Office lunch leavings --
Rules for abandoned foodstuffs?
Or winner take all?

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May 14, 2026

Rest in Power, Rob Hirst.

Your drumming drove the sound and message of Midnight Oil.

"..it's better to die on your feet, than to live on your knees.."

https://youtu.be/6pKPNnk-JhE

✊ 🥁

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Today's #TuneTuesday theme is songs with cities or towns in the title or lyrics. The official hash tag is #LondonCalling but my entry contains songs that refer to another city, #Helsinki.

Helsinki and Stockholm are connected by a popular ferry line, which is nicely reflected in this song, co-written and sung by one of my favorite artists, Doug Sahm:

Sir Douglas Quintet: Meet Me In Stockholm (1984)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBfz5f7_xXk

Two wonderful Finnish-language recordings that I really liked when they came out some 35 years ago, both with memorable lyrics:

Leevi & the Leavings: Jos Helsinki on kaunis (1989)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUWiBHb1i4s

Liisa Akimof: Helsinki (1990)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPW4WJHGNM0

Unfortunately the all-time ultimate Helsinki song doesn't mention the name of the city, but here it is anyway - originally written by Tony Hatch and Jackie Trent as "Beautiful In the Rain", but with superb - and completely different - Finnish-language lyrics by Juha "Junnu" Vainio:

Fredi: Kolmatta Linjaa takaisin (1968)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8BEminEYe4

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I cannot adequately express my sadness at this news. I'm hiding in a restroom at work and crying.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/nov/30/shane-macgowan-pogues-singer-dies

Farewell, Shane, ye mad bastard. I will be having a shot or two of Tully tonight for you, and "Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash" will be on HEAVY rotation this week.

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RIP, David Crosby.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHL-6cUtZj0

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