I've loved Mark Knopfler since that late 70s night when a friend & I were mesmerized by a song we heard on his car radio: it was "Sultans of Swing" (Dire Straits)!
Nothing tops that first mind-blowing experience, but only it makes me doubt that "Why Aye Man" is Knopfler's best song.
It's the most elegant critique of Thatcherism I've heard, & beautiful to boot!
https://youtu.be/tmYQwdAiCXk?si=qPNoWPgD-JuUOB0J
#markknopfler #margaretthatcher #Thatcherisn #geordie #workingclass #emigration #neoliberalism

RARE Club Gabriel Griffith Invites t.thomes & Geordie @ Sneaky Pete's - 17 Feb feat. Gabriel Griffith, Geordie
New #blog #post: Some Thoughts on Star Trek: Picard
https://rldane.space/some-thoughts-on-star-trek-picard.html
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cc: my wonderful #chorus: @joel @dm @sotolf @thedoctor @pixx @orbitalmartian @adamsdesk @krafter @roguefoam @clayton @giantspacesquid @Twizzay @stfn @ay
(I will happily add/remove you from the chorus upon request! :)
#rlDaneWriting #blost #StarTrek #Picard #Enterprise #EnterpriseD #Riker #Geordie #LaForge #series #analysis
I've just been listening to this on the radio.
Funniest thing I've heard in ages (and reminds me of a brief fling in my youth)
"Talk to me dirty in Geordie"

Deep inner #Geordie #Newcastle joke.
A man with sore legs walks into a Geordie doctor’s office.
The doctor says, “So, how can I help ye?”
The man says, “I’ve got knee problems.”
The doctor says, “Well stop wastin’ me time then. There’s people oot there in the queue who really need help.”