Tag Archives: The Fall

Dragons

February 6, 2018Books, Death, Pop Music, Sci-fiAlbert Camus, David Bowie, Mark E Smith, T2: Trainspotting, The Fall, Ursula K. Le Guin, Val McDermidricky

They say, You’re never too old to learn. And I’m worried that I may have to cast aside one of the touchstones by which I live my live.

My 🙅‍♂️🐉 No #Dragon policy means that I don’t even imagine what #GameofThrones might look like. https://t.co/gVkJi6D8KJ

— Ricky Monahan Brown (@ricky_ballboy) January 2, 2018

Not that I’ve got anything against dragons, you understand. Just everything they stand for.

[Boycotting this post due to a love of dragons? Check out the Apoplexy Newsletter instead.] Continue reading Dragons →

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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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August 8, 2017Mental Health, StrokeDoctor Who, gaming, The Fallricky

…Is Bad For Your Health.

Right. Have I got stroke news for you…‽

Die, Kool Aid Man! HAHAHAHAHAHA!! — Uh-oh. Looks like someone’s having a stroke.

I have literally no idea what’s going on in that picture. When I were a kid, computer game characters worked down t’mine.

[For more whimsy and a post soundtrack, check out the Apoplexy Tiny Letter]

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Our Christmas Gift to You

December 12, 2016Birds Fate, Composed Music, Nerd Bait, Pop MusicAlanis Morissette, The Fall, Wet Wet Wetricky

Well, nobody found the Birds Fate Ruins Xmas EP during the past week. Which is hardly surprising, given the story of its creation and deletion. Besides, Prof Paul, Mouthsounds Steph and I have made a point of scouring car boot and stoop sales, second-hand record stores, and record fairs for Birds Fate material for more years than I think any of us care to remember.

It's Broken Mirror or nothing, man. — “Get outta my store, losers!”

But you know how it is with your favourite bands – you don’t listen to them for ages, and then you put ’em on and remember why you loved them in the first place. So it was that the Prof went back to his Birds Fate archive after reading last weeks post.

[More whimsy, more material, more secrets at the Apoplexy Tiny Letter.]

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the scribblings of a bloke who had a stroke…

Tag Archives: The Fall

Dragons

Immortality

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Our Christmas Gift to You