We are having problems locating our Garysthingythread the Garster as he’s never been called suggested a thread about songs about plumbing. Can anyone help? Blowtorches Against the Empire?
Anachronism
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Watching ‘A Spy Among Friends’ last night Kim Philby excuses himself and says “must point Percy at the porcelain ” I thought that was not quite right. Of course it was a phrased coined in the seventies by Barry Humphries and used in the Barry Mackenzie strip in Private Eye (I did a check to make sure). It jarred in an otherwise excellent series, although the filming is set to colour washout and gloom. Do any of our Antipodean allies know if it was in use in the sixties and would Philby have known of its use?
Jane Birkin.
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Obituary
Madame Birkin vraiment désolé d’entendre cela. Arabesque est un excellent album
Cushions and possibly other soft furnishings
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Place your favourite cushion videos here. Other soft furnishings considered
Astrud Gilberto
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Obituary
It’s a great song to be remembered for at least.
Eurovision 2023
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Of course when it comes to Eurovision you only need this. https://youtu.be/-HuPP0BoVLA
As I’m in Kefalonia at the moment it doesn’t start here until 10 and really I’d only want to watch the voting which will be some unearthlyo’clockinthemorning. . Pity they don’t have the voting first then you could miss out the songs.
I used to enjoy it but now find it overlong and maybe only enjoy a couple of songs in the whole programme.
Anyone about to watch?
An Afterword Assemblage and a new Pencilsqueezer.
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Yesterday in the city of Chester there was a small but perfectly formed meetup of The Cheshire Cat, Retropath2, Pencilsqueezer and myself (and my dear lady). Much talking and drinking and eating was engaged in and a splendid time was had by all. @Pencilsqueezer gifted each one of us a painting each from a series of three called Dust Mote. Here is ours No 1. https://imgur.com/a/WSo2Ixo I’m placing it here too in case the box doesn’t work. The photo doesn’t do it justice, it is of course wonderful.
Festering Season television recommendations.
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It’s that time between and recommendations for televisual catch ups are solicited. I’ve seen most of the main ones but Jack of Rotherhithe mentioned Schalken the Painter so I’ll give that a view. It’s not something I would search for. Anymore? My highlight this Christmas was shouting at Christmas University Challenge “Pangolin, of course it’s a f**king pangolin, it’s not a sodding hedgehog, good grief”
The Daily Mash takes a potshot
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I didn’t plan to start a new thread but I wasn’t sure which post I could add it to. Those instruments you love to hate, though no mention of crumhorns. Any more to add?
Geoff Wonfor RIP
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Obituary
Geoff Wonfor director of The Beatles Anthology amongst others.
I can’t hear his name without adding “the money, two for the show”
, “At the Sign of the Crumhorn.”
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I realise this is a tad niche but I’ve just had Radio 3 on and I found that Tielman Susatoin 1543, founded the first music publishing house using movable music type in the Low Countries. He could be found in Antwerp, “At the Sign of the Crumhorn.”
So I’ve had some rousing early music to listen to, we all need a little crumhorn in our lives.
On no it’s Bono
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Bono is doing a book tour, anyone thinking of going? https://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/bono-stories-of-surrender-glasgow-11-17-2022/event/36005D3DEEA652AC
£171 cheapest seats in Glasgow. Book early as Fred Pontin would say.
Just when you thought it was safe, here’s another Wordle thread.
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Your Top Five Afterword Threads ever ever.
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Like the queue ouroborously we turn in on ourselves in a moment of reflection. What would be be your choice? I eagerly await.
Where do you fit in the grand scheme of things?
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The Daily Mash has posted this. Where do you fit on the spectrum, are you on the ultra violet or the infra red or somewhere in the visible range? Are there any other music areas that need to be exposed?
