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thisnoisemademe · 5 months

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I can see no good in taking your own life, when any moment death calls.

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film-o-teka-reblog · 1 month

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Playboy Video Playmate Calendar 1988

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duchessofostergotlands · 10 months

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Considering they position themselves as the guardians of Britishness, it has been so weird seeing conservatives here in the U.K. adopting the US’s anti-drag narrative, especially the idea drag is inappropriate for kids. Like, this is something every british child went to see as a school trip each Christmas:

And these are considered our best TV shows/TV stars, who I watched all the time as a child in the 90s:

#how can a party that says it represents Britishness #shun drag which is so deeply embedded in British culture #drag #non royal #politics #two ronnies #rowan atkinson #monty python #stephen fry #hugh laurie #lily savage #rik mayall #ade edmondson

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cinemablogs · 1 year

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Blackadder Goes Forth

Starring: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Hugh Laurie, & Stephen Fry UK, 1989

#Blackadder #BBC #UK #World War 1 #WW1 #Rowan Atkinson #Tony Robinson #Hugh Laurie #Stephen Fry #Tim McInnerny #Rik Mayall #Ade Edmondson #Trench #TV #Sitcom #British

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neil-neil-orange-peel · 2 years

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I watched Friday Night Live. Ben Elton was a great host - obviously - but Jordan Gray absolutely stole the show! Live TV, people!

#friday night live #ben elton #stephen fry jennifer saunders ade edmondson and dawn french appearing at the beginning via pre recorded videos to ask ben wtf he's thinking #was funny and sweet #jordan gray

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jadelotusflower · 1 year

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2022 Roundup - books read

Fiction

An Offer from a Gentleman - Julia Quinn

The Sin Eater - Megan Campisi

Romancing Mr Bridgerton - Julia Quinn

Wandering Stars - Sholem Alcehiem

A Study in Scarlet Women - Sherry Thomas

To Sir Phillip, with love - Julia Quinn

Once There Were Wolves - Charlotte McConaghy

A Conspiracy in Belgravia - Sherry Thomas

Binti - Nnedi Okorafor

The Starless Sea - Erin Morganstern

The Hollow of Fear - Sherry Thomas

The Art of Theft - Sherry Thomas

Ghosts of Sherwood - Carrie Vaughn

Heirs to Locksley - Carrie Vaughn

Murder on Cold Street - Sherry Thomas

Persuasion - Jane Austen (re-read)

Pride & Prejudice - Jane Austen (re-read)

Miss Moriarty, I Presume? - Sherry Thomas

Love and Friendship (and other writings) - Jane Austen

That makes 19 - my goal for the year was to read more diverse authors/stories and an effort was made, even if I did revert back to my comfort zone of historical fiction and re-reading some Austen.

I'm not sure why I stuck with the Bridgerton novels as long as I did, seeing as I found them mostly frustrating. I started out really enjoying the Lady Sherlock novels, however they unfortunately became a series of diminishing returns for me.

The Sin Eater was probably my favourite novel this year, something completely original and interesting and that has stuck with me. Once There Were Wolves had a really interesting premise but didn't really have the payoff, and The Starless Sea was a strange one because it seemed particularly geared to my interests and yet I just didn't vibe with it.

Non-Fiction

Top End Girl - Miranda Tapsell

Celtic Myth - Kevin Eyres

Celtic Myths - Jake Johnson

Troy - Stephen Fry

What People Wore When - Melissa Leventon

Under the Banner of Heaven - Jon Krakauer

Victoria The Queen - Julia Baird

Medieval Costume Armour and Weapons - Eduard Wagner, Zoroslava Drobna, and Jan Durdik

Scarred: How I escaped NXIVM, the cult that bound my life - Sarah Edmondson

Don’t call it a Cult: The shocking story of Keith Raniere and the women of NXIVM - Sarah Berman (re-read)

Finding the Mother Tree: Uncovering the wisdom and intelligence of the forest - Suzanne Simard

Out of the Corner - Jennifer Grey

1001 Arabian Nights Volume 1 - translated by Malcom C Lyons (partial)

That's 13 - some fascinating non-fiction this year, from actor memoirs, to myths and legends, to my continued interest in cults and cult-adjacent material.

In particular Under the Banner of Heaven, which I sought out after I watched the tv adaptation with Andrew Garfield and was extremely compelling, and Finding the Mother Tree, a super interesting exploration of the connectivity of the forest.

That's 32 total for 2022, less than my goal but who really cares.

#2022 roundup #books

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culttvblog · 2 months

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What's on my Laptop

Possibly a strange title but this post is simply a run-down of shows of which I currently have episodes in a file on my laptop, either waiting to be seen or waiting to be blogged about. They have all been available online recently and I have downloaded them. Among other things the purpose of this post is to celebrate that I can still find new stuff uploaded and shows I haven't seen yet!

