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lauren: varúð | sigur rós sigur is a weekly listen. always...

Tue, 22 May 2012 17:20:42 +0100

varúð | sigur rós

sigur is a weekly listen. always feels good, gets in there. newness streaming via npr + the guardian. preorder at http://www.sigur-ros.co.uk/ thanks to chewablevitamins

(via texturism)

Full-album stream on NPR. Perfect listen for today.

"I am these legs and arms and back and bum and spleen, and I remain determined not to feel bad about..."

Tue, 22 May 2012 17:16:34 +0100

“I am these legs and arms and back and bum and spleen, and I remain determined not to feel bad about any bit of it, even in spite of the plenty of things about my body that people have now and then pointed out to me as things that are wrong, because that’s just something that people feel they can do to women.”

- On not feeling bad about my body, for DailyLife.com.au. (via jeanhannah)

101 Muppets of Sesame Street | Arts | National Post

Thu, 10 May 2012 11:52:40 +0100

101 Muppets of Sesame Street | Arts | National Post:

Lovely group picture which you can browse over to learn a little more about Sesame Street characters. Did you know Bert had a fun and outgoing twin called Bart?

Sigur Rós: Ekki múkk (moving art) (by sigurros) Preview song...

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:20:13 +0100

Sigur Rós: Ekki múkk (moving art) (by sigurros)

Preview song taken from the album ‘Valtari’, released 28 May.

"Explaining humor is a lot like dissecting a frog, you learn a lot in the process, but in the end you..."

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 22:58:10 +0100

“Explaining humor is a lot like dissecting a frog, you learn a lot in the process, but in the end you kill it.”

- Mark Twain. On Comedy. (via kingsnorthlobotomy)

I’m singing on this. It’s the first UK recording of...

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:31:07 +0100

I’m singing on this. It’s the first UK recording of Beethoven’s ‘lost’ cantata.

(via Beethoven: Der glorreiche Augenblick/ Choral Fantasy (Naxos: 8.572783): Claire Rutter, Matilde Wallevik, Peter Hoare, Stephen Gadd, Leon McCawley, City of London Choir, Hilary Davan, Westminster Under School Boys’ Choir, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Ludwig van Beethoven, Hilary Davan Wetton: Amazon.co.uk: Music)

My Name's Sophie and I'm a Punaholic

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:27:22 +0100

My Name's Sophie and I'm a Punaholic:

It’s puncake day! I’m Atilla the pun! Are you ready for some punishment? Wordplay isn’t small it’s puny! Tim Vine smells doesn’t he - he’s a pungent! Long live pundamentalism! Punderful! Punk. And sew on… (should you be a seamstress (the stress should be on seam, there). Et cetera (Yes, I ate it and it tasted awful).

Oh cod* help me, I’m in a pun loop (*A fish pun - the worst kind! Halibut that!)

I (and now you) have recently realised I have a problem. My addiction to punning is ruining my life. They have started to permeate into my everyday conversation. Workmates stare baffled when I share “Writing about Taipei is difficult, I’m dreading starting type B” or “Do you know what city is best for just wandering about in? Rome” then laugh uncontrollably all through the remainder of the meeting (you may have guessed I write travel guides). My boss gets really annoyed too, because when it’s my turn to take minutes, I take hours.

Only yesterday - day of the Oxford and Cambridge boat race (I didn’t watch, but not because of prejudice - some of my best friends are Oxford and Cambridge boats) my housemate, ill in bed with shingles, responded to my query of her wellbeing with “I’m fine. I suppose you’ve been spending the day making oar puns?”
Well no, actually, housemate! Not with all those cox jokes available. “I’m eating a coxless pear”.

Again, I recently met up with my ex boyfriend to do the final exchange of belongings. After what I thought was a lovely lunch, he used a term that popped up frequently in our relationship - ‘pun-wear’. This is not where one adorns some wordplay (like I just did, and didn’t it fit handsomely (like a glove)), but when one (specifically my ex-boyfriend) gets weary of me constantly workshopping wordplay at any mentioned combination of two subjects, cultural reference or even, word. I can’t recall when the punning began, but I believe it was when we first made love, in the magazine offices. He had me at Hello.

