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Listening to #bbc #Radio5Live and they just took all 40 minutes of that #Trump speech uninterrupted. No fact checks, no nothing. On the one hand, the media all too often does him a favour by editing him to make him sound vaguely coherent. On the other hand, who here needs to hear that deluge of nonsense? He was talking about people “literally” being crucified at one point. How many other felons get this sort of a platform?
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CW: Poetry. Themes of suicide. Darkly humorous.
I keep coming back to the pitch black humour of Dorothy Parker’s poetry.
Here’s Resumé
Razors pain you;
Rivers are damp;
Acids stain you;
And drugs cause cramp.
Guns aren’t lawful;
Nooses give;
Gas smells awful;
You might as well live.(1926)
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CW: Poetry. Themes of suicide. Darkly humorous.
I keep coming back to the pitch black humour of Dorothy Parker’s poetry.
Here’s Resumé
Razors pain you;
Rivers are damp;
Acids stain you;
And drugs cause cramp.
Guns aren’t lawful;
Nooses give;
Gas smells awful;
You might as well live.(1926)
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CW: Poetry. Themes of suicide. Darkly humorous.
I keep coming back to the pitch black humour of Dorothy Parker’s poetry.
Here’s Resumé
Razors pain you;
Rivers are damp;
Acids stain you;
And drugs cause cramp.
Guns aren’t lawful;
Nooses give;
Gas smells awful;
You might as well live.(1926)
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CW: Poetry. Themes of suicide. Darkly humorous.
I keep coming back to the pitch black humour of Dorothy Parker’s poetry.
Here’s Resumé
Razors pain you;
Rivers are damp;
Acids stain you;
And drugs cause cramp.
Guns aren’t lawful;
Nooses give;
Gas smells awful;
You might as well live.(1926)
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"when it comes to living, dying is the easy part".
I miss Carnivale. -
I was Cub of the Year in 1985, and I can assure you that I’m not ceremonially handing that award over to anyone for any reason.
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Tom Gauld on Chaucer’s first unboxing video in The Guardian.
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I’m afraid I don’t remember who recommended this podcast on here, but it’s the most extraordinary and interesting thing I think I’ve ever heard. Do yourself a favour and treat yourself to 60 minutes wandering through mental health, Edinburgh (and Irish) chip shops, Vermeer, the history of brown sauce, how the french band Cortex are the brown sauce of music, cats and door knobs. It’s quite the ride.
(And thank you for the tip, fellow Mastodonian!)
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-blindboy-podcast/id1300577518?i=1000625328828
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Here's a tip to help you through the festive period... Mince Pie Manhattans.
Steep some mincemeat in Bourbon for a few days. Then filter it through something (being sure not to discard the mincemeat), then make the manhattan as usual:
40ml steeped bourbon
20ml sweet vermouth
dash of angostura bitters
twist of orange (maybe zest the rim of the glass too).Serve in a martini glass.
Use the steeped mincemeat to make mince pies. Trust me. You will want to do this
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20/24
I could have picked anything off this soundtrack. I love this film: Michael Caine is superb as Scrooge and the film is oddly close to the original Dickens, both in spirit & script. I do love the Marleys, though. No Xmas playlist is complete without some rattling chains and moaning.
Today’s song is “Marley and Marley” by the muppets. Ooooooh!
[see pinned post for details of the full Xmas playlist]
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16/24
It’s long been clear to me that what Christmas music has really been missing is a wild contribution from the phenomenon that is Jon Spencer Blues Explosion.
I said, YAY-AH!
Today’s advent selection is….
- High Gear by Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
[see pinned post for details of the full Xmas playlist]
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12/24
Amazingly enough, some people spend December trying to avoid this guy’s Xmas song. Not me, which is just as well as I heard it on 1st December. As we have discussed (@DJDarren), it’s a banger and raises £££ for charity every year. But today isn’t that song, it’s another one. Just as good, I reckon.
George Michael - December Song (I dreamed of Christmas)
https://youtu.be/l-xzyD00_fI?si=ip_RmQ6Q8vQk7QbJ
[see pinned post for details of the full Xmas playlist]
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6/24
Christmas is often a time when we head back to our childhood homes and think about the lives we might have led and the things we left unsaid. There’s another one of these coming up later on, but today’s song is all about unresolved feelings on meeting an old friend who might have been more.
