Article Archive for December 2005
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Earlier in the day, you'll have read all about the CDs that the hecklerspray cats deemed - in all their heavenly glory - to be the best of 2005. But that's not the end of things, oh no...
In our short lifespan, we've made a bunch of friends. And, crucially, these friends know their shit. So we've asked them what their best CDs of 2005 are, too. Who are these friends? Some are in bands, some are managers, all are jolly good eggs. What have they chosen? Read on...
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It's Boxing Day! And what does that mean? Eating rubbish to stave off your hangover, getting bored with your presents and pretending to be nice to relatives you're only really semi-familiar with!
But it's also a time for reflection. Reflection on the year gone by. And that's what we're going to do right now. All this week to avoid doing any real work look back fondly on the year gone by. And that starts right now, as a whole bunch of hecklerspray writers decide upon their best CD of 2005...
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OK, that's it. No more hecklerspray until next year. We're all going to be far too busy doing traditionally English Christmassy things - things like eating sprouts and trying to make stilted conversation with our family and trying to get refunds on all the rubbish that people wrongly thought we'd like.
So that
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Folded for all things great, Creased for all things rotten.
Folded:
Crippling chest pain after eating too much (it’s a crushing sensation you want to worry about) Spielberg’s Munich (seen the ads – it’s looking good) Not forgetting Richard Pryor (like we did last week. Unforgivable) Curly hair (go on Martin, you be original) The no diet diet (enough with the drawstring trousers, ...
These days some people think Volvos are quite pretty. We don’t agree, though they do try jolly hard. When the 480 first reared its popup head in 1986, people were just downright confused. Was there finally be a reliable, comfortable, start-friendly way to get laid?
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Claiming the Volvo 480 was introduced as sexy boxmobile to attract the opposite sex is far beyond our remit. Plus we would be lying. The 480 coupe was nevertheless a damn fine car and - thanks to Volvo’s generally dependable build quality - it still is.
480s have held onto their value reasonably well, considering the fate of most other small Volvos. There is something so exclusive about a car that not everyone agrees is any good. You get enough vehicle to hold your own in pub battles, but not so much as to show off. You intrigue more than annoy.
Entertainment Weekly has named its list of people that have entertained us the most over the last year, and the winner of Entertainer Of The Year has been named as... the entire cast of Lost.
That's right - everyone in Lost is the best entertainer of the year. Everyone. Even that screaming Australian girl. Yeah, we were surprised too.
Scarlett, Angelina and Charlize have now all turned down the chance to be the new Bond Girl. So the Bond producers are trying something new: forget getting a good actress - they want Jessica Simpson.
At first, Jessica Simpson as a Bond Girl sounds like terrible news, but let's look on the bright side. Jessica will be cheaper, leaving more money to spend on invisible cars and space lasers and stuff. And Jessica Simpson and Daniel Craig will be able to relax in between takes by having competitions to see who has the most manly jawline.
Greek-loving, best friend cut-offing, one time goat-owning, rich dad-having, death threat-defying Hollywood socialite Paris Hilton is a part time defender of all that is just and true. Or so we're told.
She's just like a less chaste version of famed/maybe not-so-famed literary boy detective Encyclopedia Brown, all problem solving and whatnot.
