(from http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/queen-offers-to-restore-british-rule-over-united-states)
". . . Saturday, Queen Elizabeth II offered to restore British rule over the United States of America.
Addressing the American people from her office in Buckingham Palace, the Queen said that she was making the offer “in recognition of the desperate situation you now find yourselves in.”. . . “This two-hundred-and-forty-year experiment in self-rule began with the best of intentions, but I think we can all agree that it didn’t end well,” she said. . . "
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(from http://www.vrijvlinder.com/blog/history-of-street-musicians/)
". . . Busking is a British term used in many areas of the English-speaking world. Buskers are also called street performers or street musicians. The place where a busker performs is called their pitch. People busk for a variety of reasons, for money, for fun, for the attention they get, to socialize or meet people, for the love of their art, or to practise their skills or try out new material in front of an audience. Some buskers only work part time, while others make a living performing full time on the streets. Some buskers do professional entertainment gigs in addition to working the streets. Some people manage only pocket change from busking, while others can amass substantial incomes. A busker’s income depends on many conditions including, the type and quality of the performance, the composition of the audience, the weather, the location and the time of day. Competition from other buskers can also play a role. Busking can be the bottom rung of the entertainment industry. . . Some of the most famous groups and superstars started their careers as buskers. Examples include Joan Baez, Edith Piaf, Roni Benise, The Blue Man Group, Pierce Brosnan, Jimmy Buffett, George Burns, Cirque du Soleil, Eric Clapton, Judy Collins, Bob Dylan, Joe Strummer, Stephane Grappelli, Bob Hope, Jewel, Steve Martin, Joni Mitchell, Jimmy Page, Dolly Parton, Penn & Teller, Gerry Rafferty, Carlos Santana, Simon and Garfunkel, Rod Stewart, Stomp, and Robin Williams. . ."
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The Boston Marathon bombing suspect went on trial, Sarah Palin says PETA should shake it off that her special needs son used the dog as a step stool and accusations fly that British royalty engaged in underage sex . . .
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. . . and why did this man demand it so forcefully in song every year?
(thanks to http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17356371)
Figgy pudding — aka plum pudding, plum porridge, Christmas pudding and steamed pudding — is a quintessentially British sweet with a history that might go back to Shakespeare's time. We know it was around in the mid-1600s, because that's when the English Puritans banned it — and Christmas, too. There probably aren't too many sweets that have been banned, but then there aren't too many sweets that are as alcoholic as this one.
The pudding, a steamed cakelike treat that's chockablock with dried fruits — such as (but not limited to) figs, raisins, cherries and cranberries — is a sturdy sweet that gets its good keeping qualities (you can make it now and stow it away until Christmas), its lovely moistness and its bona fides for being banned from alcohol: brandy or cognac and rum in the mix, and the same over it, if you want to present it aflame.
OHO's "Ocean City Ditty," the CD single is now available at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/oho4
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My latest solo release, '2014' of original, instrumental piano music, can be downloaded digitally at:
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*Ukrainian and Russian troops in standoff at Crimean military base Ukrainian
*PM warns of war in case of further escalation Russian senate approves use of Russian military in Ukraine
*China train station knife attack: police hunt suspects
Xinjiang separatists blamed for Saturday's attack at railway station in Kunming in which at least 29 people died
*Oscar Pistorius's family plead for end to media frenzy as trial begins
Uncle of Paralympian accused of girlfriend's murder begs press to end speculation on his personal life while court case is under way
*Gay British man deported from Uganda urges government to help his partner
Bernard Randall says ministers need to do much more for Albert Cheptoyek, facing seven years' prison on indecency charges
*Prime suspect in murder of Irish journalist Veronica Guerin is shot
Drug trafficker John Gilligan in hospital
(source: http://www.theguardian.com/world/lead)
OHO's
"Ocean City Ditty," the
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Jethro
Tull, (born 1674, Basildon, Berkshire, Eng.—died Feb. 21, 1741,
Prosperous Farm, near Hungerford, Berkshire), English agronomist,
agriculturist, writer, and inventor whose ideas helped form the basis of
modern British agriculture. Tull trained for the bar, to which he was
called in 1699. But for the next 10 years he chose to operate his
father’s farm in Oxfordshire, on which about 1701 he perfected a
horse-drawn seed drill that economically sowed the seeds in neat rows.
This was a notable advance over the usual practice of scattering the
seeds by hand. In 1709 Tull bought a farm of his own in Berkshire. While
later traveling in France and Italy, he was impressed by the
cultivation methods in use in the vineyards, wherein the rows of earth
between the vines had been pulverized. This reduced the need for manure
and increased aeration and the access of water to and from plant roots,
though Tull mistakenly believed that earth was the food of plants and
that pulverization made it easier for plants to absorb it. He developed a
horse-drawn hoe and successfully adopted the vineyard method to his
farm. His success led to the publication of his The New Horse Houghing
Husbandry: Or an Essay on the Principles of Tillage and Vegetation
(1731). Tull’s methods were initially subjected to violent attack, but
they were eventually adopted by the large landowners and laid the basis
for more modern and efficient British farming.
