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Word Magazine blogs (Free subscription) | yesterday
Thanks to Goosefat101, who mentioned these videos on, er, another thread . I just thought they deserved a thread of their own, as they are, to my mind at least, the finest examples of post-modern product endorsement (i.e. the trick of seeming to slag off the product, which nevertheless only has the effect of making the product more cool and desirable). Proper, LOL funny. http://www.meetthebulldog.com/page/view/Soap-Box-Male-Grooming...
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Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
The Utah Federal Defender Office on Tuesday asked to withdraw as defense attorney for Brian David Mitchell, citing a conflict of interest. In a motion filed Tuesday, defense attorney Robert Steele said a witness on a list submitted last week by the government was previously represented by his
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Keeper of the Snails (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
While I was in China I could only take a couple of books besides the guides: these were China A-Z (which I've talked about before) and Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell. I read David Mitchell's Ghostwritten several years ago, and was so impressed I immediately bought Cloud Atlas and Number 9 Dream to go alongside it (I also bought Black Swan Green when that came out in paperback...
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Skein of Stars (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
... the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. The Qur'an verse also reminded me of Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell, which should have won the Booker Prize but didn't. Instead they gave it to The Line of Beauty , which was frightfully trendy because it talked about gay people but wasn't that great a read. 5) You should beware of things inserted into a text in brackets that weren't written or...
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TV Scoop (Free subscription) | yesterday
... Video: The Family, Channel 4, Wednesday, 4 November, 9pmFrom: New BBC Two winter shows include new David Mitchell comedy and more!From: Edward Woodward RIPFrom: The X Factor: Calvin Harris stage invasion, Brian May and bad taste charity single ahoy!From: The X Factor: Calvin Harris stage invasion, Brian May and bad taste charity single ahoy!From: Happy 40th Sesame Street! | TV GuideBrowseFind...
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English Pen (Free subscription) | yesterday
... enough to return to the ring this year. The combined force of Berkmann's questions and comedian David Mitchell as Quizmaster proved to be a winner; add to that the fine food and wine laid on in the glamorous dining room at the Royal Institute of British Architects in the West End and you have the perfect conditions for the scholarly and well-read of London to battle it out in style....
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
... there's Francis Maude, member of the shadow cabinet. No? OK – how about writer and comedian David Mitchell? I know him! Embryonic Stephen Fry. The very same. And there are the actors Toby Jones and Tom Hollander – they attended in the early 80s, along with all five members of Radiohead (bizarrely, there's even a Japanese rock band called Abingdon Boys School, in tribute)....
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TV Scoop (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
... The Family, Channel 4, Wednesday, 4 November, 9pm From: New BBC Two winter shows include new David Mitchell comedy and more! From: Edward Woodward RIP From: The X Factor: Calvin Harris stage invasion, Brian May and bad taste charity single ahoy! From: The X Factor: Calvin Harris stage invasion, Brian May and bad taste charity single ahoy! From: Happy 40th Sesame Street! From: Ray...
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division6 (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
... convert you to the Cult of Jobs and owning a Windows PC doesn’t make you inherently unfun or David Mitchell-esque. Of course, if Apple’s business practices extended into human rights violations then I think the argument might extend, but to the best of my knowledge this isn’t the case… you’re just making a decision about the technology you use, not advocating any greater moral principles....
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Biting Edge (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
... Review posted its Bad Sex in Fiction Awards . Check out this passage from from Black Swan Green by David Mitchell. "Tom Yew got on her and sort of jiggled there and she gasped like he was giving her a Chinese burn and wrapped her legs round him, froggily. Now he moved up and down, Man-from-Atlantisly. His silver chain jiggled on his neck. Now her grubby soles met like they were...
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The Daily Record (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Stranraer 1 East Stirling 2 Cameron Ritchie, FIRST-HALF strikes from Andrew Rodgers and Jamie Stevenson edged it for Shire despite a spirited Stranraer fightback.The away team were first out of the traps and Simon Lynch carved out an early opening, cutting in from the left before shooting straight at keeper David Mitchell.But the Firs Park outfit were not to be denied and Rodgers bagged...
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Here She Be -- The Battlements (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Ok, so this isn’t much of a post, but I thought I’d put up the list of books I’ve read since coming to Japan and those I was in the midst of reading. Recently, I’ve reached a point where I read a novel or two about every week or two. So, by next week this will undoubtedly be expanded; though, I by no means intend to come back and add onto it. Anyway, here they be: Thomas Pynchon’s V. David Mitchell’s...
