More and more:

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Seconding the emotion:

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Composing the song my heart hears

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Go to the Go-Go -

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There are many versions of this, but one of the best (and rather off his usual track)

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Still got it - 2016 medley:

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Have been feeling lethargic and lackadaisickal most of the week, during which I had hoped to have written a report on a book proposal for an academic press. Suspect that they want rather more than: 'This will be a major contribution to the historiography, thoroughly researched, has read the relevant literature, author has solid track record', with ( Read more... )

Born on this day, 1939, Dusty Springfield, acclaimed pop singer, and 'Since her death.... commended as the leading 20th-century British soul singer'. Also an habitue of the Gateways, Chelsea, and had several somewhat troubled relationships with women, at a time when, even with the advent of the so-called 'permissive society', this was still not ( Read more... )

Vaccine, vaccine, vacciiiinnnne! I have appointment to go and get mine at the walkable place next week!!!
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Also, I have finally managed to set up the Nest smoke alarm and connect it to the existing upstairs one, AND to turn off the motion-activated floodlight if one ventures towards the bathroom in the middle of the night.
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Like, in previous years I am sure the advice columns were all 'how do I deal with compulsory getting together with FAAAAMILY for trad celebration angst angst angst' -
- but on reflection, probably the people who were heavying them into obligation to get together with FAAAAMILY for trad celebration are the ones who are blithely going ahead and ( Read more... )

Blasts from the past: how ice age ponds are coming back to life: Ecologist Will Watson is hunting for Britain’s largest blood-sucking leech in a 14,000-year-old pond in Herefordshire. The elusive medicinal leech (Hirudo medicinalis), grows up to 20cm long and has only officially been recorded three times in the county in the past two decades.
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Because I have further thoughts, and I've seen versions with new categories, and also I don't have any other ideas at the moment:
Something to wear: Sugar Pie Desanto - Soulful Dress
A place: The New Vaudeville Band - Finchley Central
Something to drink: John Lee Hooker - One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer
Something to eat: Booker T. & The MGs - ( Read more... )

A Place: Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - The Legend Of Xanadu (or if you insist on a real place, Bobby Bloom, Montego Bay)
A Food: Millie Small - My Boy Lollipop (or if you want a little more sustenance, Bessie Smith - Gimme a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer)
A Drink: UB40 - Red Red Wine
Animal: Smokey Robinson and the Miracles - Mickey's Monkey
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Apparently there is some manifestation of women in popular music being explicit about female sexual pleasure? and wow, there is pulling out of fainting couches and waving of smelling salts.
Like this has never happened before?
Okay, apparently 'dirty blues', popular in the interwar period, had something of a revival in the sixties, was mostly ( Read more... )

This defence: They also said it was not possible to hold John responsible for Blauel’s mental health since she had struggled well before the release of the Rocketman film and his autobiography.

Context: lawsuit over: 'deep psychological distress [caused] by repeatedly breaching a 1988 divorce agreement to not discuss their marriage.... Blauel... ( Read more... )