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Immortality

January 30, 2018Death, Pop MusicMark E Smith, Nick Cave, Shane MacGowan, Stewart Lee, The Fallricky

It occurred to me this morning that, maybe, this blog is about death. A near death experience will do that to a person.

Or maybe, I just haven’t recovered from watching The Thing last week. Or maybe Mrs Stroke Bloke and I just went a little hard on our binge watching of The Good Place.

You're basic, byrraway — Off: Middle-aged Scotsman tries to figure out how to pull off his new jam

Except of course, The Good Place isn’t about death, really. It’s about life.

And the tsunami of famous deaths since Bowie kicked off the craze in early 2016 just keeps rolling with the death last week of Mark E Smith of The Fall…

[Have a wee apoplectic aperitif over at the Apoplexy Tiny Letter, or read on…] Continue reading Immortality →

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Kraken Post, Gromit!

July 13, 2015Movies, Relationships, Reviews20000 Days On Earth, kraken, Nick Cavericky

Recent posts here at apoplectic.me have evinced my current obsession – mythical sea creatures from the Loch Ness Monster to mermaids to sirens. If one was of an apoplectic bent, one might even see evidence of perseveration.

Wallace and Gromit in A Close Wave! GEDDIT?!?! — Gromit runs into the sea to avoid poor puns

[It’s even extended into the Apoplexy Tiny Letter distribution – here.] Continue reading Kraken Post, Gromit! →

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Mermaids

July 6, 2015Death, Movies, Nerd Bait, Pop MusicAmy, Mermaids, Nick Cavericky

Sometime this week, Longsufferinggirlfriendoftheblogbeth and I are going to see Amy, Asif Kapadia’s five-star-reviewed documentary of Amy Winehouse’s life. I saw Senna, his similar movie about the late Brazilian Formula 1, last year and thought it was very powerful. Given the interest in death often expressed on the blog, that’s maybe not surprising. Even if that interest itself is. To me at least.

There never were such devoted Sisters — Stroke Bloke and L-SGotBB prepare next week’s blog

[“A particularly apposite week to sign up for the Apoplexy Tiny Letter.” – Stroke Bloke.]

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Standard Deviation

April 27, 2015Edinburgh, Pop Music, Science, StrokeBatman, Nick Cave, Statistics, The Birthday Partyricky

Last week‘s visit to Coda Music’s event for Record Store Day was a reminder of the late, lamented branch of Avalanche Records on West Nicholson Street. Not that I need much reminding, as regular readers will know (1, 2, 3).

Alas poor Kilroy, I knew him backwards.... — Hardly knew ye? Hardly!

[Interested in how recorded and composed music is created?
Check out the Prof’s new post at nerdbaitband.com] Continue reading Standard Deviation →

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Tag Archives: Nick Cave

Immortality

Kraken Post, Gromit!

Mermaids

Standard Deviation