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Jon Hancock
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Charlatan, Humbug and Imitation Humorist.

Former sporadic cartoonist and game designer. Occasionally #Outdoorsy, sometimes #Cycling. #Ukulele torturer […]

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This Fats Waller number seems to be a low-key favourite of some bands even today, but despite quite a few terrific recordings over the years I couldn't find one with the complete vocals until Rebecca Kilgore's interpretation turned up. You can get the hang […]

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Ukulele songsheet for "I’m More Than Satisfied" by Ray Klages and Thomas Waller (1927). Lyrics, chord abbreviations and diagrams, unfortunately too much for alt-text. Sheet music cover for "I’m More Than Satisfied" by Ray Klages and Thomas Waller (1927). Pale off-white cover with soft peach clouds, curves and rays, as if applied by a crude airbrush or pastel. Title in gentle arc of black lettering across the top. Large black and white portrait photograph of a grinning lean-faced man in black tie, done no favours at all by his severe short-back-and-sides haircut. Caption next to photograph: "Featured by The Sensation of the Coast EDDIE PEABODY THE WORLD'S GREATEST BANJO WIZARD".
December 10, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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Thomas Benjamin Wild Esq: "We're Not Bothering With Christmas"

https://youtu.be/4uymCMVXgqs

#ukulele
December 10, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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I suppose I ought to put in some effort and start learning a few Christmas tunes, but not today. Too tired.

I did get the book off the shelf, so we'll call that Phase One accomplished.

#ukulele
Photo of a paperback copy of "Jumpin' Jim's Happy Holidays – Compiled and arranged by Jim Beloff". Minty green cover with illustration of a white ukulele with red stripes across the fretboard. Smiling white-bearded Father Christmas in a red hat. Holly and snowflake motifs. List of some of the songs included on the lower left side.
December 10, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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A parcel arrived today, requiring age verification at the door. Apparently looking like an ossified bloodhound is not good enough, so I had to dig out my passport (expired) and driving licence (no photo, old address, hasn't been used in twenty years).

I'm not sure the delivery driver, who […]
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December 10, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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The transition from silent films to talkies wasn't smooth, nor was it a straight line, but it was quite rapid; and for many Hollywood actors it bumped them to stardom, while more established stars often either didn't sound the way the public expected or […]

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Ukulele songsheet for "Ever Since the Movies Learned to Talk" by Walter O’Keefe, Bobby Dolan and James Cavanaugh (1928). Lyrics, chord abbreviations and diagrams, unfortunately too much for alt-text. Sheet music cover for "Ever Since the Movies Learned to Talk" by Walter O’Keefe, Bobby Dolan and James Cavanaugh (1928). Dark pink background with a large black triangle extending point down from the top to the bottom, perhaps a quarter of the way to the left of centre. The V-shaped frame this makes comtains a large , dramatically lit portrait photograph of Eddie Cantor. Title in black text against a white banner across the top of the page. Credits below that, to the right of the triangle, along with "As sung by Eddie Cantor in Ziegfeld's production WHOOPEE". The Word Whoopee is drawn to look as though made from loops of a rope. Below it is a picture of a woman riding a ferociously bucking horse and holding one end of the rope that forms the word, making it look like a lassoo.
December 10, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Al Jolson is perhaps mainly remembered for his film "The Jazz Singer"—along with some sentimental "Mammy" songs and the uncomfortable connection to blackface performing—but the movie "The Singing Fool" which followed it was not only more technically […]

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Ukulele songsheet for "There's A Rainbow ‘Round My Shoulder" by Al Jolson, Billy Rose & Dave Dreyer (1928). Lyrics, chord abbreviations and diagrams, unfortunately too much for alt-text. Sheet music cover for "There's A Rainbow ‘Round My Shoulder" by Al Jolson, Billy Rose & Dave Dreyer (1928). Pale orange background, title in bold blue letters at the top, blue, orange and white rainbow arcing from upper left to lower right. Picture of a smiling Al Jolson, thankfully not in blackface, wearing black tie and standing with arms spread, a megaphone in his right hand.
December 10, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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"His contributions to American and Latin music will be everlasting, as his songs and voice touched fans and fellow artists around the world"

https://www.nme.com/news/music/tributes-paid-after-the-mavericks-singer-raul-malo-dies-aged-60-3917602

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Tributes paid after The Mavericks' singer Raul Malo dies, aged 60: "A performer and craftsman of the highest order"
Tributes have been paid following the death of The Mavericks’ frontman Raul Malo aged 60. The singer had been undergoing cancer treatment.
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December 10, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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Thanks to some very effective ad blockers, I live in a sort of reverse "They Live" world.
Screenshot of an advert on the Wordle website. The page is blank aside from the boxed word ADVERTISEMENT in the middle, due to ad blocker software doing its thing.
December 10, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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"The British Film Institute has restored three of the short two-reel silent films in the Stoll Pictures Sherlock Holmes series from the early 1920s – and very witty, watchable and spirited entertainments they are too" […]
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December 10, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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"More ragtime and more champagne!"

