Beans on Toast - A Whole Lot of Loving and live in Stockton

Another excellent night out last night, watching Beans on Toast plus others in Stockton's NE Volume Music Bar, which is a great little venue, and highly recommended. Here's there again in September and l'll be along for that as well.

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know your history

Imagine his surprise when he discovers which party has been in power for the last twelve years and who has been chancellor for the last three

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if only the future could be predicted

U Roy Soul Rebel

T. Rex - Ballrooms Of Mars The Slider is 50!

Released on this day in 1972.  The magnificent Slider album by T.Rex

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hitting the ground from day one

 Probably our next Prime Minister. God help us all.

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james melville's common sense

 

Meanwhile, in other news.............

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today's cd charity shop haul

A few of these for the car as l've got them already, but look out for me in the future on a hoarding programme.

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the ukraine war continues without boris

 From Private Eye

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today's charity shop books haul

 Now l need more space in the home and more time off work.

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a normal day in church

 At least Henry doesn't look traumatised

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paul and linda mccartney in disguise

 Paul and Linda McCartney in disguise at a George Harrison concert in 1974.

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a blue lobster

 I've never seen one of these before and didn't even know such a thing existed, but now l have, l certainly won't forget it. The rather stunning looking blue lobster.

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bozymandias in private eye

 An absolute masterpiece of a cartoon in the weeks Private Eye by Zoom Rockman.

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the scala, kings cross plaque

I'm fully in favour of this, but wish l had been there on the nights in question, and the below albums are two of my favourites.

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Olivia Rodrigo - Live at Eventim Apollo London. July 7 2022

I can't say l know much about Olivia Rodrigo, but the full throated singing along by the crowd is something to be witnessed and heard.  Audience participation at it's best, and the songs obviously mean so much to them, it makes me want to check out the 'Sour' album, as l'm a curious kind of chap.

Plus this reminds me of seeing Big Country at Newcastle City hall back in the day!

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fleetwood mac rumours outtakes

Much as love punk rock, noisy psychedelia and lots of underground music, l have to admit that Rumours by Fleetwood Mac is one hell of an album, and deservedly sold in the bucket loads. Then again, l do also like a lot of other Fleetwood Mac stuff so it's not that much of a stretch. Anyway, here's some photographic outtakes from the cover shoot. By the no more British sounding Herbert Worthington

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the mystic mountain region of the carina nebula

I don't know about you, but this rather stunning photograph of the Mystic Mountain region of the Carina Nebula looks to me like some kind of otherworldly super power of the type that may have had The Silver Surfer under his command in the past.

Then again, maybe l should have laid off the brown acid and kool aid drink

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austerity is hitting everyone

Where do you even begin to start with this lack of self awareness in a time when so many people are genuinely struggling to even put food on the table?  The rich, do indeed, live in a different world.

Never trust a Tory

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vote for rick astley

 

cutting tax

 

Kapt Kopter (Randy California) - Rain

It starts properly after a minute

the last photograph of the beatles

 After posting the last photograph of the original Rolling Stones recently, here's the last one of The Beatles together. August 22nd 1969.

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Aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!

What kind of hell is this?  With promises of tax cuts, cutting money for the NHS and Universal credit scroungers and strong racist policies including continued deportation of refugees, to appeal to their right wing Tory audience of about 150.000 mostly elderly white party members who will ultimately select one of them.  Plus fixing the economy they have been in charge of for twelve years. Don't forget how complicit all of them were in the sleazy lying Boris Johnson government, appearing on TV ad radio numerous times to defend the lying and lawbreaking (and don't forget Rishi was fined for partying during lockdown). Funny how when it's General Election time it's always promises of more hospitals, nurses, police and 'levelling up' to make the country more equal. All his without the evil Priti Patel getting involved (so far), but trust me, she will.

And in related news....

Meanwhile, Liz Truss says she understands the red wall because she is from Roundhay, Leeds. It might be her idea of working class red wall places, but trust me, it's not. Who'd have thought she would be so out of touch with the general public who aren't wealthy, or she's just latently lying (how unlike her!).  It's one of the two.  Never trust a Tory.

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Spirit Morning Will Come

stressed?

 

the daily mail disgracing itself (again)

 After two weeks of relentless pressure and front page stories from The Daily Mail about Keir Starmer having a beer at a work event, the Durham police were pressured into investigating (again) whether the lockdown laws were broken, so that the 126 lockdown fines the corrupt government had been given could be played down as 'They're all at it'. Keir knew he had not broken the law, but honourably said h would resign if he was fined. Now it has been investigated (again) he has been cleared and vindicated, but The fucking Daily Mail are still trying to discredit him, by claiming his offer to resign put pressure on the police to clear him.

How low can a newspaper go? Sadly, there will no doubt be a lot more of this kind of crap from the Tory loving twats, funded by a tax dodging non domicile billionaire.

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the no stamps future

l only found out about this the other day, but it certainly an easy way of saving on paper and looking to the future. ln The Netherlands, you don't have to buy stamps, you can use a nine digit code instead. A simple but genius idea.

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our new education minister

 Ladies and gentleman, l present to you our new education minister, Andrea Jenkyns.  A reminder tat we are still living in Boris world.  What a fucking rotter.

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T. Rex - Get it on 1971 Wiped by the BBC

Luckily German TV saved this as the BBC wiped it.  The first Get it On appearance.

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hurrah for the daily record!