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GCU Grey Area commented on the post, ATM – Films or books whose plots are resolved by the discovery of long-lost letters or legal papers 4 months, 3 weeks ago
Beau Geste, by P.C Wren. A letter from the SPOILER late Micheal ‘Beau’ Geste reveals the real reason why the ‘Blue Water’ diamond disappeared, and practically every male member of the Geste family joined the Fre […]
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GCU Grey Area commented on the post, Rick Buckler RIP 5 months ago
I never saw The Jam, but did see Rick Butler and his band – must have been around 1983.
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GCU Grey Area commented on the post, Songs that sound like James Bond themes but aren`t James Bond themes 5 months, 3 weeks ago
There are several tracks on ‘Tales Of Us’ that are Bond-esque. ‘Stranger’ in particular, with the orchestral bit.
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GCU Grey Area commented on the post, Steely Dan – Katy Lied 5 months, 3 weeks ago
I love Steely Dan, but I’d struggle to hum one of the songs on it. I don’t know what is about Katy Lied, but it doesn’t ‘stick’.
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GCU Grey Area commented on the post, Wallace & Gromit – Vengeance Most Fowl 6 months, 1 week ago
Our next door neighbour* has a vast range of petrol-engined tools, and I look forward to muttering Norbot’s lines many times in the future. *We do get on extremely well with them, but oh dear, the tools…
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GCU Grey Area commented on the post, Wallace & Gromit – Vengeance Most Fowl 6 months, 1 week ago
‘Pointlessly blowing leaves around’. ‘Neat and Tidy, Mr. Wallace’. A couple of visual things. The basement of the house must be a nod to the Tardis, and in one scene, it looked like a Bosch painting of hell. T […]
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GCU Grey Area commented on the post, "Spotify sucks, so now what?" 6 months, 2 weeks ago
I recently bought a cd off Bandcamp, and I was able to download a low res version while waiting for the cd, included in the price. I’d thought about buying as a high res download, and then making my own cd, but I […]
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GCU Grey Area commented on the post, Utterly Gratuitous. 7 months ago
‘There are Old Pilots, and Bold Pilots, but no Old, Bold Pilots’. From ‘Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em’. I apply this to my cycling.
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GCU Grey Area commented on the post, Marillion – This Strange Engine – deluxe edition 7 months, 1 week ago
I have taken to removing my cold-weather ‘beanie’ hat of late in the manner of Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell, in the current BBC series, grasped from behind*, though when I do so, I lack a skullcap und […]
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GCU Grey Area commented on the post, ATM 7 months, 2 weeks ago
One of the forks and the spade are 1980s vintage. The handles creak a bit sometimes, but the metalwork is true. The other fork is possibly mid-1950s, and is a ‘border’ fork, about 2/3rds the size of the other. […]
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GCU Grey Area commented on the post, ATM 7 months, 2 weeks ago
I’d be inclined to leave well alone, as the steel? used to make the business end might have been treated in some way. Any blacksmiths your way you could ask? We have two Spear and Jackson forks and one spade, a […]
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GCU Grey Area commented on the post, Gregg Wallace 7 months, 2 weeks ago
Wallace used to be on a Radio 4 afternoon programme called ‘Veg Talk’, with a veg salesman called Charlie Hicks. It was as limp as a limp piece of veg that was on holiday in Limpley Stoke.
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GCU Grey Area commented on the post, The Scottish Band remastered 7 months, 2 weeks ago
Mr. Blast. Also used to insist that a certain band be referred to as ‘The Yes’.
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GCU Grey Area commented on the post, The Lamb Lies Down SDE 7 months, 4 weeks ago
‘We’re in the Colony of rmmmph-rmph’…
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GCU Grey Area commented on the post, The Lamb Lies Down SDE 7 months, 4 weeks ago
If the live version of The Lamb is exactly the same one on the Archive box, then I believe that Gabriel’s vocals were rerecorded before the archive box came out. The last track is an alternative studio take, as t […]
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GCU Grey Area commented on the post, New Powell & Pressburger Documentary – Made in England 8 months ago
The documentary is on the iPlayer, as of 21/11/2024. And so’s I Know Where I’m Going. The film is the newly restored high definition version by the BFI. I saw some when it was on Saturday just gone, and it loo […]
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GCU Grey Area commented on the post, Mr BlueSky's up there waitin' 8 months ago
One of things their CEO was very keen on was having different levels of functionality. She thinks that content providers, artists and people who make stuff would pay – in some way – for the ability to link to […]
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GCU Grey Area commented on the post, Mr BlueSky's up there waitin' 8 months ago
It’s worth looking out for more feeds and ‘starter packs’ that take your fancy. Also, follow lots of people. Over-follow at first, and trim the list down to refine your feed. If you’re using the ‘Following’ tab […]
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GCU Grey Area commented on the post, Mr BlueSky's up there waitin' 8 months ago
Their CEO has been on the ‘Quiet Riot’ podcast talking about how they’ll make money. Not ads or data selling. Regarding toxicity, the ‘Block’ feature on BlueSky is fantastic; block someone, and you never hea […]
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GCU Grey Area commented on the post, Mr BlueSky's up there waitin' 8 months ago
And Rob C. He was on twitter, but I haven’t heard from him or one of his incarnations in ages.
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