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looby, n.; pl. loobies. A lout; an awkward, stupid, clownish person

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M / 48 / Lancaster ("the Brighton of the North").

Drinker, father to triplet girls. Bits of editing, proofreading and generally picking fault with others.

WLTM literate woman, 30-63. Must have nice tits, a PhD, and an mdma factory in the shed, although the first on its own will do in the short term.

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There are plenty of bastards who drink moderately. Of course, I don't consider them to be people. They are not our comrades.
Sergei Korovin, quoted in Pavel Krusanov, The Blue Book of the Alcoholic

I am here to change my life. I am here to force myself to change my life.
Chinese man I met during Freshers Week at Lancaster University, 2008

The more democratised art becomes, the more we recognise in it our own mediocrity.
James Meek

I hate the iPod; I hate the idea that music is such a personal thing that you can just stick some earplugs in your ears and have an experience with music. Music is a social phenomenon, and it’s about sharing with each other a certain oral tradition, ultimately.
Jeremy Wagner

La vie poetique has its pleasures, and readings--ideally a long way from home--are one of them. I can pretend to be George Szirtes.
George Szirtes

One good thing about being a Marxist is that you don't have to pretend to like work.
Terry Eagleton, What Is A Novel?, Lancaster University, 1 Feb 2010

The working man is a fucking loser.
Mick, The Golden Lion, Lancaster, 21 Mar 2011

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The Comfort of Strangers
63 mago
Athens, GA Outside In
Back in The Field - Dispatches from the Dating Frontline
Calling People Names
Chocolate Sandwich
A Class of One's Own: Life as a New Teacher
Confessions of a Cashier
(Contains Mild Peril)
Crawford Poxon Family Adventures
Crinklybee
Fat Man On A Keyboard
Gimcrack Hospital
A Girl's Guide to Turning 50
George Szirtes
Guitars and Life
Hestia's Larder
How the hell does this work
The Ideal Wife Giveaway
I Hate The Earth
The Immortal Alcoholic
kalebuel
Kolley Kibber
Letters Concerning...
Lucy Pepper
Mandy Sutter
Mr London Street
Neeka's Backlog
No Good Boyo
Parlez-voo Moo?
Parma Violet Tea
Scarlet Blue
Francis Sedgemore
Small Beds and Large Bears
Suzy Southwold
Tired Dad
Trailer Park Refugee
The Unbearable Banishment

Saturday
Get to the pub.com
Pete Brown
Taking the beard out of beer!
Phil Mellows: The Politics of Drinking

Amsterdam. Well, Lancaster then.
Clodhoppers
Dreamyoga.co.uk blog
Lune Valley Audio
Plastic Dolls
Unicycle Emptiness

First Love, Last Rites - infrequently updated or dormant blogs
The Optimist's Blog
Sarsparilla [sic]

Lad's mags

An und für sich
Butterflies and Wheels
Carrotworkers' Collective
Chtodelat News - Activism, Art and Critical Thought from Russia
The Complete Review
Context - The Week in Arts and Ideas from the Moscow Times
Cultural Studies
Eurozine
The F-Word
Habitus - a diaspora journal
Inside Higher Ed
Inside Housing
The Journal of Universal Rejection
Malls of America Dormant, but too good to delete
Normblog
Particulations
Public Libraries News
The Putney Debater
Shadowtrain
Signandsight - Arts, Essays and Ideas from Germany [Sadly closed 28 March 2012, after seven years. Thank you SAS.]
Transcript - the European Internet Review of Books and Writing
Trinketisation
Voyou Désoeuvré

I Can Make You Feel Good

Rob Boogie
Boogie Palace
Colin Curtis Connection
Essential Modern Soul
Fonkadelica: l'émission de radio soul & funk
Rare Grooves and Modern Soul Flavours
Richard Searling
Selectsoul
Solar Radio
SoulandJazz.fm
Soul Source
Soulsorts - Roger Williams Modern Soul
Soultracks
Starpoint Radio

"Just sit still and listen" - woman to teenage girl at Elliott Carter weekend, London 2006

5 against 4
Aula Contemporanea
Contemporary Music Workshop
John Fallas
Idiography
Lauren Redhead
NewMusicBox
New Music Scrapbook
The Rambler
Sequenza 21
Sound and Music

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