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In Japan for 30 years and counting | Making music as a hobby but too shy to let anyone hear it
Talking with a mate just now, I was reminded of that time in the 80s/90s Hamish Keith sued McPhail and Gadsby for defmation over a skit where they parodied him with a character called Beamish Teeth. But it's so long ago now... did that actually happen or is my memory just making things up?
September 15, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Talking with a mate just now, I was reminded of that time in the 80s/90s Hamish Keith sued McPhail and Gadsby for defmation over a skit where they parodied him with a character called Beamish Teeth. But it's so long ago now... did that actually happen or is my memory just making things up?
This evening in a tiny park in Tennoji, Osaka. #CatsofBluesky
June 1, 2025 at 1:29 PM
This evening in a tiny park in Tennoji, Osaka. #CatsofBluesky
That horn hit after Aretha Franklin sings "People walking 'round every day playing games, keeping score" slays me every time.
May 6, 2025 at 2:56 AM
That horn hit after Aretha Franklin sings "People walking 'round every day playing games, keeping score" slays me every time.
ユーチューブにアップされているラジオ体操動画から、NHKのものが消えている！昨日までふつうにあったのに。なんで？
April 1, 2025 at 2:42 AM
ユーチューブにアップされているラジオ体操動画から、NHKのものが消えている！昨日までふつうにあったのに。なんで？
I dreamed last night that there was a story on the TV news, which said that the International Cricket Council had announced new a support package for test nations outside the top 3 to weather the blow of rained-out tests, and the support was primarily funding for "hilariously obsecene performances".
February 18, 2025 at 3:48 AM
I dreamed last night that there was a story on the TV news, which said that the International Cricket Council had announced new a support package for test nations outside the top 3 to weather the blow of rained-out tests, and the support was primarily funding for "hilariously obsecene performances".
On the train in #Osaka #Japan
Four university cheer squad members: two chattering like sparrows, two asleep. The train reaches Juso. "Wake up! Aren't you getting off here?" The sleepyheads jolt awake, rush for the door, but return for a fistbump with their squad sisters - a solemn act of solidarity?
Four university cheer squad members: two chattering like sparrows, two asleep. The train reaches Juso. "Wake up! Aren't you getting off here?" The sleepyheads jolt awake, rush for the door, but return for a fistbump with their squad sisters - a solemn act of solidarity?
February 7, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I wonder what a Split Enz album produced by Brian Eno would have sounded like?
February 4, 2025 at 2:14 AM
I wonder what a Split Enz album produced by Brian Eno would have sounded like?
On the Metro in #Osaka, #Japan: Amid the businessmen, tourists, shoppers, and a flamboyant youth with a guitar, two tiny schoolkids, a boy and a girl, play a hand game. It's not rock-paper-scissors; maybe it's one of their own invention. Totally engrossed, they almost miss their stop at Umeda.
January 20, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Line from a dream last night:
"We're all just food for animals and drinks for future robots."
"We're all just food for animals and drinks for future robots."
January 17, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Line from a dream last night:
"We're all just food for animals and drinks for future robots."
"We're all just food for animals and drinks for future robots."
You make up songs about your cats, right? It’s not just my household that does it, is it?
January 15, 2025 at 2:15 AM
You make up songs about your cats, right? It’s not just my household that does it, is it?
Hospital waiting room: Two 70-something strangers have discovered they were once neighbours, their kids went to the same school. Suddenly, they feel free to discuss their families' histories - births, marriages, minor scandals, the lot - with historical local events included for temporal reference.
January 9, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Hospital waiting room: Two 70-something strangers have discovered they were once neighbours, their kids went to the same school. Suddenly, they feel free to discuss their families' histories - births, marriages, minor scandals, the lot - with historical local events included for temporal reference.
Can you think of any songs where the lyrics start with "and"? I can think of 3:
(1) Talking Heads, And She Was ("And she was lying in the grass...")
(2) Hoodoo Gurus, What's My Scene ("And another thing I've been wondering lately...")
(3) U2, A Sort of Homecoming ("And you know it's time to go...")
(1) Talking Heads, And She Was ("And she was lying in the grass...")
(2) Hoodoo Gurus, What's My Scene ("And another thing I've been wondering lately...")
(3) U2, A Sort of Homecoming ("And you know it's time to go...")
January 7, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Can you think of any songs where the lyrics start with "and"? I can think of 3:
(1) Talking Heads, And She Was ("And she was lying in the grass...")
(2) Hoodoo Gurus, What's My Scene ("And another thing I've been wondering lately...")
(3) U2, A Sort of Homecoming ("And you know it's time to go...")
(1) Talking Heads, And She Was ("And she was lying in the grass...")
(2) Hoodoo Gurus, What's My Scene ("And another thing I've been wondering lately...")
(3) U2, A Sort of Homecoming ("And you know it's time to go...")
