Ah, hello! Come in. Make yourself comfortable. Have a cigar.
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Unhappy Birthday
Category Archives: Pop Music
Disco Worms And Earworms
Given the ubiquity of punk rock recently (both in the blog and in NY culture at large — Ladies and gentlemen, give it up one more time for Ian Rubbish; didn’t he do well?), it’s been odd to find myself recently surrounded by disco. Anyone aware of Disco Demolition Night at Comiskey Park could be forgiven for thinking the Disco Wars were fought and won many years ago. But you’d be wrong. It’s back. And now, it’s coming for your children. Exhibit 1…:
Disco Worms
Or, to give it its full name, Sunshine Barry and the Disco Worms.
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Bonus Materials
It feels like I’ve been throwing a lot of myself into the last couple of weeks of posts. But today, Monday rolled around, and no dominant theme had risen to the surface for today’s offering. So, what does one do when the creative well dries up, but one still wants to keep people rolling up for more?
Director’s cut? Prequel? … Bonus materials…? Ah-hah! Continue reading Bonus Materials
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Punk. Rock. Stroke. Repeat.
First, good luck to the apoplectics who are using this week to write a poultry-based musical/learn how to use a digital camera manually/research wood chips. [If you don’t know a lot about wood chips, click through to the link in Monday’s comments. It’s interesting stuff.] Please return to your projects after you finish with this….
I’ve been tweeting about earworms recently. I tend to find that the random songs stuck in my head on any given morning tend to be from my childhood.
This morning’s earworm: How Deep Is Your Love (Bee Gees version). #multifaceted
— Ricky Brown (@ricky_ballboy) May 2, 2013
Yesterday morning’s earworm: The Wild Rover (Pogues & Dubliners version).
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AWEI: Apoplectic.me Will Eat Itself
Writing a blog sucks. (And you thought reading it was bad.) On Friday, between making my way to OT, PT and neuro/psychotherapy, I pre-banked today’s post. It was about how much I’ve enjoyed writing apoplectic.me and how much it’s meant to me over the past five months or so.
So, what happened? As former British Prime Minister Harold Wilson would say:
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Old Goths Never Die
Last Thursday, we took a trip to my daughter’s school, where we received a personal tour of class 5K’s recreation of an Egyptian tomb, including the kids’ replicas of artifacts and life-size murals. Very interesting it was, too.
Class 5K on Thursday
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Rip It Up
[N.B.: This post discusses post-stroke depression and crying, as well as the inspiration to be received from the music of Edwyn Collins. Depression is very common in both stroke survivors and their carers. (Post-stroke depression (PSD) has been reported in not less than 30% and up to 50% of all stroke survivors (Robinson, 1998; DH, 2007a). The prevalence of PSD peaks at six months after stroke.) If you think you or your family/carer may be affected by this issue, please help your recovery by going to your doctor. The National Stroke Association has also published an excellent fact sheet on coping with emotions after stroke, which I’d also suggest you look at if this is an issue for you.] Continue reading Rip It Up
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