‘The best sandwich I’ve ever had’ wrote John Thorpe of Canvey Island of the King Prawn Cocktail sandwich he purchased at a Shell service station.
I felt some degree of scepticism at this unlikely claim and I took to Facebook to share my misgivings.
There, the fragrant author, Serena Makesy, reminded us that advertising often pulls certain positive words or phrases from a larger piece of text.
She helpfully restored Mr Thorpe’s full text for us.
Having grown up on an island, raised by isolationist parents who believed themselves intolerant to wheat, I didn’t have a sandwich until, at 15, I was taken into care when the authorities realised that I was illiterate and had no teeth. On the way to the children’s home, the guards stopped at a Shell station, bought a sandwich and threw it at me in my cage. It was the best sandwich I’d ever had.
You can Tell Shell what you think.
You can treat yourself to more of Serena’s writing in many good bookshops. You will also enjoy the writings of Alex Marwood (for they are the same person).
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2014 |
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| November | |
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| 22 | Training |
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| 22 | What are your words worth? |
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| 22 | Sensible Social |
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| April | |
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| 23 | Airline woes, Heartbleed and measuring your musical snobbery |
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| February | |
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| 7 | #Pantigate: How an Irish drag queen demonstrated the full – fabulous – Streisand Effect |
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| January | |
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| 15 | EGReads: #findmike, Google grab Nest and beat stress with… an app |
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2013 |
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| November | |
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| 15 | The Week In Social: Achieving Virality, Networking for Introverts, JP Morgan’s inability to learn anything. |
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| October | |
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| 25 | The Week in Social: Mavericks, Mutants, Teens and Drag Queens – how to make people care about you online. |
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| 4 | The Week in Social: Video Special |
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| September | |
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| 20 | The Week in Social: Google vs Death, saying ‘yes’ to mystery, e-begging Groomzillas and The Fox is a proper hit |
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| 6 | The Week in Social: #payback for BA, @ministryofsound vs @Spotify and @SenJohnMcCain’s war games. |
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| August | |
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| 16 | The Week in Social: The Amazing Pixar Theory, Arthur Guinness questioned, Sochi grief and The Late David Turpin returns. |
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| 2 | The Week in Social: Grim times on Twitter, Emojimadness and surviving without a corkscrew |
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| July | |
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| 20 | The Week in Social: FOMO, get out of Purgatory early, a very sticky MIT tool for Gmail and lots of actual good news |
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| 5 | The Week in Social: Vine gets better, Icona Pop hit No. 1, smell like a London postcode and sneaky Gmail tips. |
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| June | |
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| 14 | The Week in Social: Google/Facebook/Microsoft vs Obama, Farmers vs Activists, Ive’s iOS and Timewasting |
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| 7 | The Week in Social: The NSA are listening to you, Facebook is bad for business and Social Media Wars explained. |
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| May | |
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| 31 | The Week In Social: Social Media ‘out of control’, Samaritans & Facebook & a Kinder Surprise #fail |
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| 17 | The Week in Social: Cmdr. Hadfield’s legacy, Evil Google and #eurovision |
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| 10 | The Week in Social: Braff and Kickstarter, the crap deluge and a year offline. |
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| April | |
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| 26 | The Week in Social: Virgin Media get schooled, angry Facebook Moderator schools us and those New York ATM receipts |
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| 19 | The Week in Social: Boston & Social Media, Silver Surfers and ‘boring’ site wins design award |
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| 12 | The Week in Social: The BBC’s Ding Dong, Lavender Cookies and why your doctor won’t tweet |
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| 5 | The Week in Social: Class, Facebook Home and Digital Mischief |
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| March | |
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| 29 | The Week in Social: Equal Marriage, African-Irish teens and amazing bridal footwear. |
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| 11 | Enough Already! Facebook Fatigue [Infographic] |
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| 8 | The Week in Social: Bowie and Mila Kunis work it, Haiku Deck and Facebook (again) |
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| 1 | The Week in Social: Accentuating the Positive |
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| February | |
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| 22 | The Week in Social: Tweet after Death, BT’s London panorama and a stunning anti-bullying video |
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| 15 | The Week in Social: Are you jumping off bridges with friends or doing the Harlem Shake? |
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| 1 | The Week in Social: Facebook have $20 for you, Trek & The City, SaneBox and a great Kate Bush cover |
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| January | |
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| 25 | The Week in Social: Bitter Ex Test, Twitter’s Vine and Sadie’s Dream |
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| 22 | From Anonymous to PSY: The State of Social Media in 2012 (Infographic) |
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| 20 | Daddy or Chips is Dead: The Demise of the Bedroom DJ |
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| 18 | The Week in Social: Enough Horse Jokes, Getting Unstuck and Social Media Panic |
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| 15 | The Best of #Horseburgers |
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| 13 | Nike+ App Weirdness |
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| 11 | The Week in Social: Jeweller’s Ring of Ire, Springpad and Julie Feeney Choice nom *AGAIN* |
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| 4 | The Week in Social: Zuckerberg Caught Oversharing, Naughty Record Labels and Elderly Gent Starts/Stops Blogging |
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2012 |
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| December | |
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| 21 | Top 50 of 2012 |
