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I asked Alexa to play some Bowie and she responded with "now playing David Bowie and similar artists".  I nearly chucked it out the window.
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You know those quite decent Black Keys folk? They don't use many black keys, do they?

Kim

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Just booked tickets for the ROH Live Cinema performance of Carmen on 1 May.

I parsed that as Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, though to be fair, I wouldn't be surprised if there isn't a murky 1940s B&W photo somewhere in the Long Walk To Radiology of them putting on a performance of Carmen, complete with crutches and wheelchairs.

Wowbagger

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Just booked tickets for the ROH Live Cinema performance of Carmen on 1 May.

I parsed that as Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, though to be fair, I wouldn't be surprised if there isn't a murky 1940s B&W photo somewhere in the Long Walk To Radiology of them putting on a performance of Carmen, complete with crutches and wheelchairs.


I would have thought that in these enlightened times someone ought to write a sequel “Bikewomen”.
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citoyen

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My wife was wearing some little boots this morning, which reminded me of Little Boots, so I've been revisiting her debut album, Hands, today. Forgotten how much I loved this back when it came out.

In particular, the song Symmetry, a duet with Phil Oakey. What an absolute pop banger. So good.

https://youtu.be/JJ4L6AA-YoQ?si=KxXBHwP1W37lca2i
"The future's all yours, you lousy bicycles."

https://www.youtube.com/@playforforever/videos      I found this earlier.   Loads of old "Play For Today" & similar stuff.


I've just finished watching "Blade On The Feather", which I remember from its first broadcast in 1980.  Written by Dennis Potter.  Donald Pleasance, Denholm Elliot, Tom Conti, Phoebe Nicholls & Kika Markham in "Cambridge spy ring" territory.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade_on_the_Feather


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oyXQGX0RCE
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slope

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https://www.youtube.com/@playforforever/videos      I found this earlier.   Loads of old "Play For Today" & similar stuff.


I've just finished watching "Blade On The Feather", which I remember from its first broadcast in 1980.  Written by Dennis Potter.  Donald Pleasance, Denholm Elliot, Tom Conti, Phoebe Nicholls & Kika Markham in "Cambridge spy ring" territory.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade_on_the_Feather


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oyXQGX0RCE

👍 Thanks for that👍🙏

citoyen

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https://www.youtube.com/@playforforever/videos      I found this earlier.   Loads of old "Play For Today" & similar stuff.


I've just finished watching "Blade On The Feather", which I remember from its first broadcast in 1980.  Written by Dennis Potter.  Donald Pleasance, Denholm Elliot, Tom Conti, Phoebe Nicholls & Kika Markham in "Cambridge spy ring" territory.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade_on_the_Feather

I don’t know that one  but it sounds good. Nice. Will have a look.

Reminds me - and I know this will be of interest to you - I’ve got tickets for the upcoming stage production of Boys from the Blackstuff at the NT.
"The future's all yours, you lousy bicycles."

I saw it with friends  last year in Liverpool & am talking my Mum to see it in April 👍🏻
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A reality TV "star" won Celebrity Big Brother.  It's a kind of recursive Z-listing.
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Very meta.
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A reality TV "star" won Celebrity Big Brother.  It's a kind of recursive Z-listing.

I learned that Big Brother was still a thing on Wednesday morning, as I struggled to follow barakta's conversation with her BSL interpreter with the hydrotherapy waiting room telly[1] being about 15cm from my left ear[2].  I was mildly surprised.  I'd also not heard of whoever they were talking about being evicted.  This was unsurprising.


[1] Turned up to 11, with the subtitles off.
[2] I'd parked barakta at an angle that ensured she was facing the terp, with the telly outside of her visual field, so drew the short straw.

citoyen

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I saw it with friends  last year in Liverpool & am talking my Mum to see it in April
:thumbsup:

Is it good?
"The future's all yours, you lousy bicycles."

I saw it with friends  last year in Liverpool & am talking my Mum to see it in April
:thumbsup:

Is it good?


I enjoyed it, but I think it definitely helps if you've seen the original TV series as there are quite a few call backs to it.   2 German friends who were with us were fairly baffled, despite being long term Liverpool residents.
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I've mentioned Holli McNish before - a poet with the capacity to make words resonate and reverberate.

You may enjoy her reading her poem "Just a Nurse" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLoxKo_yOfQ

Something for people of a certain age.  An archive of "Countdown / TV Action" magazine from the early 1970's.   Dr Who, Thunderbirds, UFO, Fireball XL5, Stingray etc.  All editions & free to read.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countdown_(Polystyle_Publications)



https://archive.org/details/countdown-and-tv-action/Countdown%20001_%5B1971-02-20%5D/mode/2up
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T42

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Something for people of a certain age.  An archive of "Countdown / TV Action" magazine from the early 1970's.   Dr Who, Thunderbirds, UFO, Fireball XL5, Stingray etc.  All editions & free to read.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countdown_(Polystyle_Publications)



https://archive.org/details/countdown-and-tv-action/Countdown%20001_%5B1971-02-20%5D/mode/2up

Thunderbirds was required watching when I was in digs at university.  Cue 5 blokes sitting in front of a 19" telly going dum-da-da-daaah, diddle-um diddle-um-pum-paaaaaaaah (da capo) and stamping their feet in time. Just as well we were on the ground floor.
I've dusted off all those old bottles and set them up straight

Kim

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Thunderbirds was required watching when I was in digs at university.  Cue 5 blokes sitting in front of a 19" telly going dum-da-da-daaah, diddle-um diddle-um-pum-paaaaaaaah (da capo) and stamping their feet in time. Just as well we were on the ground floor.

I still hum that to myself when operating barakta's motorised uppy-downy desk (usually cranking it to full height for ease of cleaning/computer-plugging access).

citoyen

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"The future's all yours, you lousy bicycles."

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Wow.  Has anyone sent it to her?
Admission.  I'm actually not that fussed about cake.

citoyen

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Wow.  Has anyone sent it to her?

I do hope so!
"The future's all yours, you lousy bicycles."

citoyen

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He’s also done a happy hardcore song about classic liberal economics…

https://app.suno.ai/song/ef269898-6a66-416c-baaa-f0797e5ad1cb/
"The future's all yours, you lousy bicycles."