Most interesting for my age group … someone wrote that his version below would be better known than Otis Redding’s. Otis Redding did a version? Even wrote it?
Wondering why it did not grab Britain … it seemed to grab Oz.
The main thing is he was Dougy Gibbons in RL and feted by the Stones, Jimmy Page and that whole crew … the Marianne Faithfuls etc. … that scene. One writer said he was coffee boy for the Stones … now, given how camp Jagger was, plus the song was produced by Paul Gadd, plus Gibbons was 15 at the time, plus a pretty boy … you get my drift. He was promoted heavily by John Peel, so obviously he was British.
Call me derivative, call me a dilettante … you’ll not get round me that way … not even if you throw in the compliments … ersatz, wooden … music to my ears, yes sirs and madams. Here’s a little song I semi-wrote, based on The Sports’ minor hit downunder: Reckless.
Impactful
I keep looking over my shoulder I wake up at night And there’s the moonlight It’s running right across the room
[Pre-Chorus] You can laugh All that you like But when y’all appear at the site You’re not so polite In fact you’re not like the rest
[Chorus] Ooh well, I don’t want to look Y’all got me on such a tenterhook
It makes me feel, yeah Intractable You make me feel So impactful
[Verse 2] Boy’s hungry for news of the world Calling out their lies And their mendacious eyes Let’s call it just as it is
[Outro] It makes me feel, yeah Intractable You make me feel So impactful
It makes me feel, yeah Intractable You make me feel So impactful
Nearly finished Island … an older story but one badly needing a better ending and fixing the twee parts … why bother at this ‘end of the west’ time? Well … because it’s actually about the end of the west, to the point the indigenous European stock is looking to flee to havens distant.
Part of that is having the craft to do it … yes, regulars here must have known I could not stay aloof from boats for long. There was a point in the revamped last few chapters when the godfather type swapped his cruising catamaran for the male protagonist’s motor launch … a wise decision with oil and gas distribution now dead for the escapees … and this is the model:
That one is the now deceased owner/designer’s own craft, a Pahi, 63 feet long, 28 feet wide. So, the tale in Island goes that the “Patron”, as he’s called, had one of these built and used it around Ireland.
She’s a true oceangoing craft and what brought her to mind? Well the gallant crew find themselves in northern Patagonia (don’t ask) and need to scarper … where to? Well, to Macquarie harbour of course, but the astute would note that that involves setting out eastwards, surfing the “howling 50s” below the Falklands, below Cape Town, then all the way across to Van Diemen’s Land … a most mortifying voyage, requiring just the right boat with maximum primary stability, i.e. a large, low profile cat with discrete, sealed compartments in the hulls, plus modular deck, able to be moved around.
Which then comes down to privacy. The designer, James Wharram, a bit like Nige, loved a gal or five and so designed a “tribal” central space, which did have four large cabins a distance from each other, plus smaller deck gathering areas fore and aft … for a crew of 4 or 6 … great, more than enough privacy … any more people … horrendous … any fewer … wearing, tiring on the bods ( remembering ship’s watches).
With a mixed crew, 3 couples … privacy assumes huge proportions and whom those six are determines if it would be workable or not. In the book, it gradually forms over time, so it’s not a bad bunch.
Boat design-wise, they were always known as “hippy” boats, shunned by the shiny million dollar yachties … and good thing too. Shallow draft, everything was repairable from local raw materials, even in the third world … the craft almost sailed itself, apart from regular upkeep.
Downside with open plan is the cold weather … she’s very much a Spain, Canaries, Med boat, maybe Brazil, not really for Patagonia or Tassie but the modula nature of the deck means the ability to cover in the cold. In a British winter, head for warmer climes, esp. if able to “work from home”, e.g. retirees. Cheaply.
(0417) Friday, Friday, gotta get down on Friday. (0512)
5. And therein lies the core issue
The man quoted has @EmeraldRobinson all wrong … she calls out any not moving the country fwd and on Wiles etc., she hits the nail on the head. The Donald has always chosen bad gatekeepers, gung-ho yet flatterers.
4. DAD at 1053
a) “The point is that Macron tried to establish psychological superiority by [standing over and] putting his hand on President Erdoğan’s shoulder, but Erdoğan did not allow it….. *
b) Crypto chief daughter’s kidnap horror. Woman fights to free herself,with help of her husband…..
c) After Portugal’s renewable renewable energy gamble ends in a blackout, its energy minister now points fingers at France…..
d) Follow the Science.
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*What a creep Micron is.
3. Steve at 1053
Ed Martin Identifies ‘Gatekeepers’ Involved in Biden Autopen Scandal
Fulton Commissioners Reject Republicans But Approve Democrats for Election Board in Violation of Their Own Law
House Passes Trump’s “Big, Beautiful” Bill by One Vote Despite Two GOP Defections and One Falling Asleep During Vote
COVID Vaccine “Safe and Effective” Narrative Collapses on Camera
Military Situation In [The] Ukraine On May 22, 2025
Trump To EU: Russia Winning West Out Of Options *
Much, much more.
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*For Russia this existential, for the west … imperial theft.
2. Short op ed on privacy
Interesting, people’s ideas of that. The other day, I saw the new neighbour down there, flew down to meet and say hi, took him around the complex. Thing was the initial reserve …we stood maybe a yard and a half apart, friendly mooshes, let a certain amount out about ourselves … after the most important part.
That most important part was assuring him, silently, that I was not remotely interested in “putting upon him”, wanting something. Actually I did want to mention our roster but waited and anyone, that’s a group requirement, minor. He said I was the first person he’d spoken to since he’d moved in two weeks ago.
Well yes … and it was only coz I’d flown down there that that even happened. People around here usually only approach you if they want something … so we learn to stay largely invisible. If approaching, it’s always at a slight distance, neutral manner. Yet bonds do form, just as they do here at UHC … quite disparate unherdables … and yet a protective bond all the same, unstated.
That’s behind my not using a phone … gummint have the number, the utilities … why not? They text. I never answer the phone unless you’re in the address book … if you are, you’re vouched for and conversation ensues, but always wary of being put upon … so is he/she, stock reply ready. Sometimes, it’s obvious, so the offer is made.
I’m thinking it’s the way we’re thrown together on this island, high density, yet highly valuing those green areas around us … we need connections with people but a certain amount … however, it is hierarchical … there is a sliding scale, with those innermost able to operate more freely back and forth. Banter is the innermost … if you can take banter, you’ve arrived.
b. DJT appointed Ivanka’s pa-in-law US ambassador to France & Monaco. That’s him set up for his summer hols. 🙄 Qualifications and previous experience unnecessary these days for political appointees, so fools rule.
“Charles Kushner, a New Jersey real estate developer, has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the ambassador to France and Monaco with a 51-45 vote. Kushner, who was previously pardoned by Donald Trump for tax evasion, witness tampering and election violations, founded Kushner Companies in 1985.”
