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This was the penultimate lecture in Sex Drugs Rock N Roll this semester at QUT. The songs (played in order): Dexys Allo Darlin’ Gustav Holst PJ Harvey The Shangri-Las Ice Cube Tricky Glenn Campbell...
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The bus got snarled in the traffic outside the Suncorp Stadium in Paddington. All of a sudden, a great feeling of despair overcame me. Line upon line of sun-basted young people wound their ways round...
View ArticleSOTD #699: Seconds
EEEEEEEEEEE. Can I throw myself at you? Where can I buy the magazines with your lovely selves pouting on the covers, with the juicy tell-all interviews inside? How else can I devour you? Seconds / JOYA...
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