012-02-17T23:20:04.871ZReach Out I'll Be ThereLaurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08253425252002323364noreply@blogger.comBlogger6371100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6697378.post-61084277412889521592007-09-13T22:21:00.000+01:002007-09-13T22:26:25.976+01:00

our love badabadabada......will last forever: stick this in yer pipe and smoke it, Guardian Journalist.

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i'd like to be...under the seaOf course nicked off of Al's blog, but still.

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here we go again with the beatIn reply to Emma's question - yes, I'm still on the green tea. Holland and Barrett is full of thin girls deciding between rye bread with muesli and sprouting wheatgerm, they look at me in disgust when I grab the last 50 of green tea and a packet of chocolate raisins. I have a brief visitation by Gillian McKeith (what are THEY? do you WANT a big fat bum?) and get

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really sayin somethingI should have gone travelling this summer. I've caught far too many episodes of The One Show. I have, however, discovered the amazing beautifying benefits of GREEN TEA (and its common variant GREEN TEA WITH JASMINE). I had to share this with you, it's AMAZING and tastes just like normal tea. My skin is glowing with post-antioxidant glowingness (and this is coming from the

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what a terrible thing to loseHere is a list of Q readers' top ten Guilty Pleasures (a concept which has somewhat shot its bolt).Surely there is no such thing as a Guilty Pleasure - if you enjoy it, then there's no problem. Just don't laugh at Crowded House if you've got a Razorlight record in your collection.

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leapfrog the dog and brush me daddy-oWarning: long, boring and possibly not worth itReading all of the reaction (on various message boards) to the demise of Top of the Pops got me thinking about the things people read into coverage of a subject. (I'm writing this whilst watching Top Cat so forgive the typos/non-sequiturs).Quite a few men have heralded the coverage as evidence of 'the BBC's bias

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ain't nothin gonna breaka my strideThe final Top of the Pops last night was a national disgrace. I don't expect that many people watched it, but if ever I've seen a cobbled-together-at-5.05-on-a-Friday-evening embarrassment, then this was the worst.Two programmes comprised the farewell, one new, one three years old with 10 new minutes tacked onto the end. Unbelievably, the new programme cadged

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feelin' moo-oo-ooo-ooodyI had a brace fixed on Tuesday: ceramic but, alas, still highly visible and uncomfortable. Obviously, I should have done this ten years ago but we only had one orthodontist in Hereford. I don't really know why I posted this, I just thought that if anyone still read this, they'd be spared the embarrassment of being shocked when they saw me. At least I can't bite my nails

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there it is, what took us so long?Enough of all this Crouch worship. Jeff Daniel did it for a living once upon a time: this is one of those televisual moments I wish I'd been old enough for. Apparently everyone was doing it in the playground the next day, alongside their 'Acon, Beacon, Ceacon, Deacon' taunts.

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ring my bellWe went to Cambridge yesterday (I've never been!). I noticed the following things:1. It's prettier than Oxford2. People are more relaxed than in Oxford3. More money has been spent on it than Oxford (hence the 'we're scientists, we are' animal testing poisoned chalice currently ruining Oxford)4. Toni's ice creams are doing a roaring trade

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new york london paris munichThe amazingly brilliant Pop Muzik by M was chosen by some woman yesterday to appear on her list of favourites on Radio 2. Steve Wright forgot that he was supposed to be handing over control to said lady for the duration of her playlist and began to talk over the record halfway through, then stopped it: "Absolutely rubbish!". Note to Steve Wright:(a) If TOTP2 being

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what you gonna do when you get outta jail?Thank you for your patience. Is Sarah Teather tarring the whole of Cambridge University with the same brush? Is this the stupidest man alive? Who fucking cares? Crosswords for those devoid of a vocabulary.

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donald sutherlandand the Tufty Club (Charley also available)

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off-duty phippsdon't know if anyone bothers dropping by anymore. All I do these days is teach, eat and watch The Professionals, anyway, so there wouldn't be much point in me updating this every five seconds (or weeks, for that matter).I did watch the Brits when we got back from Spain - wish I could've seen the Prince-Hitler-Tache hitch in all its widescreen glory, but that would have entailed

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it's like a jungle sometimesThought I'd treat you to an 'On My iPod' rundown seeing as you get to read about everyone else's. I love the distinctly un-Catholic tastes of everyone who gets chosen for their six-track choice in the Metro (notable exceptions: Dave Spikey and Phil Oakey). Anyway, the folders are as follows:Very Best Of Adam AntVery Best of Bow Wow WowBlow Up A Go GoChi-Lites

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joyeux noëlI haven't listened to this yet but, due to its seasonal content, am posting it.Feliz Navidad, Froelische Weinachten und Buona Natale!

