nme advice re david bowie and his tight pants

 From the NME, Feb 10th 1972. If this doesn't make you want to pop out and catch David Bowie, nothing will. Just before he went supernova, and probably at the Toby Jug, not The Fox. 'Gaze at his skin tight pants'. A throwback to Epstein seeing The Beatles at The Cavern? (or Leggy Mountbatten and The Rutles). Small venues and interesting acts - l'm all for them (as well as tight pants).

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primal scream - come together

I'm in there somewhere.

 

reform using the donald trump fascist playbook

Let's be clear here. Reform asked if a Reform MP (Sarah Pochin) could come to debate and Bangor University said no. A deliberate ploy to stoke up outrage and issue the type of threats any Fascist government would be proud of. Never vote Reform, who are without any shred of doubt racist, transphobic and homophobic.

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when queen were great - the 'now l'm here' adverts

 I saw Queen many times back in the day, and this is a period when they were magnificent. 'Now l'm Here' just released as a single, and the 'Sheer Heart Attack' album getting heavy rotation in my household, helping e cope with the demise of Glam. What a time to be alive

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peter thiel, palantir and the antichrist

Another scandal that will raise it's ugly head soon. Peter Thiel and Palantir should be nowhere near our national security databases.

The full article is here.  but many similar ones can be found with a very quick search.

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radiohead's creep - as if by the beatles

 

a modern robin hood

 Well played. Very well played. A hero for our times.

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the usa map of bears

 Thinking of heading to the (not so good at the moment) USA and unsure where bears are? Worry not. Here's a handy map. Thank me later.

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manchester is doomed

 If you know, you know.  What an equaliser that was, but sadly the draw against West Ham means no 5 wins in a row (again).

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massive attack - unfinished symphony

 

trump - a million times?

 

donald trump - epstein files reminder

 And yet he is still president and not in prison.

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a nasty bug cartoon

 This made me laugh. More please.

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john cleese clears things up re trump

 

anti fascism as a terrorist ideology

 

'illegal' migrants

 When are Labour going to wake up and stop pandering to the right? Just call them migrants (or unprocessed migrants) FFS, as 'illegals' just spreads the hateful rhetoric and fuels the Reform mob. Right leaning voters will bugger of to right wing parties, and this kind of language just pisses off and disenfranchises people on the left.

dan hodges on peter mandelson

Dan Hodges - what a fantastic visionary journalist he is.

Also Dan Hodges.

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brain dead women as surrogate mothers

 I'm sorry but WTAF???? How did this even get in print?

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walk hard - the dwarf version

A mate was raving about this spoof music documentary that l'd never seen, so l ordered the DVD. I foolishly ordered a  format l couldn't play, so ordered a normal one. When discussing it before the normal one arrived, l mentioned the 'dwarf' on the cover (or whatever the correct terminology is these days), and was rightly mocked, as it most certainly isn't, but in my defence l still maintain it looks like it could be. It was worth the wait, as it's a pretty good spoof.

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trump's board of peace - new member

 

limiting my food choices

I should really have frozen some of this, but decided to eat it every day since last Friday. It wasn't the wrong choice.

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the joys of rural living - disturbed by a peacock (fnaar)

 I wondered what all the racket was coming from outside my living room window, and lo and behold it's a (poorly photographed) peacock. The joys of rural living.

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superman - all american poster from the 1950s

 

six nations venn diagram

 I don't like rugby (or cricket).

by elections after mp's defect

 I rather foolishly thought this was law already. It's not, but it should be.

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george clinton on racism (and aliens)

 George Clinton may have been as mad as a bag of bees but he's got some valid points about racism (and aliens).

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boys from the liverpool slums 1956 by thurston hopkins

Thurston Hopkins took this (and other) photographs for a feature about Liverpool slums in 1956 for The Picture Post that were not published at the time, as city politicians thought it would give a bad impression of the city. I think the lads look pretty smart considering how poor they probably were, and a short time before then, their forefathers would probably have been walking around barefooted. They could also be mates of my uncle Ray.

With thanxs to Colin Smith.

And here's some more from the same series.

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janis joplin - ball and chain

 

another usa protest sign l can get behind - 1789 france

 Very good. More please.

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susan cadogan - hurts so good

 

finneas defends billie eilish

Well said that man, and it's about time more people with a voice that can reach millions spoke up and called out the child rapist Trump and his lickspittle minions.

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the new white house washrooms are unveiled

 The new White House washrooms. Designed by Trump.

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RIP LaMonte McLemore - The Fifth Dimension

 Bugger. Their Best of album was one of my purchases yesterday. Hippie music at it's most glorious.

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peter mandelson in todays times magazine

 From today. The sort of front cover that you think must be fake, but isn't. What the actual fuck are The Times doing having this as their front cover? Also, l may burn all my Levis if they make me look like this.

Here's the Epstein files version.

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nigel farage at the turkish barbers - glasgow

This is very well played indeed. After Nigel Farage's disparaging remarks about Turkish Barbers,  here's some hairstyles on display at the Turkish barbers in Dumbarton road, Glasgow.

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looking forward to todays game against spurs

 Me and my Manchester United supporting mates looking forward to another win today against Spurs before l head off to work. It's the hope that kills you, but we may as well enjoy it while we can.

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tony hancock knows a course l should sign up for

 From the magnificent comedy brains of Galton and Simpson.

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great moments in evolution cartoon

Make sure you notice the bat.

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trump's racist obama post - an update

So The White House are now saying 'a staffer' did it and Karoline Leavitt thinks we should move along and stop the 'fake' outrage as it does not matter to the American public, and it has been deleted. But without an apology. Does it not occur to them that they are admitting (if this was true) that staffers are impersonating the president on his official feed and sending inflammatory racist posts about ex presidents, and if they are doing so, how other posts have they made, presumably without clearance, and how many security breaches are being flouted with these actions? I call (as usual when Trump is involved) bullshit. 

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tony benn on peter mandelson

 Tony Benn here, showing magnificent judgement regarding Pater Mandelson, the future 'Prince of Darkness'.

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Marc Bolan T Rex - Rock En Stock Live - France 1972...In COLOUR

Taj Mahal - Ain't that a lot of Love

another low for trump - the racist obama post

 As everyone has suspected, Donald Trump is a racist as well as a kiddie shagger. You always foolishly think he can't go lower, but he does. This alone should get him impeached and once again, people and organisations need to stand up against this, unless they want to be known to be complicit in the overthrow of democracy in America by a nasty, vindictive, racist child rapist, and l include former Republican presidents, as this is more important than party politics. I hope Trump is also crapping himself more than usual after the Clintons said they are prepared to give testimony to Congress regarding The Epstein Files live on TV.

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attila the stockbroker nails it

I'm sad to say this is how l'm feeling, but Attila expresses it much more succinctly than I'm able to. What a sorry state of affairs, especially after being voted in on a landslide for change. Mind you, l'd still vote Labour any day rather than Reform.

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the flowers of manchester