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Archive for May, 2009

Corporate Rock

I’m unlikely ever to have a job with the type of responsibility as the people seen in this video, but I’d like to announce that if I ever do end up like these folk, then the readers of this blog have permission to come after me with a big shovel.
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St Thumper’s Bumper Book of Popes

If there’s one thing you can’t really get away from in Italy, it’s the Catholic church. From Pope lollipops on sale in Rome to pictures of Padre Pio in the smallest provincial bakery, you’re reminded of its presence and importance everywhere. As a godless protestant all this stuff was new and alien to me, but [...]

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The stunning graphics of the Spider-Man game from 1983. Games have evolved, but Morrissey still makes records that sound like the ones he made 25 years ago.

I’m too young to have lived through any really interesting developments in either popular music or cinema. Sure, things have changed since I was 18 back in the late [...]

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