At the start of this album - you can hear a removal van being closed and driven away as Merz recounts the story of being evicted and moved on from his house. Its the story of him and his lorry.
Merz is another of a seemingly endless stream of UK singer/songwriters armed with a guitar, some [...]

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Dover from Shakespeare Cliff - not the prettiest of views, but all the same…sent to Quarry Bank in Staffs in September 1918. There seems to be a lot less ferry traffic than more recent pictures. Click more for the full (faded) message.

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I started the day off at about £30 - but a good win on the National (I backed the winner), and a nice 6 game yankee on the football has seen me right. Happy Days!

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We are the Village Green Preservation Society. God save Donald Duck, vaudeville and variety. We are the Desperate Dan Apreciation Society. God save strawberry jam and all the different varieties.
Preserving the old ways from [...]

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I got 26 - how many can you get in this nice little flash game that tests how many elements from the periodic table you can guess. I failed dismally.
They also have games that test your knowledge of US States, European Countries, US presidents and deadly sins!

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@gapingvoid gets it dead right (as usual) over on twitter

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"Excuse me homey - do you think about me" - Wicked rhyme from the new Kanye West video featuring Chris Martin from Coldplay…

Kanye West is one of the few visionaries left in the rap game…this is an excellent tune.

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Heavy Helvetica - being dropped into water - mesmerising

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What a beauty - half reference book, half postcard - the Forth Road Bridge is featured on this card sent to Grove Road in Chatham, Kent (in I’d imagine - the 50’s), as Saint rightly points out in the comments - the Forth Road Bridge opened in 1964 - so its a later card - [...]

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Elbow have released a great video for ‘One Day like This’ - the anthemic favourite from the Seldom Seen Kid album that is most likely to be a crossover hit when it is released.
The video is superbly shot - with influences of Spike Jonze - as a guy standing on the sidewalk juggles his [...]

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