December 2011
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Blue Lines Revisited: Christmas Loot →
It’s quite heartening that Lanier is no longer the biggest go-to twerp in all virtuality. He’s even (kinda) grown into his hair look.  tomewing: Head Massager thingy (looks like an egg whisk - is amazingly effective and this is speaking as someone very wary of massages/relaxation techniques) Dr Who, The Seeds Of Doom DVD (“Let us play in my GREEN CATHEDRAL” &c) Owen...
Dec 28th
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Happy Christmas
Haha yes, similar squeaky undertaking shortly to be attempted here. xxx to all tomewing: About to embark on children’s bedroom stocking extraction mission. Fingers crossed. Have a good one, Tumblr.
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I had to borrow a ladder off one of Madness
I like that Slipknot feature so much.  tomewing: rockandrolltedium: I once borrowed a ladder from a member of Madness, not sure which one as they all look the same, but it wasn’t the one with a lot of hair. Was that the bass player? Well, it wasn’t him by Brian Stevens My favourite of many thrilling stories from this important new Tumblr.
Dec 19th
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Dec 14th
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Blue Lines Revisited: A MUSIC WEBSITE HAS CHOSEN... →
“pabulum” <—- cruel!  tomewing: It’s OK, don’t worry. I know it seems difficult to understand right now, but the first thing you need to realise is that what you’re feeling is normal. A lot of people are going through the same process you are. What’s more, a lot of people have gone through it before and come out OK. Music…
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A quick story about Gilbert Adair
(who just died aged 67). I interviewed him once, something to do with the 1997 film of his 1990 novel Love and Death on Long Island — neither of which I liked much, truth be told. He was enormously charming, with a good line in stories against himself. One went something like this: sometime in the early 70s he’d arrived at a screening late, and asked his neighbour to fill him in on the...
Dec 9th
Tom's final Poptimist column →
Plus his useful three-part FE guide to how and why (1, 2 and 3): exemplary exploration of tactics, strategy, aims achieved and (occasionally) not, in all an opportunity seized and very well used first to last. 
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Blue Lines Revisited: twiststreet: Bloggers need... →
Realising that his standpoint was often perhaps only elliptically realised in the first 300 issues of Cerebus the Aadvark, Dave Sim is pleased to announce Earthpig Undead, a 900-part in-depth exploration and restatement of a unique and much-needed perspective. Is there a pop equivalent of Watchmen 2? Something whose existence would cause mass critical recoil? (I know there are people reading...
Dec 2nd
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