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Do the little ones fit on the same bit as the big ones?

Submitted by drakeygirl on 23 May 2013 - 3:16pm

Today, Mr Drakeygirl and I spent a splendid couple of hours having a good old rack rummage.
Once we'd finished that, we went record shopping (boom, and indeed tish!)
The venue was David's Music & Books, in Letchworth, where, as we were flipping through the new LPs, a young woman and her boyfriend entered. Both were aged about 18.
She approached the vinyl section with what can only be described as a look of complete confusion. "You've got a record player, haven't you?" she asked her friend. "Why have you got one?"
The fella scratched his head, which I always like to see happen in real life, as opposed to in cartoons and Laurel & Hardy films. "Well, it used to be my dad's," he said.
"Oh. Do the little ones fit on the same bit as the big ones?" the young girl asked. This, in any context, is a marvellous question.

All You Need Is Love

Submitted by Dave Amitri on 23 May 2013 - 2:52pm

Following yesterdays horrific events I feel it's time to spread a little love, so let's start it here

Today while driving let someone out of a side turning or cross a road with a wave and a smile

Say good afternoon to a stranger, with a smile

Think of some other ways to spread the love and post them here

Tell 10 people to do the same

I love you guys...........

ATM: How do you eat a Kiwi Fruit?

Submitted by Beezer on 23 May 2013 - 2:48pm

Earlier on today at lunchtime I walking through our canteen and noticed a young man contendly stuffing his mush with some of the health-giving.

He had a kiwi fruit in his hand and was eating it whole. Skin on. Chomping at it in the manner of an apple.

Normally before I eat one I have at it with a knife and peel off the tough skin and chop it into slices. So it eventually looks like a pile of green, seeded, squishy 50 pence pieces. A quick straw poll of the colleagues here confirms my method as the more common. Obviously, I have since tracked down this young man and mocked him*

Do any of you lot have any odd eating habits though? Anyone here eat hard-boiled eggs with the shell on? Or fry pickled onions in salad cream? That kind of thing.

Do tell.

*I have done no such thing.

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The Best Play you Ever Saw

Submitted by BigJimBob on 23 May 2013 - 1:40pm

Blatant rip off. But I thought a bit of positivity in the current climate may be good. My contribution. Two from RSC. Anthony Sher in Marlowe's Tamburlaine. Done in the Swan Theatre, around 1992(ish). As might be expected given the subject and playwright, lots of blood, he killed loads of people - at one point he shimmied up a rope and gave a soliloquy half way up to ceiling. Great.

A production of Ben Jonson's The Alchemist in Birmingham Rep around 1996, starring Simon Callow, Tim Pigott-Smith and Josie Lawrence. Jonson demonstrates the mixture of stupidity, avarice, gullibility and religion are timeless props for comedy. The cast successfully played it has a Brian Rix farce.

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With your permission - some unofficial market research...

Submitted by RabTDog on 23 May 2013 - 1:06pm

The following involves tips to 'rekindle your romance' from the website of a professional relationship counselling org... Cut'n'pasted. What does the Afterword think?

Rekindle Your Romance

Because life's not a Bed of Roses
Call a truce for a day. Agree to twenty four hours of peace.

The first time ever I saw Your Face
Remind each other of when and where you met. What happened next...?

The Sounds of your Life
Share your favourite tracks, all the way from your childhood to now.

Get outside
Whether you fancy seeing a sunrise, feeling the wind in your hair or want to stargaze, breath deeply and enjoy each other’s company.

Happy days
Try out some things you used to enjoy as kids - play a game together.

Great Expectations
Do you need sex to feel loved or need to feel loved to have sex? Whichever you need, kissing, cuddling, kind words, thank yous and support all seem to help!

Make a date.
Plan it together and stick to it. Enjoy taking your time getting ready. Make an effort for yourself and each other.

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The Worst Play You've Ever Seen

Submitted by Burt Kocain on 23 May 2013 - 11:18am

Yes, I know. Here's another negative, cynical, knock 'em down thread. But not really. A bad night at the theatre is truly memorable, unforgettable, in a way that cinema, or even a gig, can never equal. There's something almost supernatural in the awful horror of a truly bad play, something that transcends time and place.

It was at the "alternative" Oxford Theatre (the Old Fire Station) that I was fortunate enough to catch a performance of Sarah Miles' "Charlemagne" on its only run. Here's the only piece I can find about it (admittedly, I didn't hunt for long - although there's no mention of it on her wiki page), from the "FT":

If Laetitia is top of the form, who'll be scraping through

Submitted by Kaisfatdad on 23 May 2013 - 9:49am

with just a pass? Or failing completely?

It's very easy to make fun of foreign artists trying to sing in English. But how much better are our team at singing in foreign?

The exam season will soon be upon us. Ms Sadler here ought to pass her French orals.

But other candidates may not be so fortunate in their modern language exams

Fellow examiners! Pencils at the ready! May I have your marks please.

Shpongle

Submitted by Rob C on 23 May 2013 - 8:30am

I posted this on my FB page this morning, as I'm seriously digging this band. I have just purchased their first album, from which this is taken, and will continue from there. They're not NEW, but are relatively new to my ears. If you like far out soundscapes that get your chakras whirring and induce spontaneous out of body experiences, you'll love them. (Best not to listen when driving, operating heavy machinery, or on the job, though). There's seems to be a whole psych sub genre of this type. Anyone got any other suggestions that I should check out ?

