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Win tickets ‘Into The Future’

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In just a couple of weeks 2012 will be imminent…so to make sure you celebrate in style, our friends at the Firestation are offering Beat readers the chance to win two pairs of tickets to their New Years Eve extravaganza! With 4 rooms of interactive future visions, hybrid entertainment and migrating sounds, this promises to be an amazing New Years Eve party!

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Late Night Gimp Fight – The Review

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 “Gimps?” “Yes. They’re called Late Night Gimp Fight. Hhmmm. Not sure if that’s my kind of thing.” And so the conversation went, as I read the first few lines of a publicity poster. A masked gimp holding a baby urges me to read more about these supposed gimps, before making a decision as to whether [...]

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Why I Picked Dylan

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Bob Dylan didn’t go to his audience and beg to be accepted. They found him, and when they did they found him valid, and their word of mouth spread like a cultural flash flood.

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The Law and Lawyers – Robot Wars for Pedants

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It is my impression that making a career out of the intricacies of the law has less to do with wisdom and compassion and more to do with having a somewhat legalistic mindset. And it is my impression that to work in litigation in particular you have to be up for something of a scrap as well. Because litigation, when you look at it, is a form of Robot Wars for pedants.

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Ray Robinson – The Interview

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I had a mushroom trip when I was in my early twenties and had a conversation with God while lying in a bath tub and He spoke to me through the curtains. I asked Him what I should do with my life and He, or rather the curtains, responded: Be a writer.

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Firestation Bookswap March 2010 Pt1

In which guests are local authors Mark Keating & Warwick Cairns, and one of our bookswappers brings in probably the best cake in the world.

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Firestation Bookswap March 2010 Pt2

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In which 2 of our new bookswappers, get into the spirit of things and do more swapping than anyone else…ever.

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Firestation Bookswap Feb 2010 Pt2

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Our Guests discuss the best country in the world. Marie shows us her skills of remembering peoples names & one of our guests parks on a question for a rather long time.

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Marie Phillips – The Book Swap Interview

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Oh, lovely David Tennant. I saw him at a party once and was paralysed with yearning.

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