Monthly Archives: May 2009

Dylan

Posted on May 31, 2009 by

is coming out in paperback in America on Tuesday and is finessing his poses in advance of the press call.

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Kalimera

Posted on May 30, 2009 by

Unbowed, if not a score lighter. Diversity were tremendous, but we all know who should of* won.

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Vote Flatley!

Posted on May 30, 2009 by

This blog is caught up in the hype, is making the shape of a phone with its hand, and is saying Stavros Flatley must win tonight. You tube are disabling the links in a deliberate effort to make my blog … Continue reading →

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In the old days

Posted on May 29, 2009 by

this was Britain’s Got Talent, Jeux Sans Frontiers version. I’ll have a lot to say about BGT later in a full cultural critique: it’s a genius show which Stavros Flatley must win, but at the moment my mind is in … Continue reading →

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Buy Salt

Posted on May 28, 2009 by

a good independent publisher in trouble. The below is lifted straight from George Szirtes’ blog: Salt Needs help Some readers (and writers) will already know that Salt, the publisher of a great many beautiful books of new poetry by a … Continue reading →

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¡Viva Catalunya!

Posted on May 27, 2009 by

that is all. Hold on, there is more from Mam’s Comment below. I do hope this is true: Did you all see the news item about the Manure fans who programed their tom tom to avoid M6 toll forgot to … Continue reading →

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Extract from the work in progress

Posted on May 26, 2009 by

…Pulis has his own version of this: whoever can hurl the thing the furthest is a certainty for the starting eleven, and that man is Rory Delap. There is something of Desperate Dan about Rory, he is big, he is … Continue reading →

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The end

Posted on May 25, 2009 by

of a long, tiring Bank Holiday weekend.

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Bank Holiday Dylan

Posted on May 24, 2009 by

What he’s saying here is: Okay, Stoke City have had a brilliant season and will be in the Premiership next year, but so what: for me the Summer of Love lies ahead. Final score: Arsenal 4-1 Stoke City, carnival time … Continue reading →

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Bank Holiday Boys

Posted on May 23, 2009 by

Mods and rockers, tearing up down the seaside

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