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Archive for October, 2002
Wednesday, October 30th, 2002
it’s been some time since i did one of these things, so you’ll have to excuse me if blogging etiquette has changed over the past couple of months and i’m inadvertently upsetting or abusing some of you. ANYWAY i did something that i’d like to share, i went to see some bands last night and […]
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Wednesday, October 30th, 2002
You’ll have to excuse me if blogging etiquette has changed over the past couple of months and i’m inadvertently upsetting or abusing some of you. ANYWAY i did something that i’d like to share, i went to see some bands last night and they were all great. it was a vacuous pop-sponsored gig at the […]
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Tuesday, October 29th, 2002
Raar.
Hello, I?m Will Marshall. Who the fuck are you? Send me shit now so?s I can hate it. And bundle it into stormdrains. And give it hug. Because everyone needs their mother. I am the human pendulum of knasty knives and huggy fur. Love me. Hate me. We need balance, damn you.
I manage band called […]
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Tuesday, October 29th, 2002
Hello, I�m Will Marshall. Who the fuck are you? Send me shit now so�s I can hate it. And bundle it into stormdrains. And give it hug. Because everyone needs their mother. I am the human pendulum of knasty knives and huggy fur. Love me. Hate me. We need balance, damn you.
I manage band called […]
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Monday, October 28th, 2002
Hmm, looks like everyone else at diskant has died. Either that or they’ve been doing really boring things like going to see Fugazi and to the cinema and stuff. cough cough etc.
I’ve been doing some exciting stuff but it was ages ago now and I can’t remember much about it. Fugazi tomorrow though and the […]
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Monday, October 28th, 2002
Either that or they’ve been doing really boring things like going to see Fugazi and to the cinema and stuff. cough cough etc.
I’ve been doing some exciting stuff but it was ages ago now and I can’t remember much about it. Fugazi tomorrow though and the mighty Eska supporting. I just wanted to mention a […]
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Sunday, October 13th, 2002
Hurray, I’ve finally been doing something I can blog about. We grabbed some handily placed kids today and went to see The Powerpuff Girls Movie! It was really great as well. And don’t say it’s not topical since it has a theme tune by bis [which they nicely punked up for the film]. It was […]
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Sunday, October 13th, 2002
Hurray, I’ve finally been doing something I can blog about. We grabbed some handily placed kids today and went to see The Powerpuff Girls Movie! It was really great as well. And don’t say it’s not topical since it has a theme tune by bis [which they nicely punked up for the film]. It was […]
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Friday, October 11th, 2002
I’m poorly and off work. When I was young I used to love to stay home, but now I just get bored and irritable. It has given me the chance to listen to some music for the first time in ages though…
HELLA Falam Dynasty 7″ (5RC)
I’m yet to hear a bad word said against this […]
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Friday, October 11th, 2002
When I was young I used to love to stay home, but now I just get bored and irritable. It has given me the chance to listen to some music for the first time in ages though…
HELLA Falam Dynasty 7″ (5RC)
I’m yet to hear a bad word said against this band. Dave Stockwell very kindly […]
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