Bruce Gorrie

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Missed this, but Vicki Wickham died at the weekend, a driving force behind RSG, the magazines 'The Mod' and 'Mod's Monthly' and manager of artists including Dusty and Labelle. Cool af.

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We are pleased to put the iconic Volcanic Ashes trophy 'up for grabs' when we take on the MCC from 14-16 August. Set in a base of basaltic rock, the trophy contains real volcanic ash. Win or lose, it will remain in our triple glazed case in our cricket museum in Reykjavík, under permanent guard.

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Today's teatime tunes: "Right lads, what pose will I be doing on the cover? Meditation? Headstand?" "Standing in yer shreddies holding an iron, mate" Really good mix of garagey numbers with more polished pop from 1968.

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“Descartes says precisely as do the Greek skeptics, that error has its root in the will, which is over-hasty in drawing conclusions. This also throws light on faith; when faith resolves to believe it runs the risk of committing itself to an error, but it nevertheless believes. (1/2)

As balance to the other post that is doing numbers on our feed... Bishops Court Farm in Wallingford has announced the birth of Franklin the baby alpaca. He’s apparently "curious, excitable, and loves zooming around the alpaca field!"

The cutest alpaca you ever did see, nuzzling, we presume its mother.
via bishops court instagram,

Took out a dinner plate to eat my Weetabix and came very close to putting Fruit Adventure Tic Tacs into my cuppa instead of sweeteners, if you were wondering what 60 is like

which is today considered the first openly gay reference in UK pop music. Dave Watts is one of the two voices overdubbed onto the track to give the impression of a casual conversation between queer men in a bar, though he at the time was not aware that Joe had "tricked" him into writing music & +