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I’ve watched the three Gs (Goonies, Gremlins and Ghostbusters) every six months since the day I learned to copy VHS tapes, and love them right down to their implausible plot holes and occasionally crude racial stereotyping.
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I was raised by hippies, so by the time I was old enough to think for myself I was thoroughly bored of hearing about the sixties. Aside from the fact that ‘free love’ is the last thing you want to hear your parents talking about, to a child born in 1979 the sixties sounded both distant and a bit crap, like Portsmouth. I don’t have kids, but when I look around I see a lot of tiny brains who can’t wait to learn to speak just so they can tell their parents to shut up about the eighties. There are some decades that nobody gets nostalgic about, like the 1940s, unless you like the idea of dressing entirely in brown and rebuilding Europe from a pile of smoking rubble. We remember the 1980s as much more glamorous, and so there’s been periodic eighties revivals happening for longer than the eighties themselves actually existed. The eighties are so popular that I worry that by the time my generation are old enough to run the world, laws will be passed making all other decades
illegal. Maybe this came about because the children of the eighties have been blessed with an unprecedented expansion in the means of communication, giving us more opportunities to talk/blog/text about the things we half-remember from our VHS childhoods. The children of the 1940s grew up thinking that three TV channels was the height of technological achievement, so it was unlikely that the BBC would have ever themed Saturday night around a retrospective of The Goon Show, but by now there’s probably a digital TV channel up in the 300s that only runs documentaries about Boy George’s hats. David Hasselhof still has work, Garbage Pail Kids are going for crazy money on eBay and I’ve even seen a website devoted exclusively to writing about vintage crisps. The crisps thing is a good example of something slightly weird about all this, in that it’s impossible to be objective or even informative about something that hasn’t physically existed since you were ten. You can remember how Crispy Tubes made you feel, not how they really tasted. I watched those ‘I love the Eighties’ TV clipshows and am convinced that the minor celebs taking part hadn’t bothered to review most of the stuff they were wittering on about. Vernon Kaye does not care enough about his audience to actually spend time watching DangerMouse on Youtube, whereas I researched this article by travelling back in time on a Raleigh Chopper covered in LEDs and silver foil. Great Scott!
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We were barely out of the 80s before people started getting teary-eyed about the TV of their childhoods, and since then there’s been a thriving industry selling Roland Rat bumbags and Cabbage Patch Kids dolls, to people who miss the days when Doctor Who had wobbly sets and there was nothing weird about Jimmy Savile introducing Gary Glitter on Top Of The Pops. Those were innocent times.
The blockbuster movies of the 1980s cast a long shadow, so much so that they are still being recycled three decades on, though even quadrupling the budget cannot capture the wooden-faced magic of Ahhhnold Schwarzenegger gurning against blue-screen explosions. If you revisit Predator you are soon aware that you could do a better job of the ‘predator camo’ SFX with iMovie, but the film remains outstanding despite these limitations. Perhaps it’s because the cast have done so many steroids that they think the Predator is real, or maybe it’s that they know they’re working in the golden age of the action blockbuster. Aliens, Die Hard, The Running Man, Indiana Jones; what they lacked in convincing bad guy accents they made up for with cheesy enthusiasm, snappy one-liners and copious supporting roles for Gary ‘tombstone teeth’ Busey.
At the time, many people expected eighties music to vanish in a synthesised puff of dry ice on the cusp of the 1990s. Oh, how wrong we were. From the overblown power ballad to the hyper-produced saccharine pop act, eighties music has out-lived many of its detractors, the sixties and seventies musos who were appalled by drum machines and records that didn’t contain enough single guitar solos. Eighties music is the ultimate artistic expression of the decade, combining a goofy love affair with the bleeps and bloops of new technology and an oddball approach to fashion preserved perfectly in its pioneering music videos, even if nobody has subsequently managed to look good in legwarmers or a ruffly shirt.
