Richard Littler

Sean Howe @seanhowe.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 23:26 UTC

Jerry Siegel, co-creator of Superman, 61, at his clerking job in Los Angeles, 1975

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 11:01 UTC

"You yell Lib Dems, everybody says, "Huh? What?" You yell Tories, we've got a panic on our hands on the Fourth of July. But as you see it's a beautiful day, the polling stations are open and people are having a wonderful time."
#election2024

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 10:36 UTC

Government should function effectively in the background like white goods. But for the past years it's been like your fridge-freezer noisily demanding attention every 5 mins, switching off for hours at a time, fiddling its definition of 'cold', and eating your food then blaming the washing machine.

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 08:06 UTC

Well, that's my take on it today anyway. If you don't see it that way, and feel the urge to refute my interpretation, I'll point you to another track on the album called 'Shhh.'

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 08:06 UTC

#NowPlaying Miles Davis. There's a track called "It's About That Time."
I *think* it's about recognising the need to vote out a government that is, at worst, corrupt with a fetish for authoritarianism; at best, utterly, demonstrably incompetent.
#jazz #election

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 08:03 UTC

Well, that's my take on it today anyway. If you don't see it that way, and feel the urge to refute my interpretation, I'll point you to another track on the album called 'Shhh.'

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 12:10 UTC

Ethical bankruptcy and fraud. No surprise there.

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 11:27 UTC

And Ron Carter who has recorded god knows how tracks on over 2200 albums.

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 11:01 UTC

This time it was the Europe '72 album

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 08:59 UTC

I really like the first two albums, but then interest wanes

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 08:57 UTC

[Yes, I know Bullitt is 1968]

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 08:57 UTC

#NowPlaying 1970s #soundtracks. When I look at the credits, I see that session bassist Carol Kaye (of the famous "Wrecking Crew") features on them. This is either a coincidence or she played bass on every album *in history*.
Google: "10,000 recordings in a career spanning over 65 years"

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 08:16 UTC

Yes, I last attempted that 20 or so years ago. I think I can live with myself if I don't try again.

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 08:14 UTC

I appreciate and like the whole Bowie 'aura', and I really enjoy some of the classic hits, but I've never been motivated enough to buy an actual album.

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 08:10 UTC

I'm also trying García Márquez again. Could never get to grips with him. Now, after reading the 1st of his chronologically Collected Short Stories (which were full of mixed metaphors) I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt & jumping to the back of the book to work backwards. See also: Joyce, Woolf.

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 08:04 UTC

I got into Led Zepp when I was younger, but I'm still way more familiar with their live stuff than the studio albums.

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 08:03 UTC

Same, I couldn't name or even recognise a single track by them.

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 07:58 UTC

Every decade or so I try, yet again, to listen to the Grateful Dead. I usually last about 10 mins on average. This time: 7 minutes. I'll try again in 2034. See also: Frank Zappa, the Rolling Stones, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Steely Dan.

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 12:19 UTC

Also, the author's name sounds like it might be a cockney rhyming slang insult. "'ave a butcher's at that geezer over there. What a constant Lambert."

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 10:48 UTC

I'm way more than just a fan of music, I'm a...

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 08:52 UTC

...water held over his head, and his pants half down, full of tics, and angrily screaming 'fuck off, you cunts', while Andrew dances in the background like a mashed Magnum P.I. ZZ Top Bez.

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 08:51 UTC

The only act I would have gone to #Glastonbury for this year. #SleafordMods.
In this age of ostentatious live shows with props & multiple costume changes, you have to admire their stagecraft: Jason W. randomly cawing like a gibbon/kookaburra throughout with a bottle of...

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 30, 2024 at 18:48 UTC

Back in 1939, if people passing this newsstand were told that one of the #comics would eventually sell for this kind of money they would have exploded.

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 30, 2024 at 12:50 UTC

Thanks, but wasn't aware of weather issues. All normal where I am.

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 29, 2024 at 16:37 UTC

Yes, 1st time since I've been living abroad.

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 29, 2024 at 14:45 UTC

I just created my own alternative #Glastonbury line-up and ran it through an app that estimates probable attendee numbers.
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87
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With the caveat that 49 of them may not attend because they get anxious in groups of people greater than 10.

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 29, 2024 at 14:09 UTC

For some reason, they didn't want to go with my: 'Next week, purge a Tory to avoid purgaTory.'

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