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Stephin Merritt recommended Tangerine Dream by Kaleidoscope in Music (curated)

Tangerine Dream by Kaleidoscope

1967 | Psychedelic

6.0

(1 Ratings)

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"Half a century ago in 1967 there were two Kaleidoscopes, one in the US and one in the UK. Both were wonderful, but the UK band sang endearing lines such as "My god! The spiders are everywhere!" so I'll just write about them for now. Probably the tinniest band of the 60s, they never achieved mass popularity but psychedelic fan lists rate them higher than the era's supposed classics, due to their ecstatic melodies and gleefully oblique lyrics. "Strawberry monkeys are smiling for Julie, with pearl button eyes that reflect velvet clouds. Can you hear them smiling?" They changed their name to the Fairfield Parlour and stayed just as great. Now that the competition is quickly disappearing, they should get back together and be the most popular pop-psych band in the world, instead of merely the best. If they're missing some members, they can just take them from Kaleidoscope USA. "

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XCWeather

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Clear, detailed 7-day forecasts from XCWeather.co.uk TRUSTED XCWeather has been online for 16...

Draw A Stickman: Episode 2

Games and Entertainment

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Bring out your creative flow in the award-winning sequel Draw a Stickman: Episode 2! Sleepy tigers,...

Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The Original Marvel Years, Vol. 3

Archie Goodwin

8.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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The Empire Strikes Back! Marvel's classic Star Wars saga continues with the offi cial adaptation of...

Ross (3284 KP) rated Starbucks in Apps

Nov 3, 2017

Starbucks

Food & Drink, Lifestyle

7.7

(24 Ratings)

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Hopefully I am reviewing the UK version of the app. The menu is accessible and easy to navigate through. I have never had an issue with ordering through the app and find it easy to do so. Minor annoyances like defaulting to the last branch you visited (rather than the nearest) and the faff with changing the milk/syrup options but that is probably my fault for my drinks choice.

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Movie Metropolis (309 KP) rated The Favourite (2018) in Movies

Jun 10, 2019

The Favourite (2018)

2018 | Biography, History

7.0

(31 Ratings)

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Jesus Christ this one was hard to sit through. Not released theatrically in the UK until January, I unfortunately managed to bag myself a press-only screening. Bizarrely adored by critics, this mish-mash of comedy and drama starring Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz and Olivia Colman of all people is just surreal. For me, that’s not in a good way.

https://moviemetropolis.net/2018/12/29/the-best-worst-films-of-2018/

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David McK (3562 KP) rated Stan & Ollie (2018) in Movies

Nov 20, 2019

Stan & Ollie (2018)

2018 | Biography, Comedy, Drama

8.0

(30 Ratings)

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Contains spoilers, click to show

"That's another fine mess you've got me into …"

Drama based around what would become Laurel and hardy's swan-song around the UK in the latter part of their year during the early 1950s, this is impressively cast, with John C Reilly getting the part of Oliver Hardy down pat.

Less successful, perhaps, is Steve Coogan's portrayal of Stan Laurel, maybe solely because the actor is more familiar to me?

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Lee (2222 KP) Nov 20, 2019

I really liked this movie but I did also find it difficult to get past Steve Coogan and me thinking of Alan Partridge

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Reagan Elizabeth Grainger (288 KP) rated The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It's Broken in Books

Apr 27, 2020

Knowable writer sharing their experiences (0 more)

Reads like a dissertation rather than a book. (0 more)

Great insight to law in England

I did enjoy this book and it gave a great insight into lae within the UK why its constructed in such a way and the limits of the law. This book doesn't for ne flow as well as it could as it reads as a dissertation rather than a "story".