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Corrinne F

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“There is a time for the evening under starlight/A time for the evening under lamplight/(The evening with the photograph album)/Love is most nearly itself/When here and now cease to matter” Songdog LP Mirabilia Mundi out now https://orcd.co/mirabiliamundi

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Corrinne F @traviata.bsky.social · 19m

Absolutely this. So often I’m squinting at a night scene, wondering if my vision is failing. Also, bring back sound clarity.

Corrinne F @traviata.bsky.social · 32m

Thinking about Diane Keaton in Reds and just remembered the slightly bizarre poster for the film, which as I think someone pointed out at the time resembles Warren Beatty clutching a bundle of period laundry.

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Rob Chapman @scribblerrob.bsky.social · 1h

Never knowingly miss an opportunity to replug my Ron and Russell interview from Meltdown week. Spiked by Uncut at the time for reasons best left to themselves. Why yes, skippy. That's right. It is one of the best interviews I ever did.
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Sparks | My Site 1

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Corrinne F @traviata.bsky.social · 1h

Currently in the grip of an anxious fret. Like a human guitar.

Corrinne F @traviata.bsky.social · 2h

We used to have genuinely wide cultural coverage - film, theatre, arts, even philosophy. Remember Voices on Channel 4?

Corrinne F @traviata.bsky.social · 2h

Never change, local Facebook page. Someone posted a photo of a black and white pigeon and said “just seen this bird on the pier, size of a pigeon, can anyone tell me what it is?”. Someone has replied beneath “It IS a pigeon.” Someone else referred to a ‘ferrell’ pigeon. 21 replies.

Corrinne F @traviata.bsky.social · 2h

I would absolutely love to wake up every now and then and find that (a) I wasn’t completely knackered and (b) something somewhere on me didn’t hurt. Like I did when I was ten.

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Rob Chapman @scribblerrob.bsky.social · 2h

Who would have thought that Ron Mael not only has immaculate taste but immaculate reasoning too. This is a beaut of a read from start to finish.

The Quietus @thequietus.com · 3h

"The Who were charming to me when they were writing more situational songs. They didn’t necessarily concern world shattering issues, but instead really beautiful, miniature statements. [and] I love the artwork with the Heinz Baked Beans."

#RonMael of #Sparks on #TheWho Sell Out

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The Who Sell Out album cover. Pete Townshend has a giant deodorant under his arm and Roger Daltrey is sat in a tub filled with baked beans whilst holding a Heinz can. He also has baked beans on his face, clearly indicating that he has been eating them.

Corrinne F @traviata.bsky.social · 3h

An incredible performer. A genuine star.

Corrinne F @traviata.bsky.social · 3h

I have wide feet and almost all proper shoes cause me pain (which is why I live in trainers). I’ve been trying to find some that look nice enough for an interview but don’t make me weep with agony after an hour.

Corrinne F @traviata.bsky.social · 3h

I really like those. I’ve been trying to find a pair that actually fit, though, because unfortunately my feet are not as dainty or comfortable as they were when I last wore Start-Rites

Corrinne F @traviata.bsky.social · 3h

It would seem so, yes. From Shakespeare to asking ChatGPT how to ask someone out. It’s only downhill from here.

Corrinne F @traviata.bsky.social · 3h

I use the dancing ones a fair bit, but the one that makes me feel unwell whenever I see it is the 😜

Corrinne F @traviata.bsky.social · 3h

We are going to die out, aren’t we?

Corrinne F @traviata.bsky.social · 4h

Until I was 10, we lived in a one-bed flat with no proper bathroom, yet my working class parents had no notion that art galleries, books, foreign films or music were “not for us”. My mum cleaned houses but she’d have recognised Pinter in a lineup. My dad could talk about Rembrandt and Kurosawa.

David Benedict @eggsbened.bsky.social · 6h

EXACTLY!
‘Where once there was a yearning to be “exposed to something extraordinary”, today politicians and arts administrators are besotted by the notion of “relevance”, of the arts as something with which people must immediately identify or recognise.’ observer.co.uk/news/columni...

It’s not opera that’s elitist but the idea that art is to...

The myth that culture has not been for the masses is debunked in a new book

Corrinne F @traviata.bsky.social · 4h

Isn’t that beautiful? The webs are everywhere at the moment.

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Rob Chapman @scribblerrob.bsky.social · 18h

I watched Annie Hall again recently. Nobody else could have played that comedy foil quite like Diane Keaton did. I've always thought she was hugely underrated. A great actress has left the stage. "Why are the drapes open?" RIP

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Rhodri Marsden @rhodri.biz · 18h

“That is incredibly jejune” ♥️

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Love and Death - Jejune

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Corrinne F @traviata.bsky.social · 18h

Damn, not Diane Keaton too. RIP to a wonderful actor. (You know, when I came home from Ken Market aged 18 with my men’s coats and waistcoats and big trousers, in my head it was her in Annie Hall I was channeling.)

Corrinne F @traviata.bsky.social · 18h

Want me go round their gaff and shout at them? I’m scary in a scrap

Corrinne F @traviata.bsky.social · 18h

Let the sea my troubles mend. And it does.
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John and Beverley Martyn - The Ocean (Stormbringer! (1970))

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Corrinne F @traviata.bsky.social · 18h

There were none at ours either, but I managed to book an appointment at Tesco in Helston for next week. Cheaper than the pharmacy too.

Corrinne F @traviata.bsky.social · 18h

Bumped into my youngest housemate, who made me laugh when she complained how old she felt, what with turning 19 soon and all.

Corrinne F @traviata.bsky.social · 19h

Along the horizon there are glimmers of light, some are fishing boats, the ones lit up like Christmas trees are the tankers. And there are
little flickers that hug the rocks and you realise they’re not *on* the water, they’re in it, under the surface. Night divers or the souls of drowned sailors?

Corrinne F @traviata.bsky.social · 20h

Last streaks of light, but better late than not at all. For some reason I was swept under by a great wave of melancholy earlier, and it completely paralysed me; I could do nothing but sit and snivel until it passed. I should have come out here, of course. The great blue saviour.