@pedant @thane16
Can I be clear(er)?

In my anecdote, when the person made the comments about the strain on local services and it being the fault of “the Poles and Lithuanians”, my family member and myself both made the point that the person’s belief needed to extend to… my family member, two other people in the conversation and others they’d…[Read more]

Hi @pedant

Well, I realise that I’ve left an important part out.
I guess I tried to use the anecdotal info along with the general, as “they” are not a homogeneous bloc.
And yes, I mean “they” in every sense of Poles, Blacks, Muslims, ‘others’… Leavers.

The group I was talking with were lumping all the Poles and Lithuanians together as ‘them’,…[Read more]

Hi @bluesqueakpip et al
As it was my anecdote, I think I do need to be explicit about what I mean (I’ve already failed in my writing once on this. I guess I’ll probably get it wrong twice but here goes!).

[Alonsy perhaps…]

Basically I have family living in Northampton and Yorkshire (also elsewhere).
I was speaking to the Northampton…[Read more]

and something I know I’ve never posted as I only found it the other week(!) while looking for something else.

I need this album!

(not trying to bring the mood down again, but this is a lovely slice of soul)

and other songs I’ve posted before, but are ones that are about feeling better (a feeling I need) and simply joyous.

That share a tuba.

Tuba??

Yeah, tuba.

@blenkinsopthebrave
You are a wise man.
Music that makes us feel good.
A Morricone piece that always makes me smile is this, though its for the visuals too…

The juxtaposition of the sheer beauty of music and Claudia Cardinale to the place she’s landed in… I dunno. I just always liked that.

@pedant – thanks again for the Dixie Chicks.
And thanks for the ever-prompt to check lyrics (I do mean this without any sarcasm or humour or whatever – I know text on a screen and my usual-tone might make it seem something other, but I do genuinely mean it).

I realise that the only thing I have close to the Dixie Chicks in sound terms is REM.
Or…[Read more]

ah, @pedant my wording, my bad.

“They’re not racist but… they’re uncomfortable”

I can’t get back into my head and so can’t exactly remember what I was trying to get at.
Whatever I was doing I was being too clever by half.

Maybe I was trying to write a phrase with far too many things ‘between the lines’ (or ellipses).

So, while I don’t think…[Read more]

Hi @lisa – here’s another source of info on Boris.
Here’s a least one site and journalist (Peter Oborne) trying to keep up with the lies he tells.
Also he’s not as smart as his posh tones would suggest, but is lazy (as has been recorded by tutors, fellow students and even in a documentary when he was Foreign Secretary).

One hope that I’m…[Read more]

@pedant – argh, I missed the Housemartins! You may be interested (or not!) to know that you and this forum has meant that whenever I listen to anything posted (especially by you) I tend to open up another tab for the lyrics!
And @thane16 – I also missed your Joy Division. I really need to listen to more Joy Division. I wasn’t in to them at the t…[Read more]

ooh – lots of great music here!!

@pedant
The Cocker is… amazing. I think that’s the word I’m left with.
How many do I need to buy/ download??!?
Also the Dixie Chicks – I’ll admit I’m not a fan but always good to need to listen to music I don’t think I’ll like. I need to confront my prejudices far more often and I cannot fault the sentiment in…[Read more]

Hi @lisa – I’m typing while needing to do something else so massive apologies if thsi is rushed.
Will write better tomorrow.

Blue post definintely needs attention too!

But just wanted to say from my standpoint – you can dip in and out of here just like everyone else does. No hierarchy. If someone joins tomorrow I’ll read their post just as…[Read more]

ah – I’m late to the ‘party’ on this post General Election discussion in the pub (which is exactly the right place for it).

There’s a lot of things said and not sure I have either the knowledge or wisdom to ‘respond’ or even give my thoughts on it all.
However I also recognise that many here aren’t in the UK and are getting their insight from…[Read more]

Hi all.

In UK the “exit polls” are in.

Grim news.

fuckety fuckety fuck.

“Misery is rushing down on me…”

@thane16 – well yes I sat through that whole power-ballad from Bon Jovi.
Sounds like a live recording (or at least they’ve mixed in a crowd).
There – that’s to prove I really did listen all the way through.

And yes, that serves me right.

:¬~

So when I thought of “rambling” I obviously should have gone with…[Read more]

@cathannabel – I haven’t the words to truly say how sorry I am to hear about your brother.
Never feel daft or even guilty for going to places where you can find strength, space, peace and even laughter.
We’ll all be here for you and your family.

@pedant – with the train video I had thought “hm, that’s niche, you’ve found a trainspotters’ video of regional trains…” then I watched and listened!

;¬)

Nice.

@thane16 syzygy – Midnight Oil – they’re a good reminder of how a musician realised that he could make more impact as a politician. Not sure if he did, but respect to him that he…[Read more]

btw Be Bop Deluxe wasn’t a band I knew at the time, but one I’ve heard about since with other unrelated bands like Graham Parker or Doctor Feelgood… so thanks for that one pedant, kinda enjoyed it.

and really enjoyed the Gold Panda syzergy.
Here’s something perhaps in a similar vein but maybe again gentle rather than where my head is often…[Read more]

So, there’s a General Election in the UK and everyone here is suffering the bombardment of lies on a daily basis. I’m exasperated, exhausted, disgusted and disgruntled.
Every time I think to post a song my mood is one of posting something angry about lying.
The kindest I’ve found is this ditty with at least a silly lyr…[Read more]

Well, today we learned that we’ve lost some wit from the World.
Jonathan Miller and Clive James.

I watched a couple of shows/ interviews between them and… well, things from the 80’s don’t always date well and I’m not sure the things I found reflect my memory of what it meant to a too-young-watcher to hear someone being clever and it being ok…[Read more]