Old photographs
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I didn’t want to hijack Carolina’s thread but she mentioned annotating old photographs. Downsizing at home I came across several photographic slides from the sixties and the seventies. I couldn’t look at fhem properly but hope to get them transferred to digital. What they did do was make me think back to those times. The ones I were delighted to see were from 50 (gulp) years ago when I’d just returned from Morocco and had met some friends on my return where we travelled to the Dales for a holiday of meeting girls and drinking. I met up with one of them last month our walking sticks clashed. Then today a friend sent me this photo I’d taken for a local folk singer, Bill Price,(I was a photography student at the time) for his poster. As I don’t remember my mother or her family (it’s complicated) there are people in my parents’ wedding photo I have no knowledge of. Carolina’s annotating of photographs is an excellent idea. I appreciate people find it difficult to add photographs to the forum, but those silver halide shots and colour slides certainly bring back memories of times past.
Today is of course International Bagpipe Day
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Where has the year gone?
I appreciate this is a niche area, but as today is International Bagpipe Day it’s time to celebrate the instrument that’s loved and loathed equally.
Here is Luigi Lai who I saw many years ago and it was one of those what did I see and hear moments. The launeddas are played using the mouth as the ‘bag’.
Enjoy.
Records, records, records.
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Just watched this on Talking Pictures, I certainly recognise, if not the people, the traits they exhibit.
Hello, I’m not new here.
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Never lurked but just wanted to say hello.
Polling the pollsters
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As some of you may be aware I get a ‘chance to vote’ in two weeks time (deep joy). 16 candidates are standing possibly a record. Today I was telephoned by a ‘polling company’ my wife had spoken to them last week, he admitted then that it was on behalf of the tories. I’d just returned home after a hot afternoon on the allotment so I wasn’t quite ready for the questions. I did tell him that FPTP is outmoded and outdated and that I negatively vote by voting for a candidate who will help ensure the candidate I don’t want to win doesn’t and not voting for the candidate I may want. I did say I wouldn’t vote for anyone that thought brexschitt was a great idea. After batting away some of his questions he said that my views were different from many that he’d spoken to and would I like to join a ‘discussion’ in two weeks for which I’d be paid. He asked age and religion ” none really, but I do follow Bokononism ‘
If I do get chosen is there anything else I should add?
Arthur English Custard
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In ‘discussion ‘ with someone yesterday he had asked if anyone remembered the children’s rhyme, which he called Manchester Tart, I mentioned it had been used by Lennon in the song I am the Walrus remembered by Pete Shotton as a childhood rhyme to add to the song. Do you recall it, do you have your own version?. I know we are a well travelled lot so I wondered if it was known globally and not just from Walrus. Has it fallen out of fashion? I shall ask my son today if he knew it. Because of our average age on here do your grandchildren know of it? I’ve not used the opening words as I’d like to hear as many versions as possible.
Singular use in a song
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Duco01 mentions that the Dan use the word “bodacious” in the lyrics of “Gaucho”, Which set me on the thought of single use words in songs. R Thompson used the word illustrious in the song Albion Sunrise. Ry Cooder used copastatic in John Lee Hooker for President A personal favourite is caterempously in Big Muff by J Martyn though I am somewhat doubtful about its veracity. Are there other single use words or have these been used in other songs?
Packet of cheese and onion crisps, a pickled egg, oh and two packs of pork scratchings please songs.
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mentioning Bees Make Honey reminded me of the pub rock scene in the seventies. Alas not living in London I never got to see many of the bands mentioned in the NME or Sounds just a couple at a few festivals etc. The pub names read like a mythical country populated by the people in the know. Although we had a pub scene in Leeds we didn’t get to see those bands listed. Did you see any of those bands in their natural environment ? Here’s Ducks Deluxe ,one of the few bands I saw.. https://youtu.be/M6IDGGJVnBo
Lockdown recipes
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On the irritable thread a sub sect of pesto recipes appeared. Toast or not to toast the pine nuts. Wild/bear garlic or rocket instead of basil. Decisions. So what has been tickling your taste buds these last few weeks? I made (though I say it myself) some rather tasty forced rhubarb jam.
Days of the old school yard
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Watching Pointless the other day two of the answers were Sir Titus Salt and Joseph Priestley. The odd thing was they both went to my old school (obviously not at the same time as me or even each other).
Reading the biography of Al Bowlly I also found out that Ray Noble the bandleader also attended Dulwich College I have previously mentioned that P G Wodehouse and Raymond Chandler also went there.
So were you at school with someone who went on to fame and fortune or even noteriety?
