January 2010
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“Joel attempted suicide in December 2009 by trying to overdose on Traumeel, a...”
– From the Wikipedia article on Alexa Ray Joel. This is a very sad tale, but also quite funny.
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Robinho move leaves tattooed Manchester City fan... →
Stories like this crop up every time a top footballer moves to another club. Given the fact that players inevitably change teams, I’ve often wondered why anyone would have the name of his favourite player for his team permanently tattooed on himself. The reason for this has suddenly hit me: it’s so that the fan can have lots of attention and have his photo all over the news when the...
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Homeopathy: At 10:23 tomorrow we will prove there... →
I won’t be able to take part in this as I’ll be in bed at 10:23 on Saturday morning. I think the aim of the protest is to shame Boots the Chemist into stopping selling products that it knows are shit as medicine. Good luck with that.
New book confirms Pope John Paul II must have... →
At last, the real reason behind the late Pope’s self-flagellation habit.
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Was Vic's pub singer character in "Shooting Stars"... →
According to this wholly reliable source, it was.
My old friend Tallulah disagrees with my assertion that Stuart Staples sounds just like Vic’s club singer. She is, of course, entitled to her opinion, but a quick google of Tindersticks club singer will show that my perception of the matter is widely shared. I’d like to emphasise here that this vocal similarity is one of the things I...
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Belle and Sebastian - Roy Walker
I once met Roy...
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WatchMore of my now-digitalised VHS home movies from 1998.
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WatchBarry as a Chimp
I’ve been digitalising our old VHS home movies, and I found this 1998 footage of the BeerLegKing behaving like a chimp.
Last night's dream
I was visiting my new dentist for a bit of a teeth clean-up. I started chatting to his female dental nurse, who revealed that she was Kate Winslet’s less well-known sister. Anyway, we hit it off and I ended up shagging her.
This is a bit odd, as I shagged Kate Winslet in a dream several years ago.
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New players 'told to jump in pool of urine' at... →
“A student rugby club is to be hauled in front of a disciplinary hearing after new players were allegedly blindfolded and stripped naked, pelted with eggs and flour and made to eat tins of dog food.
De Montfort University RFC has been charged over a string of allegations made against senior players and officers.
During an initiation ceremony on November 18, new players were also allegedly...
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billnewsinger:
Squirrel Dub
I have decided to...
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WatchOn Friday nights, the town of Oistins in Barbados becomes a party town. A couple of years ago, we were lucky enough to be able to check out one of the town’s sound systems.
Part of my dub-themed weekend.
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Watchtallulah:
There’s nothing more amusing than a trustafarian. For SteveR’s dub weekend project.
This video won’t play on my computer, probably because NBC has set it to play in the US only. Anyway, I’ve given it a “like” for the kind thought.
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Augustus Pablo - King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown.
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All respect lost!
jennifermorris:
Because my life is awesome I am watching From Popstar To Opera Star on ITV this morning. They have the usual slew of semi-celebs but I am shocked and dismayed to see Blur’s Alex James in the mix. WTF?
My response was a little different, Jennifer. I didn’t watch the programme, but he’s such a media whore these days that I wasn’t surprised to read that he was...
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New Drugs Czar Claims Cannabis Can Help White... →
Professor Les Iversen said the drug should be legalised if only to help middle-class caucasians get the most out of Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, King Tubby and I-Roy. He added: “I’m just saying that, objectively speaking, most white people find it difficult to elevate their understanding of reggae beyond One Love and maybe a spot of Aswad. “Yes, they may be aware of Burning...
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Sir John Betjeman - The Licorice Fields at...
Why has TV got the love for Florence and the... →
Every time I put the TV on, Florence and the Machine’s version of You’ve Got the Love seems to be playing. It’s used in numerous trailers, and often appears as incidental music during programmes. It also cropped up in the last episode of Gavin and Stacey. This article attempts to explain its ubiquity.
Fat Bastard
I weighed myself today and discovered that I have put on six pounds over the Christmas holiday period. For fans of metrication, that’s 2.73 kilograms.
Can anyone beat that?
Guardian readers' heads explode in Wootton Bassett... →
“Counsellor Charlie Reeves said: “While Guardian readers oppose the conflict in Afghanistan and dismiss anyone supporting the troops as van-driving scum, they also don’t want to appear racist by condemning the protesters as a colossal horde of dicks. “We’re reassuring them that, whatever their views on cultural relativism and the inalienable right to freedom of...
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The return of Glen Lampshade!
Last night’s...
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Archive on 4: Carry On Britain →
How the Carry On films mirrored the changes in British society from the fifties to the seventies.
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John Cooper Clarke - Twat
The Bard of Salford...
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Otis Redding and Carla Thomas - New Year’s...