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Post by Tomas on Sept 17, 2019 5:54:30 GMT
There is an unwritten principle of modern life that any pleasure or good thing will be banned , persecuted or undermined eventually. Things can never be left alone. I have a fondness for the Last night of the Proms (which in previous eras would have merited my summary tarring and feathering in Southern Ireland .) Last night this rather traditional eccentric display of Edwardian English music was diversified by a proud Queer woman Jamie Barton who is actually a boring old bisexual cis woman. She is not even non binary! Bisexuality was all the rage in the 1970s but is boringly unremarkable in our more fluid times. Ms Barnes a mezzo soprano ,frankly appeared to be demented or drugged up with a fixed grin I would associate with being on too many tranquilizers. Still her performance went down well with the woke people on Twitter . Waving a large rainbow flag at the finale was "about including people" according to Ms Barton. A propos queer tunes, people, eras or auras. Most every song by Simon Dupree and the Big Sound may be good enough for the immorally dangerously venera(b)l(e) category Guilty Pleasures. In contrast some things of our 2010s for designs are so dull or copied that they probably never will be even mildly treasured as many older oddities could be. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kb6RBqjr4s
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Post by Séamus on Sept 27, 2019 11:48:16 GMT
There is an unwritten principle of modern life that any pleasure or good thing will be banned , persecuted or undermined eventually. Things can never be left alone. I have a fondness for the Last night of the Proms (which in previous eras would have merited my summary tarring and feathering in Southern Ireland .) Last night this rather traditional eccentric display of Edwardian English music was diversified by a proud Queer woman Jamie Barton who is actually a boring old bisexual cis woman. She is not even non binary! Bisexuality was all the rage in the 1970s but is boringly unremarkable in our more fluid times. Ms Barnes a mezzo soprano ,frankly appeared to be demented or drugged up with a fixed grin I would associate with being on too many tranquilizers. Still her performance went down well with the woke people on Twitter . Waving a large rainbow flag at the finale was "about including people" according to Ms Barton. I was disturbed,of course,but amused at the same time when it was reported a few weeks ago in Perth that a few of the cast and/or crew of HAIR were attacked near the (iconic) theatre by two teenagers with broken glass. I can't remember the exact extent of the injuries,and terrible it certainly is in itself,but what an irony: so much for an age of Aquarius where people are born more loving and peaceful as the years progress. I can remember when young how some adults used to find Mattel's Masters of the Universe a bit too gothic in ways. I mightn't have felt so then,but the more recent Mattel Monsters High dolls got me when I saw them,maybe the difference being that dolls are generally things to dote on,whereas HeMan was basically a toy soldier and,while the opposition were a bit devilish-looking there was little doubt about the good/bad axis. Has Mattel excelled itself now with their new innocent-looking Creatable World dolls?- gender-neutral,coming with two sets of clothes and wigs,each can be transformed into a girl or a feminine-looking figure which may be male,it's said to be an answer to criticisms of Mattel's wasp's-waste dolls and ActionMan. No mention whether HeMan is out of favour also,I'd assume so with that name. I do recall having something called ActionMan who came with a miniature deep-sea diving scene (the only part of it I really remember clearly was a rubbery Pacific octopus). I'm not sure if it was Mattel or not,but I could assure them if necessary that I never felt any toxic-masculine pressure to dive leagues down and wrestle with sea creatures.
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Post by Maolsheachlann on Sept 27, 2019 13:43:56 GMT
There is an unwritten principle of modern life that any pleasure or good thing will be banned , persecuted or undermined eventually. Things can never be left alone. I have a fondness for the Last night of the Proms (which in previous eras would have merited my summary tarring and feathering in Southern Ireland .) Last night this rather traditional eccentric display of Edwardian English music was diversified by a proud Queer woman Jamie Barton who is actually a boring old bisexual cis woman. She is not even non binary! Bisexuality was all the rage in the 1970s but is boringly unremarkable in our more fluid times. Ms Barnes a mezzo soprano ,frankly appeared to be demented or drugged up with a fixed grin I would associate with being on too many tranquilizers. Still her performance went down well with the woke people on Twitter . Waving a large rainbow flag at the finale was "about including people" according to Ms Barton. I was disturbed,of course,but amused at the same time when it was reported a few weeks ago in Perth that a few of the cast and/or crew of HAIR were attacked near the (iconic) theatre by two teenagers with broken glass. I can't remember the exact extent of the injuries,and terrible it certainly is in itself,but what an irony: so much for an age of Aquarius where people are born more loving and peaceful as the years progress. I can remember when young how some adults used to find Mattel's Masters of the Universe a bit too gothic in ways. I mightn't have felt so then,but the more recent Mattel Monsters High dolls got me when I saw them,maybe the difference being that dolls are generally things to dote on,whereas HeMan was basically a toy soldier and,while the opposition were a bit devilish-looking there was little doubt about the good/bad axis. Has Mattel excelled itself now with their new innocent-looking Creatable World dolls?- gender-neutral,coming with two sets of clothes and wigs,each can be transformed into a girl or a feminine-looking figure which may be male,it's said to be an answer to criticisms of Mattel's wasp's-waste dolls and ActionMan. No mention whether HeMan is out of favour also,I'd assume so with that name. I do recall having something called ActionMan who came with a miniature deep-sea diving scene (the only part of it I really remember clearly was a rubbery Pacific octopus). I'm not sure if it was Mattel or not,but I could assure them if necessary that I never felt any toxic-masculine pressure to dive leagues down and wrestle with sea creatures. If I started writing about Action Man's importance to my childhood, I think I might never stop. Action Man featured VERY prominently in my early childhood. Transformers my later childhood, and Subutteo my teens. Never had Hornby, to my great regret.
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Post by Maolsheachlann on Oct 8, 2019 13:02:46 GMT
I like tee-shirts, especially tee-shirts with interesting words and pictures.
Also, baseball caps. They don't even have to be red baseball caps.
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Post by Tomas on Oct 11, 2019 10:52:05 GMT
Laurel and Hardy.
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