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Chips With Everything,Saturday 29-the man with the cravat.

I met up with Neil from Propertop, the excellent Stockport webzine,and his mates at Cord in Manchester. We were sat next to two funny and very affable women,but the star of the show was undoubtedly the man stood opposite,who was wearing a pink shirt,white chinos and a pale beige cravat.He looked a little bit like Christopher Biggins...
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"Dead or Alive"-directed by Takashi Miike(Cornerhouse)

This film was the first screening in our modern Japanese film course.The only other film of Miikes' I have seen is the excellent and horrible "Audition", which might put the faint hearted off dating for life.

"Dead or Alive" is a Yakuza movie, and an extremely violent and unpleasant one at that. The story involves feuding (and racist) Chinese...
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LAST Saturday(22nd),meal in Yuppie flat,Manchester

My friend Tori (I am not the only one who winced at the way she had chosen to shorten Victoria) invited me and a few friends round to her flat in Central Manchester. Tarriff Street is in the refurbished old Warehouse district behind Piccadilly Station. The area around nearby Ancoats Street of course is to be subject to a radical...
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Friday 21 January,Homelife at Night and Day,TVOD at Legends(MANCHESTER,ENGLAND)

I arrived at Night and Day too early.My mate Tag said he was going to be there at 9-9.15pm, but he wasn't,which was no suprise.So I sat watching Homelife practice whilst slugging away at my Budvar.

Tag arrived with Sall at about 9.30.Sall was wearing a very nice geometrically patterned dress, but Tag wasn't.It seems as...
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The Calendar of Reason

Working my way through my guide to Paris,which of course has a section on the French Revolution, I read about the revolutionaries' plans for the calendar, which were put into operation in 1792.

1792 was year One.The twelve months of the year were named after the natural phemomena/seasons for that month,and weeks were altered to consist of ten days,three of course...
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Goldfish Memory and a Mozart recital

Sunday before last, went to see an amusing Irish film called "Goldfish Memory". Set in Dublin, a fair summary of the film would be- A is seeing B-who is also seeing C,who is also seeing D,who gets back with A in between going out with F and C,probably at the same time.

This film has something for everyone, unless...
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Off to Paris in three weeks,for a few days
Can anyone pass on any useful advice about food (especially veggie),places to visit or NOT to visit etc?

For the want of motivation to make a proper entry,a joke-

Q-Name the last black jockey to ride a Derby winner?

A-Lester Piggotts' cellmate

Christmas and New Year

I spent at my mums,which was OK-watched TV(Shrek- animation good,plot cliched;Harry Potter and the Philosphers Stone-damn good;and of course,"You've Been Framed", which goes the full gamut from hilarious (especially any videos involving animals) to completely pointless filler.

My favourite Christmas presents were the two CDs my brother gave me;"Where Will You Be At Christmas?",an excellent collection of blues recorded between 1917...
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Monday Night Quiz at the Cornerhouse

We were not put off by last weeks' blatant attempt by the team next door to steal our answers.Just as well that most of 'em were wrong.

This week our truncated team consisted of me,Tori and her boyfriend Stewart, Bob(the brains of the team) and Dan.I had drunk a fair amount of Baltika before the quiz began,and obviously had...
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Friday, December 17th, 2004

6:38 pm The last Club Suicide,starring Kings Have Long Arms

Me and Sheep met at the Cornerhouse at just after 8pm-whilst I was chatting to the super-cute Sarah Perks. Maybe she is now seeing someone though,she is certainly off to Goa with some guy over the festive period,maybe her brother but maybe not.But then maybe I am "taken" now??!!

We sat...
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The Works Do was at the University, a big improvement on the awful Brittania Hotel where previous dos have been held.The room was large,well fitted out and had a decent sized bar, and the buffet was very good when it came.The DJ was pretty dodgy sounding but funny,and the music??Most of it was SHIT with a capital S,but at least it wasn't all Christmas related....
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