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Last night I continued reading The Woman In White by Wilkie Collins. It continues to be the best book ever.

yowsa, I saw Dean Wareham and pals doing the Galaxie 500 thing before Christmas at Bowlie 2; this should be good.

The Leopard. There was no leopard in it, though the main character did meet a mewling cat at the end.

Have they finally given up on trying to get people to buy tickets for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang? I am almost missing hearing that annoying ad each morning.

Yeah sure, but while lots of people like odd sexual stuff, it's a bit of a leap to say "OMG the Nazis did teh holocaust because they were PERVERTALISTS", as the reviews of the book suggest it implies.

I read about this book and thought it sounded interesting but the mixture of pervertalist sex and the Holocaust did sound like something straight out of that Taschen book of Men's Adventure magazines.

Wow, Nottingham! I have been there a few times for mysterious reasons. It has some great attractions: 1. the totally awesome oldest pub in England (Ye Olde Trip To Jerusalem), in the base of the big hill on which the castle sits. 2. the only branch of Hooters in these islands 3. their...

funny, the person I know who read Clarissa said she felt soiled afterwards. everyone I know who has read Pamela says it is dreadful. I reckon Shamela would be a far better bet.

I think they should Stop Doing Sherlock Holmes Wrong. First that stupid Guy Ritchie film where they turn him into an action hero, now this modern day rubbish. Bah, there was none of this in my day.

New threads are better than old. I liked End of a Century too... it did rather change my mind about the Ramones, as previously I had them down as a fairly boring band who endlessly shited on about inventing punk. One thing that made the documentary so enjoyable was their odd characters. Dee...

It amazes me they only play once a year, I would have thought there was much more interest in this music.

I notice that there is a new Dan Clowes book in the shops.

re. Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner It is amazing, though I wonder if it would have been a better book without the supernatural elements - elements I cannot reveal at this time.

has anyone done a science fiction thing in which HeLa culture starts eating the world?

Currently I am reading the True Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, by James Hogg - crazy Scottish Presbyterian gothic. Deadly stuff.