Granadaland. :)

Been quite a few years since I listened to this through, but lordy the Wild Eyed/Dudes/Pretty Things medley is giving proper Proustian vibes. Especially, for some reason, the line ‘pronouncing gross diversion as the label for the dog’. So teenage.

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My total inability to judge the jump onto the lift still haunts me.

Conversely, Duo’s Spanish ear seems to have suddenly switched to ‘sod it, that’ll do’ mode.

One of the best ever UK number ones.

Hot take: Shakespeare good.

That’s an excellent word.

Does he really say ‘the vasty deep’ or is that a typo? Really hoping the former.

Also love the Slowdive cover.

I think that’s why I got it. Perhaps heard it on one of those Rough Trade year compilations? Not sure.

I see Sienna Spiro on the Radio 1 ‘now playing’ bot at least twice a day.

So I’m NOT the only owner of that Lali
Puna rarities compilation.

That sounds about right. I had never noticed it before. Just as those background synths come in.

Or at least on the vinyl version of Substance. Digging out the 12 to compare.

So, Blue Monday by New Order. Am I imaging this? As those choral synth washes come in (between the second drum break and the start of the vocals) it gets noticeably faster? Perhaps I’m hallucinating. Perhaps everyone knows this. News to me though.

Justin Trudeau at Coachella? That’s just wrong: at a certain age, things must change If you have to consult the Reddit thread ‘am I too old for Coachella?’, then the answer is probably ‘yes’, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

Oh, shut up.

Oi, la.

I’m starting to wonder if everybody involved in global trading and finance might be a fucking idiot.

Yes, credit to Orban, it’s a good night all round. Fingers crossed. Because it could have got messy.

Viktor Orbán's 16 year authoritarian reign is over. His populist pretence that he was against the metropolitan elite has been seen for the sham it is. The below are a section of the metropolitan elite who are losers today.

CARDIACS - Is This The Life (Live at the Salisbury Arts Centre 1990) [Upscaled] YouTube video by Borax

Easily top of the list of ‘bands I could have seen live but never did and now massively regret’.

The Cardiacs.

Being here would have changed my life. Persuaded me to do something. Anything.

The Chills - Heavenly Pop Hit (Official Music Video) YouTube video by RHINO

‘Each evening the sun sets in five billion places’

Don’t know about where you are, but here tonight we can almost smell the summer racing in. Down to the trastero tomorrow. Big coats in. Shorts out.

G’night pop pickers.

One night before the elections the great people of Hungary are on the streets, rejecting the malicious influence coming from Russia, Serbia and certain people from the USA. The crowds are huge across the country. They can write history tomorrow.

Come on! I will be sooooo happy if Orban loses ‘very big’. Could this be the turning point?

Gay For Michael.

Let me get two glasses of wine into Friday night and I’ll do Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite on pay-per-view.

Father of a 14-year-old boy. Can confirm that AI is the butt of jokes.

(Also, he wants some headphones ‘with a wire - not Bluetooth’ and an MP3 player)

What? I’m sure I read somewhere that he’s a communist who was going to kill New York with rules and regulations. Not a pragmatist coming up with sensible ideas to make life better.

Next door to you, very loud. With the windows open.

*deep breaths Simon, deep breaths*