Tonight’s dinner: Camembert studded with pomegranate seeds, turnip fries with lemon & dill coulie, whole deep-fried guinea pig with truffle croutons.
#BillNighy risks cancellation by refusing to talk to men who wear linen. He states: "Never trust a man in linen".
I was at an #IggyPop gig, and my companion at the gig, at an opportune moment in the song, reached out and gently tickled Iggy’s bollocks. What shocked me was that it surprised him, Iggy!
The #RandyNewman Songbooks Vol. I-3 are great! Just piano and voice. And you get the chance to directly compare his and #HarryNilsson vocals on the same songs. #songwriting
So often late to the show, but ‘Sorry to Bother You’ seems more apt now. It’s about: Techbro CEO Genetically Transforming Workforce Into Horsepeople (Equisapiens) For The Sake Of Superior Productivity. They work harder, cheaper, & are very obedient. Makes capital sense! #BootsRiley
Georges Perec didn’t use ‘e’ in a 300 page novel. Easy! Recording vocals? Be very careful singing S, T, C, K, V, F, B, P. Then record, with exact phrasing, left double, right double, centre double. Now you’ve just begun. Novelists have no idea! I’m talking to you, Ms Mantel. #writing #songwriting
From Wikipedia: “Artists who have expressed a fondness for ‘Nilsson Sings Newman’ include Rufus Wainwright & Ron Sexsmith”. The plot thickens (in my mind anyway). @ronsexsmith.bsky.social @alisoneales.com
Enjoy yourself with loved-ones by saying #mindfulness every time they make a mistake.
Musos, You’re having a nightmare about being onstage singing something you really don’t want to sing. What #song is it? @davegraney.bsky.social: I’m being presumptuous, but would yours be something by Hall & Oates like ‘Rich Girl’? I’m deep in contemplation about mine. @alisoneales.com? #music
Aussie hippie kid school lunch: Alfalfa and Vegemite Sandwich. No one wants to swap lunches.
A question for you and followers: #TheDoobieBrothers: Are you for pre- or post- #MichaelMcDonald? jimusic.bsky.social
Anyone up for ‘Meat and 3 Veg’? Every night for the rest of your life? #monocultural Hanson & #auspol
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Disciple of the #QuentinCrisp school of cleaning: "There is no need to do any housework at all. After the first four years, the dirt doesn't get any worse."
It’s remarkable how generation after generation connects with this album: #laurynhill
Brainstorming for a future #cult: A key self-improvement practice is ‘publicly screened colonoscopies’. Share your ideas for #cultpractices.
Child of the nobility, brother/son to a fallen Queen, scrofulous hunchback endowed with a tuberculate truncheon, Jack Doff is the handsome prince who falls in love with a sister half his age in this saga of royal lust and dark ambition. #HotTudor $0.99c.