IT’s GOOD TO BE BAD
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IT’s GOOD TO BE BAD

Ed Sheeran writes bad songs

He knows that he does


And he’s glad when we does

Because after the bad ones

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WE WANT WHAT WE CAN’T HAVE
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WE WANT WHAT WE CAN’T HAVE

James Averdieck liked the idea of running a chocolate business

So much so that he told people he did

Even before he really did 


But when his dream became reality in 2003

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A SAFE PLACE TO DO DANGEROUS THINGS
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A SAFE PLACE TO DO DANGEROUS THINGS

For the film Susperia Dakota Johnson had to learn German expressionist dance

It is an incredibly hard dance to master

It involves succumbing to gravity

A bit like being in a trance

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GOOD GUYS VS GOOD GUYS
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GOOD GUYS VS GOOD GUYS

Louis CK tells a joke

About pro-life campaigners

Shouting & screaming outside an abortion clinic

Hounding the women going in

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THE QUEEN OF RETRO
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THE QUEEN OF RETRO

John Le Carre was in awe of his hero Agatha Christie

He had always wondered how she could imagine such elaborate plots

And consistently create such unexpected killers

So when he met her he plucked up the courage and asked her

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MAXIMAL OR MARGINAL?
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MAXIMAL OR MARGINAL?

In 2003 Dave Brailsford took over at British cycling

His ambition was to turn them into the best cycling team in the world

Working with finely tuned elite athletes

There wasn’t much room for improvement

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PLAYING YESTERDAY’S HITS
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PLAYING YESTERDAY’S HITS

The Monday Night Wars ran from September 1995 to March 2001

Probably the most important period in American professional wrestling

The wars refer to a ratings battle

Between WCWs Monday Nitro and WWFs Monday Night Raw

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START AT THE END
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START AT THE END

In April 2020 Drake slid into the DMs of Toosie

He wanted help on a song

But he didn’t want lyrics or beats

He wanted the dance

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NOT ALL INFLUENCERS LOOK THE SAME
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NOT ALL INFLUENCERS LOOK THE SAME

In 1999 Steve Greenberg was manager of the Baha Men

They had made 5 studio albums together but never had a hit

Their last album, Doong Spank had sold 800 copies

Greenberg was going to have to release them

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TO BE LOVED, BE PREPARED TO BE LOATHED
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TO BE LOVED, BE PREPARED TO BE LOATHED

In 1999 Floyd Mayweather was trying to renegotiate his deal with HBO

Lou DiBella the head of boxing at the network made him an offer

‘If we walk through Times Square and ten people recognise you, I’ll renegotiate’

The deal remained as it was

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