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John Nomiddlename Iser
@johniser.bsky.social
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Australian (Northern Tablelands, NSW). Retired Pubic Circus clown. Passing interest in politics (socialist), economics (post-Keynesian, MMT-curious), and music (mostly Americana and related).
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John Nomiddlename Iser @johniser.bsky.social · Mar 24
If you see this you are invited to quote with the energy you bring to Bluesky. 😊🤞🦋
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John Nomiddlename Iser @johniser.bsky.social · 1h
Other Elvis wasn't a fan either:
"When England was the whore of the world, Margaret was her madam".
youtu.be/K-BZIWSI5UQ
Elvis Costello - Tramp The Dirt Down
YouTube video by alexredcloud
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John Nomiddlename Iser @johniser.bsky.social · 1d
It's on YouTube and isn't geoblocked AFAICT.
youtu.be/sij89ENvZqQ
Investigating how crypto is making the Trumps hundreds of millions | Four Corners Documentary
YouTube video by ABC News In-depth
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John Nomiddlename Iser @johniser.bsky.social · 1d
This might help:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_%2...

I'll be recording Pt. 2 while watching John Lyons's Four Corners piece about Rump and his 'monetising' of his public-sector job.

Should be interesting, esp. after Rump's sooky "I'm gonna tell on you" response to Lyons a few weeks ago.
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the Juice Media @thejuicemedia.com · 4d
The Government of New Zealand has made a new tourism ad and it's surprsingly honest and informative!
Honest Government Ad | Visit New Zealand!
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
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John Nomiddlename Iser @johniser.bsky.social · 16d
Fair comment. I wasn't aware of the Riyadh Comedy Festival earlier.

And I'd prefer to forget about it again.
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John Nomiddlename Iser @johniser.bsky.social · 16d
I volunteered at a place doing similar work, under the aegis of the local council, from late 2005 to early 2009.

Effing Micro$loth wanted $5 per unit for Windows licences - for PCs that were being sent to orphanages in India! They eventually gave them to us for nix.
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John Nomiddlename Iser @johniser.bsky.social · 16d
"My wife and I just got back from the capital of Indonesia."
"Jakarta?"
"No; we flew."
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John Nomiddlename Iser @johniser.bsky.social · 19d
We should also start unshackling ourselves (finally!) from the Poms. There is a strong likelihood that Reform, Nigel Farage's lot, will win government in the UK in 2029.

Forget the subs which will never be built. It's time for us to stand on our own two feet.
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John Nomiddlename Iser @johniser.bsky.social · 21d
subtly downgrade a band

tropical foreplay storm
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Andrew Elder @awelder.bsky.social · 22d
subtly downgrade a band

the rolling rocks
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Cosmic Clau @cosmicclau.bsky.social · 22d
subtly downgrade a band

the beastie kids
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John Nomiddlename Iser @johniser.bsky.social · 22d
Speaking of which...

I love the way that 3% of the population of Iowa, which is smack-dab in the middle of the area defined by the US Census Bureau as being the Midwest, think "nope, not in the Midwest".
Map of the middle part of the United states showing the percentage of respondents by state who consider themselves to be living in the MIdwest.
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John Nomiddlename Iser @johniser.bsky.social · 24d
It's rewarding for some, though.
www.yourtango.com/self/woman-t...
Woman Tipped 2 Servers $1077 Because The Rapture Was Coming — Returned After The Eclipse To Demand Her Money Back
Ah yes, berating employees for your own mistake, just as Christ would have done…
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John Nomiddlename Iser @johniser.bsky.social · 25d
ich lieb' dich nicht du liebst mich nicht
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John Nomiddlename Iser @johniser.bsky.social · 26d
That might be tricky. Oliver is an American citizen of nearly six years' standing. (Of course that won't stop ICE from trying.)
www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-featur...
Watch Out, America: John Oliver Is Officially a U.S. Citizen Now
As a newly minted U.S. citizen, the most influential voice in political comedy John Oliver addresses the 2020 campaign, Megxit, his awkward run-in with John Stankey and why Trump claimed to be invited...
www.hollywoodreporter.com
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John Nomiddlename Iser @johniser.bsky.social · 29d
He was centuries ahead of his time.

