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Writes software and fiction. Tries to keep the two apart. Books published by Farrago and others. Supremo and Grand Panjandrum at the Worldwide Subbub Organisation. He/him. https://linktr.ee/jonpinnock
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I knew you'd get it, at least!
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One spring morning all the clocks were wrong.
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Good lord, so I am. Very rare event, that.
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My memory may be hazy here, but I'm sure that Sultans of Swing was a sleeper for ages and John Peel was an early fan.
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Anyway, today I'll probably be listening to the three different stereo versions in the 2010 box set. Plus possibly the 5.1 version tonight.
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Also Face the Music - used to love it but on reflection it was possibly the smuggest programme ever committed to television.
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… aaaaaand we’re back in the room.
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I love those sentences of Morton's that take a massive handbrake turn halfway through and (yes, I know, I know) Langham's delivery is perfect.
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Good point
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Phil Spector's the other one - a man who ACTUALLY KILLED SOMEONE. But his work's an essential part of the pop music canon.
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Yup. Also free food from our veg patch.
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Yep. First thing you do is multiply the initial number by 9, and the digits of any number divisible by 9 add up to 9, so when you take 5 away, you're always left with 4.
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[version with typo corrected]
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Acquired an LP of Burnt Lips almost half a century ago and Sonora’s Death Row haunts me to this day.
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Sure - I was talking about it from the publishers’ point of view.
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Or even "been". Where did "baan" come from, Mr Auto-correct?
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The buses are excellent, however.
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Oh yes. It’s wonderful.
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Ever read this? It's hilarious.
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Librarians are often called upon to make up the numbers :) Fond memories of a talk I gave a couple of years ago to an audience of two people I knew, plus one of their kids and their baby, plus the librarian. The baby needed feeding halfway through, so the numbers actually went down in real time.