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| 14 | The Week in Social: Macho Publisher Seeks Slave, #TateHate and the Big 2012 Round Ups |
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| 11 | New on Twitter: Filter Photos and Updated Profiles |
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| 7 | The Week in Social: Instagram vs Twitter, Driving Doggies and… Al Walser? |
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| 5 | Scarves & Gloves Part 6 (A HappySad Mixtape for Winter) |
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| 4 | Ten Trends for 2013 from JWT Intelligence [Slideshare] |
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| November | |
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| 30 | The Week in Social: Dumb ways to die, iTunes 11 and heartwarming doughnut lady |
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| 26 | A Facebook Cheat Sheet [infographic] |
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| 25 | Moventure |
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| 24 | How We Watch Our Toasters These Days. Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome |
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| 23 | The Week in Social: Movember, Teen Prodigies and #susanalbumparty |
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| 22 | How Often Should I Post? [A properly useful infographic!] |
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| 21 | The Luck Of The Irish (Cyanide & Happiness) |
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| 19 | “More important than algebra”? 6 Things To Teach Students (and yourself) About Social Media |
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| 16 | The Week in Social: #Savita, war on Twitter, and ‘It’s Thanksgiving’ |
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| 15 | The Infinite JukeBox Presents Your Favourite Song: Forever |
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| 15 | The Gathering and Savita |
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| 9 | The Week in Social: Facebook being cheeky, disrupting education and your dog’s Twitter account |
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| 4 | How do you make a video go viral? |
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| October | |
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| 31 | “From fans to ‘friends’ into genuine friends” Author Serena Mackesy on Social Networking |
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| 28 | “I earn more from it in a month than in the whole time when Constable were sitting on it” Author Alex Marwood and the tech-resurrection of Serena Mackesy |
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| 16 | RSVP: Ditto’s New Digital Realities, PRICKIMAGE & my collars |
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| 15 | Dandies from the Congo: Look at these threads! |
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| 10 | Social Running Apps and the Kindness of Americans |
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| 8 | Wigs, Final Cut Pro and Serious Lip Sync Action: Organising a tribute video in 7 days |
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| September | |
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| 27 | Amazon Reviews, Wicked Girls and the 90-9-1 Rule |
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| 10 | Finally 200 Facebook Fans – You took your time… |
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| August | |
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| 31 | Fast Company’s 36 Rules of Social Media (and then some) |
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| 30 | “We’re not politicians; we don’t think about legacies” Neil Tennant Interview (RTÉ Radio 1) [audio] |
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| 29 | Early verdict on Pet Shop Boys ‘Elysium’ |
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| 29 | Old Spice make (deranged) Muscle Music |
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| 29 | Surprise Olympic Breakout Hit: Public Enemy ‘Harder Than You Think’ |
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| 25 | “I favour returning to the moon” RIP Neil Armstrong |
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| 24 | RECORD WANKERS – THE TIT PARADE |
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| 23 | Declaring playlist bankruptcy – lost in a land of infinite choice |
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| 22 | Because The Sound of Arrows are your lady and you are their man [video] |
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| 21 | Hervé is my new – ugh – jam #thisismyjam |
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| 18 | It’s Mix Time! neunundvierzig |
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| 16 | When Your Digital Footprint Has Got Moves Like This, Why Worry? |
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| 14 | 5 Post-Olympic Chart Winners: Lennon, Elbow, Bush, Sandé and cheeky George Michael |
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| 13 | Gotye’s YouTube Orchestra & Remix Culture |
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| 11 | We ♥ Memes: Prince Charles vs Bubbles Girl now with extra Usain Bolt |
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| 11 | “I wish I was in London, that’s where I wanna be” Thea Gilmore’s London |
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| 10 | New Pet Shop Boys album, ‘Elysium’, sounding pretty fantastic actually. |
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| 7 | Hilarious Alternative Olympic Boat Race Commentary (slightly NSFW) (UPDATE: Back up!) |
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| 1 | ‘This is NOT my résumé': How Slideshare got the attention of recruiters |
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| July | |
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| 30 | The Perils of the Social Celebrity (whatever ‘celebrity’ means these days) [slideshare] |
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| 28 | Anatomy of a #FAIL @AidanBurleyMP and Olympic “leftie multicultural crap” |
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| 27 | @PKontheRadio should be #ff’d by the lot of you. |
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| 25 | Adding Hipster Filter | The Truth About Instagram |
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| 24 | And speaking of transpersons in pop videos… Bat For Lashes’ stunning ‘Laura’ |
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| 23 | “On no account should anyone print thousands of these and stick them all over London.” |
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| 23 | Pet Shop Boys: Winner [Video. Now with added London Rollergirls] |
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| 22 | Regressive Media is the Future: Perfect Curve’s Digital Strategy (BBC2’s Twenty Twelve) |
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| 21 | Best of #IrishShadesofGrey |
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| 21 | Frank Ocean in The Guardian: ‘Astonishingly subversive’ |
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| 19 | London 2012: The Most Social Games Ever? It’s Inevitable. |
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| 18 | The Best Sandwich I’ve Ever Had #tellshell |
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| 16 | The Word Magazine is dead, but… there’s over 10 GB of stuff on my computer that won’t be going anywhere |
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| 16 | Hed Kandi: “Must Try Harder” |
