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Dressing the Queen: Two Hundred Years of Makers and Monarchyby Kate StrasdinGenres: Fashion, History, Non-fiction Pages: 328 Rating: Synopsis: The hidden story of the people who designed, sewed, stitched and steamed the clothes of...
New York NY The family was doing some clothes shopping near the Macy’s and Empire State Building so I stopped in here to kill some time. Pretty slow at 1100 on a Saturday, which was odd. They had roasters right up front and beautiful...
Anchored by the extraordinary star turn of visiting Broadway performer Will Swenson, A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical provides Diamond’s legion Melbourne fans the chance to revisit and revel in his prolific catalogue of highly...
Well, these sure are some words in a (probably) coherent order. Today I was hoping I would stumble upon something to write an easy post about. But, as of 8pm, I haven't. The problem isn't really ideas, it's more that when I sit down at...
Today has turned out to be a lovely day to work outside. After feeding the yard cats, I gathered a small harvest before watering the garden beds. Just a few bush beans and some Golden Boy celery. Later this evening, while looking at the...
Modiphius’ Star Trek Adventures RPG celebrated its 10th anniversary recently, making it the longest-lasting Star Trek RPG by a comfortable margin (unless you count the weird little oddity which is Prime Directive), and with its...
he turned around to pick me up. two softcovered surfboards, two landry baskets lined with plasitc bags and a relaxed face fill the small car. i find place sitting in the trunk. actually two. my backpack resting on the wave riding...
Yes, I’m slowly working my way through the 80s on KROQ. This one is from Love & Rockets, a spin-off of Bauhaus, but a lot more commercially accessible. This is their biggest hit (it went to #3 in the US and #1 in some other countries)....
“Sit down and give this a proper listen!” So proclaims the booklet accompanying this obscure compilation from the Netherlands. Released in 1990 by ECM Records in collaboration with Hi-Five, its purpose is to draw from the label’s...
Bandanas now.
There are a number of property developer lobby groups covering the City of London and while this blog has mentioned the likes of the City Property Association (CPA), it hasn’t to date dealt with the City Architecture Forum (CAF). Like...
Review by Sandre the Giant Released: 15th May 2026 I reviewed the last record from Norwegian mindbenders Defect Designer here, and ‘Chitin’ had begun to experiment outside of the usual progressive death metal circles but it is...
FIFA Executives Were Given Ultimatum to Approve World Cup Privatization Plan. Filthy. Rats.
The only recording today is a repeat of The Simpsons – Stark Raving Dad. Media Centre Description: Homer encounters a character who calls himself Michael Jackson. Is he the real McCoy? Recorded from Channel 4 on Friday 30th April 2010...
Four years after Sunset Boulevard, a movie that opens with the death of someone in the movie business then rewinds to show us the backstory. Our tragic contessa is Spanish Ava Gardner, last seen in the similarly-technicolored Pandora and...