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Is this the worst record ever made?
It has to be. Andrew Ridgeley’s 1990 ‘comeback’ single Shake truly is car crash stuff. The video is appropriately nasty, but ignore it if you can and just listen to the song: after… more →
I Have Grave News
Venice Book Club: "The Aspern Papers"
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fabsjpg wrote 1 month ago: In 2004 I had performed a habit that included vigorous constitutionals though Kensington and Chelsea … more →
Is this the worst record ever made?
Johnnie wrote 1 month ago: It has to be. Andrew Ridgeley’s 1990 ‘comeback’ single Shake truly is car crash s … more →
They Don't Write Them Like They Used To...
Johnnie wrote 1 month ago: The über stylish German act, Goombay Dance Band, featuring the incomparable Oliver Bendt, performing … more →
My Life Story In 50 Gigs
Johnnie wrote 3 months ago: Good old Facebook. Without it, I really wouldn’t have a life. OK, I’ll qualify that: wit … more →
Pointless Nostalgia: Puffa Puffa Rice (again)
Johnnie wrote 4 months ago: Due to overwhelming demand (and the extraordinary patronage of ANITA ALOHA , star of a 1960s Kellogg … more →
Pointless Nostalgia: Patrick Hernandez
Johnnie wrote 4 months ago: When Jim Carroll posted details about the latest round of Electric Picnic acts on his blog, one read … more →
(One Foot In The) Grave News
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Johnnie wrote 5 months ago: 40 years ago today, this rather brilliant piece of music was No.1 in the UK charts. Coincidentally, … more →
Who Says The 1980s Weren't Stylish?
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Johnnie wrote 7 months ago: The second series of Ashes To Ashes began last Monday night on BBC1. It’s by no means as grea … more →
Saint Seiya
archemarche wrote 9 months ago: A childhood memory I recall was when I was watching Spanish daytime television and some anime was on … more →
Nostalgia and Watches
archemarche wrote 10 months ago: What else is new? I bumped into a friend I haven’t talked to in several years and spent the ne … more →
Super Trouper, Pooper-Scooper
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Johnnie wrote 11 months ago: Ah, Hogmanay. ‘Tis the season for anyone with a dodgy beard and/or a crappy ’70s hairsty … more →
Pointless Nostalgia: The Wonder of Woolies
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Johnnie wrote 1 year ago: The shops are still open today but it looks like it’s finally curtains for Woolworth’s. … more →
Pointless Nostalgia: Peters And Lee
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Johnnie wrote 1 year ago: “Welcome Home…” Such a sweet song and yet, for some bizarre reason, it haunts me i … more →
Pointless Nostalgia: Horror Bags
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Johnnie wrote 1 year ago: The children of my generation were the luckiest ones when it came to crisps in the U.K. We were the … more →
Pointless Nostalgia: Public Information Films
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Johnnie wrote 1 year ago: Lonely Water - Spooky Apologies for repeating myself, but in the previous Pointless Nostalgia I ment … more →
Pointless Nostalgia: Creamola Foam
Johnnie wrote 1 year ago: I keep getting those emails from people which tell you that if you grew up in ’60s, ’70s … more →
Pollution, censorship, and human rights violations, oh my
P-Ow wrote 1 year ago: With the Opening Ceremonies going for the Beijing Olympics on Friday (which may be Thursday here, I … more →
Pointless Nostalgia: Puffa Puffa Rice
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Johnnie wrote 1 year ago: Generally speaking, I’m not one for nostalgia. Get a bunch of people of a certain vintage to … more →
"Just a fool to believe I have anything she needs"
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westendbitch wrote 1 year ago: Bloody hell, Patrick Swayze has cancer. I’m not going to get into that mawkish bullshit, if h … more →
