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Old 19-03-2011, 03:48 PM #5
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I think I have a much stronger affinity for the early 19th century (Beethoven, Schubert and Weber's era) than later on, same goes for their fashion of that time, before the prudish Victorians came along.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1795%E2...820_in_fashion
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No matter that they act like senile 12-year-olds on the Today programme website - smoking illegal fags to look tough and cool. No matter that Amis coins truly abominable terms like 'the age of horrorism' and when criticised tells people to 'fuck off'. Surely we all chuckle at the strenuous ennui of his salon drawl. Didn't he once accidentally sneer his face off?
- Chris Morris - The Absurd World of Martin Amis


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