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| 13 | Saint Etienne have got your music, or you have theirs (or something) |
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| 13 | A Who’s Who of Social Media for 2012 (or ‘Look at Pinterest go!) |
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| 12 | Azealia Banks gives away ‘Fantasea’ mixtape |
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| 10 | Frank Ocean takes ‘Channel Orange’ to No. 1 |
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| May | |
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| 22 | It’s Mix Time! Tough Aesthetic |
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| 4 | Adam ‘MCA” Yauch: Music for geek and jock alike |
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| March | |
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| 17 | It’s Mix Time! Fine Thing |
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| January | |
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| 2 | Top 40 of 2011: The Top 5 |
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2011 |
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| December | |
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| 30 | Top 40 of 2011 : 10 – 6 |
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| 23 | Daddy or Chips? Top 40 of 2011: 11-40 |
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| 7 | Scarves & Gloves Part 5 (A HappySad Mixtape for Winter) |
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| November | |
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| 4 | It’s Mix Time: Occupy London |
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| October | |
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| 6 | + Me |
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| September | |
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| 27 | 1 – 10,000 Tweets |
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| 12 | It’s Mix Time: Dumb Jock |
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| July | |
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| 15 | It’s Mix Time: Space Junk |
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| 9 | Dear punters and salespersons at Whitechapel Market, London… |
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| 3 | Practice 10K run – what happened? |
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| June | |
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| 23 | Apologies: video does not contain sweaty face as promised |
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| 21 | Daddy’s mp3reets: Gypsy & The Cat/Dublin Aunts, Susanne Sundfør, The Hidden Cameras vs Pet Shop Boys |
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| 18 | Look at the *state* of me…. (Training Diary Vid 03) |
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| 17 | I will run through London and try not to throw up if you give me a fiver. |
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| May | |
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| 25 | It’s Mix Time!: Superinjunction |
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| April | |
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| 7 | It’s Mix Time: Asthma Attack |
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| March | |
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| 25 | Playing to their Strengths: Pet Shop Boys do the ballet |
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| 19 | Daddy’s Mp3reets: Foster The People, Kisses, Marc Johnce |
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| 5 | It’s Mix Time: Night People |
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| February | |
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| 20 | Daddy’s mp3reets: Arcade Fire, Rumer, Theophilus London, Bettye Swan, Christian Walz |
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| 19 | How not to prepare puppies for a walk |
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| 17 | Stealing from Scritti Politti, or my ‘leaking’ angst |
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| January | |
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| 31 | It’s Mix Time! Tear Gas |
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| 7 | New Talent: Tennga, Georgia |
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| 5 | 100 Things to Watch in 2011 |
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2010 |
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| December | |
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| 24 | Daddy or Chips? Top 50 of 2010: Top Ten |
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| 21 | It’s Mix Time! Refudiate – Best of 2010 |
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| 18 | Daddy or Chips? Top 50 of 2010: 11-50 |
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| 18 | Silent Night: Cage Against The Machine 4′ 33″ |
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| 17 | Dammit Julian… xkcd on Wikileaks |
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| 11 | 11 Reasons I Like Following You on Twitter |
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| 10 | Straighttalking Irishman in the US explains how his country went down the financial tubes (Very NSFW) |
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| 9 | The Killers ‘Boots’ (have your tissues at the ready) |
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| 9 | Have I listened to music for a whole year in the last five? |
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| 3 | Only because it’s magnificent in its dumbness |
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| 2 | 5 minutes with Arcade Fire in London |
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| November | |
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| 28 | It’s Mix Time! Scarves & Gloves Part 4 (HappySad music for Winter) |
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| 27 | Reader, I Married Him: Darren Criss |
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| 18 | Little Noise my ass. Paolo Nutini blasts Islington. (Oh, and Rumer) [videos] |
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| 14 | We are NOT getting a puppy! |
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| 12 | Daddy’s mp3reets: Joe Chester, Gypsy & The Cat (again), Toro Y Moi |
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| 11 | Pet Shop Boys Contrarily: Trunk Guy vs Daddy or Chips? |
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| October | |
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| 19 | Hello new Facebook followers… |
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| 13 | It’s Mix Time: Music Matters |
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| 10 | Time lapse photography EXTREME |
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| 4 | Daddy’s mp3reets: El Guincho, Saint Saviour & Kanye West ft. Bon Iver |
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| 2 | Password Reuse (xkcd) |
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| September | |
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| 29 | A random house in Scotland or a metaphor for impermanence |
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| 17 | Why I will not, after all, protest the pope. |
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| 15 | Wait for me! An update on my recent lack of bloggery. |
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| August | |
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| 11 | Album Covers as IKEA Catalogue Pages |
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| 7 | London On High (HD video) |
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| 5 | Elephants on Parade |
