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  1. Mellsman

    Intoxication log

    Shame shared is shame halved.
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    Wuhan Killer Sneeze (thanks Tea)

    As worn by Milwall and Cardiff fans for decades.
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    Wuhan Killer Sneeze (thanks Tea)

    It stretches back to scrubbed pine.
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    John Cale

    Paris 1919 has wonderfully obscure lyrics: Things are much different here than Norway Not so cold Wonder when we'll be in Dundee Old Hollweg knows his way around He's no fool Wish I'd get to see my son again
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    a close reading of donna summers i feel love

    The story is Moroder happened on an Oompah band in the Alps. Seeing the old white folk dancing to the 4/4 oompah sound sparked an epiphany. Thus the rigid 4/4 of I feel Love.
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    Psychedelic drugs

    Of course Matthew (upthread) is right. Pdelics are a shortcut. But sometimes it's good to expedite the benefits of therapy. Alcoholics & dying people spring to mind.
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    Psychedelic drugs

    I loved Pollan's book. Phenomenal advert for shrooms etc.
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    Wuhan Killer Sneeze (thanks Tea)

    Cognitive dissonance (dissensus?) is a hallmark of this crisis. I'm always trying and failing to hold and reconcile opposing thoughts. It's laid reality bare in that way.
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    Florian Schneider (1947 - 2020)

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    Florian Schneider (1947 - 2020)

    I saw them in the Turbine Hall of the Tate a few years. Cried during Radioactivity. I find Autobahn very moving too. Emotional electricity.
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    Florian Schneider (1947 - 2020)

    Krautrocksampler by Julian Cope. ?
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    Dinner of the Day.

    Felt the same - - until I started marinading stuff in yoghurt (& coriander & turmeric & lemon juice & ginger & garlic) Enzymes in the yog. really go to work. The effect of lamb and chicken thighs is awesome.
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    Wuhan Killer Sneeze (thanks Tea)

    Lies, damned lies & statistics.
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    Wuhan Killer Sneeze (thanks Tea)

    South West of UK has far fewer infections than elsewhere.
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    rave era as recapitulation of the sixties

    I enjoy the purported connection between the Brinks Mat bullion heist and the first wave of E to hit the UK.
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    Curb Your Enthusiasm Season 10

    Leon's bit about 1940's women is wonderful. Saying Boo-boo-pe-doo signifying a readiness for sex.
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    Wuhan Killer Sneeze (thanks Tea)

    Until, that is, they are approached by the police.
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    Wuhan Killer Sneeze (thanks Tea)

    Can you saunter very slowly?
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    Coronaspam

    Unintentionally disgusting choice of words.
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