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Gambling: Fuelled by hope

Posted on February 19, 2025 by odeboyz

“It’s as bad as alcohol or heroin….they can’t stop themselves. In some ways, it’s even worse. People drink and do drugs to escape despair. Gambling has that element, too, but it also offers you the friendly hand of hope. You … Continue reading →

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Cinema

Posted on April 21, 2015 by odeboyz

The cinema looks like a warehouse, and feels ostentatious, relying on reflected limelight, buried limelight, awkward, buried in history; it is history. It warehouses focus group dreams, meaningless and safe. Safe when terrorised, safe when sexualised, safe dreams, anodyne dreams, … Continue reading →

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