Musings on the byways of popular culture
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Whoosh! June, already!
Come away in, put your umbrellas over there to dry, hang your wet coats up on those hooks, and come in to the warm for a cup of tea. Cake ? Biscuit ?
How are you doing ? What have you been listening to, watching, reading, etc. Please share
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peers cautiously out of the window
Well, it looks like spring is actually here this time!
So – gather round, help yourself to a drink from the coolers at the far end, or the flasks at this end, grab a snack if you like – these pies are all suitable for vegetarians, everything else is suitable for vegans, apart from the pork pie, obviously – and please tell us all what you have been enjoying / grinding through, etc
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Calm down, Dave! There was snow lying in the garden this morning!
So – whatever season we have jumped to, come away in, gather round the fire, help yourself to a warm drink and a hot snack and please share what you have been enjoying reading, watching, listening to, and all that.
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Welcome to Spring, everyone!
Please gather round the daffodils and snowdrops and tell us all – what have you been listening to, reading, watching, and so on this month ?
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Hola amigos. You all know the drill. Share your news!
(Brief intro this time as I am waiting to collect the van for Señorita Malo’s move into their first flat)
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Welcome to the future! 2026 is, amongst other things, the year where Thunderbirds was set, so – please gather round in this recreated Tracy Island, help yourself to a refreshment, and tell us all – what have you been listening to, watching, reading, etc etc ?
All best wishes to everyone for the New Year!
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Come all ye’, gather round and share – what have you been up to in the last month ? what would you recommend ? and is there anything we should know about ?
Season’s greetings to one and all
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Come away in out the cold, sit down and warm yourself by this roaring candle, and please tell us all – what have you been reading / listening/ watching / diverting yourself from the abyss with this month ?
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Gather round the firepit, help yourself to a drink from the flasks – or the coldbox if you prefer – then please tell everyone : what have you been listening to, watching, reading, playing, seeing, exploring, whatever ?
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Come away in! You can put your coats through the back, the kettle’s on, all the food is laid out – what have you been up to ? What’s been on the deck ? Read anything good lately ? How about TV ? oh, that’s the door again, carry on
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Gather round, come all ye, help yourself to a refreshment from the tables by the firepit, have a snack – meat ones on the table with the red table cloths, vegetarian ones with the orange table cloth, vegan and gluten free on the table with the green table cloth – and please tell us all what you have been reading, watching, listening and generally getting up to in the last month
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Well, you’ll have had your summer! As we move into November’s rain, please gather round and share your recent entertainment finds
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Roll up, roll up! It’s May! Here in Glasgow in recent weeks we have had false spring, summer, November again, and can-you-really-trust-that-this-is-spring-this-time. Rain is currently battering down.
So I am staying indoors listening to records and reading books – the garden can wait.
What have you all been listening to, reading, watching, or otherwise using to divert yourselves from THE STATE OF IT ALL ?
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Come all ye, gather round the picnic table, have some food (vegetarian options in the orange cooler, vegan ones in the green cooler), have a drink, (non-alcoholic options are clearly segregated over there in the blue cooler) and tell us all what you have been listening to, watching, reading, or otherwise using to help you pass the time since we last met.
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SPRING IS HERE! FINALLY!!!
So, please gather round and share what you have been listening to, reading, watching, or otherwise using to distract yourself from everything
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FINALLY!! After eleven dreary, frozen, uphill weeks, JANUARY 2025 is OVER!!
So, please, gather round and share with us – what have you been listening, watching, reading, or otherwise getting up to ?
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Happy New Year!
Come away in, help yourself to some tea or coffee, plenty mince pies left, and a few slices of black bun. Have a seat and please tell us all – what have you been listening to / watching / reading or otherwise using to distract yourself from the grim realities ?
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HO! HO! HO!!!!
Come, gather round by the tree, help yourself to a sherry, or a mulled wine, or a sparkling water, and tell us – what have you been listening to, reading, watching or otherwise losing yourself in recently?
And – is there anything coming up we should be aware of ?
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It’s November, already! Gather round, please, and share with us what you have been up to this last month
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Come all ye! I’ve got a blazing bonfire in the back, there, potatoes baking underneath, mind your hands if you try to pull one out. There’s hot drinks in the flasks over by, cold beers and assorted soft drinks in the cooler under the table, wine on the table itself. Please, dig in, make yourselves at home, grab a stick to roast some marshmallows and then tell us all – what have you been up to this last month ? and is there anything coming up we should know about ?
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First Friday of a new month, you all know the drill – HUT! HUT!!
(Bilko reference because I remembered describing my organisation of work travel across Southern England so that I could go to see Wilko Johnson at a Word event at the Lexington as “Bilko-ing my way to see Wilko)
What have you been listening to, watching, reading, or otherwise indulging in this past month ?
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Apologies for the delay in firing the starting pistol for this edition of the gathering, Friday was disrupted by “stuff”.
Nonetheless, we are all here now and I hope you are ready to share what you have been up to over the last month, and if there is anything coming up we should be aware of
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Come away in, please leave your wet boots on the newspapers there, take off your oilskins and hang them on the drying rack, then help yourself to a cup of soup and sit by the fire to tell us – where the hell has summer gone ? And, what have you been listening to, watching, reading, or otherwise distracting yourself with since we last caught up?
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We appear to be heading in to late Autumn. Summer flies by so quickly!
Gather round the bonfire, help yourself to a baked potato and whatever fillings you like, a warming drink, and then tell us, please – what have you been listening to, reading, watching, and is there anything coming up we should know about?
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Cautiously, I think we can agree that we are not entering Literally Spring – the daffodils have been and gone, the bluebells are out, and there is more than a rustle in the hedgerow.
So, gather round the picnic table, help yourself to some cider or some apple juice – it’s a little too early in the day for Calvados but that will be along soon enough – grab a bite to eat from the hamper and please tell us : what have you been up to this month ? And is there anything coming up we should be aware of ?
