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Then we went on to a mod club at the Royal Pavilion Tavern, where I switched to alcopops, danced a bit and sat at a table free associating (not on my own, you understand). There was too much soul music for my liking, but I deigned to swing my pants for The Jam, The Beatles and The Clash. Annoyingly, the venue&#8217;s &#8220;classic&#8221; indie night is on Fridays, so no chance to go this week.<\/p>\n<p>Light agenda for today. Will pop along to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.online.libdems.org\">Liberal Democrats Online<\/a> AGM at lunchtime. The highlight of today is, of course, the Bloggers&#8217; Reception, featuring the eagerly anticipated Blog of the Year Award. (I ran into deservingly shortlisted blogger <a href=\"http:\/\/oxfordliberal.blogspot.com\">Stephen Tall<\/a> on the beach last night, and Alex Wilcock in the bar who reported that <a href=\"http:\/\/millenniumelephant.blogspot.com\">Millennium Elephant<\/a> was having a quiet night in. 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