There were three men came out of the West
Three kings both great and high
And they have sworn a solemn oath
John Mastodon must die.
They took a tank and ran him down
With bullets in his head
And they have sworn a solemn oath
John Mastodon was dead
But when the Spring came kindly on
And showers began to fall
John Mastodon got up again
And did surprise them all...
@simonjgoring @LukeYoquinto @neilhimself
Well sure, but TBC wasn't that a Jim Capaldi line, describing Michael J Pollard?
(If one's of a certain age one might remember when Pollard was one of the most promising young actors of his generation - he had this weird intensity that apparently made a really powerful impression on Capaldi.)
@simonjgoring @jimmyraytuneno @TomDelargy OMG ๐
As an aside, wouldn't it be great if this silly trend sparked (ha!) a remerging interest in the music of Traffic, who don't seem to have maintained the same kind of fanbase as many bands from that era?
Too late!
Traffic already did in the 1970s -
@neilhimself this has to be one of the best takes of #JohnMastodon Iโve seen.
Also, we can all sing it together, over a good cup brewed from Johnโs bones.
This is the way.
I recognise that song! Well done.
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I shall have to go listen to John Barleycorn now...
Oh bravo!
@neilhimself I can't put into words how happy I am to have you in this space to fill our timelines with little gems like this.
Also, can't wait for your next book! ๐
๐ถ.....Did surprise them aaall! ๐ต Yep. It fits.
How do you even come up with this? ๐คฃ
I confess to convenient cognitive priming. I had watched this only moments before seeing the post.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtEALzoHcWc
Also, nice to meet a fellow aviation addict. Paragliders here, what's your air-of-choice?
That's fun. My Dad spent his career as an engineer at KSC. I was at the VIP site for 1st launch of STS...
First launch? You mean STS-1? I saw that live on TV when I was in junior high, in Mexico City. I was always an aero kid, but thereafter I only had one interest: finding out how the Shuttle worked. In Summer of 2002 I finally had *fully* answered that question. It only took 2 Masters Degrees.
Met interesting people along the way. Hans Mark (RIP) was my undergrad Orbital Mechanics teacher at UT Austin (Go Horns!)
Way cool.
Yes, I was in the bleachers with ESA people at STS-1. I was in high school.
Bet that left an impression. Anyhow I'm trying to find more aero people from birdsite migrating to Fediverse, but this newfangled Mastodon thing still confuses people and even on Twitter the bulk of fans are still in highschool (!)
I suggest a good professor from UT San Antonio, who Tweets a lot of educational aero science (when he's not critiquing Man Child); he's got a couple of bot accounts here:
@JohannesWilhelm @neilhimself @drchriscombs
Thank you very much for that. I'll check him out.
Yesterday, I read a suggestion to search #introduction and #newhere hash tags, and to use them liberally in your bio and a pinned introduction post on your own timeline.
I'm also searching and following (you know you can follow a hashtag?) hashtags of interest. In truth, it's working better than any other site for finding the right people.
Wasn't there just *one* man from the West...not so much of a king as he thought... and definitely not as great (but probably high)... who has sworn that solemn oath
"John Mastodon must die"?
Vanchi Caveman ๐ข
Neil Gaiman
Nuke the Luke
Simon J Goring
FeralRobots
E.G. Phillips
Cassandrich
ian carlton music
@Phoenixrisen
Gabriel Guzman ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ
Tom Delargy
Tonydunc
jimmyraytuneno
Avram Grumer ๐ฒ
Don Melton
Julian โช๐ป๐ฅฅ๐ดโซ
Chris Hoadley
Jonathan Hill
ilen
deemkeen 
Lord Jubalon Flux
David Hughes
Essjay ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ 
Theta Sigma
Ultra Violet 
๐น๐ด
mattyzero๐ฆ
Sune Auken
Michael Winiberg
Gato_Loco ๐ป ฯ โ
Rob Talks About Beer๐บ
OkazuYuri
Jason Walter ๐ต๐ธ
Christina Mother of Spiders
Clifton Royston
fletchen
Felipe
John Bailey
Johannes Wilhelm
Aron Lee
DS Racer