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The Truth behind the Teletubbies! - 15 questions!

June 9, 2008

A lot has been spoken of the Teletubbies, those potbellied cuties of unknown origin and strange colors that play and sing before the eyes of our children. But, in spite of the criticisms poured by well-meaning, although wrong, defenders of political correctness, nobody up to now has dared to analyze seriously this phenomenon until [...]

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10 Bands Forced to Change Their Names

May 23, 2008

1. The Verve

Richard Ashcroft’s band were orignally called Verve (no. ‘The’), but they stirred up a lawsuit from US jazz label of the same name.
2. Chicago
Pete Cetera’s soft-rock band were originally called Chicago Transit Authority, but when Chicago City threatened legal action, the quickly backed down.
3. Marillion
In 1979, band found Mick Pointer orignally took the [...]

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1980’s - A full review of everything!

May 22, 2008

When reflecting on the decade of the eighties, no one single term, idea, or event comes to mind.
During this single ten-year span, large-scale cultural changes and major political events took place around the world. The early eighties were marked by events such as the election of Ronald Reagan to the presidency of the United States, [...]

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8 Inventions from the 1990’s That Turned Geeks Into Cool Kids

May 19, 2008

1. Napster

Before Napster, music downloading was the pastime of only the class “Poindexter”. In 1999 this all changed with the creation of Napster. Napster was created by a fellow geek named Shawn Fanning who set up the centralized file swapping service in only 60 solid hours. Napster is now dead, but it’s legacy continues with [...]

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10 Things From The 90’s That Are Sadly Missed

May 8, 2008

1. Commodore 64
Manufactured between 1982 and 1994, the C64 computer is fondly remembered by a whole generation of gamers.
2. Action Man
The former Stalwart of boy’s bedrooms was discontinued in 2006. He fights on in special collector’s edition form, however.
3. VW Beetle
In production for an unbeleivable 65 years, the final orignal-model Beetle rolled off the production [...]

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10 of The Worst “Old People” Crimes, Ever!

May 1, 2008

1. Last month, a woman in her late 60s attempted to hold up a post office in Northenden, Manchester, UK, armed with a knife. Staff activated alarms. She walked off.
2. A trio of German pensioners aged between 64 and 73 known as the “Grandpa Gang” were jailed in 2005 for taking part in 14 bank [...]

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Top 10 Ugliest Grunge Bands

April 9, 2008

Grunge was massive during the 1990’s! As with any music scene it came with its own fashion that included:

Torn jeans,
Bulky shoes
Chequered flannel shirts (we already covered this here)
Chain wallets
Ripped Cardigans
Basketball caps (preferably worn backward)
Long hair
Grunge musicians tried to be just themselves without all the bullshit of glam rock

Whilst this naturalistic fashion worked well for some [...]

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What are the Top 10 Strangest Items Lost In Space?

April 4, 2008

The 1990’s was a time of great space exploration but mankind also left a few things behind. Here I have listed the top 10 strangest types of space pollution.
1. A glove

During the first US space walk in 1965, astronaut Edward White lost a spare glove. For a month, the item orbited space at 17,389mph [...]

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Top 10 Sweets from the 1990s

March 25, 2008

1. Tooty Frooties
Fruit chews in five flavors:lemon, apple, orange, blackcurrant and strawberry. The green ones were always that last to go.

2. Flumps
Not just a kids tv programme, also a soft marshmallow rope-like sweet that could be picked up in a similar manner to oakum in hard labour camps.

3. Wham Bars
Long, pink and sticky interspersed [...]

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Top 10 fads from the 1990s

March 19, 2008

1. Ecstasy

This drug was first created by Fritz Hander in 1891 but sadly no actual human got to try it until 1959. It was in the early 1990s that the drug started to gain recreational popularity as part of the rave culture in the UK and Europe. The drug led to evolution of dance music [...]

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