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Mamma Mia!

By Murk | Published: July 21, 2008
Last night we went to see ‘Mamma Mia!’ at the cinema. Now, I like Abba as much as the next ’secure-in-my-masculinity child-of-the-seventies-and-early-eighties’ – but I had seen the trailer… and Meryl Streep wearing Dungarees and prancing about didn’t fill me with confidence. ‘Chick Flick’, thought I. It was, however, good. To my surprise. Yes, it was contrived, [...]
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Catchy, but depressing

By Murk | Published: March 2, 2008
The other day, ‘Build me up, Buttercup’, came on the radio. I haven’t heard this for a while, and so started humming along. Catchy. Then I listened to the lyrics, which hadn’t really registered before: Why do you build me up (build me up) Buttercup, baby Just to let me down (let me down) and mess me around And then [...]
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