Tuesday, 19 May 2026

in the eyes of a girl - the lemon twigs


 

houdini and my childhood intertwined

 The top photograph is from a program about Houdini and was an example of extreme poverty in New York. The second one is me and our dog in our back yard in Bootle (although we didn't live in poverty).




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ever wonder why punk happened?

 Why Punk happened. This. Plus acts like Tina Charles and Brotherhood of Man having number 1 singles. The charts in 1976 were dross and we were desperate for something, we just didn't know what.


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the dubliners - joe hill




 

Monday, 18 May 2026

The East Side Kids - Is My Love Strong


 

petrol blues - the rolling stones


 

an iconic photograph of a divided america - justin pearson barred

This is going to be an iconic photograph for the ages (by Nicole Hester).  Republican Senator Justin Pearson barred from a special  senate session in Nashville regarding redistricting.


andy burnham's 'u-turn'

Although l am all for rejoining Europe, this is also true, so Burnham shouldn't be getting grief for 'U-Turning'. 



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yin and yang cats

 If you're a cat person, you've got to love this example of feline harmony


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jan 6th rioters entitled to compensation

 Trump's corrupt America part 667675666645676467457646776

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Sunday, 17 May 2026

no one likes a grass

Leave it out Bazzer - no one likes a grass.



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socialism - it's great!

Can Mamdani come over here and become our PM?

 



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scouse washing instructions

 


anyone remember jim crow?

 


flag shaggers

I agree with this. The government should have clamped down straight away with knobheads putting up flags along roads etc. Everyone knows the underlying meaning and it's completely different to having them on town halls or government buildings. Often funded by rich fuckers living abroad stirring up hatred and division and backing Reform.



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The Waterboys - Don’t Even Have To Say His Name


 

Ray Charles - Careless Love


 

the obama hope poster has been updated

 


the electric warrior

 Spud Murphy (the photographer) l salute you. Mind you, in Marc Bolan, he had one hell of a subject.




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singapore has changed

 The top photograph is how l remember towns used to be in Singapore. Character a plenty.



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Saturday, 16 May 2026

the north will rise again

It's about time Labour started being socialist again, and stopped trying to appease Reform voters, but l don't think Starmer should be replaced straight away as that proves Reform to be right as they used the local elections as a 'get Starmer out' voting tactic, and fuck them. 



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these ain't raindrops - james carr


 

scott walker - the ballad of sacco and vanzetti


 

a chinese cartoon regarding trumps recent visit

 


urban voodoo machine at pealie's barn

 Hibernation is over, and l'm waiting to be picked up for tonight's gig at Pealie's barn (in 10 minutes time). Should be good, and drink will be taken.


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Tuesday, 28 April 2026

Monday, 27 April 2026

fear nothing cartoon

 


updated white house pictures - why melania was so scared

This explains a lot. No wonder Melania is so frightened.


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using fenbendazol for cancer treatment in humans

This treatment and the headlines sounds great, until you realise that Joe Tippens was the only person free of cancer after a trial involving 1,100 patients. I may well be proven wrong (not for the first time) but l'd imagine there was some other reason the cancer went away, something else not taken into consideration, or perhaps just being lucky and his body somehow rebelling against it as a freak occurrence. Who knows?

More on the research can be found at Anticancer research  here.


Part of the Anticancer report.


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the kremlin's far right network

 An excellent but depressing map of the rise of the far right, with considerable backing from Russia. They have however, missed out Reform.


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Sunday, 26 April 2026

breaking news consumers handbook

 

And always remember....




the white house shooter and the media

This. Most of the sycophantic media are too busy brown nosing to Trump and trying to maintain their press access rather than hold the child rapist and his cronies to account and back up colleagues that do ask pertinent questions or who are verbally abused or mocked by Trump, which just enables him more. Meanwhile the men who shot Renee Good and Alex Pretti are still being funded by taxpayers and are still at large. The president has bathed himself in violence and hatred and this is part of the consequences. Journalists -  DO YOUR FUCKING JOBS!!!!


Meanwhile, in unrelated news....




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nigel farage and the local elections

 


the new talking heads video looks a bit crap - plus maga fashion

 Speaker Mike Johnson trying to replicate Talking Head's 'Once in a Lifetime' video.



This was the earlier fashion wear. Wonder what these idiots will come up with next.



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the sonics - psycho


 

the sonics - strychnine


 

the seeds - can't seem to make you mine


 

the seeds - pushing too hard


 

epstein street art l can get behind

 More of this please. 


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a nasty bug cartoon

 


the 1970 pop proms line up

A lot of these acts wouldn't be classed as 'pop' in any way shape or form these days. However, I know what nights l'd have liked to have gone to. Tuesday, followed by Friday. Wheat amongst some chaff.


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some wise words of advice for life

Some words of advice in the last sentence that l've pretty much lived my life by.

From 'Dating as a Fat Lady' substack by Naomi Alderman - here



Saturday, 25 April 2026

snoopy is a hippie socialist

Snoopy is a hippie socialist, and l'm on his side.

 


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tha waterboys keep taking my money - 'atlantic rain' - more fisherman's blues outtakes

The Waterboys 'Fisherman's Blues' era. What a time to be alive-o, and what a great band they were at that time, possibly the best band in the world to my raddled old ears. Anyhoos, they are just about to release a 3LP set of outtakes from those sessions, plus an extra EP of outtakes, which of course l have just pre ordered. This is to go alongside the items l already have such as the original album, The Fisherman's Blues boxset, plus 'The Magnificent Seven' boxset (plus many bootlegs). When will this madness end? However, the (looks like) AI cover art is crap.

Here's part of what l already have. Another 12 CDs of sessions.




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new stamina protocol at the white house

 


jack savoretti - day we caught the train

I know he's popular with 'the youth' but l don't really know anything about Jack Savoretti apart from (after seeing him on TFI Friday) he's a good looking man with a voice like Joe Cocker's, which let's face it, l'm jealous of.


 

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Wednesday, 22 April 2026

goring matadors - part of the culture insist bulls

 Very well said, and l'm on the side of the bulls.  From here.




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tucker carlson - the rat leaving a sinking ship

 Tucker can fuck right off. He's not a stupid man and did what he did for fame and money, and now as it hopefully starts to fall apart, he wants to distance himself from his Trump backing, which l bet he wouldn't be doing if he thought Trump was going to continue for the next few years in a strong position. CJ Sturgis sums it up below.




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