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Elvis never lived to be 43. I did.
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Saturday, 5 November 2011
Halloween, Christmas and the death of ordinary time
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Last week, I noticed my local pub was advertising 'Halloween weekend'. Basically, three days of 'celebrating'. When I was...
Tuesday, 25 October 2011
Why I hate the 1980s (I think)
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I've been saying for as long as I can remember - well at least during this century - how much I hate the 1980s. But I know a lot of pe...
Sunday, 16 October 2011
Sounds of the 20th Century: real music, false memories, and why the 70s weren't actually that great
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One of the things I'm learning in the 21st century is that radio is often better than television, and the internet is often better tha...
Wednesday, 5 October 2011
All the cool bands
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Sometimes you actually find something useful on Facebook. One of my friends 'shared' a photo that's been 'shared' about ...
Tuesday, 30 August 2011
50 is the new 70
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Down the road from my house there's a billboard advertising sheltered housing. 'Independent Living For The Over 55s' it says, al...
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