alskicav

@alskicav@mastodonapp.uk

Hello. Should we talk about the weather? Should we talk about the Government?

Interests:
#News & #Politics
#Art #Literature #books
#Music & #Gigs & #Playlists
#Movies #cinema
#Palaeoanthropology particularly #neanderthals
Tentatively into #bikepacking
Occasionally #scubadiving
#LiverpoolFC #LFC
#Dogs of mastodon
And yes, hashtag games. Do you play those? I do a #ThemeTunePopQuiz at weekends here.

Location: West Sussex

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ronanmcd, to random
@ronanmcd@mastodon.green avatar

Victorian patriarch - I’d like a family crest, something that shows valour, strength and a long lineage & heritage
Victorian graphic designer - right, a severed knight’s arm surrounded with text saying _we used to be"

alskicav,

@ronanmcd the first draft motto was "Tis but a scratch"

alskicav, to random

For this on the theme of I've interpreted it as a song that spins, circles and repeats in a loop so I've gone for this woozy hypnotic classic from Prince -

Joy in Repetition
https://youtube.com/watch?v=RdQqxHW5F5c&feature=shared

alskicav, to HashtagGames

The correct titles in the sequence of Shakespeare's historical plays is

Henry IV: First Blood
Henry IV: First Blood Part 2
Henry V: Son of Henry



alskicav, to HashtagGames

The first production of Julius Caesar was a musical, with Marc Antony's line "Cry havoc! And let slip the dogs of war" being followed with a musical number by a chorus of Baha Men singing "Who letteth the dogs out"



alskicav, to HashtagGames

In the first draughts of his play, Shakespeare portrayed Hamlet not as a Prince of Denmark, but as a struggling artist deliberating his choice of which pencil to use.



alskicav, to HashtagGames

Othellos were an Elizabethan delicacy, a sweetmeat snack that Shakespeare found irresistible. So much so that he named the play and titular character after them....because they were so "moreish"



alskicav, to HashtagGames

It is long rumoured that Shakespeare enlisted the help of another playwright in completing his works. This is thought to be Sir Francis Bacon a polymath of science, philosophy and art who spent so much time in University education it led to the phrase "the six degrees of Francis Bacon"



alskicav, to HashtagGames

Shakespeare's wife, Anne Hathaway, created a local business that was the first-ever use of door-to-door sales for pomades, tinctures and ceruse make-up compounds, creating the original "Avon Ladies"



alskicav, to HashtagGames

The enigmatic and mysterious Dark Lady of Shakespeare's sonnets was actually Martha Jones, the time-travelling companion of the 10th Dr Who



alskicav, to random

For the theme this week is

  1. Leaving New York by REM
    https://youtu.be/wo6Vh4Uz7Sk?feature=shared

  2. Voyager by Daft Punk
    https://youtu.be/wo6Vh4Uz7Sk?feature=shared

  3. Trans Europe Express by Kraftwerk
    https://youtu.be/XMVokT5e0zs?feature=shared

  4. Station To Station by David Bowie
    https://youtu.be/QymJI00mlSs?feature=shared

  5. Journey In Satchidananda by Alice Coltrane
    https://youtu.be/TQtEFdyhgdE?feature=shared

alskicav, to random

And here's another offering for 's theme of

From the tribute concert to George Harrison, Prince providing a scorching improvised solo on While My Guitar Gently Weeps.

There are a lot of accomplished performers on that stage and they all look dumbfounded at what Prince does. At the end the Purple maestro throws his guitar into the air but i'm not sure it ever came down, instead ascending to guitar heaven.

https://youtu.be/dWRCooFKk3c?feature=shared

alskicav,

And here's another one of those all-star cast tribute concerts. This one with John Lee Hooker joined on stage with guests Carlos Santana, Robert Cray, Bonnie Rait & Ry Cooder

Slide heaven for

https://youtu.be/RBkAAVEwx5s?feature=shared

alskicav, to random


So, Steely Dan, not a band some like because of associations with anodyne 'yacht rock' but I f***ing love them & they have many great guitar moments.

The solo on the original was by session player Elliott Randall & rated by Led Zep's Jimmy Page as his favourite solo of all time famously giving it a "12 out of 10".