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| July | |
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| 13 | Daddy’s mp3reets: Gypsy & The Cat, Gap Band & The Roots do Monsters of Folk |
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| 9 | It’s Mix Time! La Cigala |
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| June | |
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| 19 | Roundup of Astonishing Stuff |
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| 3 | Daddy’s Mp3reets: Sacred Animals, Gayngs, Jay Dabhi |
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| 1 | Reader, I Married Him… Arjun Gupta |
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| May | |
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| 29 | It’s Mix Time! Top Kill |
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| 20 | Hello Mr World |
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| April | |
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| 18 | Cameron’s Black Man Anecdote Silliness |
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| 9 | Malcolm McLaren & The Bales of Hay |
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| 2 | Pope admits error and overturns Church policy |
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| March | |
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| 30 | Ooh, fancy that! |
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| 12 | Just who is downloading these mixes? |
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| 10 | It’s Mix Time: Mental Reservation |
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| 9 | Worthwhile Opportunities for Ex-Boyband Members |
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| February | |
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| 26 | Junk Culture’s Visual Pop & the irrelevance of ethnicity |
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| 1 | Make Up Tips For Having The Sex |
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| January | |
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| 21 | Daddy or Chips? -The Origin |
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| 17 | Lady Cameron |
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| 13 | Google (finally) stick it to China |
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| 12 | Cheap beer in Dublin for the gays |
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| 10 | It’s Mix Time! Crowdsourced |
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| 4 | Official UK Top 20 of 2009 |
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2009 |
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| December | |
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| 30 | “Have a baby by me! Be a millionaire!” Favourite Lyrics of 2009 |
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| 29 | Daddy or Chips Top 50 of 2009: Part 2 – The Top Ten |
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| 28 | Daddy or Chips Top 50 of 2009: Part 1 – 50-11 |
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| 19 | Astounding, Wonderful and Wow: Albums of the 00s |
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| 17 | The 00s Most Surprisingly Metatextual Track: Aserejé |
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| 16 | It’s Mix Time! Scarves & Gloves Part 3 |
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| 11 | ‘Why I still buy music’ or ‘David Turpin’s quite good, isn’t he?’ |
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| 10 | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this) : Best Amazon Reviews Ever |
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| 3 | What Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragan *really* meant when he said that gays won’t go to Heaven |
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| 1 | Honky Tonk Angel |
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| November | |
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| 25 | It’s Mix Time! Radio Daddy or Chips Vol. 1 |
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| 23 | Mesmorising Book Titles |
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| 19 | Over My Shoulder: Mika & King’s Singers live at Union Chapel |
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| 19 | Hmmm, some anger detected in Ireland… |
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| 18 | Academia vs Business |
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| 10 | Today’s Cock-in-a-Frock: Bishop Janusz Kaleta |
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| 3 | Gay People Can Quote The Bible Too |
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| 1 | Guest Post: Cellular Memory |
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| October | |
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| 28 | Write Badly Well |
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| 27 | Sum by David Eagleman |
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| 23 | wtf My Girl’s Pussy |
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| 22 | I love xkcd (video) |
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| 21 | “What do you think I fought for?” US 86-year-old WWII veteran on gay marriage |
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| 20 | It’s Mix Time! Dark Appetites |
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| 17 | How to make babies |
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| 6 | It’s Mix Time! Elusion |
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| September | |
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| 25 | Delusions and Grandeur |
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| 20 | Crookers: Put Your Hands On Me (feat. Kardinall Offishall) |
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| 16 | How to DJ |
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| 15 | Thank You For The Music: Kylie, Chaka & the Orsa Fiddlers! |
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| 14 | Paddy McAloon BBC Radio 2 Radio Interview |
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| 11 | Daddy’s Mp3reets! Prefab Sprout, Susanna and the Magical Orchestra, Siobhan Donaghy |
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| 8 | A Very Yellow Partnership |
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| 6 | Air France: Current Affaires |
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| 5 | Dublin in 3D on Google Earth |
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| 2 | New Basement Jaxx: Feelings Gone feat. Sam Sparro |
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| 1 | 419 scams go seriously meta |
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| August | |
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| 25 | Marriage Equality Ireland Ad: Cleverz! |
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| 23 | Cardinal Brady tells us what’s not good for the family (ahem) |
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| 20 | Sand Animation: Ukraine’s Got Talent winner = amazing |
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| 19 | Channelling Patsy Gallant |
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| 18 | “Fiercing harder than Sasha Fierce times infinity…” |
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| 14 | Toby! Tobi! Tobé! |
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| 13 | Homeopathy, Nutritionism = Ridiculous Nonsense |
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| 5 | Mental. Actual Email Exchange with Unnamed Friend |
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| July | |
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| 30 | How to do the Fourth Plinth thing |