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I haven't changed my mind about anything since last nightSince I started teaching, I've been watching too much tele. I know this because I'm borderline obsessed with Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall.

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definitely *not* the best albums of the year1. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm. "Uhhhhh, I s'pose I'd have to say my favourite band here is System Of A Down, because they base their music on Armenian folk tunes". TWAT! TWAT! No, that's right, you couldn't possibly say Madonna or whatever because they're POP MUSIC and POP MUSIC doesn't count, it's JUST FOR FUN, it's only The Beatles or Bowie or Stevie

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more bollocks from the phippsAccording to the kids at school, I look like this dubious new character off of Eastenders. Could be worse, they could have said, "You look like Janet Street-Porter" (although, "You moan like JS-P" would be considered a compliment).How do I get a Flickr (sp?) account?As you might have guessed, Pato is at the EMI Christmas Party tonight, which is why I'm at a loose end

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I can't help myselfNo sign of the Records Of The Year from Pato so I'm going to do mine. I'm not doing albums, because I only like compilation albums and best-ofs:1. Amerie - 1 Thing2. Gorillaz - DARE3. Sugababes - Push The Button4. Girls Aloud - Biology5. Willie Mason - OxygenAnyone else watching that Demolition programme? My mum was on tele earlier - on Flog It, in fact. I used to sit next to

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Pretentious music post alert: is this the most conservative era of music ever?I don't know if it's me ... but, does anyone else think that music at the mo is about as forward looking as Ned Ludd and his acolytes! The only genre that seems to be trying anything bordering on the new is pop!Rock n indie - whiny whinyDance - 80's 80's 80'sHip Hop - as directionless as it's ever been - heard the new

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da-da-da-da-da Hijack! da-da-da-da-da your blog!I'm (Pato's Patios ;) )taking over da Fippz blog in her absence ... just for the occasional post!

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3 times the funif I ever have triplets, they'll be called Cosmo, Dibs and Gary Wilmot.

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this is what all reviews should look like!Repentance from John Harris. I love his 'backdated praise'.

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prudentI do like the Popjustice worst single of the year award (best single being Wake Me Up by the Aloud). Deservedly, the muddy rehash of the original Band Aid single made it to the top (where were the bells, Nigel? The Bells!).1. Band Aid 20 - 'Do They Know It's Christmas?' 2. James Blunt - 'You're Beautiful' 3. Heather Small - 'Proud' 4. Geri Halliwell - 'Desire' 5. Steve Brookstein - '

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know your instruments!More recorder-bashing from a while back. If I ever work out how to do sound clips, I may post a recorder clip on here - me and Jane could do a nice duet on trebles or something.PS Hoorah for the Mercury judges! The Kaiser Chiefs sealed their fate by betting on themselves.

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sexism'-isms' only work one way, they can't be inverted. I can't abide people who talk about 'racist' ethnic minorities, as if we're not fair play and haven't been the oppressor for time immemorial. Sorry if that's badly worded, I'm just trying to belittle the Littlejohns who feel threatened in their 'own' countries, whose eyes well up when reminded of empires lost and borders thrown open.Anyway,

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I heart PopjusticeMusically speaking, there's nothing worse than some rock-addled pillock banging on about how pop music is 'crap'. So, good on Popjustice for digging up the following quotations from the Travis website containing 'musical truisms' concerning their version of Baby One More Time:"Their version, after peeling of all the layers of pop, with emotion in the vocals, obviously sounds

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clueless joefrom holy moly

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just add lezzashow confusing.

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it's a knockoutAs some of you may know, I went on a work outing to Chessington World Of Adventures the other day, preceded by a long game of It's A Knockout in a field next door. I was quite cynical about it in the mistaken assumption that it would be rubbish. Au contraire, mes amis!!! I dressed up in a budgie costume, got soaked and sunstroked, laughed until I burst my sides (not literally) and

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hmmmmmI'm not sure about the perception of the UK as the world's drinking capital. We have a better appreciation of alcohol than everyone else in the world (don't try and tell me the French know more about wine, they only drink French wine)...the problem we're currently experiencing seems to stem from (a) Smirnoff Ice and (b) the pubs that have bouncers outside.I recently spent a very late night

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does anybody knowwhat happened to king of chavs on tele last night? It was replaced by Wife Swap.

