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		<title>When I&#8217;m Twenty-Four</title>
		<link>http://maxraymond.co.uk/2012/05/31/when-im-twenty-four/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2012 11:52:24 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Sunday I turned 24, which I unofficially deem the &#8216;Jack Bauer age&#8217;. I don&#8217;t expect to torture people in ways that are beyond reprehensible anytime soon but it&#8217;s an interesting age. It&#8217;s only a year off the magic quarter-of-a-century age of 25 but also still young enough to think you can do something worthwhile. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maxraymond.co.uk&#038;blog=6490104&#038;post=2050&#038;subd=maxraymond&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Do football stadiums really influence a music scene?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 11:26:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Max</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[people independent music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sissy & the blisters]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Of course they don&#8217;t. End of blog&#8230; Ok, I&#8217;ll elaborate. Yesterday I noticed that a few people on Twitter had linked to an article that attempted to be nothing but full of praise for the Sunderland music scene on one of the Guardian&#8217;s regional blogs by Allen Glen. It wasn&#8217;t a particularly good piece but [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maxraymond.co.uk&#038;blog=6490104&#038;post=2037&#038;subd=maxraymond&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Another absence</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 10:07:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Max</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[what have I been doing?]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So, aside from a post that spoofed the whole Samantha Brick furore about a month ago, I&#8217;ve again neglected this portal. So, in as brief a summary as I can, here&#8217;s a guide to where I&#8217;m at: Guildford People: Still going strong. You&#8217;d think this week would be a busy one for me because of local [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maxraymond.co.uk&#038;blog=6490104&#038;post=2034&#038;subd=maxraymond&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;There are downsides to being pretty average&#8217;: Why no one notices me for being insignificant</title>
		<link>http://maxraymond.co.uk/2012/04/05/there-are-downsides-to-being-pretty-average-why-no-one-notices-me-for-being-insignificant/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 21:16:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Max</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News, Media & Sport]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[parody]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[samantha brick]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After reading Samantha Brick’s article about how people are threatened by her good looks, it irked something in me. We haven’t heard from the other side of the argument &#8211; the average person in life who is nothing more than an insignificant spec in the world that we inhabit. This is his counter-column, which probably has [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maxraymond.co.uk&#038;blog=6490104&#038;post=2029&#038;subd=maxraymond&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Deal Or No Deal may be breaking the law</title>
		<link>http://maxraymond.co.uk/2012/03/13/deal-or-no-deal-may-be-breaking-the-law/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 19:17:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Max</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts & Entertainment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[gambling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Television]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From The Guardian: The Gambling Commission will meet senior executives at Channel 4 in the next few days to discuss concerns that its hit teatime gameshow Deal or No Deal may constitute gambling. The commission is due to publish new advice on the implications of the Gambling Act for broadcasters and producers next month. It is understood to have [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maxraymond.co.uk&#038;blog=6490104&#038;post=2025&#038;subd=maxraymond&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Girl Who Played With Fire</title>
		<link>http://maxraymond.co.uk/2012/03/13/the-girl-who-played-with-fire/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 12:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Max</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts & Entertainment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[books]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m currently steamrolling my way through the second book in the Millennium trilogy, The Girl Who Played With Fire. I&#8217;m actually reading it so much to the point where I&#8217;ll have to pause every now and then just so I can save up money to buy the last book in the trilogy! I&#8217;m also at [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maxraymond.co.uk&#038;blog=6490104&#038;post=2022&#038;subd=maxraymond&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Daily Blot: The future battleground of online video</title>
		<link>http://maxraymond.co.uk/2012/03/13/the-daily-blot-the-future-battleground-of-online-video/</link>
		<comments>http://maxraymond.co.uk/2012/03/13/the-daily-blot-the-future-battleground-of-online-video/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 09:50:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Max</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Journalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the daily blot]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[video on demand]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of the most recent trends in digital media is the rise of on-demand viewing. A few years ago we would have scoffed at the possibility of catching up with the week’s TV shows or having access to a library of hundreds upon thousands of films. Today though, iPlayer is indispensable and websites like YouTube [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maxraymond.co.uk&#038;blog=6490104&#038;post=2019&#038;subd=maxraymond&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Thousand Words</title>
		<link>http://maxraymond.co.uk/2012/03/12/a-thousand-words/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 15:32:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Max</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts & Entertainment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bad trailers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eddie murphy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[films]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I should stress that I&#8217;m not a massive Eddie Murphy fan. I haven&#8217;t yet seen the film A Thousand Words, which currently has a solid 0% on Rotten Tomatoes, because it&#8217;s not out yet. If you&#8217;re interested, the consensus on RT says: Dated jokes (A Thousand Words was shot in 2008) and removing Eddie Murphy&#8217;s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maxraymond.co.uk&#038;blog=6490104&#038;post=2014&#038;subd=maxraymond&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>MusicOMH: Florence And The Machine at Alexandra Palace</title>
		<link>http://maxraymond.co.uk/2012/03/12/musicomh-florence-and-the-machine-at-alexandra-palace/</link>
		<comments>http://maxraymond.co.uk/2012/03/12/musicomh-florence-and-the-machine-at-alexandra-palace/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 15:17:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Max</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Journalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[florence and the machine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Florence Welch has come a long way in a short time. Four years ago she was playing small theatres and now she&#8217;s taking on arenas and selling out three nights at Alexandra Palace. Her breakthrough LP Lungs has conquered the world, the singles becoming ubiquitous in 2010, whilst new album Ceremonials has cemented her status [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maxraymond.co.uk&#038;blog=6490104&#038;post=2009&#038;subd=maxraymond&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Radiohead-ticket-price-gate-type-thing</title>
		<link>http://maxraymond.co.uk/2012/03/07/radiohead-ticket-price-gate-type-thing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 23:38:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Max</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts & Entertainment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[radiohead]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday there was a pre-sale for the Radiohead UK shows in October. The tickets, as you&#8217;ve probably heard, are quite expensive. A standing ticket or block 101 seat for either O2 show was £73 (including all fees) so you can see why people were ticked off &#8211; whether they got a ticket, didn&#8217;t get one [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maxraymond.co.uk&#038;blog=6490104&#038;post=2007&#038;subd=maxraymond&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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