Most of the nostalgia tends to be directed towards cartoons, probably because few people have memories wooly enough that they remember Grange Hill as anything other than a grim, grey launchpad for people who’d end up wrestling a Mitchell in Eastenders. Sadly you’re in for a bit of a shock if you actually go back and watch Thundercats or Dogtanian in the age of Pixar. Whilst stop-motion stuff like The Wombles, Morph and Button Moon has retained a certain shonky charm, the likes of He Man has not aged well - you’ll find smoother animation on an advert for confused.com, but minus Skeletor’s camp magic. Noble exceptions are the unexpectedly gory Legendary Cities Of Gold and the animated Transformers movie, which has matured like a fine, robotic wine. The entire thing is on Youtube - you’re in for a treat.
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The eighties was also the golden age of slasher and horror movies, the pop star vanity project (Purple Rain; Desperately Seeking Susan), and films with Eddie Murphy in them. Even films pitched towards families, teenagers and young children are an eighties goldmine. I’ve watched the three Gs (Goonies, Gremlins and Ghostbusters) every six months since the day I learned to copy VHS tapes, and love them right down to their implausible plot holes and occasionally crude racial stereotyping. I have friends that feel the same way about The Breakfast Club and Heathers, although if anybody is still rooting for The Lost Boys they’re too polite to tell me.
Eighties music is also incredibly diverse, from the brash explosion of hip hop, the urban rhythms of early house and techno to the drunken excesses of hair metal. Pub bores in Clash T shirts always go on about the influence of punk, but the sonic and lyrical experimentation of eighties post-punk artists like Talking Heads, New Order and The Smiths has had a far greater influence on today’s musicians than anything the Sex Pistols coughed up. The eighties was also the sunset era of the vinyl record and the cassette tape. Vinyl clings to life in the dusty cupboards of ageing DJs and dedicated audiophiles, whereas the humble C90 lives on only in spirit, the inspiration for a billion iTunes playlists and a generation of audio pirates raised on highspeed dubbing and Dolby Noise Reduction. Now that’s what I call music.
In the years that have passed since its publication, we’ve come to appreciate the prophetic nature of 1984 and many a dystopian novel and movie have followed in its footsteps, accurately predicting political, cultural or technological changes to the world we live in. So, has the nightmare world that Orwell predicted finally caught up with us? Take a look at some of these and decide for yourself…
CCTV / SURVEILLANCE – 1984 There’s a brilliantly illustrative (but sadly, doctored) photo doing the rounds online at the moment of George Orwell’s former home with its English Heritage blue plaque fixed to the wall, a few inches from which is a camera mounted to a post and a sign reading ’24 Hour CCTV in Operation.’ The photo may be a fake, but the reality isn’t so far detached from that, with a newspaper reporting a few years back that Orwell’s house has 32 CCTV cameras within 200 yards of it. Surveillance and its dehumanising effects were a prominent theme in 1984, with its world’s inhabitants surrounded by hidden microphones and ‘two-way telescreens’
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re you obsessed with Michael J Fox? Perhaps you’re addicted to hairspray and shoulder pads? Do you dream about the Ninja Turtles? Chances are you’re caught in a neon timewarp to the decade we can’t forget.
When George Orwell published 1984 back in 1949, his novel was lauded as a terrifying portrait of a totalitarian world ruled by a malevolent faceless government, whose citizens lived bleak existences stifled by rules, bureaucracy, paranoia and surveillance.
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We were barely out of the 80s before people started getting teary-eyed about the TV of their childhoods, and since then there’s been a thriving industry selling Roland Rat bumbags and Cabbage Patch Kids dolls to people who miss the days when Doctor Who had wobbly sets and there was nothing weird about Jimmy Savile introducing Gary Glitter on Top Of The Pops.
CYBORG TECHNOLOGY – ROBOCOP The idea of cybernetic organisms is one that has fascinated us throughout the industrial and technological ages, and provided a platform for many a writer to explore ethical and philosophical questions: what does it mean to be human? Where does the line between artificial and organic fall? At what point does our reliance on technology spill over into over-dependence? The likes of Robocop, Terminator and many more pose these questions but even their writers surely couldn’t have anticipated the speed at which cyborg technology would advance. We’re at a point now where
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Looking for the perfect excuse for some al fresco dining with friends. Try these tasty Levi Roots barbecue recipes for size...
