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| Quote of the Month: Art is making something out of nothing and selling it. -Frank Zappa |
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| Movie of the Month: Alphaville - Godard's Sci-Fi gangster film is a precursor to such films as Blade Runner (a dystopia) and 2001 a Space Oddessey (especially HAL) and other futurisitc films. |
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| Album of the Month: The Go-Betweens - The Friends of Rachel Worth. Mellow Indie rock in the tradition of the Velvet Underground but with a Sleater Kinney edge. It will grow on you like a pleasant Sunday afternoon. |
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| Site of the Month: The Word Detective a great site about words. Gives you the orgins of such words as Bladerdash and Nincompoop or phrases such as 'cat got your tongue?' (Note: the linking page is the index rather than the main page). |
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| Book of The Month: Times Arrow - by Martin Amis. An ingenious novel about a Nazi doctor who lives his life backwards. It all begins at his death and continues along until his birth. Funny, inventive and often brilliantly conceived by Amis. |
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