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It’s Immaterial – Song
The first It’s Immaterial album came out whilst I was in the lower sixth. It was one of those albums that helped me make the jump towards indie music. They were on Top of the Pops and in the Top 20, but they were much more difficult than a pop band. I [...]

Things I expected to hate : Pretty much the whole thing.
Things I liked : Pretty much the whole thing.
I hated this episode from the moment I heard about it. I’ve been underwhelmed by everything Who that Gareth Roberts has penned, and James Corden has irritated me in everything, even Gavin & Stacey. Lastly, it was [...]

I was probably about five miles away from home, at a roundabout with two lanes from my direction, and two other exits. There was nobody on the roundabout, although there was a white van approaching the entrance on the right. But the car to the right of me decided it was safe to go, so [...]

Things I Liked : The bit where Van Gogh invites the Doctor and Amy to see what he sees, the sensitive side to the Doctor, the acting-its all about the acting. I even quite liked Bill Nighy.
Things I didn’t like : Did it really need the Athlete song at the end? We get it, we’re [...]

Things I Liked : The timey-wimey stuff, Stephen Jones as the Silurian boss, the similarities to the Pertwee era (the bubble, the Silurians), it wasn’t as bad as I expected for Chris Chibnall.
Things I didn’t like : The new Silurians lost a lot of their unique-ness.
As I said, it felt like a Pertwee story, even [...]

Ah, if only the fine people at Beverages Direct would ship to the UK – 24 different rootbeers for $34!
“Host a root beer float party that will talked about for years!” That’s exactly what E said when I told her about it.

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Ahhh. This is a finely packaged root beer. It comes in a tall dark bottle, with the words ‘Boylan Vintage Soda Pop’ embossed upon it, and other fine enticements such as ‘100% Natural’ and ‘From Earth’ painted on.
It’s from the Boylan Bottling Company, in Moonachie, a few miles from Manhattan. Judging by their website, they’re [...]

This rootbeer disappeared off the shelves of our Waitrose for a worrying few months around Christmas, but I was obviously not alone in missing it, as it’s again available in either single bottles or as a 4 pack.
It’s an Australian drink that claims it’s made to a ‘genuine old recipe’. The first few times I [...]

This is a weird one. I’ve found 5 rootbeers in the past fortnight, and this is the only one from the UK. I stumbled across it in Julian Graves (Wine Gums currently half price) so I thought I’d give it a go.
It’s refreshing enough, quite a pleasant drink. But it doesn’t taste like a rootbeer. [...]

Obviously aiming at the mass end of the Rootbeer market, we find Mug, pictured in a can with a Bulldog brandishing a tankard and with the froth foaming over the top of the can. Initially it tastes quite rootbeery, but the lingering taste is less vanilla and more chemical. Which isn’t terrific.
It’s not distributed widely [...]