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STICKY JERK WINGS WITH SUGARED ORANGES (SERVES 4 AS A STARTER OR AS PART OF A BARBECUE SPREAD) 12 chicken wings 2tbsp soft light brown or demerara sugar 2 pipless oranges 5 long, mild red chillies, whole and undamaged
FOR THE JERK MARINADE: 4 spring onions, green part only, roughly chopped 1 hot red chilli (ideally Scotch bonnet), seeds left in 3cm (1 1/4in) piece of root ginger, cut into chunks 2tbsp thyme leaves
100ml (3 1/2fl oz) cider vinegar 3tbsp honey 2tsp ground allspice 1tsp ground cinnamon 2tbsp olive oil Salt and pepper
Put the marinade ingredients in a blender and whizz until smooth. Alternately, pound the ingredients to a paste using a pestle and mortar. Pour it over the wings, turning them over so they are well coated. Leave to marinate, covered, in the fridge for at least 4 hours, or overnight if more convenient, turning the wings over once or twice. Get a barbecue going until the coals die down to hot grey ash (or preheat an oven to 190ºC/375ºF/gas mark 5). Barbecue or cook the wings, turning them over a few times, until they are cooked through (the juices should run clear when a skewer is pushed into the thickest point) and nicely brown, basting with any leftover jerk marinade (about 15 minutes). While the wings are cooking, sprinkle the sugar on to a plate and cut the oranges into quarters. Dip the cut sides of each piece into the sugar and cook on the barbecue (or in a heavy dry frying pan or under a stovetop grill) for a few minutes until the sugar has caramelised. Keep a close eye on the oranges to prevent them from burning. At the same time, chargrill the chillies. Serve the wings with the caramelised oranges and chargrilled chillies.
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Set the bananas - in their skins - on the bars of your barbecue, close to medium-hot coals. Leave to cook until the skins are black and the flesh inside feels soft when you pierce it with a skewer. Meanwhile, whip the cream until it holds its shape, then stir in the curd. Halve the passion fruit and scoop out the pulp and seeds with a teaspoon. Strain this, then remove and discard half the seeds. Return the rest to the juice and pulp. Mix half the passion fruit into the cream. Taste to see if you want to add any icing sugar (passion fruit can be very tart so even with the curd you may want to add some more sweetness). When the bananas are cooked, slit them down their length and gently open them up. Spoon some of the cream over the warm flesh and divide the remaining passion fruit pulp between the bananas - it makes the dish look just beautiful. Dust with icing sugar and serve. ISLE OF MAN PREMIER MAGAZINE
Taggart was joined by Andy Davies, Tom Beasant, Tom Edwards, Rob Little, Pete Hodges, Neil Northrop and Rhys FindlayRobinbson. All the team are elite fell runners drawn from either the Manx Fell Runners club or the Dark Peak and Mercia fell running clubs in England. The team
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Another record was broken with ‘Running Sucks’, the second all women’s team to ever enter the race smashed the original all women’s team record by 1 hour 28 minutes, in a total of 15 hours 12 minutes. They were the only all women’s team to enter this year and were sponsored by Creechurch Capital. Race the Sun is so named because the main aim for teams is to complete the course before the sun sets in Peel. Mark Eastham, Adventure Events Fundraising Co-ordinator at The Children’s Centre, congratulated the winners and thanked all of the 27 team that took part, plus sponsors Mann Made Group and the Up & Running store which provided various prizes.
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“The weather this year meant that it was more like Race The Rain than Race The Sun, but there were tremendous displays of team spirit throughout the day which just added to the experience.”
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“If you’re wary of full-on blue, start with black mascara and just add a blue mascara to the very tips of the lashes.”
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There’s nothing worse than underdone chicken wings, so make sure you get everything just right by arming yourself with a thermometer. This isn’t just any old instrument, this iOS-powered accessory syncs to your iPhone or iPad. Together with an app, it gives you a real-time on-screen reading and you can update your friends over social networks. Plus you can set an alarm for when your food reaches a desired temperature - perfect for producing a rare, medium or well-done prime steak.
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“Don’t be worried about pulling off blue mascara, as it can brighten your eyes and make them look bigger,” reassures Debbie McDonald, NYX Cosmetics make-up artist.
