Sjoerd
ugh grumbling here tonight, while in fact I’m in a really good mood, why am I loading all that onto you all, apologies. I’ll think of some good things to toot
Jun 25 at 9:16amWeb
Show threadSjoerd3d ago

good thing 1: this excellent book I read last week.

A brilliant read. Do you live in #Melbourne? Read this, it’ll teach you loads about your own city (and if it doesn’t teach you it’ll at least be a feast of recognition)! #bookstodon #AusLit #Naarm

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good thing 2: I’m still playing this op shop find of two weeks ago, again and again and again. What a beautiful record.

#NowPlaying Ella Fitzgerald - The Cole Porter Songbook
#vinyl #VinylRecords #jazz

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good thing 3: free art is everywhere.

#graffiti #Melbourne #Naarm

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good thing 4: it’s pretty here, isn’t it.

#Melbourne #Naarm #Yarra

Show threadSjoerd2d ago
good thing 5: winding down with a G&T from Aussie G and Tassie T, with a good book and some nice music
Show threadSjoerd2d ago

good thing 6 (of 6): June 27 is coming up.

I know none of you care - I’ve seen you all ignoring my toots about chopped & screwed 🧐

but that won’t stop me tooting about the delights of #Houston’s unique genre of slowed-down #hiphop, so have another one: DJ Screw’s Screwed Up Click [Red Pt 2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p56blX-6IAg

#houston #hiphop #June27

Screwed Up Click [Red Pt 2]

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good thing 6 bonus: perhaps Kendrick can make you all care about #June27.

Here he is, freestyling over the June 27 slowed down Kriss Kross/Jermaine Dupri instrumental: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oje_Z27kBXU&ra=m (so many brilliant moments, but note especially what happens when at 2:12 they prompt him with “lean”, the codeine syrup that inspired DJ Screw’s style, and caused his death).

#hiphop #NowPlaying

Kendrick Lamar Freestyles Over "June 27th" [EXCLUSIVE]

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Show threadMary-Anne3d ago
@slevelt love both boathouses, so close to the CBD
Show threadSjoerd2d ago
@siftinsand Studley Park is lovely — the place that reminds us most of England in the whole of Naarm. We lived near its name-giver, Studley Royal, in North Yorkshire, before we moved here; the boathouse reminds us most of riverside pubs in Devon, though, where we lived previously.
Show threadSjoerd2d ago
@siftinsand (daughter made a decent argument in a geography paper recently for evidence of deliberate modelling of the Yarra bend at Studley Park after its Yorkshire namesake, which she knows well and loves)
Show threadMary-Anne2d ago
@slevelt The row boats and buildings are definitely English style but I also love the Aussie gum trees and birds :)
Show threadKōtare 2d ago
@slevelt a short walk down the tracks. Loving the graffiti here.
Show threadAnthony2d ago
@jdmcg @slevelt wonder if it had a ladder at some point in the past. 🤔
Show threadpeter honeyman2d ago
@slevelt 💯
Show threadLeonieke3d ago
@slevelt Gosh, the name of the author is a bit of a eye catcher ;-)
Show threadSjoerd3d ago
@leonieke it is, isn’t it. delightful.
Show threadJulien Goodwin3d ago
@slevelt ooooooo, something I often wondered about back when I lived there. I shall have to read
Show threadKōtare 2d ago
@slevelt thought about buying it today. Maybe I'll treat myself at the bookstore tomorrow.
Show threadSjoerd2d ago

@jdmcg I really recommend it, and I would advise it to be read as complementary to the Yoorrook final report (https://cdn.craft.cloud/06ad3276-b3d9-4912-bcbb-37795aade9a8/assets/documents/Yoorrook_OPR_Accessible_Print.pdf) - they’re definitely of the same moment, i.e., Victoria entering Treaty, though so different in focus that they have very little overlap.

(PS Not sure if you’ve already explored the libraries here, but my experience is they’ll order anything you request if they don’t already have it in the local system - though this one they may well already have in any case, as it’s doing the rounds here in Naarm, obviously.)

Show threadKōtare 2d ago
@slevelt joining the library was one of my first acts :-) i might ask them. Not only is my budget tight, my bookshelves are already under strain.