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His friends call him T.C.

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07/02/09
by Nick Holloway

No, not Top Cat. This T.C. couldn’t be more distinct: he lives in a house at last report, not a trash can, and his immediate circle is made up of humans, not criminally minded, loquacious alley cats. (That said, I bet he looks great wearing nothing but a purple boater and waistcoat.)No, the T.C. I speak of is Tim Clare (left), a writer and performer who proved a hit at our Wave If You’re Really There.. More

Wave on

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06/02/09
by Nick Holloway

Just a quick post to let you know that Mercy’s favourite band Wave Machines (above, picture by Simon Gross) are playing in tonight at The Deaf Institute, Grosvenor Street, Manchester. Max Tundra headlines, tickets are £5, and WM are on at about 9.15pm. See you at the bar! More

The truth is in there

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05/02/09
by Nick Holloway

If you live in Liverpool you may have noticed that a large area of Sefton Park has been ringed of late by a high, impenetrable fence, leading to much head-scratching as to what the city council are up to. The sensible answer would be that it’s part of improvement works started in the first half of 2008: rebuilding the bandstand, removing rubbish from the lake and draining some of the marshier areas... More

Blog fail, slight reprise

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04/02/09
by Nick Holloway

AKA Blog unfail... details of the custom-made Neil Keating trainers I was struggling to find the link to are available here. Note the page is on Facebook so you’ll need to be logged in to see it. That’s probably the last time I try to give fashion tips via this site, at least until Mercy knocks up a new batch of lurverly t-shirts.Neil’s illustrations remind me - in places at least - of the work of.. More

It is big, but is it clever?

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03/02/09
by Nick Holloway

To think some of us were just out there frolicking innocently...Thanks to Rob (below, left) for tipping me off about this attack of frozen profanity, and who made not only a zombie snowman......but a snowy Wall-E.Rob, we salute you More