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News of the TPE World November 3rd, 2004

Album listened to this morning:
Billy Joel Greatest Hits Vol. 3

Chilly, misty and breezy at 49 degrees.

There's talk of Jarvis Cocker scoring Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Sounds fishy. But, lest we forget Ian Brown's cameo in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

I started reading Britpop! yesterday. Looks to be a very good read.

NME reports that Paul McCartney is on Band Aid III's "Do They Know It's Christmas Time?" I know we'll be hearing "Wonderful Christmas Time" this year but I'm not sure if we'll get this here in the US.

In this week's installment of the Onion AV Club's Films That Time Forgot: Playing for Keeps. Future Miramax bosses Bob and Harvey Weinstein produced, wrote and directed this. This proves Bruce Campbell's theory once again: the road to power is paved by B-movies.

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