But I'm not giving you the original 😆. Here's a rollicking live version from 1973 with Skunk Baxter on lead.

https://youtu.be/5b6fPnBtUqw?feature=shared

alskicav, to random

  1. Astral Plane by Say She She
    https://youtu.be/394ERRGaCe8?feature=shared

  2. The Space Between by Roxy Music
    https://youtu.be/CYOtdw6MIS4?feature=shared

  3. Space Age Love Song by A Flock of Seagulls
    https://youtu.be/gOK3rqVgN2I?feature=shared

  4. Dark Star by Poliça
    https://youtu.be/h6WgWCIkH9U?feature=shared

  5. Blackstar by David Bowie
    https://youtu.be/kszLwBaC4Sw?feature=shared

davemark, (edited ) to movies
@davemark@mastodon.social avatar

MOVIE TRIVIA: 🍿🤔
Name the only film in Oscar history to receive four female acting nominations.

And the answer (props to @flargh for nailing this one):

All About Eve. From 1950. Incredible that this has not happened again.

alskicav,

@davemark

This is tricky. I was thinking of big female-driven blockbuster films like Terms of Endearment or Thelma & Louise. Ones in which the same actress was nominated for both lead and support categories. This led me to think of Gone With the Wind too.

But I'm going for All About Eve which had 4 different female actors nominated.

alskicav, to HashtagGames

Alive and Kicking (The Can Down the Road)

By Simple Minds


alskicav, to HashtagGames

Stall The Young Dudes

By Mott the Hoople


alskicav, to HashtagGames

Delay, Lady, Lay

By Bob Dylan


alskicav, to random

I grew up listening to punk but I was only 7 or 8 at its peak. During the 80s I was into new wave & synth pop and then the decade gave way to indie, British takes on psychedelia, 60s revivals and the Madchester sound. I was at Uni when this song came and blew it all away. A new decade, a new sound but more than that it felt generational, maybe what it was like for those, 15 years earlier when punk happened.

Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana

https://youtu.be/hTWKbfoikeg?feature=shared

donni, to random
@donni@mastodon.social avatar

“Things will probably be normal again soon!” he thought for several years

alskicav,

@donni my line of thought since 2008

alskicav, to random

Here's my which
@neurothing has suggested on the theme

  1. Last Train to Clarksville by The Monkees
    https://youtu.be/ZcXpKiY2MXE?feature=shared

  2. Last Nite by The Strokes
    https://youtu.be/TOypSnKFHrE?feature=shared

  3. The Last of the Famous International Playboys by Morrissey
    https://youtu.be/Bk1wUKoXL20?feature=shared

  4. The Last Waltz Suite: The Weight by The Band with the Staples
    https://youtu.be/ccJTFXvkXkA?feature=shared

  5. Nothing Lasts Forever by Echo & the Bunnymen
    https://youtu.be/Tc1J7y4xIdA?feature=shared

alskicav, to random

This week's from @neurothing has a theme of .

I think I have the blues on this rainy day as my selections are all beautiful pieces of music with an air of melancholy

  1. Blue by Joni Mitchell
    https://youtu.be/MvR7Dkg4NQU?t=820&si=It8gp5nqVM5xrO0P

  2. Bluer Than Midnight by The The
    https://youtu.be/DU3hKIWPF58?feature=shared

  3. Famous Blue Raincoat by Leonard Cohen
    https://youtu.be/ohk3DP5fMCg?feature=shared

  4. Almost Blue by Elvis Costello
    https://youtu.be/nSdMxWjnq5s?feature=shared

  5. Blue in Green by Miles Davis
    https://youtu.be/TLDflhhdPCg?feature=shared

kristiedegaris, to random
@kristiedegaris@mastodon.scot avatar

The letter yogh was used in Older Scots, representing 'y'. It looked like this Ȝ ȝ, so when printing took off, printers often used 'z' when yogh was not available in their fonts.

A famous example is the name 'Menzies' which is pronounced like 'Ming-is'. Based on that, please enjoy 2 different ways to read this rhyme.

'There once was a lassie named Menzies,
Who askit her aunt whit this thenzies.
Said her aunt wi a gasp,
"Dear Me, it's a wasp",
An you're haudin the end whaur the stenzies!'

alskicav,

@kristiedegaris 👏 😆

RickiTarr, to random
@RickiTarr@beige.party avatar

HAPPY ART SHOW SUNDAY!

Drop a picture, video, toot, or link of something you created into the comments, anything goes have fun with it!

Art and love are the same thing: It’s the process of seeing yourself in things that are not you.
Chuck Klosterman

From Me: A sketch homage to Pet Sematary and some homemade Creme Bruleé

Homemade Creme Brulee

alskicav,

@RickiTarr years old and I've posted it before on here, but here's a sketch of a baby elephant I did in guache

alskicav,

@Skepticat @RickiTarr thank you!

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