Over Christmas, my sister remarked “You must get so tyred”. I pointed out that it didn’t work as a pun, as there was no car or bicycle subject matter mentioned and so was irrelevant. She clarified that when she said “tyred”, she had in fact said “tired” and then punched me in the face. Then my brother twatted me on the arm. It’s always the way. You wait for abuse, then two come along at once.

So at this time of year, Easter time, I hide away. I can’t bear to hear the weak ‘egg-/ex-’ jokes that laymen trot out. “What an eggcellent cake Marjorie!” “Thank you, I made it for the eggstravaganza!” “Sophie, your eggs-boyfriend is sick of you and your puns”… eggsetera, eggs set terror.

Instead I stay at home, alone in my flat and wonder why nobody wants to spend time with me. There’s nothing I have against Easter, it’s just the lack of ambition in the puns.

It’s currently 4am on Easter Sunday. I’ve been too excited to sleep on this Easter Eve, so have just snuck to the oven early to have a look. Yes! Jesus has risen, you guys!

Send help.

Love you all (not you) x

I wish I had one of these badges this morning.

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 11:14:46 +0100

I wish I had one of these badges this morning.

(via Watch my video on #twitvid - Twomictwewief - Twitvid) Harry...

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 13:35:00 +0100

(via Watch my video on #twitvid - Twomictwewief - Twitvid)

Harry Hill and Armando Iannucci - FIIIIGHT!!

(via A Brief History of my 20’s - I Thought I Told You To...

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 12:43:41 +0100

(via A Brief History of my 20’s - I Thought I Told You To Wait In The Car)

*this is a footnote

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 16:33:34 +0100

*this is a footnote

Dalek relaxation tape I suffered so badly with insomnia until I...

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 15:19:00 +0100

Dalek relaxation tape

I suffered so badly with insomnia until I found this. Thanks @serafinowicz for introducing it to me. Breathe in…

"In the original synopsis, ‘the language becomes a dominant idiom of international communication,..."

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 12:25:57 +0100

“In the original synopsis, ‘the language becomes a dominant idiom of international communication, even though it has several basic design weaknesses – as the vocabulary grows, users have to hold certain objects in their hand to indicate shifting levels of emphasis. The company corners the market in manufacturing these objects, as well as clip-on pouches to hold them which people are obliged to wear at all times.”

- Armando Iannucci writes his first novel : News 2012 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide

Can’t wait for Iannucci’s novel about a privatised language…

MEEP

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 16:11:05 +0100

MEEP

Elmo sings Single Ladies (by TheCelebFactory) I can’t...

Sun, 11 Mar 2012 21:10:16 +0000

Elmo sings Single Ladies (by TheCelebFactory)

I can’t watch this until midnight, because I’m using my phone and have exceeded ‘fair usage’, but I BET THIS IS AWESOME!

jameshance: Keep believing, keep pretending, you did just what...

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 15:20:47 +0000

jameshance:

Keep believing, keep pretending, you did just what you set out to do!

Congratulations to the Muppets, Bret, Peter, Jason, Amy and the gang - Amazing! <3

Am I a Woman, or am I Womuppet?

ccballard: Yes, please. That’s some good shelving.

Sun, 26 Feb 2012 00:11:37 +0000

ccballard:

Yes, please.

That’s some good shelving.

The Kingsnorth Lobotomy: Is Sketch Comedy Dead?

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:38:29 +0000

The Kingsnorth Lobotomy: Is Sketch Comedy Dead? :

kingsnorthlobotomy:

The last “big” sketch show on TV was Little Britain, which ended in 2006 if you don’t count Little Britain USA. Now you can say what you like about Little Britain but you can’t deny it was popular, there was a time when it seemed to be everywhere, not only was it on three TV channels at once it…

luckyshirt: You can all stop looking for the worst album name...

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:32:03 +0000

luckyshirt:

You can all stop looking for the worst album name and cover now.

And forever.

Paul McCartney Kisses on the Bottom. Wow.

George Smiley

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:14:15 +0000

George Smiley