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A team from AXA Isle of Man won the ‘Golden Shoe’ award as the top fundraisers collecting a total of £1,100. Now in its sixth year the event has raised over £50,000 with money going directly to support vulnerable children and young people in the Isle of Man through The Children’s Centre’s Mobex project. Such is the increasing popularity of Race The Sun that that some teams have already signed up for the 2014 event. Full results can be seen at www.manxtimingsolutions.com
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A flash of blue will make your eyes pop in an instant. Just like a black mascara, one coat will add a subtle effect, but layering on two to three generous coats will make a fluttering statement.
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He added: “The weather this year meant that it was more like Race The Rain than Race The Sun, but there were tremendous displays of team spirit throughout the day which just added to the experience. So far this year’s event has raised £8,800, but we expect the total to be more than £10,000 when all the funds have been collected.”
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Banish visions of Bananarama, because coloured mascara has undergone a 2013 revival.
“If you have green eyes, choose a brighter blue - more on the teal or turquoise colour family.” It’s only those with blue eyes who need to be wary of drowning out their natural colour.
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was carefully selected to include athletes with orienteering expertise which they used to navigate around a course that was unfamiliar to those team members from offIsland. Taggart says he was confident that the squad would break the record, but even he was surprised by the margin by which it was broken.
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“Blue is perfect for you if you have brown eyes,” says Rebecca Butterworth, a M.A.C senior artist. “Choose a deep cerulean or navy blue to give your eye colour more depth.
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The event – organised by the Island’s leading charity for families and children and sponsored by Mann Made Group involves teams running a clockwise lap of the Island’s Raad ny Foillan 98 mile coastal footpath starting and finishing in Peel. There are 10 legs of the relay with teams allowed a maximum of 10 runners. Manxman Lloyd Taggart led an eight-man team which clocked 10h 14m 54s easily beating the previous record of 11h 37m 50s set by a team representing The Children’s Centre in the 2010 race.
If you’re wobbly with the kohl pencil, draw on one of the eye shadow crayon formulations, which are softer and easier to apply. Simply build up the colour for a more extreme look.
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A team of some of the best fell runners from the UK and Isle of Man smashed the course record in The Children’s Centre’s Race The Sun relay on Saturday (May 18).
For a real blink-and-you’ll-miss-it blue moment, sweep inside the lower lash line to achieve an icy stare.
Before you decide how bold you want your blue, the beauty shelves are awash with tempting oceanic shades. If in doubt, let your eye colour lead the way.
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Mix the oil, vinegar, garlic, seasoning and parsley together. Pull the heads off the prawns and remove the little legs. (You can either discard these trimmings or use them to make fish stock.) With a sharp knife, make a shallow cut down the back of each prawn and, with your finger or a cocktail stick, remove and discard the black vein. Put the tails into the oil and vinegar mixture, cover and leave to marinate in the fridge for about an hour. Meanwhile, if you intend to cook the prawns on wooden skewers, soak these in cold water while the prawns marinate to prevent them from burning on the barbecue. Remove the prawns from their marinade and cook them either on soaked wooden skewers on a very hot barbecue or under a hot grill. Alternatively, cook on a searing griddle pan. In either case, reckon on about 3 minutes each side and baste with the marinade as you go along. Serve with lemon or lime wedges and any of the lovely sauces suggested above.
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Draw the eyeliner close to the lashes, starting at the inner corner of the eyelid. A fine line will give discreet colour, while a thicker line will be more dramatic.
The look may be borrowed from the 1980’s but, reworked with modern techniques, blue eyes can be both striking and subtle.
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A memorable appearance on Dragons’ Den later, his brand has exploded, with ready meals, drinks, numerous table and cooking sauces and collaborations with the likes of KFC under his belt. The business is now said to be worth around £35 million.
A graphic liner is the modern way to work a pop of colour and not go overboard with blue. “A directional bold eyeliner is an amazing way to add a mega flash of colour, without having to brave coloured eyeshadow,”
Veering away from a classic look is never easy, but this season’s palette of sea-inspired blues are pretty persuasive, whether you want to dip a toe in the water or dive right in. If Fashion Week’s backstage looks are anything to go by, blue is officially the new black. From inky navy liner at Mary Katrantzou to embellished aquamarine lids at Christian Dior, there’s a hue and application for everyone.
task of pressing a lever to dispense water from a feeder, and replicating them in the microchip, Berger’s team were able to demonstrate that rats were able to encode memory of the activity in the chip even when the area of their brain responsible for memory had been blocked with drugs. With advances in neuroscience making it possible to record and use electrical patterns in the brain involved with more complex tasks like controlling mechanical limbs (see ‘Cyborgs’), it seems that the principal technology is there to one day be able to have activities stored on chips and uploaded directly to your noggin. Want to learn karate in a matter of seconds like Neo in The Matrix? We’re almost there.
