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Tusk

February 11, 2019Brexit, Current Affairs, EU Referendum, Football, Nerd Bait, PoliticsDonald Tusk, Fleetwood Mac, Nerd Bait, Pulp Fiction, Samuel L. Jackson, Tusk, Unicerosaurusricky

I haven’t written much on the blog recently that’s directly about Brexit. Partly, the reason is that I’m continually hearing news stories and vox pops and politicians and business leaders on the radio banging on about it and I’m thinking –

Why do I keep hearing about this? What has this got to do with me? Why does this affect anyone I know?

Then I remember and I’m absolutely furious.

What is process for removing our EU citizenship? Voting yes. #scotdecides
— Better Together (@UK_Together) September 2, 2014

But, hey. Brexit isn’t all bad…

[Read on to find out the good stuff. But first, check out the Apoplexy Tiny Letter]

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The Hexx

June 26, 2018Brexit, Design, EU Referendum, Interrobang, Nerd Bait, Pop MusicLe Corbusier, Nerd Bait, Pavement, Talking Headsricky

This week, Mrs Stroke Bloke and I are in Rhode Island, the home of legendary Scottish band Talking Heads.

Basically, they're The Skids — Talking Heads: Almost as Scottish as AC/DC

[When you go, will you send back/A Tiny Letter from America?]

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Fontanelle

February 20, 2018Healthcare, Nerd Bait, Podcasts, StrokeNerd Bait, trepanation, trepanning, trephination, trephiningricky

So, this happened this week:

As a veteran of a #stroke-related #trephination/#trepanning, I’m stoked to listen to this episode of Out Of The Ordinary on @BBCRadio4: https://t.co/MENIEnyhgU

Check out “Trephination” from @NerdBaitBand‘s The Treacherous Brain here: https://t.co/c6AOO49KuG pic.twitter.com/hi1xoGXVBU

— Ricky Monahan Brown (@ricky_ballboy) February 16, 2018

Well, not The Treacherous Brain live. Nor my own trepanning, trepanation, trephination, or trephining. Both of those events happened a while ago, now.

[You need this week’s Apoplexy Newsletter like a hole in the head.] Continue reading Fontanelle →

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Thought For The Day

October 18, 2016Economics, Edinburgh, Interrobang, Mindfulness, Nerd Bait, Sci-fi, Scottish Independence, Stroke, US ElectionsDonald Trump, Grassmarket Community Project, Interrobang, Nerd Bait, Oxjamricky

My love for BBC Radio 4’s PM programme, as hosted by Eddie Mair, is well-documented on this website (1, 2). During #indyref the first, I remember him conducting one of the better interviews I heard with Scotland’s First Minister.

You should see Blankety-Blank with Lilly Savage! — Eddie & Pals: Call My Bluff’s changed!

However, it’s becoming increasingly apparent – from, for example, the Today programme’s coverage of yesterday’s news that the Westminster government is mulling making substantial payments to the EU to retain financial services passporting rights for the City of London– that The Herald‘s chief reporter has captured a larger truth about the BBC’s output.

I think the talking heads who review newspapers on London TV shows like Marr are running out of excuses for not understanding Scotland.

— David Leask (@LeaskyHT) October 16, 2016

[Yes, somehow I’ll pivot this into strokes and art. Read on to find out how.] Continue reading Thought For The Day →

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Bang!

October 10, 2016Edinburgh, Interrobang, Nerd Bait, StrokeInterrobang, Nerd Bait, Oxjam, Woodland Creaturesricky

If you’ve ever visited the About Me section of apoplectic.me, you may recognize this picture:

I'm more of a Poster Children guy, myself — Flower Manchild

(Actually, it could do with a bit of an update. I’ll do that when I’m done here.)

That’s four years ago, and I don’t really remember anything about the circumstances. Well, y’know, I had recently suffered a catastrophic haemorrhagic stroke. I’m pretty sure about that. But, other than that….

[For more whimsy and an eclectic weekly song selection, get the Apoplexy Tiny Letter here.] Continue reading Bang! →

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The Gospel of the Unicerosaur

April 5, 2016Composed Music, Edinburgh, Fiction, Nerd Bait, Pop MusicEdinburgh International Science Festival, Illicit Ink, Nerd Bait, Unicerosaurusricky

As (kind of) trailed by yesterday’s post, apoplectic.me is simulcasting with nerdbaitband.com this week, where Longsufferingreaderoftheblogpaul writes…

Hi, Friends of NerdBait!

Our new piece, The Gospel of the Unicerosaur, is our most exciting and ambitious work to date. We are really excited to share it with you.

So, let’s just cut to the chase… Continue reading The Gospel of the Unicerosaur →

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Lies, Lies, Lies, Pt. 2

December 28, 2015Art, Birds Fate, Fiction, Mindfulness, Nerd Bait, Politics, RelationshipsBirds Fate, Christmas, Nerd Bait, The Philosopher's Armsricky

What a busy week it’s been, on and around apoplectic.me.

