Another Iain
@anotheriain.bsky.social
Not *the* Iain MacDonald: just another Iain MacDonald.
Outer Hebridean Inner Londoner.
Harmonising with The Everly Brothers.
One man's civilisation is another man's jungle.
You might as well laugh - you won't get your money back.
Also @ukcovidghostsigns
Outer Hebridean Inner Londoner.
Harmonising with The Everly Brothers.
One man's civilisation is another man's jungle.
You might as well laugh - you won't get your money back.
Also @ukcovidghostsigns
Age yourself with gaming.
Alt text: A picture of a game of Pong being played (though the version we had was a cheap knock-off, I'm sure).
Alt text: A picture of a game of Pong being played (though the version we had was a cheap knock-off, I'm sure).
November 13, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Age yourself with gaming.
Alt text: A picture of a game of Pong being played (though the version we had was a cheap knock-off, I'm sure).
Alt text: A picture of a game of Pong being played (though the version we had was a cheap knock-off, I'm sure).
I've not noticed before the list of trending searches I get when I go to Google on my phone. Some of these seem plausible, nationally or internationally; some of them very much don't.
October 26, 2025 at 8:32 AM
I've not noticed before the list of trending searches I get when I go to Google on my phone. Some of these seem plausible, nationally or internationally; some of them very much don't.
Today I joined the very exclusive society of people who have listened to Unfinished Music No 1: Two Virgins twice. (First time online, this time on an actual vinyl copy (US version) that I spent £10 on despite knowing what it sounded like.)
October 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Today I joined the very exclusive society of people who have listened to Unfinished Music No 1: Two Virgins twice. (First time online, this time on an actual vinyl copy (US version) that I spent £10 on despite knowing what it sounded like.)
"Did you get it?"
"I've got it. A lovely little brown one, just like you asked for."
"Thank you so much! I can't wait to meet my new therapy puppy!"
"Yes, I - wait, what?"
"I've got it. A lovely little brown one, just like you asked for."
"Thank you so much! I can't wait to meet my new therapy puppy!"
"Yes, I - wait, what?"
October 23, 2025 at 10:42 PM
"Did you get it?"
"I've got it. A lovely little brown one, just like you asked for."
"Thank you so much! I can't wait to meet my new therapy puppy!"
"Yes, I - wait, what?"
"I've got it. A lovely little brown one, just like you asked for."
"Thank you so much! I can't wait to meet my new therapy puppy!"
"Yes, I - wait, what?"
It's Christmas! Two months of seasonal meal deals for me.
October 20, 2025 at 12:32 PM
It's Christmas! Two months of seasonal meal deals for me.
Having a coffee before choir.
"We've only got oat milk, is that alright?"
"I'll give it a go."
It's alright.
"We've only got oat milk, is that alright?"
"I'll give it a go."
It's alright.
October 14, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Having a coffee before choir.
"We've only got oat milk, is that alright?"
"I'll give it a go."
It's alright.
"We've only got oat milk, is that alright?"
"I'll give it a go."
It's alright.
perhaps they were going for the old Salvador Dali perspective...
September 27, 2025 at 8:05 PM
perhaps they were going for the old Salvador Dali perspective...
The list of current open petitions to UK Parliament with over 200k signatures is an interesting set.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions?st...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions?st...
September 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The list of current open petitions to UK Parliament with over 200k signatures is an interesting set.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions?st...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions?st...
Did that thing again of going back to my book after twenty internet minutes and thus being reminded what I'd gone onto the internet to look up and had got distracted before looking it up and had forgotten to look it up. Anyway, I do now know where in London Arthur Rowe lived in The Ministry Of Fear.
September 20, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Did that thing again of going back to my book after twenty internet minutes and thus being reminded what I'd gone onto the internet to look up and had got distracted before looking it up and had forgotten to look it up. Anyway, I do now know where in London Arthur Rowe lived in The Ministry Of Fear.
The queue for the Last Night of the Proms is getting a bit out of hand.
September 13, 2025 at 4:22 PM
The queue for the Last Night of the Proms is getting a bit out of hand.
The seasons have changed and I almost missed it! Freeview Channel 52 changed from 'GREAT! romance' on Wednesday 3rd September to 'GREAT! Christmas' on Thursday 4th September. Best wishes to all those who celebrate.
September 5, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The seasons have changed and I almost missed it! Freeview Channel 52 changed from 'GREAT! romance' on Wednesday 3rd September to 'GREAT! Christmas' on Thursday 4th September. Best wishes to all those who celebrate.
Today is the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two. This is the Japanese delegation surrendering on 2nd September 1945 on the USS Missouri. Among the many amazing things I have learned on the We Have Ways podcast is that one of these men - top hat on the right, I think - was Yoko Ono's uncle.