"Shall I compare thee to a Secure Sockets Layer?"
From the website Shakespeare Quote Of The Day: "An SSL error has occurred and a secure connection to the server cannot be made."
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John Nomiddlename Iser @johniser.bsky.social · 29d
...and here's a guy mansplaining The Handmaid's Tale - to Margaret Atwood!🤣
On Twitter, Margaret Atwood posts a Mike Luckovich cartoon showing women wearing Handmaid uniforms. They enter a voting booth and emerge wearing ordinary clothes, with the Handmaid uniforms discarded to one side. User FacesOutOf Context replies: "The author of that book used Islam, not Christianity, an [sic] a model for her imaginary world. This is obviously true, as it resembles Islamic culture and law, and not Christian"
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John Nomiddlename Iser @johniser.bsky.social · Sep 13
What "threats" have been made against Babbles? "If you don't grow a second brain cell soon, I'm going to continue ignoring you"?

Reminder: it was One Nation preferences and LibNat surplus votes that got him elected. "Be careful what you wish for".
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John Nomiddlename Iser @johniser.bsky.social · Sep 13
Not sure if this is some 'Liverpool vs Manchester' rivalry thing, or if it's just a silly video clip.

And on that note: out!
youtu.be/ayuooyWPEUc
The Wombats - Let's Dance To Joy Division [OFFICIAL VIDEO]
YouTube video by Roadrunner Records
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John Nomiddlename Iser @johniser.bsky.social · Sep 13
🎵You may get an education
After years of dedication
You may finally get a glimpse
Of what is right and what is wrong
But the women across the river
Well, they knew that all along🎵

Another brilliant songwriter who is no longer with us:
youtu.be/Ko8vZyIODQc
David Olney & Sergio Webb - Women Across The River - Live at McCabe's
YouTube video by Wayne Griffith
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John Nomiddlename Iser @johniser.bsky.social · Sep 13
One of these days I'm going to find out why Joseph and Loraine Ximenes adopted the stage names "Travis and Coventry Fairchild".

Can't possibly imagine the reason...
youtu.be/DB6xZURcPTY
Clefs of Lavender Hill - Stop! Get A Ticket
YouTube video by SingingVegetable
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John Nomiddlename Iser @johniser.bsky.social · Sep 13
"No, it's 2:30 - hoo - it's our opus!"
Love Mike Watt. Another under-appreciated band.
youtu.be/2hkDZvsewlM
The Minutemen - The Anchor
YouTube video by andalepues
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John Nomiddlename Iser @johniser.bsky.social · Sep 13
More songs about dead fascists (Oswald Mosley in this case). Best sort of fascist, really.
youtu.be/T2u6B2bSrkk
Elvis Costello - Less Than Zero (Static Video)
YouTube video by Elvis Costello
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John Nomiddlename Iser @johniser.bsky.social · Sep 13
This turned up on a 'one-hit wonders' clip on SpewTube. "Get stuffed!", say I, who used to own three Focus albums.
youtu.be/MV0F_XiR48Q
Focus - Hocus Pocus
YouTube video by Red Bullet
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John Nomiddlename Iser @johniser.bsky.social · Sep 13
The riff from this song is the only thing that I can play on a keyboard, on whatever 'Screaming Strings' patch is available.
youtu.be/dW54X5IEgIk
John Foxx - Underpass (original music video 1980) (HQ)
YouTube video by Janosch401
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John Nomiddlename Iser @johniser.bsky.social · Sep 13
Useless trivia fact #XYZ: Mary Margaret is the sister of Catherine O'Hara, who played Moira Rose in Schitt$ Creek.
youtu.be/Z14wPTz6PdY
Mary Margaret O'Hara - Body's in Trouble video
YouTube video by k8fan
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John Nomiddlename Iser @johniser.bsky.social · Sep 13
#IsersMuzak
Saturday night and the TV sux (unless you like footbrawl, in which case...)

So it's time for a few tracks I'm playing, at offensive volume levels, from my 'Faves' playlists.

Starting with Steve Wynn, unacknowledged genius (IMO).
youtu.be/UczpPXCCtE0
The Dream Syndicate - John Coltrane Stereo Blues (Live on KEXP)
YouTube video by KEXP
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