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CONCUR. What is the point of Lego you can only make ONE THING OUT OF? MADNESS.

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I got a Castle Grayskull one Xmas, played with the horrible plastic piece of crap for about 5 minutes, then went back to Lego, which was easily the best toy I ever got. If I ever have kids, they're getting Lego, and BLOODY WELL LIKING IT.

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What Diggle said. 2 is great, starts strong, flounders a wee bit, improves; 3 is just bloody awful from the get-go.

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At least one of the above has been implemented as a major part of gameplay ;)

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Need your email addresses. Please send 'em via the sendmail facility...

...that is all.

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Kim Gordon's going to Octocon? Phwoooar!

J-Bo-yeah-and-I-also-like-Sonic-Youth's-*music*-so-nerr-1

"But is Art Spiegelman better than Primo Levi?"

I don't really think you can make a comparison. Levi had first-hand experience of the camps, which he tried to rationalise in THE TRUCE, THE DROWNED AND THE SAVED, etc. It's primary (i.e. witnessed) history.

Spiegelman's MAUS is partly an attempt to come to terms with his father's experiences in the camps, and partly an account of said experiences. It's secondary history, unlike his more recent IN THE SHADOW OF TWO TOWERS.

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PASSIONOIA by Black Box Recorder. It's aces.

Bunch of early KYUSS stuff, which is more of a mixed bag.

Some other stuff from the thread:-

? Steev, TOM WAITS is playing a gig over here next year!

? My mate Matt (the jammy git) has just won a competition in JACK magazine; 1st-class flight to Tennessee + tour of Jack Daniels distillery + free FLAMING LIPS gig + getting smashed with the band afterwards! Sweet, wot!

J-Bo-1

ISTR he's got something in the pipeline with Vertigo, but I may be misremembering.

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Er. Okaaay.

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Peanut butter & marmite sandwiches. CALORIE BOMB!

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Huzzah! Congrats to Chris & family.

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*Everything* in HR Giger's art is either a man- or lady-part. Dude is properly mental.

J-Bo-1

GNs editor for 2000AD ;)

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GOD-NO

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