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Seems We’ve Been Here Before
Far from being separate or additional then, climate and our cost-of-living concerns are absolutely wrapped up in each other. Which is why so many “green policies” are so well-placed to tackle both issues concurrently. Retrofitting houses with e.g. low-carbon heating, solar panels and energy efficiency can improve the quality of buildings to bring down both
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Hypnotised Chickens
We’ve been on COVID shutdown since my partner tested positive on Saturday, which is my excuse for watching Werner Herzog’s Stroszek (1977) two nights in a row. The second time around I watched it with Tom Scharpling and AP Mike’s commentary… …which is about as good a substitute for company as you could hope for.
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Mise en abyme
Similar to the above but seemingly unrelated, we have The Paradox of Curb Your Enthusiasm and The Sopranos. There’s an episode of The Sopranos where Uncle June’s dementia has got so bad that he sees a clip of Curb and thinks it’s footage of his life. The vague visual resemblance between Larry David/Jeff Greene and
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With One Leg Up
If you want to give a physiotherapist a laugh, I recommend being forty and conspiring to develop a Flo Rida related injury. Your physio will love to hear about how you fuct an old knee injury by demonstrating how shorty got low on the dancefloor. It’s dumb. It’s retro. It’ll make them feel young again!
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Hey Nas – Glasgow Hydro, 12/06/23
Despite the N.Y. State of Mind tour being named after one of his songs, you’d have been forgiven not knowing Nas was due to take the stage at the Glasgow show. The wee guys were trying hard to bring back Wu Wear, while the rap dads showed up kitted out in MF DOOM shirts and
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As You Like It
I wanted Link to be gender neutral. I wanted the player to think ‘Maybe Link is a boy or a girl.’ If you saw Link as a guy, he’d have more of a feminine touch. Or vice versa, if you related to Link as a girl, it was with more of a masculine aspect. I
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