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Lost in Face or 2015 A Face Odyssey?

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I can’t help seeing the last few months in cinematic terms.

The gleaming, new, state-of-the-art Mothership lands on Planet Kitten and soon Space Family Afterword are all safely installed on board, ready to blast off into the galaxy. To boldly thread where none have threaded before.

There is a tearful moment as some of the castaways make the decision to remain behind. They’ve been fraternising with the local extra-terrestials and want to make a go of it on the new planet. One colourful chap in a purple turban carrying a plates of pakoras will be particularly missed.

A droid, KF D2, is temporarily left behind to clean the mess up in what is now a rather eerie ghost town. There are empty beer bottles everywhere and some very unusual stains in some of the living quarters.

In generations to come, the ruins of the Afterword colony will become a holy place for the primitive Booker tribe who inhabit the planet and who will ponder over the advanced civilisation that built such wondrous structures.

So which movie or book do our recent adventures remind you of?

100 years of Solitude? Bleak House? Scream? I know what you did last Xmas?

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The golden pancake of hope

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Tuesday 17th February 2015 will be recorded in the Ancient Annals of Afterwordia as the day on which, phoenix-like, the Afterword flew from the Frying Pan of Despond and became once again a golden pancake of hope for the world.

But now we are all gathering here again, shouldn’t we be doing something big?

Bringing about world peace? Saving the whale? Protecting Mother Earth from a fiendish alien invasion?

Sorry! Far too ambitious. Those are jobs for chaps who wear their underpants over their tights.

But what task is appropriate for the mighty men and women of the Afterword?

Wave your hanky in the air like you just don’t care!

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The Afterword is back! Time for a party!

At this moment, on the other side of the Atlantic, some of the best parties on the planet are happening.

Yesterday, it being Pancake Day, Mardi Gras and Carnival, we had a thread on the music from those amazing celebrations over on The Lifeboat. I was particularly chuffed at finding this wonderful clip of soca star Super Blue performing in front of an ecstatic Caribbean crowd. It captures the atmosphere perfectly. I love the strongmen in their swimming trunks and the guy on stilts.

But can you imagine a crowd of 10,000 Afterworders all jumping up and down waving their hankies like madmen? Or can you imagine yourself wearing a bejewelled thong, pasties and a large feather head dress?

Some things just don’t travel very well however hard you try. There is a samba troupe here in Stockholm. The girls are gorgeous, they have beautiful outfits and the music is great. But somehow, when you are freezing and covered in goosebumps, it’s a little difficult to let Bacchanalian abandon take over.

Any other examples of cultural events which do not travel well?

Anybody here been to Mardi Gras or Carnival?