The Way It Crumbles

macabrestanwyck replied to your post: I forgot it was Towel Day until just now…. I am...

Sat, 25 May 2013 17:04:08 +0100

macabrestanwyck replied to your post: I forgot it was Towel Day until just now….

I am taking away your nerd badge.

No you won’t! I’ll just put my towel over my head. If I can’t see you, you can’t see me.

I forgot it was Towel Day until just now. NERDFAIL.

Sat, 25 May 2013 17:01:07 +0100

I forgot it was Towel Day until just now. NERDFAIL.

British-Somali songwriter, feminist, and musician Marianne Joan...

Sat, 25 May 2013 16:52:51 +0100

British-Somali songwriter, feminist, and musician Marianne Joan Elliott-Said, also known by her stage name Poly Styrene, is most notably known for being the founder of punk rock band X-Ray Spex.

She was born in Bromley, London, and ran away from home at the age of 15 with just £3 in her pocket, hitchhiking from one music festival to another. This adventure ended when she stepped on a rusty nail while bathing in a stream and had to be treated for septicaemia.

After seeing the Sex Pistols performance at the Pier Pavillion Hastings on her 19th birthday she thought that anyone could do what they were doing and so decided to form her own Punk Rock band, putting an ad in the paper calling for ‘young punx who want to stick it together’, and that was the beginning of X-Ray Spex. She eventually became a passionate feminist and posted a blog dedicated to women’s rights and defense of women.

She was described by Billboard as the “archetype for the modern-day feminist punk”; because she wore dental braces, stood against the typical sex object female of 1970’s rock star, sported a gaudy Dayglo wardrobe, and was of mixed race. She was “one of the least conventional front-persons in rock history, male or female”.

Needless to say, she was a total bad ass.

30rock-theruleofthrees: “I found Tracy, I saved the show, I...

Sat, 25 May 2013 16:27:21 +0100

30rock-theruleofthrees:

“I found Tracy, I saved the show, I always think of a third thing when listing stuff.”
— Liz, “Everything’s Sunny All the Time”

I always think of a third thing when listing stuff.

miss-sakamoto: mikeyfriskeyhands: My brother saved this...

Sat, 25 May 2013 15:01:18 +0100

miss-sakamoto:

mikeyfriskeyhands:

My brother saved this document and everytime he gets angry at our neighbours for being loud he prints it to their wireless printer and you can hear the wife shout “Why the fuck would you print this AGAIN?!” to her son.

^^^^ hahahaha

ofthebeginning replied to your video: Melt Yourself Down kicked some serious arse… Ack,...

Sat, 25 May 2013 11:39:08 +0100

ofthebeginning replied to your video: Melt Yourself Down kicked some serious arse…

Ack, not available on this side of the pond.

Ack indeed, curse virtual boundaries! Does this one work?

bogarted: Shirley MacLaine

Fri, 24 May 2013 20:04:25 +0100

bogarted:

Shirley MacLaine

According to Netflix, there are only two cultures.

Fri, 24 May 2013 17:45:00 +0100

According to Netflix, there are only two cultures.

peregr1ne: my mom is trying to pick a colour for her new wheelchair and me and my dad are telling...

Fri, 24 May 2013 17:34:55 +0100

peregr1ne:

my mom is trying to pick a colour for her new wheelchair and me and my dad are telling her to get black and she’s just like “but how will I know if someone is stealing it” and my dad is just like “because you’ll be sitting on the floor” and she slapped him

He has a point. My wheelchair is black and nobody has ever managed to steal it.

Spectacular!

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:56:54 +0100

Spectacular!

After hearing My White Bicycle the other day, I bought the Tomorrow album. On first listen, I like...

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:15:34 +0100

After hearing My White Bicycle the other day, I bought the Tomorrow album. On first listen, I like it a lot - on its own merits, and also because it makes more sense of The Dukes of Stratosphear.

The weird stereo mixing did briefly make me think my favourite headphones were broken though. Damn you, psychedelia!

macabrestanwyck: I remember sitting in bed and being near tears...

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:51:35 +0100

macabrestanwyck:

I remember sitting in bed and being near tears because I was so frustrated that I couldn’t FIND THE BASTARD!!!

There are two types of people in this world: People who call him Wally, and people who are wrong.

mediaite: CNN’s Wolf Blitzer Asks Atheist Tornado Survivor If...

Wed, 22 May 2013 21:21:12 +0100

mediaite:

CNN’s Wolf Blitzer Asks Atheist Tornado Survivor If She ‘Thanked The Lord’

So that’s Wolf Blitzer? All I can think of is the scene in 30 Rock where Jack Donaghy threatens to reveal his true name: Steel Hammerhands.

macabrestanwyck: I call this one.. “My light isn’t working and...

Wed, 22 May 2013 20:39:27 +0100

macabrestanwyck:

I call this one.. “My light isn’t working and I can’t even read and I’m bloody bored, bugger bugger bugger.”

My best friend there, auditioning for an Ingmar Bergman film…

Either the dispatch email for my next two rentals missed the ‘and’ between the titles,...

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:52:38 +0100

Either the dispatch email for my next two rentals missed the ‘and’ between the titles, or I’ve accidentally rented something called She Giant.

Melt Yourself Down kicked some serious arse on Later with Jools...

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:35:38 +0100

Melt Yourself Down kicked some serious arse on Later with Jools Holland last night.

(Shameless self-promotion: Saxophonist Pete Wareham played on one of my songs about 6 years ago.)

I watched and loved the first season of Breaking Bad recently....

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:31:35 +0100

I watched and loved the first season of Breaking Bad recently. Really looking forward to seeing the rest, when all the blu-rays come out in the UK next month.

Also, they get bonus points for casting RJ Mitte, an actor who has cerebral palsy, as a character who has cerebral palsy. Non-disabled actors playing disabled characters is one of my pet hates.

macabrestanwyck: saisonciel: Gladys Cooper by Bassano, 1910 I...

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:15:27 +0100

macabrestanwyck:

saisonciel:

Gladys Cooper by Bassano, 1910

I want hair like this..

A family friend was in San Francisco recently visiting her new...

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:57:57 +0100

A family friend was in San Francisco recently visiting her new granddaughter. She was kind enough to bring back some films I had delivered to her son’s house, saving me fuckloads in postage and import fees. The only films I’ve seen before are Cabaret and The Verdict. I’m very excited to see the others.

And these are just the films - I also ordered the final seasons of 30 Rock and Bored to Death. My to-watch pile just got a whole lot bigger.

“What’s it you say again?”

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:50:38 +0100

“What’s it you say again?”