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Some Melodious Plot
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‘I read, much of the night, and go south in the winter.’


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Wonderful band and wonderful album. Love ‘The House Always Wins’.
November 8, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Me and the boy just hovered over it but we’ve decided to watch My Neighbors the Yamadas again. Saving Frankenstein for the cinema.
November 8, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Stalking my target on social media and accidentally liking one of their posts! :-)
November 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM
That sounds quite conclusive then.
November 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM
You’re right! I’m basically Roddy Ho! 🫤
November 8, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Love the speculation - as stretched as it is - that The Little Street is a Remonstrant church.
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Ahh, but we are all here because we are mavericks (with the occasional horrible flaw).
November 7, 2025 at 2:42 PM
But Patti Smith refuses to grow up! 😅
November 6, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Ooh, that kind of makes sense. The LRB piece also states that the angle and perspective are deliberately strained and unusual.
November 6, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I love these little focuses on relatively obscure works. A really interesting piece, particularly about the artist and the other things he got up to.
November 6, 2025 at 2:29 PM
It was indeed tiny. And awkwardly situated ... you've got to look at it obliquely because of the rope. But I loved the faint outlines of the spiderweb and the straw on the sill.

A strangely hopeful painting ...
November 6, 2025 at 12:08 PM
It was very entertaining. And had me blushing on my morning exercise in places. :-)
November 6, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Gave it a full listen this morning and am now able to fully participate in discussions about it in the office. :-)
November 6, 2025 at 11:24 AM
I’d forgotten how powerful that song was.
November 4, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Stunning.
November 4, 2025 at 10:13 PM