I just read that the football match between Newcastle and Leeds United ended in 2-2.

No idea if that will please either set of fans but each time I see Leeds United mentioned, I am reminded of this Amanda Palmer song, that I really like:
https://youtu.be/jlJ9z_LowBI

#AmandaPalmer
#LeedsUnited
#Newcastle
#Football
#Soccer

Any excuse to play this, really, but with book banning fascists on the rise and this very nice column* about the author in today's Guardian, this is a great moment to play one of my favourite @amandapalmer songs again:
https://youtu.be/_k02Waw4WXk

* https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/apr/09/judy-blume-forever-the-writer-who-dares-to-tell-girls-the-plain-truth

#JudyBlume
#AmandaPalmer
#BookBanning
#Fascists
#Guardian

Please allow me to introduce my teapots.

The ones in pic A are all Iwachu pots; I'm prejudiced but I think this old Japanese firm makes some of the most beautiful cast-iron teapots in the world.

The ones in pic B are more in the way of curios, though I am fond of all of them.

(I now realise I also have a no-name 1.6 liter cast-iron teapot in the guest apartment but I don't drink tea in those quantities anymore and I'm too lazy to go and get it.)

#Teapots
#Iwachu
#NeilGaiman
#AmandaPalmer

Thank you, @Skoop, for reminding me of this album by Jack Palmer & @amandapalmer.

The title song, You Got Me Singing*, a Leonard Cohen cover, is perhaps the more seasonal song but my favourite (also because of the video) is Wynken, Blynken & Nod: https://youtu.be/bWa2w9pYuWQ
That's a lot of Amanda in one day but this time it was Stefan's fault, so go blame/praise him!

*https://youtu.be/78kJk28QU80

#JackPalmer
#AmandaPalmer
#leonardcohen

When @hennige mentioned a ukelele in a post, my mind immediately went to the roof of the Sydney Opera House* - but it also took me back to another @amandapalmer song, one that still touches me deeply, even though I hadn't read anything by JB.
This is a song for all lovers of story, readers and writers alike: https://youtu.be/_k02Waw4WXk

*Here's that gloriously weird live recording: https://youtu.be/njDQsQpFIqA

#JudyBlume
#AmandaPalmer
#UkeleleAnthem
#StoryLovers

Bin immer noch #documentafifteen-bewegt …
#BillyBragg #AmandaPalmer #Commons #Diggers #Levellers #lumbung

https://youtu.be/RN2c_V0uySg