Futtocks
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Richard Hawley's a name I keep hearing, but never got round to checking out 'til now. This is a slow, relaxing song of lasting love. I quite like it.
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Probably the best place for this. The BNP has been removed from the list of official political parties.
And I thought the season to be jolly had just finished!
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Slow Cooker Korean Beef: http://damndelicious.net/2015/02/21/slow-cooker-korean-beef/although I reduced the quantities by about a quarter from that.
For afters, a big slab of Parkin.
Happy days.
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Birdemic: Shock & Terror. Truly terrible. The leading man can't even walk normally on camera, looking like some kind of wooden robot. The leading lady is very pretty, but also turns in a stilted performance. Tippi Hedren was persuaded to appear in this, too. She can't save it...
If it wasn't for the RiffTrax treatment, it would be totally unwatchable. Cheap CGI makes the exploding birds even less convincing than the premise as you read it.
Here's a sample scene for your delectation. Nathalie complete fails to hide her hilarity, while Rod holds his arm over his mouth at one point, so presumably he was corpsing too.
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Same with Rosebank. 300 quid a bottle.... For a 1994 distillation... when the distillery was becoming a little tired.
No way would I pay 300 quid
Never had Rosebank... and now it looks like I never will.
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Last night was spent in the very north of Scotland in front of a log fire.
Having called for essential supplies at Dalwhinnie and Clynelish on the way here it was a very pleasant experience - particularly as the wind is howling and the rain is lashing outside.
Wolfburn tomorrow will be interesting... it's just reopened at it closed over 150 years ago. May do Rockrose gin tomorrow too whilst we are in the area
Contented of rotherham
Clynelish is a really good dram, although not widely available. Almost next door to the sadly mothballed Brora distillery, which made a stonking whisky in its day. The bottling I bought (and enjoyed) at a normal price in the Eighties now commands a price that I'd refuse to pay even if I could afford it.
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The 2012 kit, sadly, rather than the (really nice) current design.
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It depends what you want in an application. Plenty of browsers cater to those who want simple minimalism, but people who used to love Opera are disappointed with that company's current direction towards a `me too` browser that's little different to Chrome.I see it's major USP is that it is highly customisable. I find the problem with that approach on applications, is that I spend all my time customising the thing that customising becomes an end in itself. Maybe that's just me!
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The new Vivaldi browser (from the original team behind Opera) has reached its first beta release. It isn't quite the finished item yet, but it is getting there.
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They were both on something on the TV a couple of days ago, I don't remember what. Toby Jones said the differece was he was playing Mainwaring where as Sessions was playing Arthur Lowe.
They were both on Jools Holland's New Year show.
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It'll be interesting to compare Sessions with Toby Jones, who is playing Mainwaring in the forthcoming film version.He was indeed. A remarkable likeness in so many ways. I enjoyed the show but it was a shame it was so short. It felt that some parts of the story were a bit rushed through. Nonetheless, very watchable.
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Interesting development in televised sport, as ITV win the horse racing rights off Channel 4.
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Eh?
My Kindle's browser doesn't like copying and pasting links, but now I'm on my laptop: http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/TomBrock/TomBrockLecture6.pdf
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This is a PDF, rather than a conventional web page, so posting a link seems to be a bit problematic, but Google "No more bloody Bundles for Britain!", save and open the document and you will have yourself a good read.
It is about the post-WWII tours, written by Thomas Keneally.
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Missed it, but it is recorded for later enjoyment. I have heard good things about it.Did anyone else see "We’re Doomed! The Dad’s Army Story" last night? John Sessions was outstanding as Arthur Lowe.
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Apostrophe and overnite sensation are my two favs..
My missus has an awful lot of frank's stuff.
I just met a girl called 'dynamo hum'!
Apostrophe is great - you can almost hear the happiness in Frank's voice. I think he enjoyed making that album a lot.
Frank's personal favourite was apparently 'One Size Fits All', which I also really like.
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Frank and The Mothers, nobody comes close. IMO of course.Mix - The Mothers of Invention 1970 Part 4 Who Are The Brain Police:
I love a bit of Zappa, but have to admit I prefer his work after the Mothers of Invention era.
When he had that band with George Duke and Napoleon Murphy Brock, he was really on top form. Not so keen on the Flo & Eddie stuff, though.
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Ahhhh brown sugar baby.....
Written, apparently, about Claudia Lennear, who I have recently been listening to, as she was one of the backing vocalists on 'Leon Russell & the Shelter People'.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0ZenoM0XK0
Claudia's the one who's almost wearing that top.
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In the company Christmas raffle of gifts from suppliers I won a bottle of champagne and a case of Fosters
Lady Luck giveth and Lady Luck taketh away...
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Forever changes.....
As long as I skip the track 'Old Man', that's a very satisfying, if unnerving, album.
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Something a little(!) different to Leslie West tonight. Still very enjoyable.
Book thread: what are you reading?
in Any Other Business / Any Other Sports
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'Bad Book Club' by comedian and broadcaster Robin Ince. He's found some publications that beggar belief.
A Kindle search reveals that Don Estelle, author of 'Sing Lofty: Thoughts of a Gemini' is mentioned by name 16 times. A good sign.
If you thought 'fan fiction' was a new thing, then the Eighties book 'Starlust' will set you right. There's even a fantasy about a bit of mutual fumbling with the Jam's bass player Bruce Foxton. Then there's the Barry Manilow fan who climaxes with a shriek of "COPACABANA!" before sobbing herself to sleep that her actual partner isn't really the swoonsomely anodyne Bazza.