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The Sun Always Shines On TV from Sporter 696 days old
This is a new feature where I invite friends to confess to their secret love of uncool songs (from the late 70’s or 80’s). If I have a personal memory ...
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The Stornoway Way from Sporter 781 days old
Kevin MacNeil does for the Isle of Lewis what Joyce does for Dublin or Dylan Thomas for South Wales. That might be a big statement to make but I enjoyed ...
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Iberia United? from Sporter 849 days old
José Saramago once wrote a novel in which the Iberian Peninsula disconnects from the rest of Europe and floats out to sea. Its English title is the Stone ...
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Kurt Vonnegut 1922-2007 from Sporter 947 days old
"I'm suing a cigarette company because on the package they promised to kill me, and yet here I am." - Kurt Vonnegut
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The Tin Drum from Sporter 982 days old
I recently had a listen to this very successful early eighties album by the group Japan. I don’t think it stands up too well, due in part to the full-blown ...
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Flight of Icarus from Sporter 1005 days old
[ ... ] than fiction. If I had dreamed this up in a story beginning: Glasgow Rangers flew out to Israel on a plane piloted by the lead singer of ...
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Come on Feel the Noise from Sporter 1138 days old
The Some Fine Noise story is one of the most bizarre in rock history. Shunned by the UK independents in the eighties, the SFN drifted aimlessly around ...
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Reading with Boots from Sporter 1400 days old
Despite closing in on retirement, Boots was ahead of his time. His lessons consisted mainly of quiet reading periods, broken only by smirks and chuckles, ...
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