Real England

A not-inconsiderable number of people will tell you they live in Middlesex even though it doesn't actually exist nowadays, speaking of postal counties

pretty sure you mean “musicians” rather than “artists” but i’ll let it go

narrator: he did not let it go

creating a free zone with the troops loyal to the Pet Shop Boys as a staging point to invade the occupied territories of Sting and Shed 7

Today I learned that Nicola Roberts wasn't born in liverpool

And that there's a band called Spooky Tooth

reminds me i always wanted to start a band called haunted dentures

not only did spooky tooth exist, they made a record with french musique concrete pioneer pierre henri

"monsieur big-in-cumbria" as he was known in le club d'essai

(also it's henry not henri)

And contained future members of Mott the Hoople and the Only Ones.

Pierre tries his best but they are terrible.

iirc Spooky Tooth are one of those bands where I really like the name but don't actually like their music. I can't remember what they sound like, though.

https://i.pinimg.com/474x/bc/28/1a/bc281a11c8b5166b10e2c1de1cb0e5f3.jpg

"spooky tooth! spooky tooth!"

Shouty macho vocals over nondescript 70s heavy-ish rock, bit of organ, bit of lead guitar.

Yeah it's pretty tedious stuff. They don't actually use control rods at sellafield anymore, they just pump side b of spooky two into the reactor and the uranium just gets bored to death

And contained future members of Mott the Hoople and the Only Ones.

Plus Foreigner and Gary "Dream Weaver" Wright. I always get them confused with Procol Harum, you can see why. Surely their album "You Broke My Heart So ... I Busted Your Jaw" is on the Terrible 70s Album Titles thread somewhere.

procol harum are good tho wtf

Awesome map. I struggle to see how ELP are from Dorset - Greg Lake is from Poole but the other two aren't and their origin is given as Croydon on Wiki.

Replace them with actual Dorset girl PJ Harvey and the SW gets a pretty kick-arse and diverse festival line-up who are all still going: Aphex, Massive Attack, FKA Twigs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h10pd7vDytg

final boss = ian brown with nunchuks

I can just see the dance he'll do while twirling the nunchuks.

u don't have 2 imagine:

Ian Brown

Oh right. When I saw that on the Ian Brown thread I didn't hit play (becaue really who wants to watch an Ian Brown video) and didn't twig that he was holding nunchuks.

every generation gets the nicky wire in a banana suit they deserve

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FEYcFNeXsBUhtmV?format=jpg&name=small

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FEYaWfPX0A8KwG_?format=jpg&name=small

A Cheshire councillor and former mayor were at the centre of a 'Dad's Army' type scene on Remembrance Day as their idea to surprise the village with a 7.8-tonne tank went badly wrong.

The two former soldiers have angered the Royal British Legion with their 'embarrassing' gaffe when they 'forgot to put the handbrake on' the army vehicle, causing it to roll back and destroy the village memorial.

hooded lad looks too young to be a stonemason!

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FFO2RV5XsAUMQD6?format=jpg&name=900x900

real horror

Caught beneath a landslide?

someone has unkindly suggested that it might be enough to drive you into "I am just going outside and may be some time" desperation, but these people knew what kind of horror they were walking into!

Let's see you swagger now.

A mix of the Austro-Italian front and the Shackleton expedition with the swagger of Little House on the Prarie

As it's a pub, at least they'll have plenty of cigarettes and alcohol.

Just opened my mum's phone and this has cracked me. pic.twitter.com/hT78CUBWqq

— Shaunta Claus (@ThatPacmanDude) November 29, 2021

XP The plot of the horror movie version of this story would involve the growing suspicion (and eventual terrifying confirmation) that it was not in fact a tribute act but Oasis themselves.

https://resizing.flixster.com/g5Yn24nNrA9gM59L0lnw6qvablg=/300x300/v2/https://flxt.tmsimg.com/assets/p5202_i_h9_ab.jpg

Massive lols at mum's phone.

Snowasis, obv

Nothing too shocking here.

Some of our Facebook followers found it hilarious when 27 people drowned in the Channel last week.
We confronted them to find out why.https://t.co/KdgWZZs9QW

— Ian Carter (@iancarterIM) December 1, 2021

Heinz is releasing a Terry’s Chocolate Orange-flavoured mayonnaise https://t.co/QW2QCBbKUS

— Greg Jenner (@greg_jenner) December 1, 2021

let people drink the orange liquid from the bulbous sarcophagus

Why hyphens are a good thing. https://t.co/3Au7fuaFSb

— David Firn (@davidfirn) December 2, 2021

otm

Lmao why does this happen so much https://t.co/inyNBIK3WN pic.twitter.com/lOpIxgEYED

— Justin Whang 🐙 (@JustinWhang) December 2, 2021

they'll be obstructing the RSPCA next eh

as a side-note i like seagulls a lot, also this is actual criminal behaviour as well as repellent cruelty aiui

The two weeks in late spring where gulls divebomb everyone walking down the street, especially those of us walking dogs, under the guise of protecting nests full of eggs/chicks/fledglings, give me serious murder feelings.

Bomb Squad called to A&E where patient turns up with WWII shell lodged in his rectum https://t.co/hwlfm0hR9O

— Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) December 3, 2021

'What did you do during the war, Grandad?'

it must be difficult keeping a straight face when they reel out that old "slipped and fell on it" story

"I was only doing my patriotic duty".

One for the bum squad to deal with.