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Ian Mason | @thedimpause

View from the bedroom window. Woke up to a little unexpected snow this morning โ„๏ธ

A snowy garden with a winding driveway amongst trees and bushes, a dusting of snow on the ground and rooftops, under a partly cloudy sky.

| ๐Ÿท Photography ๐Ÿท Garden ๐Ÿท Weather
Napoleon, 2023 - โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…

Watched on Monday March 25, 2024.

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๐ŸŽต My Top weekly artists as logged by last.fm:

Krฤek, Capella Istropolitana (39 plays)
Mary Lou Williams (24)
Kendrick Lamar (21)
Oscar Peterson (8)
Bessie Smith (7)

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Currently reading: Turning Over the Pebbles by Mike Brearley ๐Ÿ“š

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Dark Encounter, 2019 - โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…ยฝ

Strange film. Not sure what to make of it. Combination of child disappearance and alien encounter. Very well filmed and acted - definitely not got the look or feel of a low budget, made for TV movie (which I don't believe it was).

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The Highwaymen, 2019 - โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…

Watched on Thursday March 21, 2024.

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Finished reading: Bessie Smith by Jackie Kay ๐Ÿ“š

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My bread is trying to escape! โš ๏ธ๐Ÿž

A loaf of bread in a metal baking pan on a wooden surface. One corner of the loaf has risen over the corner and out of the tin.

| ๐Ÿท Photography ๐Ÿท Food
In the Court of the Crimson King: King Crimson at 50, 2022 - โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…

Watched on Sunday March 17, 2024.

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๐ŸŽต My Top weekly artists as logged by last.fm:

Handley, RLPO (13 plays)
Arab Strap (2)
Gong (1)

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Wordle 1,000 ๐ŸŽ‰ 4/6

โฌœโฌœโฌœ๐ŸŸจโฌœ
โฌœ๐ŸŸจโฌœ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ
โฌœ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ

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Gong and Ozric Tentacles at the sold out and very crowded Globe, Cardiff, Sunday 10th March 2024 ๐Ÿ“ท ๐ŸŽต

The two bands are doing their Last Joint Tour, jointly headlining and alternating their set orders. Last night at The Globe Ozric Tentacles played first followed by Gong.

Gong

Concert scene with audience silhouettes in front of a stage with psychedelic eye projection and purple stage lights A live music performance at The Globe with musicians on stage, including a saxophonist and guitarists, amid colorful stage lighting and a crowd of spectators in the foreground A live band performing on stage at The Globe with vibrant psychedelic background projections and an audience in the foreground

Ozric Tentacles

A live band performing on stage at The Globe, with colorful psychedelic projections in the background. Audience members are seen in the foreground, silhouetted against the brightly lit stage A live music performance at The Globe venue with band members illuminated by green and blue stage lights, and an audience watching the show

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๐ŸŽต My Top weekly artists as logged by last.fm:

Bessie Smith (44 plays)
Kendrick Lamar (19)
Bessie Smith, Fletcher Henderson & Don Redman (11)
Bessie Smith & Fletcher Henderson (9)
Bessie Smith & Jimmy Jones (8)

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Two very close, exciting games of Six Nations rugby today. Two unexpected results for Italy ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น and England ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ. A little compensation for this morningโ€™s cricket humiliation! ๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿ‘

| ๐Ÿท Cricket ๐Ÿท Rugby

Watching rugby - Italy ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น v ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Scotland - and drinking a Dead Canary ๐Ÿบ๐Ÿ‰

| ๐Ÿท Rugby ๐Ÿท Beer
Hay-on-Wye bookshops ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ“ธ

Documenting in photographs some of the current bookshops in Hay-on-Wye, Powys, the world’s first town of books.

Richard Booth’s Bookshop

Hay Cinema Bookshop

Hay Castle Honesty Bookshop

Hay-on-Wye Booksellers

Addyman Books

The Addyman Annexe

Murder and Mayhem

The Poetry Bookshop

Gay on Wye

Green Ink Booksellers

Broad Street Book Centre

Clock Tower Books

North Books

The Black Mountains Bindery

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Now listening: Any Woman’s Blues - Bessie Smith

Playlist:

๐Ÿ”— Jackie Kay on Bessie Smith ๐Ÿ“š๐ŸŽต

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๐Ÿ”— Some thoughts on International Womenโ€™s Day

Speaking truth to the power of the patriarchy is unimaginably difficult, even as I live a life of relative privilege. In the past, Iโ€™ve experienced deep levels of discomfort at writing one small truth because thereโ€™s the worry that Iโ€™ll be branded a troublemaker, a man hater, a difficult woman to work with. All of which heightens my respect for those women across global history whoโ€™ve had to fight like lions for the barest modicum of political and/or โ€ฆ

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Currently reading: Bessie Smith by Jackie Kay ๐Ÿ“š

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๐Ÿ”— The Long Wait

Implement a genuine progress index in place of GDP

At the moment, every attempt to create a greener and fairer country is hampered by the way we measure progress. So my third big policy is to dethrone our use of GDP as a general indicator of how well we are doing, and replace it with more appropriate measures.

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๐Ÿ”— Outrage Farming

Sunak leads a government that has introduced the most draconian anti-protest laws in our democratic history. These laws are deployed exclusively against official enemies: environmental campaigners, republicans, feminists, Muslims. If you belong to one of these groups and you block a road, you might go to prison. If you are a farmer and you block a road, the prime minister might join you.

The protest the prime minister attended displayed the banners of No Farmers, No Food, a โ€ฆ

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Microbrewery ๐Ÿบ

A sunny outdoor scene with a black pickup truck parked in front of a modern building with large windows and an outdoor seating area. There are multiple metal beer kegs stacked on the ground near the vehicle and around the patio. A clear blue sky with fluffy clouds

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Lunch at the Bunch of Grapes, Pontypridd ๐Ÿบ

A pub interior with wooden tables and chairs, a half-full glass of beer on a table, and a book titled Bessie Smith by Jackie Kay. A bar with taps and bottles in the background, and a coat draped over a chair.

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Sharper, 2023 - โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…ยฝ

Watched on Monday March 4, 2024.

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The Hunger Games, 2012 - โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…ยฝ

Watched on Sunday March 3, 2024.

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