It's a long while since I read any Haruki Murakami, and I was wondering why as I started Kafka On The Shore . Indeed, for the first two or three hundred pages, I was kicking myself for leaving it so long - this guy is one of my favourite writers. And.
Topics: Books, Haruki Murakami, Novels

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...these (among many other things). God Help The Girl - God Help The Girl The new project from Belle & Sebastian's Stuart Murdoch, God Help The Girl is 'a story set to music', the soundtrack to a film that Murdoch hopes to shoot next year....
Topics: God Help The Girl, Morrissey, Sweet Baboo, The Pearlfishers

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As is customary at this time of year, please don't ask.
Topics: Fancy Dress, Photos, Work

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Luke Haines's Britpop memoir Bad Vibes wasn't exactly what I expected. That's not to say I didn't enjoy it; Haines is a witty, intelligent storyteller with a stubbornly individual streak, and he well deserves his Grumpy Old Man of Britpop.
Topics: Black Box Recorder, Books, Britpop, Luke Haines, Music, The Auteurs

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There were seven of us in the cinema on a Saturday afternoon, which is perhaps not the best of omens for Telstar 's chances at the box office. Normally I love it when the cinema's so quiet, it usually means everybody's there to see the film...
Topics: 60s, Films, Music, Phil Spector

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