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bye bye free recordsWell, that's it, I've quit, I'm becoming a teacher. No more James Blunt!

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yahoo fantasy footballJoin! Join me!! Emms? Jack? Are you in yet, Jamie??

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ha haha

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anyone ever bought anything because they liked the packaging?I have. Actually, I got it for free and I liked the songs, too. But it's worth a punt for the pop-up-book-styles swirliness (Mr Fixit!).

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yesterday's! news! tomorrow!NME.com shows its BBC News 24 rolling credentials by posting 6-month-old news leftovers by way of exclusives.I have a problem with this story, apart from its non-novelty. NIGEL GODRICH IS SHIT, PEOPLE! Listen up, Macca, you were the best Beatle apart from George and you don't need no help from Mr Useless [*hears crescendoing tinkling pianos and Jonny Greenwood making

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bombers are all spongeing asylum seekersanyone seen the front page of the express today?

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updateI'm well-aquainted with the Go! Team album now, it's really good, my definite favourite. As Stuart pointed out, it's also highly illegal and they're probably in a spot of bother now that they're on the Mercury shortlist.Nice recorder action.

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the album is dead! long live the hit factory!I've been saying this for a while now. Except that I'm not lamenting the melting of the LP. For far too long, LPs have been boring, over-long, convoluted and in proper need of a shake-up (case in point - why are Oasis still making albums? Perhaps because their loyal supporters will buy them regardless of whether or not they're worth listening to). The

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mercury shortlistI'm feelin quite ignorant about this year's Mercury nominations, but I'll comment on them anyway, just because I can.Bloc Party – 'Silent Alarm'This is rubbish. They think they're art-rock, they ain't. They also appear to have learnt nothing from listening to Talking Heads, Gang of Four etc.Hard-Fi –'Stars Of CCTV' I heard this about 3 months ago - crap. The latest single is

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date with chaosAdam and Joe DVD finally arrived. Top 5 moments:1. Mark E. Smith trying to suffocate the Vinyl Justice team. Still. After 7 years.2. 'Ken Korda''s commentary on Speeding On The Needle Bliss. "One of my financial backers, Dad, told me that Brixton was too dangerous, that girls all swore there."3. The pair of them being arrested after taking 'if you break it, buy it' literally.4.

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solidCapital have had this (Ashford and Simpson) on rotation the past 24 hours - genius.

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fuckI think everyone I know is okay, this is unbelievable. Going home in a Warner taxi at 2pm...

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boredI'm bored with current music trends. Does anyone fancy inventing a new one, preferably via the use of the I-Ching? We could be like a less smelly Scritti Politti.

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ball ball ball footy footy footyWhere is my Adam and Joe DVD? Had a brilliant time watching Series 2 of Partridge for the first time in 3 years, it's totally underrated. I think the writers overdid the cringe, but they can be forgiven that if you consider that The Office had gone out a year before to rapturous acclaim. Maybe Ianucci, Coogan et al thought that they could turn up the dial, that the

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polly wolly crappythis article mentions my least favourite lyric, ever - the most pointless, meaningless, preposterous, trite, arsehole of a lyric I've ever heard (no points for guessing which one it is). I don't listen as much to lyrics as I should, which results in ridicule when I attempt to sing (not very often; these days, my voice seems to have a life of its own, like a teenage boy - it has

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heroes and villainsI won tickets to see Brian Wilson tonight at Hampton Court Palace - really looking forward to it, hope the sun stays out.

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uh oh You scored as Face. You are attracted to: faces. You are a face person.Face83%Boobs67%Penis42%Abs/Stomach42%Butt17%What Body Part Are You Attracted To?(pics)created with QuizFarm.com

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sex peopleI just bought this and this. I know everyone hates series 2 of A.P. but I think it's ace (especially his Jimmy Young-styles hair). And I've not seen Adam and Joe visiting Mark E Smith ("vinyl police") since 1997.

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Carson? CAR-SON!Queer Eye. Pato's more obsessed than me - a worrying development.

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I know I'm a late developer, but...Queer Eye for the Straight Guy is the best tele programme ever.