New Year's Day at a shrine in Wakayama: A family (60-something mum with three 20s/30s kids) approaches the Seven Gods of Fourtune. Mum knows exactly what she wants: Peace? Prosperity? Health? Nope: "Tickets! TICKETS! Which one should I pray to for better luck getting concert tickets?"
January 2, 2025 at 4:32 AM
New Year's Day at a shrine in Wakayama: A family (60-something mum with three 20s/30s kids) approaches the Seven Gods of Fourtune. Mum knows exactly what she wants: Peace? Prosperity? Health? Nope: "Tickets! TICKETS! Which one should I pray to for better luck getting concert tickets?"
Any Chinese speakers out there? I have a question.
I read the news about the hack by "Salt Typhoon" and, I dunno, that name... it doesn't exactly strike terror into the heart, does it? So, I was wondering: does "Salt Typhoon" have a different connotation in Chinese? Is it intimidating or something?
I read the news about the hack by "Salt Typhoon" and, I dunno, that name... it doesn't exactly strike terror into the heart, does it? So, I was wondering: does "Salt Typhoon" have a different connotation in Chinese? Is it intimidating or something?
December 31, 2024 at 3:05 AM
Any Chinese speakers out there? I have a question.
I read the news about the hack by "Salt Typhoon" and, I dunno, that name... it doesn't exactly strike terror into the heart, does it? So, I was wondering: does "Salt Typhoon" have a different connotation in Chinese? Is it intimidating or something?
I read the news about the hack by "Salt Typhoon" and, I dunno, that name... it doesn't exactly strike terror into the heart, does it? So, I was wondering: does "Salt Typhoon" have a different connotation in Chinese? Is it intimidating or something?
On the train in Namba, #Osaka: Mum is trying to mend her little boy’s grumpy mood with sweets and a Pokémon card. Her multiple Takashimaya bags suggest the boy is grumpy at having been made to follow Mum around a department store on a shopping spree.
December 27, 2024 at 10:13 AM
On the train in Namba, #Osaka: Mum is trying to mend her little boy’s grumpy mood with sweets and a Pokémon card. Her multiple Takashimaya bags suggest the boy is grumpy at having been made to follow Mum around a department store on a shopping spree.
At a ten-don place in #Osaka: A 60-something lady had a grain of rice go down the wrong way and a long coughing fit ensued. "It's right there," she said to her companion, "but I can't dislodge it!" The 7 or 8 other diners were ALL doing that watching-but-not-looking thing and the poor lady knew it.
December 21, 2024 at 1:08 PM
At a ten-don place in #Osaka: A 60-something lady had a grain of rice go down the wrong way and a long coughing fit ensued. "It's right there," she said to her companion, "but I can't dislodge it!" The 7 or 8 other diners were ALL doing that watching-but-not-looking thing and the poor lady knew it.
At the mall in southern Osaka: 30-something mum and dad, two little boys and a girl. Dad and boys had matching really short bowl cuts, like the friar monks of old but without the shaven tonsure. And man, they were rocking it - unshakeably confident in the righteousness of their chosen style. Yeah!
December 18, 2024 at 2:01 AM
At the mall in southern Osaka: 30-something mum and dad, two little boys and a girl. Dad and boys had matching really short bowl cuts, like the friar monks of old but without the shaven tonsure. And man, they were rocking it - unshakeably confident in the righteousness of their chosen style. Yeah!
"Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn’t Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden or Alice in Chains" is doing the rounds. Can't decide between these two:
December 11, 2024 at 6:40 AM
"Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn’t Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden or Alice in Chains" is doing the rounds. Can't decide between these two:
In my very first post on Bluesky, I wished that Threatening Music Notation (among others) would come and join us here. Now, just a couple of days later, I read this…
November 21, 2024 at 11:26 PM
In my very first post on Bluesky, I wished that Threatening Music Notation (among others) would come and join us here. Now, just a couple of days later, I read this…
I’ve been on Bluesky for a few days now but it’s only just occurred to me: There is almost no engagement baiting here. I like it!
November 19, 2024 at 6:00 AM
I’ve been on Bluesky for a few days now but it’s only just occurred to me: There is almost no engagement baiting here. I like it!
Hello! New arrival here. I'm glad to find many accounts I followed over at that other site (and many I follow on Threads) are already on Bluesky. Some others I wish would join us here are...
Threatening Music Notation
People Mad at Opera
DPRK News Service
King Charles III (parody)
Adrian Edmondson
Threatening Music Notation
People Mad at Opera
DPRK News Service
King Charles III (parody)
Adrian Edmondson
November 18, 2024 at 9:13 AM
Hello! New arrival here. I'm glad to find many accounts I followed over at that other site (and many I follow on Threads) are already on Bluesky. Some others I wish would join us here are...
Threatening Music Notation
People Mad at Opera
DPRK News Service
King Charles III (parody)
Adrian Edmondson
Threatening Music Notation
People Mad at Opera
DPRK News Service
King Charles III (parody)
Adrian Edmondson