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Booze, news and views from a drunken opinionated fool who can't spell very well, may well repeat himself, and can't blame it on dislexia
Wednesday, 20 May 2026
Tuesday, 19 May 2026
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).
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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Monday, 18 May 2026
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'.
Sunday, 17 May 2026
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 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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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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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
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.
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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
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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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.
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
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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jack savoretti - day we caught the train
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Wednesday, 22 April 2026
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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