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sara cox is wrongThis article documents her struggle to get wolf-whistles in the street now she's 30. I say she's lucky - I keep getting asked out by teenagers whilst out and about, most likely because I resemble a precocious teenager (I'm not about to recount the story of being barred from a west-end pub the other weekend for "looking young" according to the lady on the door). Even an eleven

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readers, can you handle this?oh dear

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I'm currently reading this (an old edition thereof), which is excellent. Rip It Up and Start Again was rather good, too, although you could tell he was sick to the back teeth of it by the time he had to include Frankie in his meisterwerk.**nambucca**(an e-mail I sent round earlier - sorry if you're not on there, lack of time etc.)hola los ninosApologies to at least some of you for not being in

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danaan/danan?Anyway, this is good, if you've seen Celebrity Love Island. If not, don't worry about it...

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well, he's got a point...Damon wouldn't have played, anyway, apparently...

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low profilebloody Alan Duncan rears his once-every-five-yearly head

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obliqueSorry for the paucity of words on this blog recently - I've decided to let people make their own minds up. Apart from the Radiohead thing.

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bonnnngggggword of advice, Thom Yorke - never name a song after a musical device, it'll remind people of their grade 1 piano. How crap does this album sound? 'It's a bit like Kid A' - so no-one'll be listening to it, then?

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sonof underpants...

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pre-order harry potter 6No ta, Tesco.com

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freaky beakyIf you fancy giving yourself a fright but don't want to watch the fucking awful Paris Hilton in House of Wax (ugh) I'd recommend listening to this song.

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tfc is how good Teenage Fanclub were last night. Plus we saw Dan Hawkins (although seeing Simon Pegg last time we were at the Astoria beats that...).

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HmmmmmmmThe most convincing reunion report yet?

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the fannieswere AMAZING yesterday - I challenge Oasis to play their entire new album (tracks 1-12) then play their singles in backwards order. Ace.

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boys boys boys (will be boys)It's never worth it...

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que tal?Hi ya, back from hols with a suntan and a hole in my foot (a story for another time). Am alarmed by the Spanish penchant for racist chocolate. Currently loving Rip It Up And Start Again (it saved me from madness during a Ryanair flight back to Stansted - the kids are feral, there should be compulsary cages on these flights).

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"I'll have a consonant, a consonant...and another consonant"Love Mark and Lard

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country clubAmazing.

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rip it upI know this book's been everywhere but I'm going to buy it before I get on the plane to Spain. I wasn't altogether impressed with his extract in The Obeserver (wot no Adam Ant ;), but there's a section on ESG, Liquid Liquid etc. which I hope will show up The Rapture for the pseuds they really are (nb - I own their first album, it's rubbish and the singer is the worst I've ever heard). I

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new TFC albumis ace

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now, I don't normally do this, but...People have been (rather indignantly) asking me of late, Why Don't You Like Indie Much Anymore. I say:(a) I *do* like indie. I am indie.(b) Read review of The Futureheads new single by Sylvia Patterson (below). It says everything I'm always trying to say. Caveat: I *quite* like The Futureheads album.The Futureheads Decent Days And Nights (679 Recordings)More

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weary whoopI'm tired this morning but relieved. Well done people for not getting ballot box madness and voting Lib Dem 'to give Blair a bloody nose' (Copyright The Daily Mail). Arsehole of the night: George Galloway, closely followed by that hateful Tory financial manager who won Putney and looked like a Crocodile.

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rethinkWell, I've re-done the new, improved poll and I'm less tory than before but also less lib-dem. And Green's included. I'm voting Labour.Who should I vote for? v2Your expected outcome:LabourYour actual outcome: Labour 42Conservative -24 Liberal Democrat 59UKIP -22 Green 55You should vote: Liberal DemocratThe LibDems take a strong stand against tax cuts and a strong one

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browniestick to acronyms, in future...Has anyone else noticed the way in which ordinary people talk about politics when interviewed by journalists? The Council Tax becomes the Poll Tax, 'Labour' becomes 'The Labour' and I even heard one old bloke calling the Lib Dems 'The Liberal Democlaps'.

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yesHerbie

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pour mes détracteursMoi, je ne vais qu'ecrire en Français pendant ce 'poste' (ça se dit pas, je crois). Ici, c'est une blague de Tommy Cooper, en Français:Je suis rendu visite a une discotheque de Fruits de Mer la semaine dernière, et j'ai tiré une moule.Dites-la en Anglais, elle a un sens (en Anglais ;)Merci les poulets!

