Down to the river last night for the third annual [Tevereterno]http://tevereterno.it/tevereterno.html binge to mark the solstice. Maybe I’m getting jaded, but last night was actually a bit disappointing, I’m afraid. There was a passel of marimba, xylophone, vibraphone type players doing a minimali...

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For an extravert, I’m actually quite shy. So when I see the cool kids egging each other on to spread their various memes across the internets, I tend to sit wallflower-like and wait for them to come to me. I don’t jump up and down saying “pick me! pick me!”. Not without a certain amount of pain, I a...

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Another cliché fest, but this one is entirely enjoyable. Tea with Mussolini features English battle-ax, free-spirited artist, dyke archaeologist, fresh-faced boy, kindly grandmotherly type, Latin Lothario, Scotsmen, etc etc. And Cher, who really has made some rather good films (this, Moonstruck, M...

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We saw The Lives of Others before Four Hours, and it may have been because it was so good that we were tempted to try another German film. But that’s besides the point. The film is full of wonderful little touches, like the reappearance of the junior Stasi officer who dared to make a joke about...

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This post is addressed to people in the USA. Even those we know personally, who are mostly very sensible.

Why have Fox and CBS banned the new flying pig Trojan commercial?

1. Because they think unwanted pregnancy is A Good Thing?
2. Because they think abortion is A Good Thing?
3. Because they thi...

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