If the albums get much longer, this isn’t going to work very well. Below is the review graph for the most recent snoozer from Barenaked Ladies, Barenaked Ladies are Me (BLAM). As you can see, it’s solidly mediocre with one high point in the middle surrounded by the album’s weakest songs.

Given a map like [...] Read more »

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Here is this week’s guess ten: I give you ten lyrics, you tell me the name of the song and who performed it.

The Decemberists, “Sporting Life” [
fredline ] There’s my girlfriend arm in arm with the captain of the other team.
“Weird Al” Yankovic, “Happy Birthday” [
Karan ] When they drop the [...] Read more »

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I don’t play _Counter-Strike_ so I don’t have first-hand experience, but someone’s created a fun custom map for this first-person shooter based on the Fawlty Towers property. Good attention to detail and in-jokes here.
Here’s “a link to the exterior shot”:http://www.fpsbanana.com/screens?img=http://image.hazardstrip.com/ss/maps/14167a.jpg.
“Reception”:http://www.fpsbanana.com/screens?img=http://image.hazardstrip.com/ss/maps/14167b.jpg complete with damaged moose.
“Kitchen”:http://www.fpsbanana.com/screens?img=http://image.hazardstrip.com/ss/maps/22573.jpg with rat poison.
And, of course, the “main map page”:http://www.fpsbanana.com/maps/17620. Read more »

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Answers for last week
are up here: Four were unguessed — at least two of which I thought folks would get! Maybe I am getting out of practice. Oh, well, I never wanted to be your weekend lover…

Prince, “Purple Rain” [
Laundro" ] I only wanted to be some kind of friend.
Spandau Ballet, [...] Read more »

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