_/\_

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The Genius of Mike Leigh

Submitted by mojoworking on 23 May 2013 - 4:02am

Mike Leigh is surely one of the greatest British film/TV directors of the last 40 years.

I've recently, ahem, acquired the massive box set of his complete TV work and over the coming weeks I'm looking forward to reliving the toe-curling delights of Abigail's Party, Nuts In May, Grown Ups and the rest and will report back here from time to time as I progress through this incredible body of work.

Meanwhile, let's have your thoughts on the work of the wonderful Mr. Leigh.

I saw his 2010 movie Another Year recently and like most of Leigh's work, it was an uncomfortable, sometimes disturbing two hours of embarrassment and misery, yet I doubt if there's a better film to come out of Britain in recent years.

Lesley Manville is simply magnificent as the neurotic Mary, a lonely, twice-divorced 50-something looking for love. Her performance alone makes this film a delight (albeit a somewhat unnerving one).

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Ok - how about bands of sisters?

Submitted by badartdog on 22 May 2013 - 10:55pm

Current afterword faves Tegan and Sara, obviously.
First Aid Kit ...

From the BBC site

Submitted by James Blast on 22 May 2013 - 10:30pm

Why the 'K' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22608832

I'd say kause their thikk

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Brilliant unconventional guitar playing

Submitted by BigJimBob on 22 May 2013 - 10:28pm

Hat tip to the Global Groove site. This footage is from Botswana:

Events in Woolwich

Submitted by Vim Fuego on 22 May 2013 - 8:06pm

I've only just home from golf, and am reading the horrendous reports about what happened in Woolwich this afternoon. I bet those morons at the EDL are mobilising as we speak.

Where does this hate come from?

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ATM.....how do you PM?...

Submitted by Fitter Stoke on 22 May 2013 - 8:01pm

...or to put it another way...how DO you PM...on this site...

Drokk!!! What a bargain

Submitted by ip33 on 22 May 2013 - 7:02pm

I know that Amazon isn't everybodies cup of tea on here, and that's fair enough but they have a bit of a bargain at moment.

If you were a 2000AD reader in the 70s these will be right up your street. And at a great price.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Judge-Dredd-Complete-Files-ebook/dp/B00BEEC6L2/r...

This is the link to the first book, the others should be easy to find from there.

Plus these work best on those new-fangled tablets.(iPad, Nexus 7, Samsung Tab or others)

R.I.P.Brian Greenhoff

Submitted by ip33 on 22 May 2013 - 6:37pm

A sad one this for United fans old enough to remember the seventies. A great player.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22631540

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How's your ethical tax-avoidance boycott going?

Submitted by Brookster on 22 May 2013 - 6:29pm

Turning my back on Starbucks and Amazon was fairly straightfoward. I've switched from Google to Yahoo, but I have to judge Microsoft and Apple by the same standards, so I can't use Windows, Windows Phone, iOS, OSX, Android or Chromebooks.

I could switch to Linux, but Microsoft and Google have contributed code to the kernel. Ditto Apple with FreeBSD.

So I've built a generic PC, but, erm … I don't suppose anyone's got a copy of Unix lying around? OS/2 Warp?

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Gentle, gorgeous music to soothe a troubled soul.

Submitted by tiggerlion on 22 May 2013 - 4:41pm

This week has been full of fret. My heart has raced, my brow fevered and my fingers atremble. I need a bit of tender loving care. I'm planning on a long, languid bath, sustained by the finest scotch I can lay hands on (and I very rarely drink alcohol). I would like a full body massage but I know no-one with the skills nor the inclination and I'm not about to out-source one. So, instead, I need some suitable music for aural massage and soul-soothing. Something calming, delicate and exquisite.

Something Just So, like this by Agnes Obel:

http://m.

Members of The Afterword, please help.

(& don't worry, my troubles are very minor.)

R I P Mick McManus

Submitted by Ralph on 22 May 2013 - 4:31pm

Wrestling great Mick McManus dies aged 93.

20 million television viewers watched his grudge match with Jackie Pallo. Hard to imagine those kind of figures nowadays.

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/others/british-wrestler-mick-...

I have no opinion on this topic

Submitted by niscum on 22 May 2013 - 4:17pm

'I reserve the right not to have an opinion on this'

I used that phrase when under pressure from my then girlfriend as to where I stood on the heated topic of fox hunting. I mean, everyone and his aunt seemed to hold strong views on it but I (like most city dwellers) knew nothing about it and instead of jumping on the 'ooh killing animals is bad, fox-hunting is just ... intuitively wrong' bandwagon, I chose to assume that those who live in the countryside were probably more likely to have an informed opinion on the subject than someone like me who know zero about it, and who would not be affected either way by the proposed legislational change.

But I think having no opinion is a strong point to make in itself, not just a cop out because you can't be bothered to find out about the arguments. There's just too much noise sometimes. For me it's like abstaining rather than just not voting. It's a valid position - exhilarating even - and dims the cackle.

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