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blogging questionnaire
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my mother's memoirs: 1940-1960
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creative collaborations: lecture notes
lowdham book festival: lecture notes

· 100 things about 100 bloggers which also apply to this blogger
· danny
· defining vignettes of the 1980s
· format firsts
· hangzhou diary
· nottingham, my nottingham
· of seating plans, turtle doves and symphonies in watered silk
· shaggy blog stories: the full story
· stations of the diva
· telegraph poles on snob alley
· the 90 best singles of 2004, exhaustively described
· vietnam diary
· walking the forest path
· which decade is tops for pops? (2008)
· which decade is tops for pops? (2007)
· which decade is tops for pops? (2006)
· which decade is tops for pops? (2005)
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· which is the best madonna album?
· window into my world: the troubled diva pointlessly detailed journal theme week

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25 favourite posts
2007: the year in blog
2007: the year in mike
25 things to do: before i die
25 things to do: before you die
accommodating: the f-word
all time: fave singles
ambushed: by unexpected emotion
apotheosis of blog: 1a / 1b / 1c / 2 / 3
arbeit: macht frei
archbishop: sex shop scandal
are friends: electric?
are you: a proper blogger?
astrology: hmm (1) (2)
autographs: the collection
bands which: left me cold
battle: of the band aids
big nights out: what changed?
blending: with the english
blogging tips: for newcomers
best music: 07 / 06 / 05 / 04 / 03 / 02 / 01 / 00
blogmeets: popular myths dispelled
bobbly fruit & pillows: for whom?
bob dylan: suggested coping strategies
book review: 2005 blogged
boutique hotels: never again
boutique shag: squint squint squint
bridget riley: & wolfgang tillmanns
bt vision: diary of horror
carnet: parisien
celebrity angst: what to do?
civil partnership: london 2008
chino latino: get shum bongo
clapped out has been: yes or no?
conkers: bonkers!
conversation: with an 11 year old
cottaging: fond memories
crisp sharp edges: k's guest blog
cross butts: the aga was a godsend
cumberland hotel: i want my apples!
curvy: balls
daddy: what's sex?
dancing the hard house: on beer
do ya: think i'm sexy?
dreams: of returning
duckie: hula hoops & hoo-hahs
easter holiday: in numbers
emotional tailspin: inner retreat
fashion: sexy no-no's
famous people: i could be
fave albums: of the 1970s
first dance: at the disco
flush: of shame
future dream: shopping scheme
gay partnership rights: blah
gay up: me duck
general election 2005: 1 / 2
god-man: in the airport
grandad's on: the guest list
happy happy happy: splurge
hi i'm ken: gayest moment ever
hiking: to the gate
hit me: with your rhythm stick
how much: do you WHAT?
if wishes: were horses...
...beggars: would ride
i have bought: a pedometer!!!
if wishes: were horses...
inland empire: oh, the agony
iPods: feel the love
iPods: feel the pain
it's time: the tale was told
i was: that cabin boy!
john peel: and the "noble savage"
jongleurs: nottingham
latvian baywatch interlude: beaver patrol!
lit crit: bitch sesh
longnor nights: ronnie corbett ramble
magisterial: coruscations
membrillo: cottage style
me, dear 1: local media calleth
me, dear 2: good morning nottingham
memories: of the cerne giant
michael's big day: with "the creatives"
motoring: with mike and k
my desk: exhaustively annotated
my mummy: the movie star
my mummy: the vogue model
my week: barcelona business wonkery
naked diva: port in a storm (parody)
new dawn fades: failed space-age
nicholas hellen: the new serenata flowers
one night in: amsterdam
on this day: 1966/76/86/96
orange mivvis: wrong message?
petite anglaise: book review
philip pullman: the vignette
phuket nights: before the flood
political mike: what happened?
poofs & lezzers: in pop
popbitch: worst records
racist ducks: by request
recitatively yours: in beeston
regarding: regards
reiki: balancing me chakras, like
remove power: and we have nothing
resolution watch: happy endings
rvt: a diva perspective
sambuca drinking game: just DON'T
should gay men: give blood?
sky mirror: a sudden profusion
social smoking: who said oxymoron?
soft furnishings: a social history
songs: containing lists
spiked: a cautionary tale
statement: of jadedness
successes: and unknowns
sunshine, balance: and lurrve
swanky do: playing the game
tacky stab: celeb status
ta-dah: rough tasting notes
tales from: amsterdam: 1 / 2 / 3
tatchell/humphries: today howler
thatchenfreude: stuff of nightmares
the secret: gay signal
the thespian life: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
the world won't end: 9/12
the year in blog: 2003
too many people: multiple mikes
through bad times: and good
trams: so this is hucknall?
trapped in a lift: priorities
trashy pop: a justification
trentbeat: the nottingham sound
tufts: and chuffs
unlikely: new interest
up for grabs: in both senses
vinyl countdown: re-learning the rituals
what i did: on saturday
when good cliques: go bad
whither: the political blog?
whore to culture: why opera bores me
why i like: queenie
working in paris: 5 stages
you lattay: i lartay