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“Blink your eyes together hard a few times to move the pencil around then take a soft eyeshadow brush and blend the pencil up and around the eye to create a modern, smoky look. Buff a bold blue eyeshadow, like M.A.C’s Freshwater, over the top of the pencil.”
THE LOOK MAY BE BORROWED FROM THE 1980’S BUT, REWORKED WITH MODERN TECHNIQUES, BLUE EYES CAN BE BOTH STRIKING AND SUBTLE.
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A blue version of a smoky eye can also look dramatic for after-dark moments.
Remember to keep your lips and cheeks pared right back to let your eyes work the room.
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Flaunt some true blue bravado with a bold wash of colour over the entire eyelid. Use a highly pigmented creamy eyeshadow to really pack a punch.
“Use a deep navy kohl pencil and rim the entire eye, top and bottom,” Butterworth suggests.
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MEMORY IMPLANTS – TOTAL RECALL In his short story We Can Remember It For You Wholesale, Philip K Dick once again showed his ability for spookily accurate predictions. The story was the basis for the Arnie-fronted sci-fi thriller Total Recall, in which artificial memories can be implanted into people’s minds. In 2011 the first steps towards making this a reality were taken with the publication of a study by Theodore Berger of the University of Southern California, in which a microchip implanted into a rat’s brain was able to successfully mimic the hippocampus, the area of the brain responsible for storing long-term memory. By recording the patterns of brain activity present during the simple
travel, global media and the Internet, the world in 2012 seems a much smaller place than it did back when Orwell was penning 1984. With China emerging as the next dominant superpower, relations between Europe and the US becoming increasingly strained, and the Middle East in as much political turmoil as ever – the title ‘disputed’ is certainly apt – Orwell might just have been on to something.
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Sci-fi author Philip K Dick was a master when it came to weaving tales involving authoritarian governments, conspiracy, suspicion and paranoia, and his 1956 short story – later turned into the blockbuster movie by Steven Spielberg – was a perfect example. In it, psychic law enforcers are able to foresee the future and prevent crimes before they’ve happened. The story throws up questions about free will, determinism and governmental control, and has become all the more pertinent in a post 9/11-world in which increased governmental powers have allowed suspected terrorists to be detained without trial or legal counsel on the most spurious of evidence, and in which our online activity is monitored (see ‘Surveillance’) to spot subversive language. In 2007 IBM in fact worked with Memphis Police Department to create predictive software to identify and analyse geographical trends and forecast potential crime hotspots. More recently, Professor Richard Berk of the University of Pennsylvania has developed crime prediction software using algorithms to determine which recently released prisoners are most likely to commit murder and therefore require a close eye to kept on them. It’s already being used in Maryland and Pennsylvania and is soon to be implemented in Washington. If it’s prone to error, that could cause all sorts of problems, surely?
GLOBALISATION – 1984 In 1984, the world is divided into three states: Oceania, covering North and South America, Britain and Southern Africa; Eurasia, comprised of continental Europe and Russian; East Asia – Japan, Korea and China; the Disputed Zone, covering North Africa, the Middle East and India. The exact world map that Orwell envisioned might not be 100% accurate, but the fact that the world has become increasingly connected is undisputable. Due to cheap air
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breakthroughs in neuroscience and engineering have resulted in successful tests on mechanical prosthetic limbs controlled by the power of the mind, in subjects whose brains have been wired up to electrodes. Scientists are working on artificial eyes containing cameras that can relay images back to the brain. Google are about to launch Google Glass, a pair of spectacles that present the world as augmented reality, with users able to access the web with a flick of the head. Give it ten years and I reckon centeniers will have been replaced with Robocops.
