Again, JCO has written 29 hrs a day, 8 days a wk for the past 457 years. This is her strength & weakness. It’s a silly statement but I can see how she specifically would make it. One of my old professors, major Shakespeare scholar, is a world-famous romance novelist. Reinventing the wheel is hard..
Tara O’Connor@taraocomics.bsky.social · 16h agoWhat the fuck, Joyce. I don’t even read romance novels but this kind of thinking pisses me the fuck off. It further pushes that mentality that some books as “lesser” which is bullshit! All books count!
I was accused of plagiarism once, or committed it unconsciously - as a student I was given a play to read 1000 times. It seeped into my work. About half a dozen non-consecutive lines in my play were similar to the other one. The dean - one of the worst people in the American theatre - admitted to
The latter happened to me once. Song was insufficiently mean, really 🙄
Luke O'Neil@lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 10h agoIf you want "personalized music" made just for you pick up a fucking guitar. Or else break the heart of someone who already has.
I am not sure what the Dramatists Guild is up to, or if writers even care anymore in the name of blah blah ‘collaboration,’ but it’s in the fucking contract that no name but an actor can go above the title
Maxine Peake’s father & his partner don’t really like the theatre, but they came to see her Hamlet. She asked the partner - - Did you like it? - Not really. - Why not? - I didn’t like t’ story. Maxine was rather thrilled.
KITTENS. We would like to sit with you, but there are sounds. Let us investigate. (They listen at the fence, disappear. I walk away, stop. Kittens materialise like ghosts.) KITTENS. We didn't say you could leave. We are trying to protect you, idiot. (They sit at my feet.)
She & Jeremy Irons did Betrayal on 2 wks rehearsal. The first scene is notoriously difficult. My pal says it’s ‘like Mozart.’ (He’s done opera.) Their first scene is a master class, it can’t be bettered. She ended up working with Harold a lot, she loved him so much she gave him a full Wisden.
Zoe's feather boa@zoesfeatherboa.bsky.social · 2d agoHappy birthday to Patricia Hodge
(Kitten sits a foot away.) JS. Yes, treats. KITTEN. Hnnngh… no, no, that’s ok. (Treat drops accidentally.) KITTEN. Hnnnnnghh… (Sidesteps, approaches treat tactically.) No, no, that’s ok. (I toss treat so it’s in basically the same spot anyway.) KITTEN. Hell yeah brother
I knew whatever promise the 90s had was dead & buried when No Way Sis had a hit with I’d Like To Teach the World to Sing. They were on TOTP. I wanted to drink bleach.
Geezer Soze@plinytheelder-t.bsky.social · 2d agoA cover band of a cover band... how so very meta
I am known & apparently well-liked at this pub, this is a nightmare
Mike Leigh at NYFF tonight: ‘I’ve said it before, and I don’t mind saying it again: film directors who make long speeches about their film before a screening should be taken round the back & shot in the head.’
I thought another cat was bothering kittens, but they were hovering. Opened window to find it their father, not seen for some months. (I think mom ran him off when he ate before they did.) They allowed him to eat their leavings. Dad looked at me like, ‘Why the fuck are you yelling out the window?’
‘They talk about a Goblet of FIRE, man! I been drinking the goblet of fire all my life. My mother gave it to me. Then I lost it. Then I found it again in the desert. The Hells Angels gave it back. I got my kids around the waterfall, the “muggles,” I said drink! Drink and you will FIND the horcrux!’
@missingjigsaw.bsky.social · 2d agoCharles Manson could write a Beach Boys song, but could he write Harry Potter fanfic?
A b-side to Electrolite, & I played it almost as much as the single... they sounded like this when I saw them... 'Practice my T-Rex moves and make the scene Get drunk and sing along to Queen' www.youtube.com/watch?v=16-6...
The Wake-Up Bomb (Live From Atlanta, GA / 10/4/1995)
YouTube video by R.E.M. - Topic
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Justin Sherin@wychstreet.bsky.social · 3d agoThe line about post-Automatic it was this or ‘become James Taylor’ is well-known but I also think they wanted to let loose playing live again. They were a brilliant, brilliant live band, probably the last big one who’d played every hovel everywhere. When I saw them live I was shocked.
