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1. Explaining why tony blair is not hottt via a history of scritti politti and the notion of "entrism" as related to the labour party purging the militant tendency in the early 80s and tom's notion that the evolution of scritti is the sound of green getting better in bed. Discursion on Magnus Mills' All Quiet On The Orient Express, sexual frustration and exoticism w/r/t "little england".

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Friday, 12 December 2003 04:10 (twenty-two years ago)

an exploration of the use of 18th century russian history references in pavement lyrics

― the surface noise (electricsound), Friday, 12 December 2003 04:14 (twenty-two years ago)

A history of the present tense.

― colin s barrow (colin s barrow), Friday, 12 December 2003 04:21 (twenty-two years ago)

the influence of old school hip hop on janglepop

― the surface noise (electricsound), Friday, 12 December 2003 04:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Why Are All Editors Morons?

― Jamie Conway (Jamie Conway), Friday, 12 December 2003 08:09 (twenty-two years ago)

A close reading of The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask. (Which might be do-able, I guess, if I spun it right...)

― Prude (Prude), Friday, 12 December 2003 08:29 (twenty-two years ago)

COLIN I DESPARATELY WANT TO READ THAT ARTICLE ARGH I WILL NOT SLEEP TONIGHT!!!

― Casuistry (Chris P), Friday, 12 December 2003 08:36 (twenty-two years ago)

Holy shit. I mean it, that's fantastic.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Friday, 12 December 2003 08:36 (twenty-two years ago)

Ha, I know... I thought at least it might deal with Updike's Rabbit series.

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 12 December 2003 08:37 (twenty-two years ago)

an art free story on garden gnomes.

― Huckleberry Mann (Horace Mann), Friday, 12 December 2003 17:45 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh god I really do want to read the history of the present tense. Can we devote an entire issue of the New Yorker to it?

― Casuistry (Chris P), Friday, 12 December 2003 18:08 (twenty-two years ago)

A searing expose on the shockingly insufficient fingernail hygiene of immigrant or guest workers who do stoop labor and piecework in sweat shops.

― Aimless, Friday, 12 December 2003 18:18 (twenty-two years ago)

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