Purple rain on the guardian weather

Ten years later I still love this guardian tribute to Prince

Shabana Mahmood is telling me to fuck off so I guess I will.
But I've got to say, telling your core voters to fuck off a couple of weeks before elections is an interesting strategy.

Press and hold the E key, then slide along to pick the accented letter.

Oops, Katché

You can tell it's Katche in the opening seconds: those tiny splash cymbals are a dead giveaway.

Secretary of War Pete Hegs... # © • 39m The War Department is once again restoring freedom to our Joint Force. We are discarding the mandatory flu vaccine requirement, effective immediately.

Make this make sense.

George Michael as a late blow.

Sitting in an office on my own (lack of people due to tube strike) and thought "what is that?" - turns out our restored tower, officially reopened today, has ten bells at the top. And they are *loud*.

Ironic if the info about Matthew Doyle, whose name many people won't recognise, ends up torpedoing Starmer more than the actions behind Mandelson's appointment.

We have safety checklists for ladders at work. I may have to add "Is Bill Murray nearby" to the list.

Thanks, thought I'd missed the release of that one.

Is that a review copy? I didn't think the CD of that CT gig had been released yet.

I'd be in for the night he encored with Kate Bush, singing Another Day. We can dream.

Would Mandelson have required STRAP clearance for his post? It seems likely. I've not seen any mention of this, in terms of whether it was applied for, or whether he was granted it.

How's the sound?

Not cheap, certainly.

(which, at one point, I had...)

Yeah, I have that one as a download. Still haven't got my hands on a decent copy of Vol. 1 on LP.

Cover of the album The Longest Night vol. 2 by John Stevens and Evan Parker.

Not everyone's cup of tea I'm sure but mighty fine imo. #NowPlaying

And Family Life is on side 2. There is just that slight drop from the first two albums which were magnificent from start to finish.

I know a few people who are very "meh" about them. Needless to say, I'm not of that opinion. The third one was a drop in quality, but the first two? Oof.

The Blue Nile

A picture of Obelix from the Asterix cartoons.

Macbeth, act 2, scene 1

That's "What they teach you in Harvard Business School" / "What they don't teach you in Harvard Business School" territory.

The president of the United States is bragging about being able to write his own signature.

Are we to extrapolate the entire known universe from that post?

Counterpoint: no, it isn’t. Leo is in line with the traditional teaching of the church. Trump is a warmonger, corrupt, delights in humiliating others, and is blasphemous on a level that wouldn’t even occur to most people.

This isn’t hard.

The London premiere of this was 38 years ago? Good lord, where did that go.

Bottomless brunch: two words that will make me veer away from any restaurant.

Fabulous record.