Home for the Holidays by Emmy the Great and Tim Wheeler.
[see pinned post for details of the full Xmas playlist]
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4/24
Has anyone ever been more sincere in their declaration that this is a one night stand, but that it will be a beautiful one night stand that he’ll never forget? I also don’t hear anyone complaining (“Chestnuts roasting! Tootsies toasting!”).
Ladies and gentlemen and all in between, I give you…. Purple Snowflakes by Marvin Gaye. Who could resist?
[see pinned post for details of the full Xmas playlist]
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3/24
An early lesson that not every Christmas song mentions Christmas. This is just joyful.
Uh-huh?
Uh-huh.Sweet Gingerbread Man by Sammy Davis Jr
All tasty and tan, indeed.
[see pinned post for details of the full Xmas playlist]
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1/24
Christmas music is saccharine, no? Well, let’s start of this festive music countdown with a song set the day after Christmas and selling some of your presents to pay for your teenage girlfriend’s abortion. That should do it, eh?
It’s the beautiful “Brick” by Ben Folds 5.
[see pinned post for details of the full Xmas playlist]
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Ok. I’m gonna pin this over Xmas.
I like Christmas music, but hate the fact we only hear the same songs all the damn time. There are loads of good ones that you almost never hear. I’ve been compiling a playlist for a while now, and you can access it here:
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/gb/playlist/swisslets-xmas/pl.u-XkD0jDRsk6PLJ
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6QBR5hENabzLVFwj2GaZqX?si=1Tbv8YBESeqK9-nVUvYu9w&pi=sj3XCxZIRXq6n
I’m always in the market for suggestions too, so fire away.
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I don’t know who might need a 10 hour Xmas playlist that doesn’t feature any of the songs you always hear. But if that’s you, here it is:
(Also, any recommendations, please let me know as I’m always on the lookout for more).
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6QBR5hENabzLVFwj2GaZqX?si=OsN1UQddSYS9GMYFndzBew&pi=e-NWvdTT2ETmuj
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/gb/playlist/swisslets-xmas/pl.u-XkD0jDRsk6PLJ
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Just took part in a Christmas music quiz at the pub. I’m quite proud of the fact that I have a nine hour Christmas playlist, and only one single song from it made it into the quiz (“the power of love” by Gabrielle Aplin, since you asked).
There are some horrors out there.
Cliff Richard was #2 in the charts for Xmas 1981. Can you name the song that topped the chart that year and was the biggest selling single that year and the 23rd best selling single in UK chart history?
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So far today, I’m wearing a dressing gown, sheepskin boots, a big bobble hat and a patchwork quilt made by my mum. Contact me for other #FashionTips #StyleIcon
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This is extraordinary. A full-bodied chocolate cherry stout that is only 0.5% abv. Mash Gang are wizards.
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Quite how they take a beer that’s usually 5.6% and produce a 0.0 version, I don’t know. It’s not as chewy as the original, and it’s fizzier…. But actually, for an NA beer, this is bloody good. Notes of banana and maybe cherry. Not bad at all.
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I feel seen.
“A 43-YEAR-OLD man has become so emotionally attached to the seasoned hardwood logs in his woodshed that he is refusing to let anyone burn them”
https://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/man-deeply-in-love-with-his-logs-20151125104184
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Was it just me, or did the faces of the presentation party at the #CWC2023 not bother to hide their disappointment at India not winning? Poor show, I thought and I’m absolutely here for it. I also loved that the drone light display afterwards had a map of India and the Indian flag, but apparently not the Australian equivalent. Delightful.
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Record attendance for us at parkrun today: 500. Busy.
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What a glorious morning for a parkrun followed by a swim in 8 degree water with blue sky and sunshine overhead. If Wednesday’s water was like a washing machine on spin cycle, then today was very smooth with mist on the water. A lovely sauna too. I’m often one of the only guys swimming at the lake in winter and today in the sauna it was 5:1. Perfect!