I’ve put Broken Mirror – The Collected Bird’s Fate Posts back up on the site. These posts have been absent from the site for a while, as they’ve been presented in other forums. But now the true story of how I met Susanne Whyte from Bird’s Fate, and found out heroes are just people like you and me, is back in one piece.
Doing that was inspired by the posting of The Prof’s liner notes to an awesome cover of Mariah Carey’s All I Want for Christmas is You over at nerdbaitband.com.
Meanwhile, my short story Phoenix Park went live over at The Dublin Inquirer. It’s part of their Christmas special fiction issue, which collects stories about superheroes set in Dublin. Pop over and have a look. And if you like it, please do leave a comment.

A brickie from Wolverhampton – LIE!!! PROBABLY!!! — 4. Er… that’s it.

Of course, if you’re on the distribution list for the Apoplexy Newsletter, you’ll be aware of all of this.

So, how could anyone possibly remember where we were last Monday, at the end of Lies, Lies, Lies, Pt. 1…? Continue reading Lies, Lies, Lies, Pt. 2 →

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Broken Mirror – The Collected Bird’s Fate Posts

December 24, 2015Birds Fate, Edinburgh, Nerd Bait, Pop Music, TravelBirds Fate, Nerd Bait, The Wedding Presentricky

In which I reflect upon the true story of meeting a hero….

The signs tell me to descend deep into a mammoth stone bridge that supports the weight of a town, into a venue that shouldn’t exist. I do as I am told, make my way down the black steps of the black stairwell, and pass through a black door into a wide, black-walled space with a black floor and a low, black ceiling. So the grime won’t show, I guess.

The only contrast is provided by a handful of handbills dotted around, advertising a forthcoming show. A single, black mitt on a white background, tattooed with an inverted image of the radio waves from pulsar CP 1919 — the cover of Unknown Pleasures. I smile, partly because it’s funny; it’s the first time I’ve seen a representation of a Joy Division Oven Glove. And partly because I’m patting myself on the back for knowing that this means the authors of that song are coming to town.

Before PANKHURST were confirmed — A little like this

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The Band of Möbius

December 7, 2015Art, Composed Music, Edinburgh, Nerd Bait, Pop MusicBilly Bragg, Drake, Duke Special, Nerd Bait, Orbital, Steve Reichricky

Anyone who’s ever subscribed to the Apoplexy Newsletter, read this blog, or met me, will be unsurprised to read that The Fabulous Beth and I went to see Billy Bragg play Edinburgh’s Queen’s Hall last week. And those sorts of people will probably also find it predictable that Billy brought along a quirky support act, made an obscure and humorous reference to Craig Gannon in his stage banter, and was playing in the aftermath of the United Kingdom’s (sic) decision to open a new campaign of war.

Not Tim Minchin. I know, he probably gets that a lot. — Quirky support act

I was particularly taken by Duke Special – for it is he – because he has ridiculous/awesome hair, had covered half of the merch table with an eclectic range of different types of art, and he sang a song called Last Night I Nearly Died. (That’s enough rule of three – Ed.)

Hey! Last night about three years ago, I nearly died!

But that wasn’t all that went on last week…

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Nerd Bait GHV6 – Update

September 9, 2015Birds Fate, Composed Music, Nerd Bait, Pop Music, StrokeBandcamp, GHV6, Nerd Baitricky

Nerd Bait’s Wurdz Boi writes:

Nerd Bait’s appointed-against-his-will marketing svengali and master of low-light photography @chrisdonia suggested that the band get hip to the kids and put Greatest Hits, Vol.6 – featuring stroke-themed mini-musical The Treacherous Brain – up on Bandcamp.

<a href="http://nerdbait.bandcamp.com/album/greatest-hits-volume-6">Greatest Hits, Volume 6 by Nerd Bait</a>

So just like Radiohead, we posted our album with a “name your price” option starting at £0.00. You get high-quality downloads in MP3, FLAC, and more, as well as unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app. We get to be rich. Like Radiohead. Rich, I tells ya!

"All the peanut butter, bacon, and jelly sandwiches you can eat, son." — Nerd Bait’s Wurdz Boi signs the band’s publishing deal.

Well, we get to share our stuff with you in a convenient and free fashion, and we’re very happy about that.

We hope you’ll take advantage of us it.

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the scribblings of a bloke who had a stroke…

Tag Archives: Nerd Bait

Tusk

The Hexx

Fontanelle

Thought For The Day

Bang!

The Gospel of the Unicerosaur

Lies, Lies, Lies, Pt. 2

Broken Mirror – The Collected Bird’s Fate Posts

The Band of Möbius

Nerd Bait GHV6 – Update