2015 – Leeds's Singing Organ-Grinder

Am I a phobicphobic?

I mean, coulrophobia, fack off. Anyway, the etymology has nothing to do with clowns: it’s a disproportionate fear of Andy Coulson.

Elegía definitiva a Grexorbitante / Definitive elegy to Grexorbitant

Lenny Kravitz, “It ain’t over till it’s over,” specially adapted for my good friend Mariano Rajoy.

Are you sure that parrot's alive? / ¿Seguro que está vivo el loro?

Spain and the UK BOTH creating more new jobs than the rest of Europe put together

My brain hurts: Pablo Casado: “Dos de cada tres empleos en Europa se crean en España” David Cameron: “We’re creating more jobs here than the rest of Europe put together.”

How many of your friends are investigados?

Shamefully I’m only on three at the moment, but quite a lot more are expected over the next couple of months. Hint: only a loser or a liar knows none.

Vox populi, Waltham Abbey: So who cares if Greece leaves the Eurofuckingvision Song Contest? The Essex ~travellers were out in force with two-year-olds and what I’d call light gigs. Baldie Pevsner slagged off the C19th renovation of the abbey church, but it’s actually wonderful. The mural in the Lady Chapel reminded me of the SW…

A sad loss

I was a big fan of Ray Girvan.

Tweets for June 2015

Descubren un elemento del lenguaje humano en el canto de un pájaro

“Pretty fucking Polly.” Not, unfortunately.

Karl Marx condemns organ-grinders!

“Vagabonds, discharged soldiers, discharged jailbirds, escaped galley slaves, swindlers, mountebanks, lazzaroni, pickpockets, tricksters, gamblers, maquereaux, brothel keepers, porters, literati, organ grinders, ragpickers, knife grinders, tinkers, beggars”

Membres de la société de secours du dix Décembre, dans l'exercice de leurs philanthropiques fonctions.

Wurst is German for sausage

Wrust is a Spanish speciality and a Botswanan all-black metal band: Did they intend to call themselves sausage? How strong is the residual regional influence of German South-West Africa, not to mention boerewors camp? More namby-pamby posturing from Gaborone: A very shy black friend once became the lead singer of a moderately good all-white Leeds…

Year: 2015