Is Lily Allen doing an Alanis?

Lily Allen plays Dublin tonight and every time I turn on the radio lately, I hear her song ‘The Fear’. To some it’s probably a catchy pop ditty, but I keep getting hung up on the words and wondering if she’s being ironic or failing miserably at sarcasm. When she sings [...]

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Book ditching and fibbing

It’s World Book Day and a poll conducted to mark the day has discovered the books that people lie and say they’ve read. Topping the list is George Orwell’s 1984 which happens to be a book I love and – honest – have finished. Most of those surveyed admitted they had lied about reading certain [...]

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Dude, where’s my give-a-shit?

I’ve always been a bit of a dissatisfied one, prone to pessimism and glass-half-empty thinking. But recently I came across a self-help book that made me feel a little better about my whiney-ass complaining.
30 Something and Over it: What happens when you get up and don’t want to go to work … Ever Again by [...]

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For those about to rock…

As a huge Spinal Tap fan, I’m readying my rock lock in anticipation of the documentary Anvil! The Story of Anvil. Lemmy, Slash and Lars Ulrich of Metallica all chip in their two cents on the Canadian metallers who never made it. Rock on!

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