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January 2008 archive

Scouting For Girls - Elvis ain’t Dead! (with Alan Partridge)

on January 30, 2008 7:00 PM *#_

A further note - Tom has written a piece on turning 100 here, if your at all interested in that sort of thing. There is another link at the bottom of the article. Ta. Hello there! I’m Alan Partridge, and...

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It’s official - we’re 100

on January 30, 2008 6:59 PM *#_

Dear Sirs and Madames, It would appear then that we have finally hit that actually quite tricky landmark, the 100 post mark. This isn't itself the 100th post (more like the 104th), but in that tally I have excluded this...

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dave on January 26, 2008 8:55 PM *#_

Here we see an idyllic family home, and it seems the matriarch of the house is making a phone call to a loan company. What I have to wonder is why? I mean she seems to have a nice...

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on January 25, 2008 8:55 PM *#_

The Place: A fast moving modern day cafeteria area. The Time: Period. The Narrator: Possibly one of the finest voices that menstruation advertisements have seen, and there have been some absolute classics down the years. A girl is being...

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dave on January 24, 2008 11:31 PM *#_

Well it seems here we have a group of ladies asking for various items. I am not entirely sure who is asking the question and what the exact question is at this point. The first woman asks for diamonds,...

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dave on January 23, 2008 10:52 PM *#_

Ah well, if it isn’t a surprisingly stereotypical two point four English family. There mum, dad the teenaged sister and the younger brother. If the BNP had their way then this would be every family in the country, but...

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on January 22, 2008 8:07 PM *#_

This is Katy. She had an accident once upon a time and claimed more compensation than you could buy food with in Waitrose. But more on that later. The story starts with Katy walking through the revolving doors into...

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dave on January 21, 2008 11:48 PM *#_

Well this is a lovely sight isn’t it, as this young chap enjoys a day out with his girlfriend, and as a wonderful bonding exercise lets her have a go at the controls of his model plane. This is...

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B*Witched - C’est La Vie [Video]

on January 19, 2008 11:00 AM *#_

We start proceedings then in a field where all four girls are lying down and having a jolly good time. There appears to be nothing in the way of a picnic (essential field-lying-down fare), although there are lots of...

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Cascada - Everytime We Touch [Video]

dave on January 17, 2008 8:24 PM *#_

The video begins with Natalie Horler sitting on some steps and she seems to be planning a get together, with her boyfriend. He’s not the sort I would go for but then what do I know about male attractiveness....

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Nelly Furtado - Maneater

on January 15, 2008 1:00 PM *#_

Everybody look at me, me I walk in the door you start screaming Come on everybody whatcha here for? Move your body around like a nympho Everybody get your necks to crack around All you crazy people come on jump...

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We Are Scientists - Nobody Move Nobody Get Hurt

on January 13, 2008 6:00 PM *#_

The day you move I'm probably going to explode It's true, I'm probably going to explode Oh oh oh oh, woah oh oh oh oh You'll pray for proof, I'm probably making this up It's true, I'm probably making this...

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Album Covers #2: Kate Nash et al

on January 12, 2008 6:00 PM *#_

Kate Nash – Made of Bricks Oh look – I’m Kate Nash. I’ve got a house and it’s made of bricks and you, well you just don’t. Pathetic. I’m Kate Nash – I went to private drama school don’t...

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Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love

dave on January 10, 2008 12:15 AM *#_

Closed off from love I didn’t need the pain Once or twice was enough And it was all in vain Time starts to pass Before you know it you’re frozen Poor Leona, it’s a tough old world being her. She’s...

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Baha Men - Who Let The Dogs Out?

dave on January 7, 2008 2:02 PM *#_

Who let the dogs out (woof, woof, woof, woof) (woof, woof, woof, woof) (woof, woof, woof, woof) (woof, woof, woof, woof) Who let the dogs out (woof, woof, woof, woof) Who let the dogs out (woof, woof, woof, woof)...

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