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Félix Vallotton, 1909 - La loge de théatre, le monsieur et la dame

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31 flavors of Fish & Chips.

The song mentions multiple holidays, including Thanksgiving.

@antheannewton listening now. It's got a funky quality. Nice fills. Those snare hits after the backbeat go a long way. Someone needs to help Bill set up a drum kit (and, while they're at it, the xylophone) again. 🙂

@antheannewton Gonna listen to it.

The groove of this one and the bee vees tap into their easy-access Reggae influences . . . Japan - Going Round (demo 1977)

It was my pleasure and I was only too pleased my little 'contribution' helped pull things together. If I can help out with anything similar in the future, give me a shout and, I would do my best to oblige, dependant on commitments etc, as already mentioned.

Right. At the time I had wondered if PG had coined it but then I noticed it more and more usually from British Isles people. Many of us USA people are using it more often nowadays.

The Damned and Twin Towers, 1977

After reading what you wrote, Tourist, I remembered a quote you might find has got a spark to it ... "On top of all this, I was lucky enough to have the help of Vinnie Bell, who has some complicated home-made equipment attached to his guitar, operated by four foot-pedals; this enabled him to make a lot of the rustles, squeaks, rumbles and other inexplicable noises." http://stereocandies.blogspot.com/2016/01/repost-dick-hyman-mary-mayo-moon-gas.html?m=1

Nice music recommendations and discussion, Roger. Thanks. I’m familiar with all Sylvian and all Eno probably, but I’ll check out the Tomas Dvorak, Gordon Giltrap and in that combination you mentioned as well as Matthew Halsall, Travis and Fripp. Seems like everything released maybe after 1975 and definitely after 1978, that’s in an ambient category is in some way even unconsciously influenced by Eno. John Foxx’s ‘London Overgrown’ (2015) I’ve been listening to for relaxing and for sleep as well. ‘Cathedral Oceans’ (2016) and ‘My Lost City’ (2009) also from John Foxx will get you relaxing, dreaming and imagining. Also check out the Ghost Harmonic release called ‘Codex’ (2015). ‘Tiny Colour Movies’ (2006) is something to drift away to. Wadcorp’s said on here at DV that ‘Tiny Colour Movies’ is his favourite JF. All his material’s on Bandcamp. Listening (and ignoring in the Erik Satie sense of ignoring) ‘Flux’ (1981) by Robert Turman. He’s got many interesting releases and they’re on Bandcamp. Any Erik Satie without a doubt is possibly the king of ambient music or ‘furniture music.’ Same with Claude Debussy. Anything from the former members of Japan are very atmospheric and ambient and wonderful listening. Always unique the music that those people release. Anything and everything from Roedelius and Moebius solo or as Cluster ... or in Harmonia with Michael Rother do the trick as do all the Michael Rother records. Anything by Ennio Morricone I love to listen to, but I’m particularly caught by his ‘60s through ‘70s soundtracks, especially the Spaghetti Westerns. I know he wishes people would listen to his other music as well. Piero Piccione is another Italian movie composer who has amazing stuff available to listen to. Stelvio Cipriani’s soundtrack called ‘Tentacles’ (1977) is a favourite. All the music that Bill Evans released in his life are great listening. I think of him rightly or wrongly as the Erik Satie of jazz. There’s just something in his piano playing that’s indescribable.

Nice story and information, Roger. He's a reasonable guy and a sensitive guy. Neat that little bit he said about The Shadows and Hank Marvin.

Yes, completely agree about the media.

@David I guess so... but the basis for that "taking back control" populism had already taken a knock, even before COVID - with the "deal or no deal" Brexit farce, and disillusionment from people in small businesses growing all the time. And now COVID has killed off any remaining rose-tint. Many fall for Johnson's buffoon act, of course, but I don't think there's anything like the cult-like adoration of the MAGA crowd to keep his popularity going. It just seems to me that the BBC, ITV, most newspapers, are mostly acting like a PR service for the corrupt clown.

I really dislike Glenn Greenwald's take on the Flynn pardon - basically taking Flynn's side, saying that his prosecution was "an abuse of FBI power, politically motivated", and that "liberals cheered it because they're authoritarians". Greenwald seems to have become something of a cheerleader for Trump & his cronies. Not sure what happened to him, apart from his fuming hatred of generalised "liberals".

Trump is in an impossible position of his own making. How can he concede? Those who support him believe, or want to believe, the result was rigged. If he were to concede he'd be betraying all the things he has spouted and facilitated during his tenure. He'd be the president who enabled and gave in to a 'fraud'. This is to say nothing of the personal difficulties that may await him out of office. The only alternative he has to save face, as far as I can see, is to haggle to the end and to be forced out. This way, he can perpetuate his claim that he won and was cheated [along with his fans].

I'm sorry to tell you this, Palladium, but in this area of NE UK, at least, many people see any issues stemming from Brexit as down to the EU. This is the message they're being sold. 'Boris won't put up with any nonsense from foreigners', they think. Just like Trump wouldn't. As for COVID killing off any rose-tint, no. Not here. People complain about 'admin failings', but very little mud is sticking to BJ. Similarly, the stuff about Cummings, the contracts-for-mates, the planning stuff etc. currently bounces off. The Conservatives have not only taken a staunch working class Labour heartland, but have sunk roots so deep now that it will take something monumental to reverse it. Mostly, it's down to brilliant spin -- selling some of the poorest people in the country the idea that the Conservatives are their best choice. And partly, it's down to Labour's abject failure at every level for many years.

Reminiscent of fly eyes.

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😎 Dig the oxidation and graffiti ...

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Looks a bit like a tunnel to tomorrow.