September 2, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Today is the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two. This is the Japanese delegation surrendering on 2nd September 1945 on the USS Missouri. Among the many amazing things I have learned on the We Have Ways podcast is that one of these men - top hat on the right, I think - was Yoko Ono's uncle.
Dornford Yates on my plates.
August 16, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Dornford Yates on my plates.
Adding injury to insult, though you get a big mug of tea here in Coffee Island, the design of the handle makes it almost impossible to lift.
August 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Adding injury to insult, though you get a big mug of tea here in Coffee Island, the design of the handle makes it almost impossible to lift.
British spelling has been corroded by US publishers bothering less about UK editions with revised spellings, and then the dominance of US spelling on the internet and social media, and now US spelling increasingly appears in British print and signage. An irresistible and irreversible tide I fear.
August 4, 2025 at 4:58 PM
British spelling has been corroded by US publishers bothering less about UK editions with revised spellings, and then the dominance of US spelling on the internet and social media, and now US spelling increasingly appears in British print and signage. An irresistible and irreversible tide I fear.
The word written in reverse on the statue in the generally peaceful, empty sunken garden in which I have been finishing the excellent Sword Of Bone by Anthony Rhodes is evidently on some self-guided walking quiz, given the occasional brief visits by peering people, some clutching printouts. Dudeney.
July 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The word written in reverse on the statue in the generally peaceful, empty sunken garden in which I have been finishing the excellent Sword Of Bone by Anthony Rhodes is evidently on some self-guided walking quiz, given the occasional brief visits by peering people, some clutching printouts. Dudeney.
Are you having a stroke, Youtube?
July 6, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Are you having a stroke, Youtube?
I often think of Ghost World when I see Scarlett Johansson, and how her character there gravitated from outsider to mainstream normie (thanks to her underlying ordinariness and "conventional good looks"?) while Thora Birch's did not, and how her career feels a bit like that.
July 6, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I often think of Ghost World when I see Scarlett Johansson, and how her character there gravitated from outsider to mainstream normie (thanks to her underlying ordinariness and "conventional good looks"?) while Thora Birch's did not, and how her career feels a bit like that.
Got this today. Few who have heard the Decca tapes could say that Decca were wrong to turn The Beatles down on the basis of the audition session. Striking that none of the songs appear on their debut LP a year later; Money & Till There Was You appeared on the 2nd; they gave away the three originals.
July 4, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Got this today. Few who have heard the Decca tapes could say that Decca were wrong to turn The Beatles down on the basis of the audition session. Striking that none of the songs appear on their debut LP a year later; Money & Till There Was You appeared on the 2nd; they gave away the three originals.
Joining in the "Quote with a pic of you from the 80s" thing.
2015 Me holding a photo of 1983 Me.
2015 Me holding a photo of 1983 Me.
June 29, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Joining in the "Quote with a pic of you from the 80s" thing.
2015 Me holding a photo of 1983 Me.
2015 Me holding a photo of 1983 Me.
Tada! Film entirely wwii footage with beatles covers played over them iirc.
June 26, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Tada! Film entirely wwii footage with beatles covers played over them iirc.
Jean's baptism record! She was 17 or 18 when she got this book. www.lan-opc.org.uk/Wigan/Pember...
May 31, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Jean's baptism record! She was 17 or 18 when she got this book. www.lan-opc.org.uk/Wigan/Pember...
In unaccompanied-psalm-singing denominations (like The Free Church Of Scotland) we had and have 'split-leaf psalters' containing tunes at the top and words at the bottom, so the precenter can mix and match. (Tunes in metre order, psalm text include what metre they are + name some recommended tunes.)
May 31, 2025 at 7:33 PM
In unaccompanied-psalm-singing denominations (like The Free Church Of Scotland) we had and have 'split-leaf psalters' containing tunes at the top and words at the bottom, so the precenter can mix and match. (Tunes in metre order, psalm text include what metre they are + name some recommended tunes.)
I went to @efdss.bsky.social and picked up some CDs and an LP in their ongoing sale (had to be very restrained). I also got one book; it was coverless, but says its 250 pages contain 'A comprehensive anthology of folk songs of the British Isles', which is why it was the only book I needed to buy.
May 30, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I went to @efdss.bsky.social and picked up some CDs and an LP in their ongoing sale (had to be very restrained). I also got one book; it was coverless, but says its 250 pages contain 'A comprehensive anthology of folk songs of the British Isles', which is why it was the only book I needed to buy.
One point of interest in Sword Of Bone is that he doesn't translate French phrases when he uses/ quotes them. Were British readers really more familiar with French then? Plenty stuff like this snip also, which may or may not be purely for humour.
May 9, 2025 at 12:29 PM
One point of interest in Sword Of Bone is that he doesn't translate French phrases when he uses/ quotes them. Were British readers really more familiar with French then? Plenty stuff like this snip also, which may or may not be purely for humour.