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Watching The Prodigy at Glastonbury and I think they’re pretty good but I keep thinking of David Brent going “Ooh. You’re hard”

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Quote with a pic of you from the 80s (I’m in red) There are roughly three photos of me from the 80s.

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How I spend my Sunday evenings.

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Draft folder found. It’s got “rejected album covers” written on it.

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Well this is lovely ( @asls.org.uk ) - contains Alasdair Gray www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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😂 Rod Stewart was born in London, England, and you’re welcome to him.

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Bought three books today. The most in ages. Bunker mentality.

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I wish Prime Ministers would sometimes say (eg about goings-on at festivals) “I don’t know, I’m too busy”

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It’s hilarious how much I considered Russ Abbot the enemy when I was a moody pre-teen obsessed with The Young Ones and Alexie Sayle.

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I think getting the balance right between funniness and music is incredibly difficult. It’s little wonder they’re so rare. Sparks, HMHB and the Magnetic Fields are funny but it’s all in the lyrics. beyondthejoke.substack.com/p/whatever-h...

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I don’t mind getting old. I do mind getting not young.

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Author’s byline photo.

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Words to live by.

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I don’t suppose the bishop of Leicester appreciates how insane he sounds accusing someone of witchcraft in the 21st century for adjusts reading glasses “praying in the dark”. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Just spent the last hour applying for Universal Credit so things are going brilliantly.

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This has made me want to rewatch it. I sort of hated it but something about it always bugged me and I was never sure what.

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"Now that I'm no longer off my face on a huge amount of drugs I've noticed this thing is way too political these days"

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A friend has suggested the Alexander technique for my poor posture. Has anyone who follows me tried it? Effective method or barmy old kack?

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Browsing hats. Almost tempted to buy this one just so they can afford better photoshop skills.

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I just realised I haven’t plugged my shop for a few days. Look at my works ye mighty and think they’re quite good actually and modestly priced. marswasrubbish.etsy.com

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Going to start melodramatically describing anything I don’t like as “Has fallen” “This gooseberry pie has fallen” waits for gasps

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Every year I watch Glastonbury I come away really impressed with at least one singer or band I either hadn’t heard of had heard of but dismissed as not for me. In summary then: Music love is healthy. It’s only three days. You’ll probably be ok.

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Elderly relatives talking about you at family functions:

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People think I'm biased against Jeff Bezos, but here's Sartoria F. Caraceni, widely considered one of the best bespoke tailoring houses in the world, commenting on Bezos's wedding suit. "The most terrible, frightening, horrible tuxedo ever seen in my life. I'm really suffering"

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