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On many levels James Cameron’s Terminator films were completely preposterous – as a rule, more so as the series progressed. However, in those flashback/forward scenes of a post-apocalyptic America torn apart by a nuclear winter, we see flying robots called ‘Hunter Killers’ doing just that: hunting, killing, with big old laser cannons its weapon of choice, picking off any humans it can find. We may not be quite there just yet, but with remotelypiloted drones playing a huge role in America’s ‘War on Terror’, particularly in Pakistan and Afghanistan, a whole ethical can of worms has been opened; is there any honour in combat for a drone pilot 7,500 miles away from the battlefield? If soldiers are increasingly being taken out of the equation and conflicts are being fought between dots on a screen, is the ‘horror of war’ deterrent redundant? Worryingly, the next logical step in the evolution of drone technology seems to be the implementation of AI technology. The US recently tested the X-47B, an unmanned aircraft which, once operational, will be able to carry out preprogrammed missions at the click of a button. If that’s not a scary development, what is?
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in their homes and places of work. It’s no secret that the modern world is one in which practically our every move is viewed and recorded, with a staggering 4.2 million CCTV cameras in the UK alone. That’s one for every 14 people. In the US, Homeland Security monitors social media for subversive buzzwords and a British tourist was arrested for Tweeting the words ‘destroy America’ in 2012. The increasing amount of personal information we put online and the huge amounts of time we spend on the Internet means that the chances are you’re sat next to one of Orwell’s two-way telescreens right now.
“Blue eye make-up actually doesn’t really do much for someone with blue eyes - it tends to swamp the colour that’s naturally there.”
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These new dates see Blondie hitting the road since the release of their ninth studio Panic Of Girls since 2011 and follows the announcement of an appearance at Isle Of Wight Festival and series of Forest dates. Blondie will be returning to the Isle of Man’s Villa Marina on Wednesday 19th June 2013
TICKETS ARE £37.50 ON SALE NOW AVAILABLE FROM WWW.GOV.IM/VILLAGAIETY WWW.BLONDIE.NET TWITTER @BLONDIEOFFICIAL FACEBOOK @BLONDIE
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CONTENTS Edito.............................................................................................................................2 Wilkins Watch Of The Month.....................................4 Listings.......................................................................................................................6 80s Culture.........................................................................................................8 Facebook.............................................................................................................10 Upfront..............................................................................................................11 Things To Do.............................................................................................12 Chris Heyes - IoM Festival.................................14 Our Community..................................................................................16 GB 1984 News In Numbers.....................................20 Big Brother Is Watching.........................................22 Current Affairs.....................................................................................24 Me & My Pet................................................................................................26 Events...................................................................................................................27 Sure Mobile New Store Opening...............28 D-Day Ball at Mount Murray.....................................29 AXA IOM Quizzical...................................................................30 The Boatyard Opening Day........................................31 Charity Quiz..................................................................................................16 Culture................................................................................................................33 Upload...................................................................................................................34 Culture Vulture..................................................................................36 Labyrinyth.....................................................................................................37 Film Review................................................................................................38 Vintage Hair...........................................................................................40
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Fashion & Beauty.......................................................................41 Fashion......................................................................................................................42 1980s Blue Eyes Thinking...............................................44 Get The Look..............................................................................................46
Paparazzi.....................................................................................................81 The Outback..............................................................................................82 Nexus........................................................................................................83 The Railway.................................................................................................83 Artisan.....................................................................................................................87 Jar Bar & Grill..........................................................................................87 Gaiety Theatre..........................................................................90 Blondie On Tour...............................................................................91 Ramsey Grammar School Prom...........................92 Onchan FC Dinner..........................................................................94
Appetite.............................................................................................................47 Pat- Shaken But Not Stirred..............................................48 BBQ Recipes With Levi Roots.....................................50 The Boatyard Peel............................................................................52 Wine - 1984.........................................................................................................54 Business.............................................................................................................63 News...............................................................................................................................64 Movers & Shakers..................................................................................66
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Active........................................................................................................................69 Viking Long Boat Races...........................................................70 Race The Sun.............................................................................................................72 Charlotte Atkinson Profile...................................................74 Hardware.........................................................................................................75 Motoring News..........................................................................................76 1984 Gadgets..................................................................................................78 Phone Home................................................................................................80
Isle of Man | Home & Interiors | June 2013
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