Bruce catches up with tfd again

He does it every year you know...

For debbym

I can't pretend for a moment that Cathal Coughlan's as cute as Clare Grogan (I think this is a truism whatever gender or sexual persuasion you might stand possessed of) but nevertheless debbym, this is for you. Have a good one...

Happy Birthdays!

gordonimmel, DarceysDad and DaddyPig

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Let me be the first to offer Happy Birthday wishes to the best blog in the world. Some of us got an early start to the celebrations as we were out for a good ol'fashioned pub crawl 'n' curry last night (yes I'm feeling better, though I spent all night nursing 3 pints of Guinness - I know, I'm a slacker!).

My good friend gordonimmel was one of three of last night's crew celebrating (bemoaning??) adding another year to their personal tally, so for them, ToffeeBoy, The 'Spill, and all of us, here's a nice remix of an appropriate tune:

Sugarcubes - Birthday

LATE UPDATE: And after DaddyPig's excellent thought, here's ...
Little Village - Solar Sex Panel

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Ancient Historians !

gordonimmel & DarceysDad discuss whether a ( leaky and ) old Yorkshire mill is a cooler mini-RR-social venue than ejaydee & steenbeck's New York City meet.

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Whilst watching our girls run themselves ragged at DarceysSis' birthday party today, we mused on some Historical Events. Apart from agreeing that Smoke On The Water should be a shoo-in this week, the only other concensus we reached was that WW3 will start on-line if Abahachi and richardrj ever find themselves on opposite sides of a definition disagreement (sorry you two!)

Unfortunately we were then distracted by the call for the kids to sit down for the party food. Screams, roars, giggles and cries of "MMUU-U-U-U-MMMM!" gave way to the contented quiet of two dozen 2to9y.o.s tucking in to chips & reformed-abbatoir-sweepings. The staff put on the CD player, and the first song my daughter thus got at her party was . . . Amy's Rehab!!!! . WTF?

Anyway, I'm actually here to post some of the songs which came to mind last night, particularly as I'm struggling to convince even myself that they are worthy of broadsheet archives.

Willard Grant Conspiracy - From A Distant Shore
Rickie Lee Jones - I Was There
Calexico - All Systems Red
Drive-By Truckers - The President's Penis Is Missing
The Sundays - Monochrome

Edit update: I've just realised I must have posted this thread as soon as I loaded the pic, but before I wrote the text & added the tunes! It was (a) accidental, and (b) exacerbated by the fact it took me three goes and an hour-plus to get Boxstr to behave - apologies everyone.

Blimpy Birthday

Happy Birthday Blimpy!