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ADULT., battant
agnostic mountain gospel choir, congregation
alison moyet
amp fiddler
amy winehouse, mr. hudson & the library
...and you will know us by the trail of dead
andy williams
the automatic, mumm-ra
barry adamson
the beat, neville staple
beyoncé
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fallout trust, computerman
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from the jam (may 2007)
from the jam (dec 2007)
the futureheads
gary numan: replicas tour
get cape. wear cape. fly.
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heavy trash, powersolo
here and now tour 2008
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journey south
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los campesinos!
low
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rodrigo y gabriela (2007)
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spiers and boden
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slate magazine: america, meet the eurovision song contest

agnostic mountain gospel choir: ten thousand
ali farka touré: savane
athlete: beyond the neighbourhood
brett anderson: brett anderson
british sea power: do you like rock music?
bucks fizz: the very best of
datsuns: smoke & mirrors
defected presents: charles webster
duke special: songs from the deep forest
erasure: light at the end of the world
george michael: twenty five
golden afrique vol.3
hard-fi: once upon a time in the west
hidden cameras: awoo
kevin ayers: songs for insane times
kevin ayers: the unfairground
lady sovereign: public warning
lcd soundsystem: sound of silver
lone: lemurian
marc almond: stardom road
mountain goats: get lonely
mr. hudson & the library: a tale of two cities
queer noises 1961-1978: from the closet to the charts
rufus wainwright: does judy at carnegie hall
rufus wainwright: does judy! judy! judy! (dvd)
rufus wainwright: release the stars
sean lennon: friendly fire
the rascals: rascalize
ultimate eurovision party
stylus singles jukebox 2005: archive

the eurovision song contest: the official history: john kennedy o’connor

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air
basement jaxx, audio bullys
bay city rollers
the bellrays, the d4
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bob dylan
brian wilson
broadcast
bryan ferry
butterflies of love, tompaulin
calexico
chicks on speed
daevid allen
damo suzuki's network
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david bowie
doves, the coral
duran duran, goldfrapp
flaming lips
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hidden cameras (2004) jon spencer blues explosion
kevin ayers
kylie minogue
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madonna (2006)
the magic band, wreckless eric
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mark gardener
mudhoney
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rolling stones
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the thrills
tindersticks
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white stripes
yes (magnification)
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· tallinn 2002: mike's estonian eurovision fiesta
· riga 2003: the seven stages of eurovision
· 2004: previews
· 2005: previews
· 2005: too many effing drums
· athens 2006: backstage reports from rehearsals week
· athens 2006: america, meet the eurovision song contest
· 2007: previews

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i love music
my fave blogs with RSS feeds
technorati: who links here?

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trodicast #3
trodicast #2
trodicast #1
notts dialect: a gay guide
boutique shag: squint squint squint
alphabetical: short story (context)
25 lines: lyrics quiz

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1990-92: the social linchpin years
anglesey abbey: winter garden
banyan tree: phuket
barbara hepworth: sculptures
beyond limits 2008: chatsworth house
civil partnership: 2006
cottage garden (pdmg#1): 2003
cottage garden (pdmg#1): 2005 blurb
cottage garden (pdmg#1): 2005 pics
cottage garden (pdmg#1): 2007
manifold valley: easter stroll
mike's 40th party: 2002
nottingham guest team: george's 2004
stiles: of the white peak
thrill: to my tulips
trevor hall: jimmy's 70th birthday bash
vietnam pics: 2002
virtual tour: cottage
virtual tour: nottingham
virtual tour: blurb
xmas greetings: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5

