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DJDarren

@DJDarren@mendeddrum.org

Quality Ass Man by day, tired by night.

#iPod nerd, #ADHD brain, fundamentally lazy.

An actual DJ - Monday nights - 8:00-10:00 BST on https://labr.online

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DJDarren , to random
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Monday on

SPAAAACE

Because space is cool and there are loads of songs about it. Throw your suggestions this way!

2000-2200 / @labr / https://labr.online

DJDarren OP ,
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@RolloTreadway Oh god, that's an incredible suggestion, but you've opened up permission to play Go! which means I'll be irritated with myself for not playing one or the other.

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Other than being one of the greatest espionage movies ever made, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) is also an interesting film because I have never seen a city get so thoroughly sledged in a movie than London does there.

By which I mean, I saw that movie in cinemas and decided I never, ever, EVER wanted to visit London, despite being fully aware that it's a cinematic depiction, not a documentary. Nothing has ever looked so drab and soul-sucking than London in that film.

DJDarren ,
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@vampiress In fairness, London in 1973 almost certainly was as grim as it's depicted in TTSS.

DJDarren , to random
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Can't believe they deleted my comment. Mods are literal nazis, etc...

Screengrab from Reddit. The post shows a blue Ford Mustang convertible with the word "GOOF" sprayed on the side. OP has posted the following; "From B.C., Canada. So some asshole sprayed my car and now I gotta take it in to a shop to get it fixed. Insurance is covering it and I only have to pay a $300 deductible. The car is 30 years old and the original paint is “fragile” and old with quite a few chips. Do you think they will be able to get this off without damaging the original paint, or am I in for a new paint job? Thoughts?" I have replied with "COCK PISS PARTRIDGE", in reference to the Alan Partridge episode where that was sprayed on his Rover 800. My comment has since been deleted. By nazis.
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    • DJDarren OP ,
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    @RolloTreadway Uncultured swines, to a man.

    DJDarren , to random
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    Seeing the news that Françoise Hardy has died has reminded me of the French version of To The End she recorded with Blur.

    They could have just re-recorded the vocals in French, but no, they redid the whole track, and it’s gorgeous.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPUb2At3ixQ

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    This has sent me down a Blur-hole, which has led me to discover this incredible version of Song 2 they recorded at Peel Acres.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyMGRkV91V4

    #NowPlaying

    DJDarren OP ,
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    I was 13 during the stupid Blur v Oasis nonsense that the papers cooked up, but being 13 meant that I chose a tribe, and Oasis were my tribe. I think because they came across as more dangerous, more rock n’ roll.

    But the nostalgia smash I get from the opening bars of End of a Century confirms my later realisation that I chose wrong.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyMGRkV91V4

    #NowPlaying

    DJDarren OP ,
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    (Of course, as any fule no, the true winner in Blur v Oasis was Pulp)

    DJDarren OP ,
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    @RolloTreadway I was a bellend in those days, so fully bought into the bullshit about Jarvis after that Brits. Took me a while to come around.

    DJDarren , to random
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    Does anyone else out there make bubble & squeak from scratch, despite not having any roast dinner leftovers?

    DJDarren OP ,
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    @RolloTreadway I need to experiment with freezing roast potatoes, because cooking them is easily the longest part of B&S.

    DJDarren , to random
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    Ribena is Top Shit.

    DJDarren OP ,
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    The lack of response to this tells me that you’ve all fallen for the lies of Robinsons.

    DJDarren OP ,
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    @RolloTreadway Ooh, fuck yeah, Vimto is also Top Shit.

    RolloTreadway , to random
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    I ought to go up to bed, but I seem to be stuck downstairs repeatedly prodding my phone.

    DJDarren ,
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    @RolloTreadway Think of it as ‘fingering the glass’ and you’ll be less willing to do it.

    DJDarren ,
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    @RolloTreadway Or more. I don’t kink shame.

    DJDarren , to random
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    Every now and then, while trying to help some of the guys at work with tech issues, I’m reminded that what I consider to be very basic computer literacy is very much not.

    Like, I’ve just had to explain to one guy that Chrome is a browser on his phone, and that’s how he should access the company’s HR portal. He’s in his 50s.

    At least half of the people here don’t know how to save a website to their home screen.

    It’s really eye opening.

    DJDarren OP ,
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    I’ve just had to show one guy (who’s the same age as I am) how to reset his password and save the page to his home screen.

    In my mind this is really basic shit. There shouldn’t be anything complicated about this in the slightest.

    But there is, and it serves as a good reminder that what I might think is good and efficient might be a barrier to someone else.

    DJDarren OP ,
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    I guess it gives me another view on the “Just use Linux” crowd.

    Many of the people I work with don’t seem to realise that Android and iOS are two completely different operating systems; do you think they’re going to jump through the hoops of installing Ubuntu instead of just using whatever their computer already has?

    DJDarren OP ,
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    It’s also just hit me like a ton of bricks that the resistance I got to rolling out pre-use check QR codes on the machinery at work wasn’t (necessarily) because people were being obstinate in not wanting to use their own phones, but because they just didn’t know how they worked.

    I put these weird looking squares on things and expected people to already know how to operate them.

    facepalm

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