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mole9.bsky.social
Equally uninformed about music, art and science but likely to post on any regardless. ECM nerd and Gerhard Richter obsessive. If I'm playing music: yes, it's supposed to sound like that.
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Pope Modular V
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Anyone else hearing dial-up modem sounds when looking at that pic?
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Ron is unimpressed by its absence.
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Making a hammer out of a styrofoam cup full of Hg in front of a bunch of VI form students (of whom I was one), then walloping the supposedly frozen hand* of the other demonstrator with said hammer. Different times :) *actually a rubber glove with cotton wool stuffed in the fingers
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Two lecturers at my sixth form college. They had been doing the demonstration for several years, but apparently "the finger flying off and landing in that girl's lap: that was unexpected."
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I witnessed an demonstration that went spectacularly wrong (or right, depending on who you ask) that involved someone pretending to place their hand in liquid N2, a mercury hammer*, a flying disembodied finger and a hysterical student being taken out of the class. *yes, a hammer made of mercury.
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Bonus points for "naughtiness detection vehicles" 👏👏
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Their default position seems to be "everyone has a TV, and if you say you don't then you're probably lying so we'll come and check."
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Agreed. Wouldn't be surprised if they transported it in something sealed (oops) or spilled it in a confined area (big oops)
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Anyone who says "use liquid nitrogen on {whatever}" is usually about to inadvertently kill or maim themselves.
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Well, The Spy Who Came In From The Cold - but it's a tough call.
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Yep. The Calling, the long track from side 2 of Rejoicing, is more in that vein.
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It's preemptive recycling.
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Side 2 definitely benefits from a bit of volume and, preferably, absent neighbours.
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The best, wonderful plan.
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Good point.
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Like proprietor Evgeny Lebedev, obviously.
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Bravo 😆
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Had my eye on those. Good to hear some positive feedback.
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Beatdown would be my choice - about a minute's walk from the Central Station. Lots of new stuff (LPs/CDs, a few tapes) in the front and a large selection of second hand items in the back room. RPM (10' away) has a good selection of second hand discs. Vinyl Guru has interesting stock but is £££.
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It used to be a great store, but their prices for (particularly) vinyl records were ludicrous. Sad to see them go - spent a good deal of my pocket money in there - but not entirely surprised.
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"preemptive recycling"?
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Stretching my memory of the backdrop there but it rings vague bells.
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Tynemouth sands?
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See also: David Lynch's The Angriest Dog in the World.
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Skydiving or pasta making? Why not both? Little more satisfying than creating the perfect farfalle before the 'chute opens.
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Could someone be kind enough to post the list so we can have a laugh? The Express can do one if they expect me to have personalised advertising from them.
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An original copy too, by the looks of it.
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*cough*
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That one might sneak through Marie's cr*mble filter.
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No challenges from me, implicit or otherwise.
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Oh dear. Gives us atheists a bad name. PS am suffering from Cornetto jealousy.
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I have a vague memory of her presenting a weather broadcast and pointing to something over her shoulder, presumably what she thought was going to be a chart, and it was someone's bare backside. Entirely possible I imagined this, but it seems curiously specific.
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Had one on our lab a while back that said "Trespassers welcome: test subjects are expensive" but my boss made me take it down 😕
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That is the one I was looking for!
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Traditional celebration of the anniversary of the battle of Waterloo?
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📌
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And what a roster of musicians!