Some folks think that Margaret Thatcher accomplished much for England. . .
(excerpted from http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f76c049e-a042-11e2-a6e1-00144feabdc0.html#slide0)
". . . She changed us all. We went from being a people who saw ourselves as eternally on the downward slide to a nation that was proud to be British again. On the world stage too, she made Britain count once more. She was a startling presence who brought a strong and controversial style to our diplomacy after years of Foreign Office blandness. The words are those of Charles Powell, one of the closest aides of the “Iron Lady” during her time in power. Margaret Thatcher, who died on Monday aged 87, not only revolutionised the social order in her own country but did much to reshape world politics amid the crumbling of the Soviet empire. . . "
But yet, after some additional browsing, it appears that the negative opinion outnumbers the positive on the web. And in keeping in the spirit of a music-related blog, below is a list of Thatcher-inspired rock'n roll songs. . .
Dick Gaughan ‘Ballad of 84′Attila the Stockbrocker – Maggots 1 Thatcher 0
Gonna Laugh When Margaret Thatcher Dies – The Forlorn Hope
Pinochet and Margaret Thatcher – Deborah Holland
Margaret Thatcher, We Still Hate Her – Terry Edwards
Miss Maggie- Renaud (unusual French entry here)
The Pogues, Birmingham Six
Heaven 17, ‘We don’t need this fascist groove thang’
Ewan MacColl, ‘What did you do in the strike Daddy?’
Magi Thatcher – Daffyd Iwan a’r Band (this is in Welsh, so I’ve no idea if it’s anti-Thatcher but the tone of the chap’s voice suggests that it is)
Thatcher F*cked the Kids – Frank Turner
Thatcher - Ad Nauseum
Still Hate Thatcher – The Horror
Still Fighting Thatcher – Hard Skin
Merry Christmas Maggie Thatcher - Billy Elliot Soundtrack (” we all =20
celebrate Christmas, cos’ it’s one day closer to your death”)
Angelic Upstarts-”Two Million Voices”
The Blow Monkeys-”She Was Only a Grocer’s Daughter” (whole album)
Billy Bragg-”Island of No Return”
Billy Bragg-”Waiting for the Great Leap Forward”
Kate Bush-”Army Dreamers”
Elvis Costello-”Shipbuilding”
Elvis Costello-”Tramp the Dirt Down”‘
Crass-”How Does It Feel to be the Mother of 1000 Dead?”
Crass-”Sheep Farming in the Falklands”
Crass-”Yes Sir, I Will” (the whole album)
The English Beat-”Stand Down Margaret”
The Exploited-”Maggie”
Fine Young Cannibals-”Blue”
Hefner-”The Day That Thatcher Dies”
Iain Dale-”The Falklands Hymn”
Inner City Unit-”Blue Rinse Haggard Robot”
Iron Maiden-”Como Estais Amigos”
The Jam-”Town Called Malice”
Jethro Tull-”Hard Times”
Kitchens of Distinction-”Margaret’s Injection”
The Levellers-”Another Man’s Cause”
Kirsty MacColl-”Free World”
Christy Moore-”Taking Tea With Pinochet”
Morrissey-”Margaret on the Guillotine”
New Model Army-”The Spirit of the Falklands”
The Notsensibles-”I’m in Love with Margaret Thatcher”
Pink Floyd-”The Final Cut” (the whole album)
The Specials-”Ghost Town” and cover of ‘Maggie’s Farm’
Sting-”We Work the Black Seam”
The The, ‘Heartlands’ ‘The Beat(en) Generation’, ‘Armageddon days are here again’
Richard Thompson-”Mother Knows Best”
UB40-”Madame Medusa”
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. . . expressed here are not necessarily those of the management . . .
. . . they are, nevertheless, amusing. . .
(an email from UNSIGNED RADIO- http://www.unsignedradio.biz/submit.html)
"REJOICE !
Oh Happy Day !
Hallelujah !
What wonderful news - the most evil woman in the world is roasting in hell tonight !!
My heart was filled with joy at hearing of the demise of the witch who did more to damage the British people and destroy our Industry than Hitler.
So let's all celebrate that we no longer have to share the air we breathe with Satan's sister.
SEND US YOUR ANTI-THATCHER SONGS !!
Calling all songwriters who have ever penned a song condemning the old cow and the wickedness she imposed - send it to me to play in jubilation that the earth is now a happier place .
Send them in soon and get the bubbly out as it looks like we will soon have a grave to dance on !!
Use the drop box at
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