I posted a few weeks ago about Second Verdict, the 1976 series in which DCSs Barlow and Watts reprise their fictional police roles to reconsider historical mysteries. I also have the 1973 Jack the Ripper series, in which they also consider this mystery in their fictional personae. Jack the Ripper isn't one of my enthusiasms, but I have read reviews saying that this is possibly the best account of the state of the evidence at the time but can't guarantee that it's still up to date fifty years later. I also don't tend to do historical series, but I do like the reconstructions of the Victorian characters giving their evidence in this.

Strangers (1978 to 1982) is a crime drama series which I was slightly too young to see at the time, although I remember watching The Professionals with my dad. It's another case of one character having an incredibly long career across several series, in the form of Detective Sergeant George Bulman, who first appeared in The XYY Man (1976 to 1977). This was a series about a man with the XYY syndrome (which was then thought to cause criminal tendencies) who was a cat burglar but finds after leaving prison that his services are in demand with both the criminal fraternity and the Secret Service. It's been a while since I've seen it, but The XYY Man is a show that I've been meaning to blog about for ages and is in my permanent collection. Bulman then appeared throughout Strangers, where he is something of a maverick. The premise is that he is part of a team drafted to Manchester to investigate crimes that have defeated the local force. To be frank I'm finding the episodes inconsistent, possibly because it was written by a number of writers, although I will certainly be keeping some of them, which is a sign I don't think they're rubbish. Bulman then appeared in Bulman (1985 to 1987) which is about his life after retiring from the force. You very nearly had the first series in the series of posts I did on Birmingham on tV because it is set very close to here. The show accurately describes the emotions and difficulties in his life, so is far from an easy watch. All three of these series are complex, quality dramas.

You will be getting a blog post about this so I won't say that much at this point. Saturday Live (1985 to 1987, and changed its name to Friday Night Live in 1988) is of course not to be confused with the US series Saturday Night Live (1776 to the present). I've avoided its various revivals and specials because this show is like mainlining the eighties. It's a comedy and music show, featuring among others, Ben Elton, Harry Enfield, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, The Joan Collins Fanclub, Tracey Ullman, Craig Charles, Adrian Edmondson and Rik Mayall. They also had American comedians in as guests to do stand up: I've never heard of any of them but there is literally no rubbish in this show. It's the absolute best of the comedy of the time and it's great.

I have a few episodes but have only watched one so far of Bugs (1995 to 1999), which was a conscious effort by the BBC to make a 1990s Avengers, featuring a team of tech experts facing the technological threats of the time. If Saturday Live is like mainlining the eighties, this is like mainlining the nineties. It had input from Brian Clemens and features my long-term pash Jesse Birdsall, swoon.

I have never got on very well with Armchair Thriller (1978 to 1980): I do actually think this might be me because as far as I can see every online review raves about this highly eclectic series. It may also be that having read the novel form of Antonia Fraser's Quiet as a Nun while staying at Ampleforth Abbey in my misspent youth I was always going to be disappointed by an adaptation. At present I have High Tide (1980) and have seen and enjoyed the first episode. Leaving the actual subject matter aside, I think it's a story of the sort where a misunderstood but flawed character sets out on a pilgrimage to solve a mystery in his life which has usually involved an injustice.

Just to include one non-TV item I have found a number of the Mexican Lucha Libre films starring legendary luchador enmascarado El Santo (Rodolfo Guzman Huerta, 1917 to 1984) with English subtitles on the Internet Archive. I had wanted to see them for ages, having read about them but was handicapped by not speaking a word of Spanish and most of them only being available in questionable region 1 DVD form with doubt whether they've even got subtitles. I am delighted to say that having seen some of them, I love these films. I have no cultural understanding of Lucha Libre at all so can only say that I frankly prefer him in wrestling gear for the whole film because the mask makes wearing street clothes look weird. They're a wonderful, weird world where his superhuman powers are definitely more than those of a wrestler but he still stops for a match in the middle.

Oh, alright, I know you want to end with Stephen Fry's dance moves on Saturday Live...

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quadrant2design · 2 months

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The Quadrant2Design team were thrilled to attend the Toy Fair 2024 at Olympia London – the show’s incredible 70th anniversary!

Our team had a fantastic time as they explored the Toy Fair 2024, got sneak peeks at some exciting new releases, met up with some famous faces (looking at you Ninja Turtles!) and of course caught up with our brilliant clients exhibiting at the show.

The Toy Fair is the UK’s largest dedicated toy, game and hobby event and this year’s 70th anniversary was, by all accounts, a roaring success!

