On my last drive home before the lockdown I spotted a herd of Spanish Ibex – rare round these parts – making their way down into the valley. A day after lockdown wild boar were spotted in the centre of Malaga. […]

I have vague memories of Neil Innes making regular guest musical appearances on a BBC show in the 70s or 80s. It might have involved Richard Stilgoe or Peter Skellern. Or was it Victoria Wood, or Jasper Carrot? […]

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This is a great list @thecheshirecat and has inspired me to work on my own list today. On lockdown I reached immediately for the comfort blanket of TB, Hergest Ridge and Ommadawn – played in order. Last night […]

If no face mask is available, I imagine gluing a copy of Trout Mask Replica to your person is as good a way as any of maintaining social distancing.

Here in Spain, almost everyone is wearing them in the supermarket. I don’t have one, and I’m not sure where I’d buy one at the moment. If you have a ready supply of sterile masks, I’d say it was a reasonable […]

I have been taken aback by a headline article in this morning’s Telegraph, which implies that the UK’s daily death toll is not the death toll of the last 24 hours (I assume it is in other European countries), but […]

‘This land of denial and death’

Lovely song and sentiment, and that Michael Stipe smile at the end is just the tonic for this damp and dreary Tuesday morning. I do tend to get distracted by the background details – that colour scheme (sea foam […]

Those mini apothecary chests (from IKEA?) are great for stashing desk clutter. I have one sitting here to the right of me.

Yes, I’m with you on that @SteveT. There will be lots of awkward questions for European politicians to answer if and when this all blows over. I’ve said elsewhere that I think Johnson’s approach has been […]

I agree, although Trump persists with the dog whistle deep state crap. He mentioned it last week during a press conference. In appealing to his base, he’s undermining the US effort to control the virus. What must […]

I read somewhere that Trump is 95% used cooking oil by weight. The remaining 5% comes from a small ganglion of nervous tissue in his crotch.

I’ve no doubt the Breitbart loons will reconfigure the narrative. Perhaps the pandemic will seen as a deep state globalist/socialist plot. But the credibility of the position is undermined each time the story is […]

Thanks @attackdog. This one I’m building is a small retaining wall around a patio, and is proving fiddly. I have plenty of stone on the land around me, but it’s a mix of flattish stuff and rubble like rock. My […]

A hive of activity at Hairnet acres. An infinite number of jobs await outside the house. This afternoon, I will attempt to enter the ‘zen zone’ as I continue building a small drystone wall. It’s less thinking more […]

Surely, taking the piss is part and parcel of music appreciation? It’s all part of the bantz, isn’t it, the tribalism, the niche interests? Years ago, Archie V. and Burt/HP/Farq were relentless and unsparing in […]

The version I have (which seems slightly longer) is from Glimmer: Best of John Foxx.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Glimmer-Best-John-Foxx/dp/B001CVMDPQ/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=glimmer+best+of+john+foxx&qid=1585133800&sr=8-2

The video is from a 70s tv adaptation of Crash, I believe, featuring JG Ballard himself. The song is a 2006 reworking of the original. Don’t have much more than that.