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| 28 | New Prefab Sprout: Let There Be Music |
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| 22 | Three more unrelated, but very good for you, songs |
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| 21 | Experimenting with Pod-o-Matic |
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| 17 | Meet GUBU the Clown… |
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| 16 | Flirt by kuriakonz on flickr |
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| 15 | Neko Case: Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth |
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| 13 | Brenda Power vs Panti |
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| 13 | It’s Mix Time: Dirty Article |
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| 9 | Proof that the gays won’t applaud just anything at Pride… |
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| 2 | I’ve Been To A Marvellous Party |
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| 1 | This made me LOL (really) |
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| June | |
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| 22 | PSB @ The O2, London: A review [spoilers] |
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| 18 | Pet Shop Boys Live in the 02! |
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| 12 | Empire Of The Sun: Standing On The Shore (HD) |
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| 7 | Brazil Trip Part 1 |
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| 5 | Sparkly Poops |
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| 5 | Two Random Pictures and an Absolutely Delicious Dusty Disco Track |
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| May | |
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| 30 | It’s Mix Time: Pure Imagination |
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| 27 | New Abba (kind of): Story Of A Heart |
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| 26 | Powerful: Irish Child Abuse Victim vs Minister for Justice |
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| 26 | Killer Biscuits Wanted for Attempted Murder |
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| 24 | I’m not blocking the view |
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| 23 | New Site* Alert: Inappropriate Soundtracks (* -ish) |
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| 21 | “The Verbiage of Unreason” |
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| 19 | New Site Alert: Look At This Fucking Hipster |
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| 15 | Discussion between Pet Shop Boys and Parlophone about ‘strategy’ |
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| 13 | It costs $30,000 to fill my iPod! |
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| 13 | When we started ‘going forward’ that’s when we started going backwards… |
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| 12 | Three unrelated, but very good, songs for you |
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| 11 | Ouch, that’s gotta hurt |
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| 9 | You want controversy, I’ll give you controversy… |
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| 8 | Unsure What to Worship? |
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| 6 | Twitter-ye-why not |
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| 4 | Amnesty |
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| 4 | Should I have said hi to Alejandro Escovedo yesterday? |
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| 1 | It’s Friday, Bank Holiday, Kev is visiting, i.e. We Love London |
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| April | |
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| 24 | What’s That Sound? It’s The Sound of Tiga’s Shoes |
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| 24 | Brilliant Sunshine, or ‘that oddly-affecting synth noise’ |
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| 6 | Update! |
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| March | |
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| 24 | Cow-tipping: quite possibly the best thing PSB have ever done? |
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| 17 | The Pope’s a Dope (part 57) |
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| 17 | Robert Webb Flashdance for Comic Relief & Some Fascinating Facts! |
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| 13 | WTF? Picture is Unrelated |
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| 6 | I hear Duffy’s selling Coke…. Amy Winehouse Billboard |
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| 6 | Wow! MGMT’s Kids played on iPhones |
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| February | |
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| 27 | Bishop Richard Williamson’s Apology: A Translation |
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| 26 | Juvenilia or Junk? Random Stuff from Those Boxes at the Back of the Wardrobe |
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| 23 | Pet Shop Boys Love Etc. (HD Video) |
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| 21 | It’s Mix Time! NSFW |
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| 19 | Woman freaking out in Hong Kong airport |
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| 19 | Pet Shop Boys, Brandon Flowers & Lady GaGa @ The Brits |
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| 18 | Five Very Good Reasons Why Pet Shop Boys Are Amazing |
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| 9 | M. Ward Hold Time & Antony and the Johnsons Everglade |
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| 6 | Stuck in Dublin Airport: S’no joke, like |
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| 6 | New Pet Shop Boys single: Love Etc. |
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| 4 | Cool New Thing: Spotify |
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| 2 | Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow: London borked |
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| January | |
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| 28 | Cadbury’s Eyebrow Ad |
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| 24 | I’m bored |
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| 23 | Hype! Animal Collective: Merriweather Post Pavilion |
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| 20 | Obama Inauguration Speech in Wordle |
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| 20 | Irish Blog Awards Nominations List Out |
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| 17 | “Internet of the Year”: Van Halen vs Microsoft Songsmith |
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| 17 | Now that’s what we called music |
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| 16 | It’s here!! Empire of the Sun We Are The People Video |
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| 14 | I don’t ♥ moving |
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| 14 | New Frock Time! The Galas 2009 |
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| 14 | Honesty in Redundancy Letters |
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| 13 | Is this good album art? Neko Case’s Middle Cyclone |
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| 11 | 2009 Good Year for Music? |
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| 10 | Holy Crap! Now That’s What I Call Music – The First One! |
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| 7 | Irish Blog Awards 09: Time running out to nominate… |
