We’re gonna need more dynamite weed.

The art of the deal.

Crosby, Whales, Nash & Young

“I cannot sell my arbitrarily valued house for a price nobody is willing to pay because of capitalism”

Bob Dylan fridge magnet memo pad from heykidsrocknroll.etsy.com

On the right summer’s night that would have been spectacular!

King Oliver's Dixie Syncopators - Deep Henderson Recorded in Chicago on April 21st 1926 featuring Joe 'King' Oliver cornet. -See more at: http://www.20sjazz.com/videos/king-oliver-2/deep-henderson.html#sthash.tk740zOz.dpuf

Recorded 100 years ago today

King Oliver's Dixie Syncopators - Deep Henderson

One of the all-time great 20s jazz records

Slane ‘82

I wasn’t. Not sure why I missed it. I was there in 82 for the Stones, 84 for Dylan, and 85 for Bruce. Then Bowie - awful gig - R.E.M, Neil Young, and the Stones again. I’m too old for that kind of lark now!

Yep. I’d forgotten about them and found them while clearing out some boxes from a house move. Most of the others are just the backs of people’s heads!

Queen - RDS - Dublin - The Works

Israel confirms photo of soldier smashing Jesus Christ statue is real The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) has launched an investigation after confirming a photo showing one of its ...

The old golden savages killed their philosophers

'A Figure Walks,' Dragnet, 1979

#MESMonday #NewsOrFallSong
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Van Club - Episode 1 - The Record Collector

#VanMorrison

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A large white waterfowl with orange feet stands in front of a door. On the door is a cardboard sign secured with tape that reads, "DO NOT LET THE DUCK IN." Adding insult to injury, I think the duck might be a goose.

Whatever you do,

After the latest Mandelson revelations, Starmer needs to get a good lawyer. Wasn’t he supposed to be one? | Jonathan Freedland If only the PM had been the process-obsessed technocrat he was once painted as, this disaster wouldn’t have happened – and he wouldn’t be on the brink, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

This is very good from @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social

The problem is not that Starmer acts like a top lawyer but that he doesn't.

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L: A young W B Yeats wearing pince nez and a large bow tie. R: A middle-aged Aleister Crowley wearing a large (possibly homburg) black hat and the ‘I’m mad, me’ expression that he always put on for photos

Ah! 19 April – 126th anniversary of the day William Butler Yeats kicked Aleister Crowley downstairs as they fought for control of the British branch of the not-at-all-ridiculous Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn in the Battle of Blythe Road. According to legend, anyway... 🧵

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Van Morrison / Dweller On The Threshold (Live, 1982) YouTube video by Slow Learner

Dweller On The Threshold
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Two nights ago, Russia sent nearly 700 drones and dozens of missiles at Ukrainian civilians. In the fifth year of the war, aerial attacks on Ukrainian civilians have become even more intense and more frequent. Please join me in this campaign for air defense equipment. You can help protect lives.

Well that makes me feel old. And I don’t need any help in that department.

Do I actually need a 5CD expanded and remastered version of ‘Wheels Of Fire’? Doing the research, I think i might …
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I’ll put the word out and see if anyone has a copy!

I have written my first essay in decades covering Badfinger & record collecting. It’s up on the wonderful site @ihavethatonvinyl.com recently launched. Please check it out. Thanks!

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Hi Bill - just discovered this post and essay today. Beautifully written and it really captures that obsession that can descend in childhood and never leave.
Can I ask, what countries are you still looking for?

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strait of hormuz update

When Jean-Paul's oldest friend dies, he has to return to Paris - with dangerous consequences.

That's GET SARTRE, ITV 2 at 7.30pm.

‘I feel like I’m losing her’: the families torn apart by older relatives going far right It starts with a ‘back in my day’ nostalgic meme – then suddenly your elders are sharing AI-generated ‘boomerslop’ and repeating conspiracy theories …

I know a lot of people will say Facebook blah blah, but the essential background to this in many cases are decades spent reading right wing tabloids. It was The Sun wot done it.