the british character - washing up

After having just done yesterdays dishes, l can certainly relate to this

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A SAFE PLACE FOR MAN UTD FANS | BAR 99 | PADDY POWER

Could do with this right now

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The Hindenburg Disaster in Colour

Still shocking after all these years.

F1 Drivers have changed

 

prince harry - not my dad

A bit of a cruel mock up, but it made me laugh.

 

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kwasi kwarteng's lost £75 billion

Kwasi Kwarteng (and Liz Truss) only lost pensions £75 Billion?  That's OK then, not as bad as l thought they were, also ably encouraged by the ERG.

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the daily mail gets angry (again)

 I thought The Daily Mail was all for free speech?

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the twitter circles

 Did you know the twitter bird image is formed from circles?  Can you see it yet?

Given up?  Here you go.

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All You Need is Love : Mighty Good - The Beatles 1977

The basis for The Rutles 'All you need is cash'.

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mr parrot wants attention

 Bit of an obstacle with trying to watch TV this evening. Mr Parrot is demanding some attention.

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this mornings breakfast

This mornings breakfast.  How l'm not 30 stone or had a heart attack beats me.  Good job l'm indestructible.

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Context on the liverpool fans booing the national anthem

Liverpool fans boo God Save the King on coronation day

Liverpool fans booing the National Anthem on Coronation day.  Makes me proud to be a Scouser.

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newcastle this morning

Newcastle looking pretty magnificent this morning.  Photo by Nick D.

 

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my dream lottery winning home

 If l ever win the lottery, this is what my front room would look like.  A man can but dream...

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olympus mons on mars

 The tallest structure in our Solar System, at a mere 72,000 feet tall, and 13.63 miles wide.

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the uk - no-one is innocent

 

highlights of the coronation

 

Ooeer...

So there is a God

Nonce alert

The Met Police stopping Rape alarms being handed out to vulnerable women and arresting those trying to do so.  Not good optics after all the bad publicity they've had recently.  Plus client journalism from the Mail defending them.

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Johnny Burton - Polevault Man (1972)

Ahead of his time, this could be an Oasis single.

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coronation banner of the day

 

local elections results

Finally - some good news

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The Sex Pistols Jubilee Boat Trip. 7th June 1977

This was 1977.  Bugger all has changed. Plenty of peaceful protesters arrested today.

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coronation lp spinning

 Might give this little beauty a spin today, as everyone else seems to have forgotten about it.

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Phish - Waves, Whale & Dolphins… New Year's Eve 2022 MSG, NYC

This looks amazing, and it would be worth going to see Phish for this alone. Absolutely mesmerising.

Now pass me some acid.

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Bastille - Good Grief (Live At Capitol Studios)

fisheye beatles

Want some fisheye Beatles photos?  You're in luck.

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going nowhere

 Me on my return from work.

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50 year old charts

Some excellent albums in the charts (I've got all of the top 11 and plenty of the others). Obviously a lifetime ago, but seems like yesterday.

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"The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" - Gordon Lightfoot

Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind

My favourite of his, and that's taking on board how much l really really love some of his other stuff. A genius of the singing and signwriting pantheon. RIP  

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Bonnie Raitt and John Prine - Angel From Montgomery

One of  the greatest songs of all time.  Improved with Bonnie Raitt singing with him. John Prine was a working class  genius. 

LCD Soundsystem - Losing My Edge (Official Video)

Dillinger - Cocaine in My Brain

A knife, a fork, a bottle and a cork. That's the way we spell New York

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golden bolan

 How Glam Rock superstars should look. Marc Bolan at his glamtastic peak.

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Roxy Music - Montreux 29 April 1973

What a find!

throwing a rock through paul mccartney's window

David Hepworth in The Guardian has reviewed Daniel Rachel's new book on The Beatles, which sounds interesting, but straight away annoyed me with inaccuracies about John Lennon's ability to throw a rock through Paul McCartney's window.

He quotes from the book...

In one passage the author wonders whether John really could have thrown a brick the 75 metres (246ft) it would have taken to break the front window of Paul’s home in St John’s Wood.

Now I admit l haven't measured the distance, but even my puny arms could manage that.

These kind of mistakes annoy me so much, so I'll probably give the book a miss.

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The Beatles - Grow Old With Me [AI]

The Beatles - New [AI]

get on your knees peasants

 Available in all good shops now.

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Disturbed - The Sound Of Silence and my local pub

See, hear and speak no evil - late last night.  This is the sort of entertainment my local has to offer.  Praise the lord it's at least got a jukebox.

And this was on heavy rotation

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swearing allegiance to the king

I'll definitely be swearing, but not in the way they suggest.

Not my king.

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when waving goes wrong

 This made me laugh because it's pretty funny, but rather sadly, l can also really relate to it.

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John Fogerty - The Wall

The Blues Band - Death Letter (Remastered)

Jim Croce - You Don't Mess Around with Jim

wayne hussey - heady daze (the mission years 1985-1990)

 As a big fan of The Mission back in these years, l thought this book would be of interest to me, and l wasn't wrong.  Plenty of sex, drugs, and rock and roll involved, so what's not to like?  Also, Mr Huss is a fine storyteller (from what he remembers) and obviously bright, interested in other things apart from music, and l really liked his writing style.  If you like The Mission, this comes highly recommended.

I wasn't that bothered before about reading his previous book (Salad Days),but after reading this, l'm going to give it a go. I shall report back at some stage on that.

It could have done with some proofreading though.

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the latest pile of second hand records

 The latest haul of second hand records from Tuesday.  A couple l've got already (Glen Campbell and The Blues Band), but these are better copies.  I definitely need a bigger house (or to see a psychiatrist).

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The Second Line Jazz roots of Rock and Roll

andrew collins and the tories - 10 year anniversary

 I put this piece by Andrew Collins on the blog 10 years ago.  Things have only become worse since then.

Full article by Andrew is here.

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working class people voting tory

 

report of stuart sutcliffe's death

Stuart Sutcliffe's death reported in the days when The Beatles were so unknown they were just referred to as a Liverpool skiffle group, and not named.

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Family Guy - Lois expresses Brian's glands

Watching this episode of Family Guy this morning, and l was crying with laughter at this part.  Absolute genius.

It's from Season 19 Episode 15

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The Rolling Stones - Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker) Brussels 1973

I love this version (an live extra from Brussels 1973 on The Rolling Stones' deluxe Goat's Head Soup release), and have been blasting it out in my kitchen plenty of times recently, so the neighbours may be loving it as well by now.  If not, they'll get used to it.

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Bob Seger - Get Out Of Denver

Had to go for my usual hospital check up today (no problems), and while in Northallerton, l bought some second hand records (as I usually do).  This was one of them, later covered by Eddie and the Hot Rods.

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