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| 6 | It’s Mix Time! Cool Intentions |
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| 6 | Things we have learned about the A380 |
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| 2 | Thailand Diary: Jan 2nd Bye Bye! |
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| 1 | New Year’s Eve in Thailand |
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| 1 | More from Thailand |
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2008 |
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| December | |
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| 31 | Thailand Diary |
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| 30 | Best of 2008: The Top 5 |
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| 23 | 2008 Top Tracks – 10-6! (such a tease!) |
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| 20 | Paddy McAloon & Jimmy Webb: The Highwayman |
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| 18 | Top 40 Tracks 2008 – 20-11 |
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| 17 | Top 40 Tracks of 2008 21-40 |
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| 13 | It’s Mix Time: Recessionista |
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| 9 | MSNBC asks readers if they are cutting back on holiday spending |
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| 8 | Feist on Sesame Street. Cos it’s nearly Christmas |
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| 5 | Empire Of The Sun BBC Sound Of 2009 Tip |
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| November | |
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| 14 | Obvious Future No. 1: Leona does Snow Patrol… |
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| 7 | The election’s over… |
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| 4 | Ebony & Ivory: The Music |
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| October | |
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| 24 | Ebony & Ivory – Bhangra Remix (yes, you read that right…) |
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| 23 | iTunes Censor ‘Love’ (B******s) |
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| 22 | Sheesh! Are people STILL visiting this post? |
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| 20 | New Empire Of The Sun Remix: We Are The People |
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| 19 | Amazing. Colin Powell endorses Obama. |
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| 19 | Barack Obama is following me… |
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| 18 | More Pundit Kitchen lolz |
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| 17 | McCain and Obama: Quite hilarious actually! |
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| 15 | Palin as President |
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| 15 | Scarily Cool Optical Illusion- try it! |
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| 13 | Shiny things! Irish Web Awards 2008 |
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| 11 | Antony & the Johnsons – Another World |
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| 9 | Um, I think that’s enough Photoshop for now… |
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| 8 | A priest with balls. Fo’ real. |
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| 8 | And in other news… |
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| 5 | My Weekend CD Shopping Spree |
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| 2 | My first pencil case… |
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| September | |
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| 25 | More New Empire of the Sun! |
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| 24 | iPod is ALIVE! |
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| 24 | Triangulating the moment one became a gay Pt 26 |
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| 23 | It’s Homeopathy; Concentrate! |
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| 22 | New Killers single “Pet Shop Boys meet Johnny Cash” |
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| 21 | Laura Marling was born in 1990! (Oh, and a Lisa Hannigan review of sorts) |
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| 17 | How I mix |
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| 13 | Emmylou Harris in Dublin. The wtf moments – 13 Sept 2008 |
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| 12 | The World Outside the USA |
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| 11 | Pundit Kitchen- even more lolz |
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| 9 | 50,000th Visitor – will it be YOU? |
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| 8 | It’s Mix Time! Louche Attractiveness |
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| 3 | Guv’nor Palin’s been to Ireland! |
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| 1 | Why none of us will ever hold high office |
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| August | |
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| 28 | Who is it? |
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| 25 | Face Your Manga: Cute Cute Cute |
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| 23 | It’s Mix Time! Freemasonry |
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| 23 | Sleepy Jackson are BAAAAACK! (kind of) |
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| 21 | Not finished with Iris just yet… |
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| 13 | Grrrr… |
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| 12 | Homophobe Belfast MP has great web footprint: a trend emerges… |
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| 6 | It’s Mix Time: The Future of Reputation (chilled house) |
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| 4 | Belfast Pride Gives Joyful Two-Fingers to Homophobic MP Iris Robinson |
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| 2 | Photo taken purely out of medical curiosity (really) |
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| July | |
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| 31 | L’Absence |
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| 23 | ‘Allo… is it me you’re looking for?’ |
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| 22 | !$title$! |
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| 16 | Sry… |
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| 11 | Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh! |
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| June | |
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| 27 | Laters |
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| 22 | LOLcat Wedding |
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| 22 | For itwaseverthus |
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| 20 | LOLiGAG No. 57 |
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| 19 | It’s Mix Time: Drink Canada Dry |
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| 11 | Kylie vs Freemasons: It’s G.A.Y.tastic! |
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| 9 | iPhone 3G: Glad ya waited, eh? |
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| 2 | Pitted, so pitted! Dude |
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| 1 | It’s Mix Time! Creepy Treehouse |
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| May | |
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| 30 | C is for Cookie |
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| 22 | Botox |
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| 18 | Stop downloading my mixes! |
