I have woken up. It's a bright day outside, I should have four online classes today but one of them has already been cancelled fear not dear reader. I get paid. I'm glad I'm not going into work and I can sit and listen to Elvis Costello & The Attractions Armed Forces all day while I wait to teach the other three.
This was a record that made a bit of a splash when it was released and also um ruffled a few feathers. It's full of anger and vitriol and no little bile. The N word in Oliver 's Army a song about mercenaries and the British and owing something to ABBA. I wonder whether Costello regrets it. It's a fine song. No wonder it didn't reach number one. That's for novelty sings. Rarely for social comment.'We could be in Palestine' !!!
Elsewhere EC cock a snook at pretty much all and sundry. Down all the spirits behind the bar smoke all their tabs and generally behave as they bloody well want to and a good time is had by one and all. It's now 2025 and I suspect Facebook is dead. RiP. Social media is for interaction. Not surveillance and control.
Elvis had a few things to say about that. 'You shine all the buttons on your green shirt.' Apparently about Angela Rippon and thought control . The President of the United States is now threatening to sue the BBC for a billion dollars. 'Don't start your talking. I could talk all night !'. I think I'll turn the record over again. I've got an hour before my first class. Time for the Metro crossword.
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