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You Can Call Me Al

@shropshirelad.bsky.social

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a.k.a. Miss Brown's Boy on the mad bird site Brit 🇬🇧 in Japan 🇯🇵 Born at 319 ppm CO₂ When I was young I was stupid but after many years of hard study I am no longer young.

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You Can Call Me Al @shropshirelad.bsky.social · 3m

Clackers! The most mental toy. I wonder how many broken wrists they caused?

woody from toy story is sitting on a shelf looking at a book that says 1984

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You Can Call Me Al @shropshirelad.bsky.social · 57m

Smells! Oh, in an instant sometimes.

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You Can Call Me Al @shropshirelad.bsky.social · 2h

I'm pretty sure you will like it.

You Can Call Me Al @shropshirelad.bsky.social · 4h

It surely is 👍

You Can Call Me Al @shropshirelad.bsky.social · 4h

No, they are plastic, and the scratch boards go inside.

You Can Call Me Al @shropshirelad.bsky.social · 6h

Oh my. Sending all best wishes for your treatment, and a speedy recovery.

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You Can Call Me Al @shropshirelad.bsky.social · 10h

Oof. Like mine yesterday.

You Can Call Me Al @shropshirelad.bsky.social · 10h

Thank you, such a good album, this.

Wincing from the pun 😖

You Can Call Me Al @shropshirelad.bsky.social · 11h

Occasional friends make for cute pictures.

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You Can Call Me Al @shropshirelad.bsky.social · 11h

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You Can Call Me Al @shropshirelad.bsky.social · 11h

Exactly, both of those. I actually originally had this slated for Creepy day.

You Can Call Me Al @shropshirelad.bsky.social · 11h

😂😂

a bald man with glasses is holding a glass of wine and laughing while saying i see what you did there .

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You Can Call Me Al @shropshirelad.bsky.social · 11h

In retrospect, I ought to have put a warning on it. Sorry.

Grim, it most certainly is. I won't traumatise you further with any details.

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You Can Call Me Al @shropshirelad.bsky.social · 11h

I have a feeling The Beat's version might have been the first I heard, although it feels like I've known them both forever.

I have to say, though, as much as I loved The Beat, Smokey's does it for me.

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You Can Call Me Al @shropshirelad.bsky.social · 11h

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You Can Call Me Al @shropshirelad.bsky.social · 11h

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Is The Rule in place here? Which version did you hear first?

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You Can Call Me Al @shropshirelad.bsky.social · 11h

I ought to join you in that promise 👍

You Can Call Me Al @shropshirelad.bsky.social · 11h

Just the most awful real life story, and a pretty unusual subject matter.

This is a really good album to start with, if you were minded to hear more.

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You Can Call Me Al @shropshirelad.bsky.social · 11h

That helped wake me up!

Outstanding choice, we don't see enough Wedding Present here.

You Can Call Me Al @shropshirelad.bsky.social · 11h

😂😂😂
Where on earth did you find that?!!

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You Can Call Me Al @shropshirelad.bsky.social · 11h

Classic song, and a great version from a favourite Two Tone band.

So good to hear this again, time to give the album a spin again 🔉

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You Can Call Me Al @shropshirelad.bsky.social · 11h

We don't see anywhere enough Gorka here, absolutely right. Well done for correcting the imbalance. Really well written tune.

Another from that excellent Red House compilation CD.

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You Can Call Me Al @shropshirelad.bsky.social · 11h

Brilliant choice 😂😂😂

You Can Call Me Al @shropshirelad.bsky.social · 11h

So I see!

You Can Call Me Al @shropshirelad.bsky.social · 12h

#Howl-A-Ween

Day 16 - Clown

This masterful song is about a horrific serial murderer in 1970s Chicago, known as the Killer Clown. He used to dress and play for children, as Pogo the clown. Chilling.

John Wayne Gacy, Jr. - Sufjan Stevens
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