— Prince Felix Felixovich Yusupov, one of Rasputin's killers, as quoted by his dance partner.
December 9, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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I feel certain that this image is part of a training montage from a movie about a plucky corvid taking on the thugs who are trying to demolish the local community centre. https://growers.social/@jdacee/115690053288349361
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December 9, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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First night using the CPAP machine went as well as I could hope. Monitoring software reports that all was well, I managed to sleep despite having to adopt an alien position compared to my usual choice, and I didn't wake up too often. Managed a whisker […]

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A bearded middle-aged man raising an eyebrow and looking at the camera through an eye that's sitting on more bags than the Birmingham New Street lost property office. Strapped to his face is a clear medical nasal mask, attached with multiple flat grey straps, which is connected in elephant's trunk fashion to a very long wrinkled hose.
December 9, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Plastic Jeezus: "Hairy Vicar"

https://youtu.be/cuwKgpbeTq8

#ukulele
December 8, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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With December gradually moving up through the gears and gathering pace, let's take a moment to remember what the upcoming celebrations are all about.
December 8, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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I suspect that the biggest stumbling block to playing this sweet and cheeky number is going to be the [F] – [Cdim7] – [C7] progression that crops up several times throughout the song, but it's not as bad it might appear when taken slowly and it sounds […]

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Ukulele songsheet for "What Do We Do On A Dew-Dew-Dewy Day" by Howard Johnson, Chas. Tobias and Al Sherman (1927). Lyrics, chord abbreviations and diagrams, unfortunately too much for alt-text. Sheet music cover for "What Do We Do On A Dew-Dew-Dewy Day" by Howard Johnson, Chas. Tobias and Al Sherman (1927). Orange background, title at top in black. Black and white cartoon illustration of a young couple snuggling close on a striped sofa while the rain lashes against the French windows. The smiling young man is reaching for the pull switch to the lamp on the table next to him.
December 8, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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A surprisingly frequent problem I encounter when writing up music sheets is the nonexistent chord. I find a chord I don't recognise, so I look it up on something like ukebuddy.com: "No chords found". I trawl through reference books and individual diagrams […]

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Picture of a ukulele chord diagram from old sheet music.
December 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Niche request. Anyone got a photo of a fox waiting for a train?
December 8, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Gee, this looks like it's going to be so comfy to wear while I sleep…
Photo of packaging for ResMed Mirage ™ FX Nasal mask. White plastic bag with four portrait photos of a man putting a nose mask, ventilator tube and straps on his head.
December 8, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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That's my new Zoom meeting strategy sorted. https://mstdn.social/@ComicContext/115684895638547217
Comics Outta Context (@[email protected])
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December 8, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Time for some nautical nonsense from Arthur Le Clerq. Considering that recordings of this tune had to be split across two sides, even though they missed out some of the choruses, there was obviously no chance at all of my writing it up clearly and still […]

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Sheet music cover for "He Played His Ukulele As The Ship Went Down" by Arthur Le Clerq (1932). It's a yellowed piece of unbleached paper with a black ink illustration on the cover, showing a man playing his ukulele by the figurehead of his ship as the vessel sinks stern first in shark-infested waters. He doesn't look too cheerful. Title in large black letters at about a thirty degree angle above his head. Price 6d net (sixpence). Page One of ukulele songsheet for "He Played His Ukulele As The Ship Went Down" by Arthur Le Clerq (1932). Lyrics, chord abbreviations and diagrams, unfortunately too much for alt-text. Page Two of ukulele songsheet for "He Played His Ukulele As The Ship Went Down" by Arthur Le Clerq (1932). Lyrics, chord abbreviations and diagrams, unfortunately too much for alt-text. Page Three of ukulele songsheet for "He Played His Ukulele As The Ship Went Down" by Arthur Le Clerq (1932). Lyrics, chord abbreviations and diagrams, unfortunately too much for alt-text.
December 8, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Delayed by the seller not putting enough postage on the envelope (grumble harrumph) but here at last! Time to put the kettle on and type this up onto something less fragile than a piece of low grade 93 year old paper.

#ukulele
Photo of a hand holding sheet music for "He Played His Ukulele As The Ship Went Down" by Arthur Le Clerq (1932). It's a yellowed piece of unbleached paper with a black ink illustration on the cover, showing a man playing his ukulele by the figurehead of his ship as the vessel sinks stern first in shark-infested waters. He doesn't look too cheerful. Title in large black letters at about a thirty degree angle above his head. Price 6d net (sixpence).
December 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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Not as well remembered as some other songs by Milton Ager and Jack Yellen, numbers like "Ain't She Sweet" and "Happy Days Are Here Again," this one still has their typical lightness and polish.

https://youtu.be/2mAwOKXOeyE

#music #ukulele #1920s
Ukulele songsheet for "Who-oo? You-oo! That’s Who!" by Jack Yellen and Milton Ager (1927). Lyrics, chord abbreviations and diagrams, unfortunately too much for alt-text. Sheet music cover for "Who-oo? You-oo! That’s Who!" by Jack Yellen and Milton Ager (1927). Rose pink background with title in large black letters outlined with white. Portrait illustration of a smiling young woman with dark waved hair, makeup, and a rose pinned to the strap of her dress. Her head is framed by a solid white circle. Inset black and white photograph of Al Jolson, seated, wearing a dark three-piece suit.
December 8, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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Screenshot of music player showing the album "More Than Satisfied" by Nat Shilkret & The All Star Orchestra. Pale peach background with black and white circle in centre looking like a record label. In set portrait photo of a white man with a receding hairline. Track playing is "My Melancholy Baby".
December 8, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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Anton Petrov: "Bizarre Structures Inside Blood May Be Responsible for Long Covid"

https://youtu.be/ScCBCJDlUbs

#longcovid #covid
December 7, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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Current Status: Anachronistic Leopard.
December 7, 2025 at 10:21 PM