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I know it's a superficial thing to say but she reminds me of Tori Amos. It's not my thing but 'sokay. Good luck to her, there's so much buzz about her that her career is pretty much sorted. Just hope she can avoid the chemical distractions that have done for Amy W and a couple of others.

But doubeplus good for the stylophone tho', Rolf would be proud

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Fri Jan 9th, 2009 at 01:39:13 PM EST
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I would imagine that hailing from Blackpool is probably a decent innoculation against pop excess.

You can't be me, I'm taken
by Sven Triloqvist on Fri Jan 9th, 2009 at 01:58:42 PM EST
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Oh, really ? People in nowhere end of the line towns usually have nothing else going on but excess.

keep to the Fen Causeway
by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Fri Jan 9th, 2009 at 02:03:27 PM EST
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I don't know if you've ever been to Blackpool? Empty and bleak in the winter, bustling and brassy in the summer. And let's not forget the Tower ;-)

It is still a Mecca (ballroom) for Northern workers, and will probably gain again this year from the cost of holidays abroad. Southend, which I also know quite well, is a similar bi-polar town that reverts to 'nowhere end of the line' in winter, but then gets infused by this enormous transient population of punters when the weather warms.

Maybe it's the seaside. Maybe it is my own nostalgia for Skeggie caravans and trying to grab crap with chrome claws.  Maybe it's the screams from the roller coaster. But I do think there is something special that comes from living in a place like Blackpool.

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Fri Jan 9th, 2009 at 02:40:53 PM EST
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I've only ever been to Blackpool in the winter, when it has been too cold to feel like stepping outside.  Besides, I was stuck in conferences mostly so I don't think I really got to see much of Blackpool.

Ad astra per aspera
by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Jan 9th, 2009 at 02:43:36 PM EST
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"In my mind..."

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Fri Jan 9th, 2009 at 02:48:51 PM EST
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A Room with a View meets Planet of the Apes.

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Fri Jan 9th, 2009 at 03:16:56 PM EST
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I think there's a difference between visiting and living. During the winter the place is effectively closed and during the summer it's full of drunks and the place isn't yours anymore. It's not as if there's anything else going on.

So why not get out of it ? Most people I've met from dedicated resort towns with nowt else going on, eg blackpool or skeggie, are just dedicated pissheads. I'm not saying there are dedicated and sober people in those towns, after all I'm no beacon of sobriety so there may be some sorting going on, but..


keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Fri Jan 9th, 2009 at 02:47:48 PM EST
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