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'Sister I'm a Poet' is on the 'My Early Burglary Years' compilation. It is indeed a good song.

My favorites which haven't been mentioned already:

Steptoe and Son. Every episode: Two men moan at each other. Excellent acting from Bramble and Corbett.

The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin. Leonard Rossiter at his best, along with a bunch of memorable characters in this surreal treat. "I didn ...

Here's a REALLY obscure one I saw on tv in England many years ago. It was called Road Dreams or something like that. It was a half hour long and consisted of camera footage of American highways, roads, towns, etc, often shot from a moving car. Something like a music video, but the soundtrack was ...

http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Million_Dollar_Homepage_is_close_to_achieving_million-dollar_goal

Alex Tew, a student in England, has almost reached his target of one million dollars on his website: Million Dollar Homepage. He came up with the idea after jotting down ideas before he went to bed on ...

Just heard this from someone who knew him well. Died a week or so ago of cancer, aged 57. He only found out days before he died apparently.

He's like the grim reaper, but with a piano.
Haha yeah, there was a letter in Viz years ago that went something like this:

Marc Bolan, good friend of Elton John: Died in car crash.

Princess Di, friend of Elton John: Died in car crash.

Gianni Versace, friend of Elton John: Gunned down.

IF I ...

t0ne wrote:Although the early Who days he played a 4 or 5 piece kit later he was the drummer with the *biggest* kit in rock !

Please note: gong thing behind him. Fantastic.

mightyzim wrote:I imagine Google will buyout skype or similar and kill the telecoms market.

Ebay just bought Skype.

"SAVE THE BABIES!"

Haha I love this record.

What if you don't know much about the Fall but heard a song of theirs on the radio and thought it was pretty good. Is this a good introduction?

It's a bit pricey if you've never heard them. Instead, get the excellent compilation '50,000 Fall Fans Can't Be Wrong,' which does a decent job of ...

Rambozo wrote:Who cares what happens to Southerners?

Matrix wrote:HAH - the only think I mourn about New Orleans is the loss to the rather excellent music lifestyle there and the amazing carnivals.

You really don't understand how immature and repellent your 'controversial' opinions are?

You should try living in Texas--101°F (38°C) here right now.

Some news sites:

http://www.nola.com/newslogs/breakingtp/

http://www.wwltv.com/local/stories/WWLBLOG.ac3fcea.html

I don't post here often these days, and am shocked to find some of the content of this thread.

Rambozo and Matrix, you really don't deserve to be part of this online group. At least Matrix seems to have had the sense to shut up.

People are dying through no fault of their own. Have some respect.