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big blogger 2005:
festival of blog
"last to be picked" champions league
fancy dress (and ill-advised drag)
my greatest pride...
... and my greatest shame
a tale for the little ones *
irrational fears & how to overcome them
the seven ages of mike
seven deadly sins of blogging
where are they now? *
seven stonkers & seven honkers
seven reasons why i don't want a dog
(* warning: contains in-jokes)

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feeling listless:
review 2005: if it moves, rank it

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guild of ghostwriters (hand-drawn):
When I Was A Little Boy...
The Professionals
Introvert
(all three in one place)

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leftlion magazine:
gay up me duck

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my boyfriend is a twat:
troubled twat, or my boyfriend is a diva
popping out for meat

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neil's wild years:
1993: doya do do do doya
1994: away with the fairies
1995: things they'll never see

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sashinka:
introduction
finger food
hosting company from hell
enforced jollity
capsule review: blondie
fun facts about toilet paper
dry your eyes, mate
ah, barcelona

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swisstoni's place:
earworms of the week

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the art of noise:
in the dock: the eurovision song contest
5x5

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the naked novel (a collaborative work of modern fiction):
chapter 3

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tranniefesto ("collaborative dialogue"):
conversations of an email variety

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uborka:
channel 4 script editors
eat your neighbour
recipes of yesteryear
YAHNET acronyms
online enagement party: (1) (2)
a song from under the floorboards
chapter 8: pandora's inbox (start here)

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wherever you are ("consequences"):
sorry, did that spoil it for everybody?

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· Anna, D, Faustus, Mr.D, Noodle
· Lyle, Mr.D, qB, Robin
· Aunt Cyn, John, Mac, Quarsan
· Buni, Fiona, Mark, Melodrama, Zena
· Asta, Danny, Gordon, Martin, Venus
· best of guest month
· Alan, Ben, Buni, Mish, Nixon (1) (2) (3)
· blogging consequences: 26 guest posts

stylistic tic eradication week:
1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5

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the shirt off my back project:
start · finish

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the let's get more comments than wil wheaton project:
the diary · the comments

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diva rhyming slang:
problem · solution

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partners & weblogs:
poll · result

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who's the w@nker:
1 · 2 · results

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songs you have to hear:
a reader-compiled mix cd

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the "can't be arsed to find my own links" competition
start · shortlist · result

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the I Love Music 1000 UK Number Ones Poll: final results

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introducing a new acronym:
CBATG: can't be arsed to Google

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meme aid:
the bloggers' disco · mix tracklists

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write like a diva:
intro 1 · intro 2 · april 1st hissy fit · contestant 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · votes · results

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readership survey:
questions · results #1 · #2 · #3 · #4 · #5 · #6 · #7 · "most typical reader" contest · results

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civil partnership caption competition:
photo · entries

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trodicast caption competition:
photo · entries · results

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the my boyfriend is a twat virtual book tour:
mr & mrs: zoe versus quarsan

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1 The Au Pairs (66-68)
2 The Step-stepfather (94-96)
3 The Simulated Wank (85)
4 The Toy Store (80)
5 The First Single (71)
6 The Queeny Put-Down (99)
7 The First Hissy Fit (64)
8 The First Gay Club (82)
9 The Rent Boy (88)
10 The Heterosexual Phase (74)
11 The Lifestyle Switch (00)
12 The Empty Floor (87)
13 The First Poem (67)
14 The Amsterdam Weekend (91)
15 The First Time (79)
16 The Perfect Moment (94)
17 The Year In Berlin (83-84)
18 The Trade Years (94-98)
19 The First Memory (64)
20 The Anniversary Party (95)
21 The Incompetencies (62-02)
22 The Pricking Of The Bubble (73)
23 The Club Residencies (87-89)
24 The "Tales of the City" House (93)
25 The Musical Epiphany (76)
26 The Worst Thing I Ever Did To Anyone (86)
27 The Royal Procession (72)
28 The Parental Disclosure (89-90)
29 The Concept Albums (75-78)
30 The Romantic Obsession (75-78)
31 The Failure (81)
32 The Apotheosis of Queer (97)
33 The Shove From Above (93)
34 The Interrogation (78)
35 The Professional Rut (89-96)
36 The Rebirthday (79)
37 The First Boyfriend (83)
38 The "Catharsis Of Joy" (94)
39 The Funeral Address (99)
40 The Falling In Love (85)
+ The Summary, In Verse (by Anna)

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