Brave New World

Der Felsen (2002)

To emphasise the arbitrariness and artificiality of what we’re watching, omniscient male and female voices occasionally interject with dispassionate commentary on the characters and the choices they face. The presence of a Senegalais beach-trader, meanwhile, provides an excuse for the script’s deficiencies: we’re told of traditional African narrative techniques in which storytellers had to weave tales around a series of random items, with dire consequences should their tale run out of steam.

http://www.jigsawlounge.co.uk/film/felsen.html


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Crossword clues (The Independent, today, p79)


13 Across Disaffected by a story Dante translated

24 Across Sailor seen round stern of boat, hunting for vermin

25 Across Strangely endures singular display of bad manners

5 Down Hyde Park character not giving his or her private address?

7 Down Potato dish I finally left, having swallowed a portion of meat

8 Down Poet representative of the consumer society?

19 Down Judge's point of view that has an unpleasant ring


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From yesterday's UEFA Cup qualifying draw


Banants Yerevan (Armenia) will play Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (Ukraine)

Groclin Grodzisk (Poland) will play Dukla Banska Bystrica (Slovakia)

Krylya Sovietov Samara (Russia) will play BATE Borisov (Belarus)

Lokomotiv Plovdiv (Bulgaria) will play OFK Belgrade (Serbia-Montenegro)

Wisla Plock (Poland) will play Grasshoppers (Switzerland)

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tonight at Walthamstow (London E17)
http://www.wsgreyhound.co.uk/

8.39 (£110 A7 race) Semi Retired
dark brindle dog, born August 2002, by Rathroon Ranger out of Mind The Heifer

8.53 (£110 A6 race) Modest Proposal
black dog, born May 2003, by Droopys Vieri out of Mall Twink

10.03 (£135 A2 race) Small Bites
black dog, born June 2003, by Sonic Flight out of Spruce Juice


yesterday : Boromir won 6/1. Profit for £1 level stake so far = +4.00

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Rip tide, Flash Flood, Appaloosa

Keywall Spectre

"Greyhound racing is great because you can breed your own dog, raise it, take it to the track, and race it... I had a dog that people at Hackney Wick will remember - a big, black, spotted dog called Keywall Spectre, the son of a great Irish dog called Spectre. Sprinting three hundred yards on the sand at Hackney, he'd win all the time."
Sam Shepard, quoted in Sam Shepard by Don Shewey (1985) p94

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Crossword clues (The Independent, today, p79)


10 Across : Reptile destroyed eastern island almost.

14 Across : One would be out of place in ancient Rome.

22 Across : Easily offended? His masque is nasty.

6 Down : Bay's food source, just below head.

20 Down : Fruit beer's head? Mark the depth.


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Came on for Kashima Antlers (v Manchester United, Tokyo Thursday)


75th minute : Abe for Uchida

79th minute : Ishikawa for Motoyama

81st minute : Masuda for Fernando

85th minute : Kaneko for Suzuki


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tonight at Belle Vue (Gorton, Manchester)
http://www.bellevuestadium.co.uk/Stadium/Default.htm


8.50 (£77 A3 race) Radiant Mystery
black bitch, born May 2002, by Honcho Classic out of Adamstown Breeze

9.20 (£112 A1 race) North Sky
black dog, born July 2002, by Droopys Honcho out of Black Jazz II

9.35 (£77 A3 race) Boromir
black dog, born November 2002, by Plasterscene Gem out of Russanda Blue


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