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Well, well, well, Darling Ones, Today is the 40th anniversary of “Let it Be” (The Replacements’ version), which contains the song “I Will Dare,” which happens to be the greatest side one, track one of all time. ALL TIME! If I were better at seeing into the future I’d have saved a few thoughts brought on by the 28th Anniversary of The ‘Mats’ ‘Let it Be’ for a more monumental …

The aim of this series, published at the start of each month, aims at personal improvement through the public sharing of goals and targets. I resurrected it after a gap of 14 years last month. Looking back My targets for last month were: Camp for at least one night away from home Land at least one new client Launch the new version of ailiteracy.fyi Go swimming at least twice Get …

Part Elevation Photo from Drawing Matter (Hornbaekhaus) was built in 1923 and designed by the Architect Kay Fisker. It was built for a cooperative housing association with government support and is pretty big taking up a large urban block in Copenhagen all by itself. It’s longest facade is about 180m long, and there are about 290 apartments in the block the average size of them being 70m². Exterior elevations are …

This chicken flavored rice is toasted and cooked in chicken stock with a few aromatics to give it a delicious flavor. It’s especially good as a side dish for chicken, but would be delicious alongside anything that goes well with rice! A Revelation at a Restaurant The first time we tried chicken flavored rice was ... View Post

A collection of nine stories by Mark Samuels, who passed away suddenly in December 2023, after this collection had been put together. Seven of the stories are arranged as "The Gallows Langley Sequence of Tales," as they are all set in and around fictional places in Hertfordshire, including the town Gallows Langley and the valley of Thool--a setting used previously by Samuels, most notably in the novel Witch-Cult Abbey (which …

Invitation à la sortie du roman Bikepunk et aux 20 ans de Ploum.net Pour fêter la sortie de son nouveau roman « Bikepunk, les chroniques du flash » le 15 octobre et fêter les 20 ans du blog Ploum.net le 20 octobre, Ploum a le plaisir de convier : .........................(ajoute ici ton nom, ami·e lecteurice) pour une séance de dédicaces, une rencontre et un verre de l’amitié dans deux différents …

Within Our Gates (1920) Writer/director Oscar Micheaux brought to light racial inequities and concerns that were overlooked by mainstream Hollywood. One prime example, Within Our Gates exposes the myriad ways racism continued to shape and define American society in the early 20th century. Sylvia Landry (Evelyn Preer) a young African American woman, travels from the South (the location is never specified) to Boston in search of funding for a school …

Over the past few days, I’ve been posting lots of interesting facts about exactly what’s on Onslow’s telly in Keeping Up Appearances. If I was somebody sensible, I would pretend I had now tracked down every last piece of information about the topic. By poking it any more, all I risk is inducing boredom and confusion, even among the hardcore readers of this site. However, as previously established for the …

Beckon - Festoon The London six-piece fronted by Faith Taylor, once of Suggested Friends and Chorusgirl, describe themselves as "alternative folk/heartland rock" and, yeah, that's about as good a thumbnail description as we can offer, what with sax, forceful chorus and quasi-heroic solo plus violin, harmonies and shuffling beat. Debut album Between The Bridge And Tree is out at the end of the month. Between The Bridge And Tree by …

Back in 2017, a columnist for the Taos News wrote about Pot Creek, the area's "best-kept secret archaeological site." It was not until earlier this summer, a mere seven years later, that I thought to check that out.I had seen the entrance signage many times, but I did not know that "For 25 years or so this little gem has been closed to visitors. But while still officially closed, the …

This series of texts, guest edited by Ben Libman, is being published in the run up to minor [i]ncident, a night of readings and discussion happening in Paris on October 12th, 2024. You can find more information about the event and its participants here. Charles J. March III is a field medic veteran currently living in California. His work has been put out by Atlas Obscura, datura, Misery Tourism, RIC …

Today’s post is by Jennie Case. When my essay, A Political Pregnancy, came out in The Rumpus, I was so frozen I spent most of the day stiff in a chair, the room swirling. It took a good week for me to unthaw, and nearly a year for me to share the piece publicly on social media. To be sure: I was proud of the essay, which explored my painful, …

On 30th October Rachel Reeves will be setting out her first budget, rather than responding to someone else’s decisions. She will be leading the public discussion, not following the narrative set by another. That will be obvious in terms of tax, because she will be raising taxes rather than pretending to permanently cut them. But it should also be true for the fiscal rules that she commits the government to …

At 43 acres St Patrick’s Catholic Cemetery is relatively big by London standards, bigger than Abney Park, bigger than Brompton, bigger than West Norwood, and, rather surprisingly, bigger than both sides of Highgate combined. It doesn’t feel it, mainly because of the lack of landscaping, I think. You can see clear from one end of the cemetery to the other with barely a tree in the way to break up …