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It might not be a big deal in the grand scheme of things, but seeing Rage Against the Machine take the Christmas number one spot last month put a smile on a lot of faces. Even I supported the campaign, buying copies from various stores, despite already having owned the album for many years. It's not that I ha… Read more »
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I started the year with high hopes. They were fuelled, not by evidence, but by determination. 2008 didn't end particularly well. Among other, more personal issues, the recession had started to kick in and several of my friends and colleagues had just lost their jobs. It was an uncertain time. I resolved that… Read more »
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The funny thing about ambition is how it doesn't always seem to fit the person. My own ambitions, realistic as they probably aren't, include fronting a successful rock band and authoring a published novel, to name just a couple. Sometimes this surprises people—particularly the first one. I suppose I'm a fairl… Read more »
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Last night I went to a party for my grandmother's 80th birthday. As you would expect, it was a fairly subdued affair, especially given that the average age in the room could still have qualified for a free bus pass. But it was, nevertheless, held in a function room and there was, of course, the obligatory mob… Read more »
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I first got into the grunge band, Nirvana, the same way nearly everyone else I know did. Somebody I used to hang around with had a copy of Nevermind on cassette that circulated the group and/or was played at various social gatherings. Not even the original, but a taped copy. At the time, I had two social grou… Read more »
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On those rare occasions where I'm able to pull myself away from my keyboard for a night out, I usually know in advance what I'm looking for and make every effort to find it. I'm talking, specifically, about music, since (cinema trips aside) that's invariably what my nights out involve. For example, if I'm loo… Read more »
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As usual this morning, I got the bus to work. Unfortunately, also as usual, so did somebody with very little respect for those around them. Anybody who has been on public transport in recent years will no doubt be familiar with the sort. They come in all shapes and sizes, but they all have two things in commo… Read more »