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jamie?What do you think of this?

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argument settlingThis is a list of commonly used French phrases (in the context of English) and phrases that are seemingly (soi-disant?? ;) French but only exist in English.

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How racist is Britain?Answer: Quite racist. Although, I suspect, less racist than any other European country (people stare at me in the South of France, for fuck's sake - because I'm 'pale' and I wear 'odd clothes' and, I suspect, because I have breasts and they don't).

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the weekend1. Spotted a couple rolling around on the floor outside an estate agents in Highgate on Saturday night. They were laughing at house prices.2. Received news via text from Emma that Sonique had hanged herself in a hotel room, then an immediate retraction based on the fact that it was a dream.

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man aliveDid anyone see this last night?

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audioscrobbler is crapMy soi-disant 'next door neighbours' all like Bloc Party! Well, that's one in the foot for me and a trumphant embarrassment for the 'scrobbler. Obviously my taste is so rubbish that they've slotted me in next to people who listen to Kaiser Chiefs, for the sake of my health.Am I weird?

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3 cheers for the cast of rainbowThis election site is top.

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Those of you unfamiliar with the Metro will be struggling with the format of this next post:Fuck Hookie and his Bloc Party nonsense, here's what's playing on MY iPod! Well, iTunes.Orange Juice - I Can't Help MyselfRoxy Music - Love Is The DrugTalking Heads - Girlfriend Is BetterBetty Wright - Shoorah Shoorah13th Floor Elevators - Slip Inside This HouseThe Specials - Do NothingTraffic - Paper

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nothing ever changessame party, same tossers

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just like the four tops, I can't help myselfWell, it hasn't helped me get a dream job :(

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I Heart Crowded House (Again)They're better than A Libertines Reunion At The Bloody Boogaloo. I've no idea why the Boogaloo's so big all of a sudden - must have been the whole Shane McGowan/Pete Doherty Paddy's Day knees-up. Stuart went years ago but, despite its proximity to home, I'm not brave enough to, er, brave it.

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tosserVote Labour

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chucky chucky bum...let himself down during the Paxman interview yesterday. Whereas previously I found myself agreeing with their policies, now I find myself shouting at the tele.

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audioscrobblingI'm having trouble uploading stuff to iTunes, due to a slow computer, but my user profile is http://www.audioscrobbler.com/user/specialgirlaka/. Embarrassingly, The Specials (More Specials) is the first album I uploaded, so now I look like I'm stalking Jerry Dammers, so you'll have to be patient. Next on: 13th Floor Elevators...

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top 100Wot, no Longpigs? I was honestly far less outraged than I expected to be, there were some weird placings and a general lack of 60s music/too much 'rock' (what is the general public's obsession with U2 about???) but Dare came in at 100 so I'm happy.

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holy shitWho should I vote for?Your expected outcome:Liberal DemocratYour actual outcome: Labour 14Conservative -58 Liberal Democrat 69UK Independence Party -18 Green 7You should vote: Liberal DemocratThe LibDems take a strong stand against tax cuts and a strong one in favour of public services: they would make long-term residential care for the elderly free across the UK,

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phishingI've got my piano teaching details up on a website. Unfortunately, this website is frequented by lying bastards who pretend to have a daughter 'moving to the UK' who wants to learn 'musical instruments, for which I have provision in your country'. They ask you to reply to a different e-mail account, they mistake you for an American and tell you that they want to 'pay in advance'. I need a

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plantagenetI've just been swotting up on Ship Tax on Wikipedia, after I had a delirious vision of Charles I this morning when I switched on my computer. Obviously I need to go to a pub quiz now, in order to justify this stupidity.

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cigarettes and diarrhoeaThe new Oasis single is so bad it gives me an upset stomach. It's for 'pogoing to' apparently - I'd like to pogo stick all over Noel Gallagher's face. Good songs about at the moment include that Hal one which sounds like Big Star, and an R&B track by Amerie, which is absolutely amazing.

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quote me happyI just overheard a racing commentator saying that, "The Grand National is the best 10 minutes of the year". In which case, on Saturday afternoon, I'm going to be holed up in bed with a crack pipe, a box of Creme Eggs and Vic and Bob on the television. (And a fiver each way on the female jockey - Ginger McKane (or whatever his name is) is going to be baring his arse and letting

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holaWelcome to Birmingham

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