So glad I found these two reactors, as they do it as I do, analytically, but from the other end of this post-war era. They’re forever examining how people were thinking and acting back then, through the changing nature of the songs.
Before going any further … yes, there is early music, Baroque, Classical etc. and it serves two functions … firstly the greatness of the music itself but secondly, providing a historical record. I’m not saying in any way that this below matches the 1700s classic music, musically … but I am saying that it’s an accurate historical record, plus quite listenable for most folk.
Given that, this young man below, who had the channel running before the girl arrived on the scene … he is mightily enhanced by the girl and she’s certainly for their partnership. That’s the added bonus here … their interrelationship … and while we’re on the topic of this lonesome blues style period, post 60s, time of dashed dreams, descending into gloom through the 70s … well it’s best listening to these songs with those two analysing them.
For example, he points out, or she does, that had he/she just listened to the song alone … weeelll, yes, nice song … but in that hothouse atmosphere of Cliff, Karen and Toy Caldwell, there’s this added edge, this poignancy, let alone what two headphones do … isolating the instruments.
In short, there’s this “heated piquancy” going on, especially for someone like me who lived through, was mightily active, at that time. “Gonna find a hole in the wall, crawl inside and die, jump off a mountain, nobody gonna know.”
Yes. Indeed. When she sent the Dear James letter, it messed me around … yet here we are in 2026, speaking about things again. Wonders of modern science, eh?
I really like their level of perception, these two, though with obvious shortcomings, not being from the era. They’re on the ball, vital, interested … what more can a viewer hope for? And one thing they point out in another reviewed song, is that the 70s were the antithesis of the early 60s innocence … it was the new cynicism, disillusionment … songs of experience, to wax Blakish a moment.
You might be relieved to hear that this is the last of this series on dashed love, although I do plan to run one more MTB song some time soon.
Rowers on the river Great Ouse, a misty and calm sunrise in The Fens on Thursday 4th of March 🧡 You can see the reddish colour from the Sahara dust in the air. Tranquility ☺️ Ely, Cambridgeshire pic.twitter.com/HNxUc9pvei
— Veronica in the Fens 🧚🏼♀️ My Heart in Nature (@VeronicaJoPo) March 6, 2026
14. Col’s advice on cuisine
13. Eating at home
That’s fine as far as it goes but there’s also … is it butcher’s meat or has it been through the processing? What sort of poisons were in the grass eaten by those cows? Or pigs? Were they outside? Vaccinated with poisons? Can you sctually cook? What to have as a side? Etc. etc. etc.
I didn’t know this was a Greenie but Matt explained , so I’m reposting so that hopefully more people will understand what the Greenies represent . The ultimate NIMBYs . I have a feeling that I may be preaching to the converted though but still … https://t.co/m9yIXEciq2
— DerylLynn on stranger’s island (@DerylLynn) March 6, 2026
From the mystery of “Sam” to Donny’s rash to a timeline of the Iran conflict and more, there are some items in situ in comments still. Why? My thought is that comments is very much a linked page in itself and I for one like to read them there, rather than create yet another click to get there.
With Microdave’s Lincolnshire musings … there’s something of the “one off, grab it while we can” about it … it’s not an exact science, this.
6. Following on from Microdave’s Lincolnshire observations yesterday
“I mentioned “The antics” – I just hope the RAF will be more organised if we get invaded. I watched about 8 Typhoons start up and several eventually made their way to the runway, taxied to the East and out of view from view where I was parked. I assumed they were going to take off to the West, but some minutes later 2 reappeared and then lined up and took off to the East.
I noticed the windsock had shifted during this time, but the wind was light and they could easily have gone with the first option with all that power available. Another 10 minutes later 2 more reappeared, and also departed East. But the others just sat on a taxiway for over AN HOUR with engines running, before eventually I heard them all shut down and the cockpits opened.
At that point I and the other “Spotters” gave up and left. God knows what that episode cost in fuel and engine life – but then what do the MOD care: it’s the good old taxpayer footing the bill. I also noted a number of Chinese “Maxus” EV vans and pickups driving about, one of which sat just yards from a jet when it was being started. So much for such bases being “Secure”…”
This “timeslot” after the opening post could have had one more of my newly found reactors’ analyses, again of a sad song, it could have had The Melodians with what I consider the best rendition of that Boney M song, there was various chamber music (though DAD seems not to like it so much), there was the US engineer’s YT on earthquakes (coming up later) or this below, on “Amelia”.
It’s obvious that, with each of us having our own tastes, meaning that choosing something for someone else is oft fraught with disappointment … with all that, I’d never just run my own faves, cold … not now at least … there’d have to be some special “thang” or other about the piece, e.g. yesterdays songs about dashed love.
I do have another, later, from that pair of reactors but for now … this “Amelia” phenomenon. I say kudos to the creators … there’ve been early ups and downs, plus negative reactions to AI Amelia on AI grounds alone to start with … the creators have certainly noted that and are honing it. Plus:
The major plus, apart from the graphics, is surely this Eastender’s suddenly wunnerful singing voice … I wonder whom they got in to do it.
… replace “Congress” with “Parliament” … same story.
3. Steve at 1313
Kristi Noem Speaks Out After President Trump Fires Her as DHS Chief
The US Supreme Court Just Handed Trump a Massive Unanimous Win on Immigration With the Opinion Authored by Justice Jackson
UK Islamic Centre’s “Silent Vigil” for Khamenei Overwhelmed by Hundreds of Iranians Cheering the Brutal Tyrant’s Death with Posters of Donald Trump
Military situations in the Ukraine and the Middle-East
Appointments with GP … yea or nay?
End of Greenpeace? $345 Million Fine Set to Bankrupt Climate Activists
Belgium to press ahead with restriction on asylum-seekers despite court decision
Much more.
2. In comments … pete mentions a book on Amazon
Hardly a revelation though, not a surprise in the least:
“During the 1920s Belgian historian Henri Pirenne came to an astonishing conclusion: the ancient classical civilization, which Rome had established throughout Europe and the Mediterranean world, was not destroyed by the Barbarians who invaded the western provinces in the fifth century, it was destroyed by the Arabs, whose conquest of the Middle East and North Africa terminated Roman civilization in those regions and cut off Europe from any further trading and cultural contact with the East. According to Pirenne, it was only in the mid-seventh century that the characteristic features of classical life disappeared from Europe, after which time the continent began to develop its own distinctive and somewhat primitive medieval culture.”
We then go on to look at the Golden Age of learning which we argued over at the old N.O. … it was largely Persian culture, taken over and labelled Moose Limb by Arabs. Destruction is their legacy.
1. DAD at 1313
a) The latest wheeze, by some French drivers, to avoid prosecution. Fight against garages created with fake documents and stolen identities: at least 250,000 cars escape fines.
b) Macron declares attacks against Iran violate ‘International Law’. Spanish MEP calls for Spain to leave NATO…..
c) The myth of Turkey as an indispensable bridge between East and West is beginning to give in under the weight of its own contradictions.
d) Terror Threat feared in Europe following Khamenei killing. Fears are growing over Iran’s ability to strike deep inside Europe using suicide drones and missiles, amid warnings that terror sleeper cells could unleash chaos across the continent at any moment.