Recognisable faces at the show included Michael McIntyre, Stephen Mulhern, The Traitors’ Ash and Anthony, Love Island’s Nathan Massey, Matt Edmondson and Richard Hammond, as well as Sonic the Hedgehog, the Ninja Turtles, Elf on the Shelf, Batman, Peppa Pig and the Teletubbies!

#quadrant2design #exhibition stands #exhibitions #events #portable #tradeshowbooths #installation #preparation #training videos #3d

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triste-guillotine · 3 years

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PARADISE LOST “Lost Paradise”, LP 1990 (The first funereal masterpiece of Darkness, Death & Doom totally drowned in rotting misery and deadly inner torments, the reflect of an eternal punishment for us all...)

“Unleashed upon man Their poisoning brains An empty grasp - a threat to all those sane. The daggers poised For shallow minds Unheard laughs... Disrupting all mankind This rotting misery The beggars are all gathered No others rule supreme... Rotting misery Clouded realities Brought before us Their pointless lives As all their faith is lost Morbid existence Of these poor souls Now must die to exist no more”

#Paradise Lost #Doom-Death Metal #Gregor Mackintosh #Nick Holmes #Aaron Aedy #Stephen Edmondson #Matthew Archer #Peaceville Records

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rp-kat · 6 years

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Paradise Lost

1990

Holocaust Zine #3

#paradise lost #paradise #lost #death metal #doom metal #Nick Holmes #Gregor Mackintosh #Aaron Aedy #Stephen Edmondson #Matthew Archer #Holocaust Zine #holocaust #zine

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nenuphar-blue · 4 years

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Paradise Lost - live in Chile 1995

#this is what my cat looks like when i have to bathe her #paradise lost #death doom #nick holmes #gregor mackintosh #aaron aedy #stephen edmondson #lee morris #gothic metal #doom metal #my gifs

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thisnoisemademe · 3 months

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If only we could still believe the dream.

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film-o-teka-reblog · 1 month

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Playboy Video Playmate Calendar 1988

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table-top-horror · 3 years

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#The comic strip presents #Peter Richardson #adrian edmondson #jennifer saunders #robbie coltrane #Nigel planer #Dawn French #Rik mayall #stephen frears #Peter Cook #Sandy Johnson #Paul Jackson #TV movie

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neil-neil-orange-peel · 1 year

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I posted 1,022 times in 2022

255 posts created (25%)

767 posts reblogged (75%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

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@rikhead

@scumbag-monthly

@glooomjuice

@whatacompletebastard

I tagged 1,021 of my posts in 2022

#the young ones - 355 posts

#rik mayall - 341 posts

#asks - 214 posts

#ade edmondson - 147 posts

#anon - 142 posts

#rick pratt - 139 posts

#❤️❤️❤️ - 125 posts

#fanart - 106 posts

#alan b'stard - 105 posts

#the new statesman - 87 posts

Longest Tag: 139 characters

#stephen fry jennifer saunders ade edmondson and dawn french appearing at the beginning via pre recorded videos to ask ben wtf he's thinking

My Top Posts in 2022:

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Good luck, everyone.

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#4

This is getting pretty niche now 😂

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#3

I know the others are singing too, but it doesn't matter how hard I listen - I can only ever hear Rik Mayall singing in The Young Ones' theme tune.

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#2

10 Things I Hate About You ~ ✨Alan B'Stard✨

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My #1 post of 2022

of course i know the seven deadly sins:

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Get your Tumblr 2022 Year in Review →

#tumblr2022 #year in review #my 2022 tumblr year in review #your tumblr year in review #i love that one of the blogs i've reblogged from the most is mine 😂#also not surprised i've reblogged more than i've created myself this year #or that asks and anon have been used a lot #i wonder which post i didn't tag...

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uhlikzsuzsanna · 3 years

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LETTERS LIVE ft Taron Egerton, Claire Foy and more! | FULL SHOW | The Shows Must Go On • Premiere: 2021.03. 22

“LETTERS LIVE is the sell-out phenomenon celebrating the written word with inspirational letter readings from iconic stars of stage and screen. “Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel” features stunning performances from Taron Egerton, Claire Foy, Alan Carr, Thom Yorke, Jordan Stephens, Sue Perkins, Benedict Cumberbatch, Asa Butterfield, Adrian Edmondson, Olivia Colman, Damian Lewis, Louise Brealey, Helen McCrory and Nick Cave.”

#Letters Live #Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel #Taron Egerton #Claire Foy #Alan Carr #Thom Yorke #Jordan Stephens #Sue Perkins #Benedict Cumberbatch #Asa Butterfield #Adrian Edmondson #Olivia Colman #Damian Lewis #Louise Brealey #Helen McCrory #Nick Cave #The Shows Must Go On #2021.03. 22

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