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List of Open Mic Nights in Birmingham UK

Last Updated: April 2012 There doesn’t seem to be much useful or up to date information online about Birmingham’s open mic scene, so i thought i’d publish my own list of open mic nights. Will try and keep this information as up … Continue reading

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Cool Stuff in ’09

Films 14. Up (2009) Dir: Pete DocterEmotionally harrowing, structurally implausible drama. The 2nd best Pixar film.   13. Slumdog Millionaire (2008) Dir: Danny BoyleThe most "mutilationy" feelgood film of the year!!   12. Cloudy with a chance of meatballs, (2009), … Continue reading

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Album reviews as mp3s

Oh, pitchfork recommends a new album. Let’s have a look.   Hmmm…. irrelevant establishing paragraph that leads nowhere…   Unecessary and uninteresting references to the bands previous output…   Lots of overwrought journo verbiage that totally fails to capture a … Continue reading

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Best ST:TNG episodes

16. Season 2, Episode 16: Q Who?Q tries to prove that Picard needs him as part of their crew by hurling the Enterprise 7,000 light years away where they encounter the Borg for the first time.Can’t really remember this one. … Continue reading

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Cool Stuff i found in 2008

All the best films/books/albums I watched/read/listened to in 2008. There MUST be a simpler way of writing that. Top 10s are for losers; If it was good, i’ll mention it, if it wasn’t, i won’t. Books: 5. My Life And … Continue reading

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Cool stuff in 2007

these are all the cool albums, films and books i read/watched/listened to for the first time this year. in order of course. There seems to be a lot of things at the top of these lists about the subconscious and … Continue reading

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Ninjas

Ninjas and internet humour seem to go well together. Here are 3 very funny, ninja-based websites: 1. White Ninja. Incredibly goofy and awesomely imaginative webcomic. A bit like the mighty boosh but with ninjas instead of zookeepers. 2. Dr McNinja. Nicely … Continue reading

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Shorter reviews

Yeh, i waffle way too much when i write reviews anyway. Shorter reviews from now on. Was thinking of doing 3 sentence reviews as a kind of gimick but im too lazy to have to count the number of full … Continue reading

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Charlie brookers screen wipe

Very funny show where a misanthropic, weird bloated looking guy uses a lot of excellent descriptive words to attack and praise some of the countless tv shows he watches. He writes a column in the guardian which you can read … Continue reading

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Myspace.com

I dun got me another space at Myspace.com. It has 4 mp3s by me on it, for anyone interested in hearing any of my music.   U can hear this stuff by clicking here.   If you do check it … Continue reading

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