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Tunes for a Tuesday – 17 January 2012

Back In The USSR – The Beach Boys – Recorded 4 July 1984 in Washington DC [Listen] Big Boom – Windmill [Listen] Creature Makers – Solarsolar – BIRP! December 2010 [Listen] Cup of Blood – The Dudes – Brain Heart … Continue reading

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Underhand? Or underarm?

How to beat the sideshow hucksters. How to cheat at cricket. Legally. Richie Benaud gets it right at 8:20

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Truly Indian Finished Pig

With a Conformité Européenne (CE) seal of approval, no less. (Not to be confused with Bratherings, of course….)

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Letter to my younger self

Found in The Big Issue, a weekly newspaper with good journalism by significant writers and sold by homeless people who buy it for £1.25 and sell it for £2.50. A hand up, not a hand out, as they say

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The Nelson Mail is confused….

Shurely shum mishtake?

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y = 6

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Fenton!!!!!!!!

The original

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The joy of books

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Tunes for a Tuesday – 10 January 2012

Bi Biancu E Di Moru – I Muvrini – Terra Corsa [Listen] Crazy Crazy Nights – Kiss – The Best Rock Album in the World … Ever! [Listen] Excellent Birds  – Laurie Anderson – Mister Heartbreak [Listen] From The Masks … Continue reading

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They just paid $4million more for it

My mate Houghton is the proud owner of “Raindance“, a delightful 1928 30′ cabin cruiser that he’s renovated to near-perfection. He writes of the floating gin palace to his starboard: “Same bay, same beach, same view – they just paid … Continue reading

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