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Sometimes I wish I’d been born twenty years earlier than I was. Imagine a world where rock ‘n’ roll is breaking just as you’re growing up and The Beatles emerge for your sixteenth birthday. Imagine a world of full employment. … Continue reading
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I read a fascinating interview in The Guardian this week with one June Brown, better known to the world as Eastenders’ Dot Cotton (or Branning if you can still stomach watching what long ago became the most excruciating show known … Continue reading
I went to the bank today and asked if I could pay in a couple of cheques. I was greeted with an attempt at an ingratiating smile which came across as more like someone trying not to let on that … Continue reading
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I don’t know about you, but I’ve noticed a considerable number of brown cars on the road lately. I first observed this phenomenon in Berlin where I saw an inordinate number of high end BMWs and Mercedes finished in a … Continue reading
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I’ve always had a detached love of graffiti. What I mean is, I really like the idea of it: the creative expression, the danger associated with it, the artistic scope, the sheer audacity and the very rebelliousness of the entire process … Continue reading
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What’s that on your head ? This morning I was out and about quite early and I saw an elderly gentleman walking along the street with a newspaper tucked under his arm. I say “street” but this was definitely an … Continue reading
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Having worked in various record shops I like making arbitrary lists about things, especially music. Throw in the fact that I’m a bit of a football nerd and I find I can’t help myself whenever people start talking about “The … Continue reading
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The sketch: A customer enters a pet shop. Mr. Praline: ‘Ello, I wish to register a complaint. (The owner does not respond.) Mr. Praline: ‘Ello, Miss? Owner: What do you mean “miss”? Mr. … Continue reading
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… it washes memories off the sidewalk of life.” WOODY ALLEN Play It Again, Sam Seriously, I don’t mind the rain. I’ve never been one for lying in the sun and my body seems to run a degree or three … Continue reading
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There’s a line in Don McLean’s American Pie that has always rung true for me: ” …the day the music died …” I always wondered what it meant, but after years of working with music, whether as a DJ, a … Continue reading
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