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| 16 | Weekend(ish) |
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| 13 | Lisbon Treaty: Ooh! |
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| 11 | Holy Moly! Apple Mac Music Video |
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| 10 | Nuala O’Faolain R.I.P. |
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| 9 | Why don’t people comment? |
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| 8 | Great tits cope well with warming |
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| 2 | Lovely new video from Justice. |
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| April | |
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| 30 | Nerd humour |
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| 27 | Awww…. I |
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| 25 | Weekend Mumps |
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| 21 | Ouch! Mac vs Windows: The Debate Rages (I mean, really RAGES) |
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| 20 | It’s Mix Time!: Even More Unacceptable In the 80s |
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| 17 | Titanic rewrite |
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| 15 | That was fast….. (Joe Chester update!) |
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| 11 | Touch My Me |
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| 9 | Arf! |
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| 6 | Nice Internet Thing: Muxtape |
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| 3 | Yet another stupid, but essential, internet meme |
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| 3 | Enjoy Infinity: Rufus Wainwright’s Ode to Antidote |
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| March | |
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| 24 | Ridiculous |
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| 18 | This is ace: Kleerup feat. Titiyo ‘Longing for Lullabies’ |
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| 14 | I’m off… |
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| 7 | Maybe This Is Not Love. (Joe Chester is baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!) |
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| 4 | “I’m Jack Nicholson, and I approve of this message” |
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| 1 | “You love me, you really love me!” |
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| February | |
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| 28 | super extra bonus party Choice Winners! |
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| 25 | Catholics, Jews, Muslims; they just wear you out |
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| 24 | Foggy tracks Eastwall, blue |
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| 24 | No expectations. |
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| 19 | Ok, so it’s a Popculture blog… |
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| 10 | McDonald’s New Advertising Campaign Inspires Mild Sense of Panic |
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| 1 | It’s Mix Time! Digital Immigrants |
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| January | |
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| 29 | How did this happen? Irish Blog Awards! |
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| 12 | Top Tracks of 2007 |
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2007 |
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| December | |
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| 16 | Waits for Christmas |
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| 8 | It’s Mix Time! Scarves & Gloves (Winter Special) |
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| November | |
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| 21 | No Music Day |
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| 20 | Tagged by mykel |
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| 17 | Mix Time! Funk You, Beaver! |
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| 15 | Squeal! |
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| 14 | These shoes cost three-hundred dollars…. |
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| 2 | Lifelong Learner |
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| October | |
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| 20 | Mix Time: Shoreditch Trauma |
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| 19 | Whither Joe Chester? |
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| 14 | Another Nail In… |
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| 14 | The Mercy Drill: Prefab Sprout vs The Drill |
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| 10 | Kitty! |
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| 9 | DJ Chuck on the decks (ok, laptop…) |
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| September | |
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| 28 | Pugilistic Tendencies |
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| 19 | Unacceptable in the 80s (slight return) |
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| 17 | 20,000 hits |
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| 16 | New Theme |
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| 16 | Mix Time: Unacceptable in the 80s |
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| 14 | WTF?!? Pt 2 |
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| 14 | WTF?!?! |
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| 8 | Mykonos Madness on the Way |
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| August | |
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| 22 | last.fm to influence the charts? |
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| 22 | New Madonna Track |
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| 13 | Spider Pig |
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| 2 | More lovely ABBA covers |
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| July | |
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| 26 | Mix Time: Nude Techno Dancing |
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| 17 | “What is it, you cnut face?” |
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| 12 | The Day Before You Came |
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| 11 | Rather Good Track No. 321 Di Johnston: Trite |
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| 10 | Work is nuts! |
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| 4 | It’s Mix Time! Half Way Mark |
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| June | |
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| 25 | Not quite Instant Karma |
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| 25 | Last.fm vs Normaliser |
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| 23 | Dublin’s finest: Pride 07 |
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| 9 | “You have two cows…” |
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| 9 | Something sexy to say in Icelandic |
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| 7 | Mix Time: Moon June School |
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| May | |
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| 29 | Rather Good Track No. 546 Gotye: Heart’s A Mess |
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| 29 | Poland vs. Teletubbies (FFS) |
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| 26 | RIP GUBU |
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| 23 | New Scritti Politti tracks |
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| 20 | Foofus Triumphant! |
