My thought was it was an attempt to get back at king bloke for him wearing a Greek tie
Edit: Whatever the reason, I’m fairly sure it breaks conventions with regards to Royals and Government
What the actual f…
I’m not sure I’ve ever seen anything quite so excruciatingly awful and out of touch.
Trying make Sunak seem normal is the least of their problems, his awkwardness is a reason to take the piss because he’s a shit failure of a politician. It’s not the problem and It’s not the fix he needs.
And releasing it at 5pm on Xmas Day… the country is pissed, farting and snoring you absolutely dumb word removed
Christ it’s getting dark earlier and earlier, the missus has just said it’s half an hour to Christmas dinner so it must be about half two and it’s pitch black outside
So the Xmas game is about to begin (we buy a new game each year)
This year it’s some Scandi Trivia game called Bezzerwizzer.
I shall endeavour to do my utmost to win (even though they’ve already played it last night to gain an advantage)
The turkey has only just gone in (late food that was meant to be early is also traditional )
The Smile wasn’t working for Xmas Day so I've gone with this next
A Castles in Space subscription library release from the end last year
Tim Lea Young - M3on.
First track is a complete re-imagination of Jerusalem but it’s a mellow electronic and choral affair with hints of jazz
I just nipped out for a ciggies and my (always noisy) upstairs neighbours are having a conversation which it’s impossible to avoid because they always have the window open.
Ancient Fishwife: Why don't you go and put a T-shirt on Ted?
70 if he’s a day Ted: it’s Xmas, I can’t be arsed.
AF: The kids'll be round soon
Ted: What's your point?
There's an IRL sitcom in my upstairs neighbours
The missus and daughter are busy doing things like putting their gifts away and having showers etc so…
Slowdive - Everything is Alive
It’s also mellow enough for the occasion I think. It should also probably go in my AotY list I think in the notable mentions
Edit: I have been allowed to listen to side 2 because it fits the mood, it really must be Christmas
So the full haul is
New Slowdive album
The Smile album
Box of Fortnum and Masons florentines
Record Token (remember them I was about 15 last time I got one)
Chilly coffee mug for taking coffee to work
The book of the photographic exhibition (Photie Man) I'm going to
My daughter bought me two tickets for a photography exhibition I want to go to but the best thing about it is, it’s the day my Sister-in-Law thinks she’s spending the day with us. She won’t want to pay to get in so she'll have to f***off to Southport to the Bro-in-Laws earlier than she expects.
Its the details that matter, my daughter is very thoughtful and the best.
Another Hipgnosis album cover. Apparently the cover of 1, 2 and 3 at least came out of the recycle bin, they were all proposals for other artists and they sold the idea to Gabriel as original ideas
He only discovered this later on