My black kitten pal has a tail longer than his body, & the only one I’ve ever seen that’s fully black on the outside & grey underneath. It’s wild, it’s like he was painted.
On insta I used to enjoy breaking down Historic England photos - forgotten spots, little details, etc. People liked it. I stopped bc they locked the archive- DRM, no sceeenshots, right click, etc. On out-of-copyright photos that belong to the nation. Anyway their vendor went under, archive is gone 🙄
Tim Daw@timdaw.bsky.social · 3d agoHistoric England vanishing archive - details of why it is broken : www.sarsen.org/2026/09/hist...
I am going to have another niece, my sixth. I have no nephews. Nothing against nephews but this is fine with me..
The line about post-Automatic it was this or ‘become James Taylor’ is well-known but I also think they wanted to let loose playing live again. They were a brilliant, brilliant live band, probably the last big one who’d played every hovel everywhere. When I saw them live I was shocked.
R.E.M.@remhq.bsky.social · 3d ago👹 Monster was released on this day in 1994. “What’s the Frequency, Kenneth?,” “Bang and Blame,” “Strange Currencies,” “Crush With Eyeliner,” “Tongue” — and a run of music videos that makes this one especially fun to look back on. Share your favorite song in the comments…
One of the few good parts of modern life is it’s somewhat easier to ignore things.
Jesse Hawken@jessehawken.bsky.social · 3d agoIt’s actually very easy to miss pop culture stuff that is of no interest to you, get on my level
In the 90s there were chart hits ubiquitous on certain kinds of radio but never played in shops, so I never heard them & didn't care. Still mostly don't. The trouble with a certain sort of pop fan is it's their whole personality, & like lots of walking black holes they're bullies.
Mark Harris@markharris.bsky.social · 3d agoBy the time I was in my early thirties, I knew that if I wanted (and needed professionally) to keep up with movies, TV, and theater, AND I liked to read, that music was just gonna sort of go on without me. It's one reason that I will never mock someone for unfamiliarity with a piece of pop culture.
I saw the Pulp documentary with Jarvis in the cinema, you don't pass that up, but unlike certain Manc thieves they sent their fans a link to watch their film for free
The kindest thing I can say about Choosin' Texas is it has a sort of 70s Linda Ronstadt quality: studiedly atmospheric, polished, 'timeless' by committee. It's well-written & decently performed but boring, not a patch on the fizz of All I Want For Christmas, Fantasy, etc. The phenomenon proves -
Like Joni Mitchell his voice is rougher yet more interesting. The aura, I think, is like Cary Grant’s - BF is an absolute phony, honest enough about it, yet he gets away with it. He’s like the tension of opposite magnets.
Kate Hagen 🦂 𓋹 🦂@thathagengrrl.bsky.social · 4d agoBryan Ferry is somehow 81 years old today + is still putting younger lads to shame with his absolute aura.
Arnold sort of reminds me of my grandmother, who came from nothing, did ok through hard graft, then the older she got realised hard graft only goes so far, & adjusted her politics accordingly
Richard M. Nixon@dicknixon.bsky.social · 5d agoYou go to the country’s most famous and successful immigrant and you tell him you want to use the city’s power to help the poor and struggling help themselves. It’s not a stretch. www.tmz.com/2026/09/25/a...
I know my Joy Division. I've worn the releases out, heard many bootlegs. I can't tell you how great the new live box set is. Unheard stuff, newly heard in full, or heard in new clarity. The famous first London gig at the Hope & Anchor, Islington - 27 Dec 1978, Barney miserable with flu -
Also she asked what film I was going to see - - A documentary about a band called Pulp - I’m not sure I’m familiar - You may know the song Common People - OHHHHH
Justin Sherin@wychstreet.bsky.social · 6d agoI was once the young person who got talking to grizzled actors in bookshops. A lovely young woman just approached me, just arrived in town, and, well 😪🤷♂️
I ordered this in Sept 1995. I got it probably ten days after it came out in the UK. For a while I guess it was the only copy for miles. I flogged it like others do the Bible. (My ex, seeing Pulp live recently: ‘And that is why I am the way I am.’) Now Jarvis signed it for me. ❤️ **