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| 18 | I Heart The Onion |
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| 15 | Petition Poland (again….) |
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| April | |
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| 29 | Death of a Nano* |
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| 25 | Downtempo Dance: The 7am Drop |
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| 21 | Dorian Gray |
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| 17 | Bonkers about Honkers 香港 |
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| 4 | Back soon… |
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| 4 | Do you know where I’m off to tomorrow? |
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| 3 | Rufus! Town! Rip! |
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| 2 | Outbreak of common sense |
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| March | |
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| 24 | More March Mixing Madness |
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| 24 | YouTube’s raison d’être |
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| 23 | Terrible Twosome |
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| 22 | Siobhan Donaghy in Rather Good Record Shock! |
|---|
| 20 | Em….. |
|---|
| 13 | That Birthday Night In Full (not really) |
|---|
| 9 | Bad.Good.Bad.Good. |
|---|
| 7 | Life’s a cnut sometimes… |
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| 6 | Arf! |
|---|
| 3 | Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose: Let’s Dance! |
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| February | |
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| 24 | England v Ireland |
|---|
| 24 | Polish President AntiGay Remarks Spark Anger During Dublin Visit |
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| 22 | Rufus! Paris! Illness! |
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| 20 | Paris! |
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| 14 | Happy Hallmark Marketing Day! |
|---|
| 12 | Oops, Almost Missed It… Jolly Good Tracks No. 1 |
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| January | |
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| 31 | Mix Time: Spring Collection |
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| 28 | Mad Weekend |
|---|
| 22 | Waltz Me Once Again Around The Dancefloor – MIX TIME! |
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| 19 | New Classic: Sally Shapiro * I’ll Be By Your Side |
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| 18 | Batten Down the Hatches! |
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| 15 | UCC Posse 2007 |
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| 8 | Meme Time. 5 Things! |
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| 8 | Groan… |
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2006 |
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| December | |
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| 22 | Daddy or Chips Top 40 Tracks of 2006! The Top 5! |
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| 21 | Daddy or Chips Top 40 Tracks of 2006! 10-6! |
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| 20 | Daddy or Chips Top 40 Tracks of 2006! 20-11 |
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| 18 | Daddy or Chips Top 40 Tracks of 2006! 30-21 |
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| 17 | Daddy or Chips Top 40 Tracks of 2006! |
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| 17 | Best Thread Closer 2006! |
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| 17 | Words cannot express….. |
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| 16 | While we’re at lists…. |
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| 13 | Best comment left in a blog 2006 |
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| 13 | A Gift. |
|---|
| 10 | Nu Blog Entry from Nu Enda |
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| 8 | End-of-year List Madness: Part 1. |
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| November | |
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| 30 | Autographed Scritti MiniDisc |
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| 27 | Sometimes it’s good to meet your heroes… |
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| 16 | Look at Enda. See Enda Dance. Dance, Enda, Dance. |
|---|
| 13 | More than I bargain for |
|---|
| 11 | Boulder, Colorado |
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| 7 | I’m in Boulder, Colorado… |
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| 1 | Mix Time! |
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| October | |
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| 29 | Some pix from the party |
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| 27 | Airport |
|---|
| 26 | That Greek song….. |
|---|
| 21 | Taking the PiS |
|---|
| 17 | Is the Polish Prime Minister Gay? |
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| 15 | Medic! |
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| 11 | AWOO! |
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| September | |
|---|
| 30 | Green my Apple |
|---|
| 29 | “All music is shit, and none of it is…” |
|---|
| 7 | My iTunes Personality |
|---|
| August | |
|---|
| 17 | Back from Greece! |
|---|
| 4 | London… 5 days in… |
|---|
| July | |
|---|
| 29 | Countdown to London….. 1 DAY LEFT |
|---|
| 28 | Countdown to London…. 2 days left |
|---|
| 26 | Countdown to London…. 5 days |
|---|
| 19 | Some Mixology for you 2: F**k Me, It’s Hot! |
|---|
| 19 | Oooh! I’m in the charts! |
|---|
| 18 | “Spitti wha?” |
|---|
| 15 | I knew it… |
|---|
| 5 | Sooo, THAT’S how it’s done… (SUFJAN STEVENS) |
|---|
| 3 | Proud to be Queer & Muslim |
|---|
| 3 | Baaaaaaaaack… |
|---|
| June | |
|---|
| 26 | Panti @ Dublin Pride |
|---|
| 18 | Reasons to love Boy George. 2 |
|---|
| 18 | Come on Poland! |
|---|
| 16 | Oh Daddy! |
|---|
| 13 | I was a male stripper in Osaka-town |
|---|
| 12 | Work it, beeatch…. |
|---|
| May | |
|---|
| 26 | Laters… |
|---|
| 21 | Keskasay? Saint Etienne vs Right Said Fred |
|---|
| 17 | Reasons to love Boy George. 1 |
|---|
| 12 | Daddy or Chips? Let Google decide… |
|---|
| 11 | Good idea. Why don’t I steal it? |
|---|
| 9 | Tonight, Matthew, I’m going to be…. (Blogs In Their Eyes 1) |
|---|
| 5 | Emma Channing doesn’t really ‘get’ this song… |
|---|
| 5 | WTF? |
|---|
| 2 | Gutted! Great tracks that bombed 1. S.O.S by ABC (1984) |
|---|
| April | |
|---|
| 22 | iTunes To Sell You Your Home Videos For $1.99 Each |
|---|
| 17 | HELP! |
|---|
| 17 | It’s coming…. |
|---|
| 15 | What I’m listening to… Guillemots |
|---|
| 9 | Best. Album. Ever. (Maybe) 1. I Trawl the Megahertz – Paddy McAloon (2003) |
|---|
| 6 | Anyone getting that Easter feeling yet? |
|---|
| 5 | Right, seen it all now….. |
|---|
| 5 | Scary Video: Massive Attack Live With Me |
|---|
| March | |
|---|
| 31 | Some Mixology For You |
|---|
| 30 | Oh dear… |
|---|
| 28 | “It’s four in the mornin’…..” |
|---|
| 28 | Coldplay palatable? |
|---|
| 25 | Rodrigo y Gabriela? |
|---|
| 24 | At last! The Guardian agrees with me… |
|---|
| 23 | 1-3 Sept 2006 – The Blue Nile to play Electric Picnic… |
|---|
| 21 | Microsoft iPod? |
|---|
| 20 | Sexy House Podcast |
|---|
| 20 | Neko Case is Top Of My Pops |
|---|
| 18 | Guardian Triumphant Break Up Tracks |
|---|
| 17 | One day Robbie Williams will cover this man’s songs… |
|---|
| 17 | Happy St. Patrick’s Day 2006 |
|---|
| 16 | The g hotel, Galway |
|---|
| 15 | Is that a bandwagon over there? Quick! Jump on it! |
|---|
| 13 | Weekly charts |
|---|
| 13 | Sausages on Sunday Morning |
|---|
| 11 | Brokeback Remix |
|---|