David Pattie
@davidpattie.bsky.social
Teaches Drama at University of Birmingham. Scot. And unfeasibly tall.
Written about Beckett, UK theatre, popular music, Eno, Kraftwerk, Velvets, Talking Heads, and why gigs look the way they do.
Written about Beckett, UK theatre, popular music, Eno, Kraftwerk, Velvets, Talking Heads, and why gigs look the way they do.
Aah I’ll put yer pyramids on mars for you no that doesn’t make sense erm oooh just you wait and I’ll space yer ark no that doesn’t work either hang on I’m going to give yer ribos a good operating I can’t do the sexy talk I just can’t
November 10, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Aah I’ll put yer pyramids on mars for you no that doesn’t make sense erm oooh just you wait and I’ll space yer ark no that doesn’t work either hang on I’m going to give yer ribos a good operating I can’t do the sexy talk I just can’t
This one makes me squirm on behalf of all Scots everywhere.
November 10, 2025 at 10:06 PM
This one makes me squirm on behalf of all Scots everywhere.
We also report on the growing use of crib sheets by unscrupulous fathers; one told us 'I thought I could stuff Montaigne's Selected Essays down my slacks and whip out a page when needed. I'm a fool. I know that now.'
November 10, 2025 at 9:53 PM
We also report on the growing use of crib sheets by unscrupulous fathers; one told us 'I thought I could stuff Montaigne's Selected Essays down my slacks and whip out a page when needed. I'm a fool. I know that now.'
True; but if it's all the same I'll hang about in the cathedral town and environs. Just as long as nothing happens to Septimus Harding hang on pardon what
November 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
True; but if it's all the same I'll hang about in the cathedral town and environs. Just as long as nothing happens to Septimus Harding hang on pardon what
Dunno- looks a bit racy for me. I’ll stay in Barchester.
November 10, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Dunno- looks a bit racy for me. I’ll stay in Barchester.
True, at least outside of Scotland- for us bunch, it’s one of the foundational texts of modern Scots Lit.
November 9, 2025 at 10:17 PM
True, at least outside of Scotland- for us bunch, it’s one of the foundational texts of modern Scots Lit.
I thought he was going to impose Shandean law, in which you'll be required to take ages to write about the night you were born.
November 9, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I thought he was going to impose Shandean law, in which you'll be required to take ages to write about the night you were born.
For me it's this, from Alasdair Gray's Lanark. Hobbes' Scotland- and I swear you can see the house I grew up in.
November 9, 2025 at 7:31 PM
For me it's this, from Alasdair Gray's Lanark. Hobbes' Scotland- and I swear you can see the house I grew up in.
Beat me to it- and the marbled page.
November 9, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Beat me to it- and the marbled page.
Well... one added clause: 'only people aged between 47 and 55 think Fleetwood Mac are bad bd they make an exception for Tusk because the NME said it was New Wave.'
November 9, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Well... one added clause: 'only people aged between 47 and 55 think Fleetwood Mac are bad bd they make an exception for Tusk because the NME said it was New Wave.'
November 9, 2025 at 1:33 PM
November 9, 2025 at 1:30 PM
And for all you people who're struggling with paranoia: just want you to know, I'm right behind you.
November 9, 2025 at 1:25 PM
And for all you people who're struggling with paranoia: just want you to know, I'm right behind you.
Y'know- I think I'd like your spouse. That one is pretty much perfect.
November 8, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Y'know- I think I'd like your spouse. That one is pretty much perfect.
True- and it's got the courage of its own particular mise-en-scene. Watched it yesterday; what struck me first was just how beautifully consistent the design is.
November 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
True- and it's got the courage of its own particular mise-en-scene. Watched it yesterday; what struck me first was just how beautifully consistent the design is.
And not before time.
November 7, 2025 at 4:17 PM
And not before time.
Ach damn thought I was first with the fart joke *Tips hat respectfully*
November 6, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Ach damn thought I was first with the fart joke *Tips hat respectfully*
In TNG they mistreat m’ boy O’Brien. They don’t know he’s the greatest union man in the cosmos.
November 6, 2025 at 3:15 PM
In TNG they mistreat m’ boy O’Brien. They don’t know he’s the greatest union man in the cosmos.