hey @thane16 old and young – I’m doing well thanks.

And that’s quite enough about me!

;¬)

Here’s something I found simply by searching my iTunes for relevant words…

kinda pretty (not their best evah etc etc, but pretty is quite ok right now).

{sigh}

Little Richard has died.

I tend to only embed one song even if I link to several.
Not this time.
Here’s three.

@craig – I just saw the news and logged in to say something similar.

Massively influential.

I first heard Kraftwerk (maybe like many in UK) from watching a Tomorrow’s World (popular technology/ culture programme).

Now this is insane – if the video title is to be believed I was 4 when I saw this but I…[Read more]

@craig

ah hell.

This was the first song that sprang to mind.

I know that Golden Brown is more famous (and possibly even had more of his involvement in the core of the songwriting).
Hell, we even had the single.
But the urgency and anger and fuck-you of Something Better Change just seems… well,…[Read more]

@thane16 – so good to hear from you thane-the-elder.

Thane-the-younger’s hunt for work can be hard on the soul.
I’ve recently gone through a long bout of not having work.
I was fine, but there were quite a few “nah’s” to my CV that I thought “hold on, I really do know what you need and reckon I could do that”.

Luckily I’ve found something now…[Read more]

Hi @jabru

Thank you so much for sharing this.
I know it may sound blasphemous, but I think I prefer your own mixes!

I really liked the Dub version (I don’t think of myself as a dub-head or anything, but I liked the contrast of ‘bottom’ as well as the sharper clicks and shimmers). The more D&B one too.

But kudos to you for getting the remix as…[Read more]

@missrori
In many ways you’re right.
Life isn’t ‘fair’.

y’know, that’s kinda about it.
It ain’t.

There are wiser folks than I who have built on the wisdom of people over millennia, so I’ll let people that understand that wisdom share it.

Me?
Life ain’t fair. I try to roll with the punches.
The ones that hurt, hurt.
I don’t think I ‘learn’…[Read more]

Hi @all

I now realise we watched this years ago!
[gulp – where does the time go??!!??]

I stumbled across this podcast a week or two ago.

Its an easy-going listen.
There’s some nice mentions on the writing (Moffat / Gatiss are massive fans of Neale), as well as where Neale’s character names may have come from, but honestly some of the insights…[Read more]

oh – and a funny thing about the various holograms of Capt. Rios.
Not the wandering accents {the Oirish one was… ahem} but I had an idea a couple of years ago that AI assistants like Alexa etc will develop different ‘personalities’ (voices) to answer different questions. Basically in same way that you ask different friends on different topics…[Read more]

Hi @blenkinsopthebrave

So – I’ve gone and done it!
I saw the two-parter then binged on Picard!
The whole season – and I’d binge it again which is not something I’d say about most shows!

;¬)

Now before I say anything – I’d love to read a blog from you on this (or anything else).
No pressure, but to hear from a fan would be really insightful for…[Read more]

ah – just logged in to say something inconsequential and now read that Tim Brooke Taylor has died.

Was gonna post something vaguely Easter-y for music (though I’d missed timing it for stuff I should have done!). But also something completely unrelated.

I loved Tim Brooke Taylor in a non-specified ‘part-of’my-childhood-and-adult-life’ way.
Always…[Read more]

hey @craig – that’s great!
My brother bought me a framed ‘number-1-single-on-your-birthday too (not a clock though!)

No photo (erm… where did I put it??) but here it is:

awwww…….

you think I wouldn’t give you THIS ONE?????!!???

c’mon….. pretty sure its a fave of yours

;¬)

Hi @craig

My maths is usually wrong but I think that this was number one when you were born.

And actually, I think this sums you up as well (and possibly the thoughts of those here who are here because of you, too)

Happy Birthday

(I chose the live version as maybe has a bit more warmth if that’s possible!)

@craig – a belated Happy Birthday.

Left you something on the jukebox…

@thane16 – soooooo good to hear from you. Really really good. Hope you’re keeping well.

@miapatrick – really sorry to hear about your situation. I have no wise words, or advice or anything of use. Others here have said far wiser and compassionate things so just know that even the tongue-tied and those who never post and simply read are thinking o…[Read more]

I know I’m massively late on this but just watched DotD and loved it completely (again).

Maybe its unfair to compare it to the recent couple of seasons as it feels like a ‘special’ but…. ah, the warmth of writing and acting is just enveloping.

But also the switches of emotion.

And as others have said – Hurt’s Doctor is instant. Not sure any…[Read more]

ahh, I have Music to attend to!
I’ve already managed to share both the teacher-guitar-player and Lehrer!

Not sure who to share REM with (stop sniggering at the back!) but will enjoy it nonetheless!

As the DoTD will be something to entertain people over next couple of days I’ll ration my music posts but just had to thank @Blenkinsopthebrave ‘s…[Read more]

So, while walking through Trafalgar Square on Friday and seeing it empty(!) I got a shock.
But I can only imagine that that will be amplified over the coming weeks.

Now…. @mudlark has shown me that it is possible to do humour and a message but.. I’m a simple person, so here is all I got.

fwiw I thought this music was simply from ’28 Days…[Read more]

@mudlark – bravo!

and there was me wondering whether the choon I was about to put on the Music thread might be…. problematic.

fuck it. We need a laugh AND we need to know what fucking egregious stupidity is being done to us.

the music is mainly a laugh though, so thanks for the ‘these arseholes are killing you because they don’t’.

:¬/

But…[Read more]