Maybe . . . just maybe

I'm tempted. Really tempted. Is the blog ready for me to once again recycle the same 30-40 songs from 1981-84? Same jokes, same patter, the same half-arsed anecdotes? 

Found this music challenge on twitter (Kiss my arse with your 'X-bollocks', Musk.) Is September a particularly synthy month? I have no idea. It would, however, be nice to breath some much needed life into the blog.

#SynthPopSeptember 

"Keep watching the sky, MacIntyre."

Via PictureThis Scotland

"Director Bill Forsyth on the set of 'Local Hero' in 1983. For his work on the film, Forsyth won the 1984 BAFTA Award for Best Direction. Pic: Denis Waugh."

Pope-tastic

Brilliant last line. Pure quality. Reminds me that I need to dig out his autobiography. I dipped into it a couple of years ago. I should have stuck around.

The clip was found on Twitter but the bloke who posted it is notorious for posting other people's stuff without proper credit, so I thought I'd just bypass him and find the clip on YouTube.

"Mártires de Chicago"

 Via Twitter

Maradona. Argentinos Juniors. 1979

Old But Gold . . .

Prisoners Exercising pic.twitter.com/bjSTpTuxF1

— Cold War Steve (@Coldwar_Steve) July 31, 2019

Don't mind me. Just clearing out my drafts.

Hardy Bucks

In my humble opinion, these are the best 33 seconds on YouTube. pic.twitter.com/cIEtt3znD2

— Daniel (@DannyDutch) August 10, 2017

Feeling Groovy . . .

A new Labour Leader brings forth a new batch - or at least a reworking - of political memes, and in my self-imposed isolation (Coronavirus? What's that?), I welcome it:

(Black) Hat tip to the Anarchist Federation's twitter account.

Original meme here.

Carry On Columbus

These coronavirus jokes are just going to run and run.

PS - Mr. Griffiths is that rarest of breeds: he once voted for the SPGB.

"You think Roy Castle's funny."

Arguably one of the best BBC comedy-dramas from the 1980s.

It broke my teenage heart to discover that that wasn't Emma Thompson's real accent.

Someone won the internet today . . .

I understand that The Thick of It writers have had their lawyers slap an injunction on the 2019 Euro Elections for copyright infringement:

Toryspotting

Someone won the internet today:

Do I need to explain myself? Probably.

Why is Theresa May playing pool?

"Gash . . . gadge"? What's with this strange language employed by people on a distant East coast with subpar football teams and collective inferiority complexes? Click on the link for the explanatory clip.

Knock off sheepskin jackets for goalposts

Brilliant pic from the '70s. Sadly, I will still dressing like this in 1981. I didn't stand a chance.

#ChildhoodTraumas

Boys’ pen, Anfield. Photo by Pete Marlowe