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epwc wrote: Fri May 24, 2024 9:20 am
Tichtheid wrote: Fri May 24, 2024 9:10 am More seriously, how do you challenge global capitalism? The majority of us want shit that we don't need and we'll happily pay half price for something that has to travel from the opposite side of the planet which has been made by prison labour than buy local from a unionised environment where a fair wage is paid for a day's work.

I make guitars as a hobby. I can buy a Gibson guitar made in Montana under safe conditions where the people in the factory are skilled trades people and they are paid a fair wage. These guitars cost anything for three thousand pounds upwards.
I can get a "Chibson" a knock-off from China that costs two hundred a fifty quid and, from a distance, looks exactly the same.

I can barely buy the wood and hardware to make one for two hundred and fifty quid. Ok this is fairly niche, but it's an example of the bigger situation.
Yeah, we're a society that knows the price of everything but the value of nothing. We've had a person working with us recently, early 50s, had a job as a broker in the City (6 figure wage, 6 figure bonuses) got made redundant and ended up here. She could not believe how much work there was to do, and the max we can pay her is £36k, cos it's a real business doing real stuff that's been affected by Brexit, climate change, the war in Gaza etc. Meanwhile a friend of my daughters (all the right connections) has just got a job in the same part of the same city firm that this lady used to work in, she says the fellas spend most of their time playing darts or perfecting their putting techniques.

My father in law is in hospital at the moment, 87 with a huge brain tumour, I was there with my daughter thursday night and he just would not get back into bed so they could change his pants, he physically attacked the 3 nurses that were trying to help him. They won't make 6 figures between them, and I haven't seen any putting machines or dartboards in Basildon Hospital...
I'll bring this here.


First off, best wishes to your father in law. Second, best wishes to the nurses. The rhythm of the words "Basildon hospital" made me think of one of my favourite songs - a celebration of people from all over the world who make the NHS tick

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Enough to bring a tear to my eye. People really need to understand that this country is functional only because of migrants.
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Great set from Dj Shadow 🫡

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I have a random playlist of liked songs set to shuffle that gets me through the days... this popped up yesterday. Seems pertinent.

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I'll forget by Friday, so here goes... Canadian metal group going very 80s rock with this track! People in the comments comparing to Heart.




The album title track is their normal sound (not far off).


OH! And fun fact, the singer played rugby at the uni here, think for just a year as friends there at the time only vaguely remember her. Was in the music program, but got a degree in history.

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Wasn't familiar with this Canadian band until I stumbled across their recent double album Diamond Jubilee, which this song's from. Lovin' it...

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Things you just don't see coming...

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Almost 40 years of consistent brilliance 🙌🏼

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Went to a funeral today, a workmate 8 years younger than me. One of those natural leaders who did it through setting an example, there was a massive crowd turned out for him.



RIP Rob.
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You heard it here first...

get on it


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Liking this lot

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Bit early but saw them live last night, brilliant

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It's never too early. I went on a bit of a Breeders rabbit hole journey a couple of weeks back... glad to hear they're still sharp.

I've been listening to a bit of this girl's stuff lately, long one here but the full set is hypnotic, I really like her guitar work, nice complement to her vocals


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My middle offspring said I should check out Clowncore

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From probably my favourite album of the punk era:



His later stuff I think means that he's not taken seriously but an extremely creative individual.
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If by some mischance, you haven't been playing any Lucinda Williams regularly of late, you could rectify that here, now.



One of the greatest lyricists in the US canon, an artist who has always trod her own path refusing to either fit a mould or respect the business. She's 70 years old now, suffered a stroke a few years back that curtailed her guitar playing but hasn't stopped her performing. I'm a bit in love with Lucinda Williams.
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This is fun

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Guy Smiley wrote: Wed Jul 10, 2024 6:15 pm If by some mischance, you haven't been playing any Lucinda Williams regularly of late, you could rectify that here, now.
Ramblin is one of my favourite albums, love her
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Nice
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The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band is a lot of fun.

I'm a bit of a Gillian Welch fan too mate. She and Dave Rawlings make a beautiful thing together.
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Guy Smiley wrote: Thu Jul 11, 2024 8:00 pm The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band is a lot of fun.

I'm a bit of a Gillian Welch fan too mate. She and Dave Rawlings make a beautiful thing together.
I’m going to see PJ Harvey in August, only person that I’ve wanted to see live as bad as her is Gillian Welch. Just everything about her is fabulous, and yeah brilliant together.
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I'd be lost without music. That Black Keys track is a ripper.

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Guy Smiley wrote: Thu Jul 11, 2024 8:07 pm I'd be lost without music.
So many hard times that I got through with music. Dunno sounds funny when you say it like that but…
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Surprised myself... listening to this and I realised I am missing Western Australia. There's a difference to the place that comes across in the music. Space, light... the scale of existence stuff. Also... kangaroos are a hazard in the twilight hours... they're on the move and can cause some serious damage to passenger vehicles. It's a known hazard...

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Guy Smiley wrote: Thu Jul 11, 2024 8:07 pm I'd be lost without music. That Black Keys track is a ripper.

Excellent stuff my friend.
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Remember listening to the Big Come Up a lot when I was over in the US in 2002-03 and being really into them. Saw them back at Leeds Cockpit later that year when they were touring Thickfreakness (which is great).

Very surprised to see them go on to become an arena band.

It's a Sonics cover (so probably should live on that thread), but this was may favourite track from that album

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Can’t go wrong with The Sonics….

Here’s a good vibe

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