Have to say that were somebody to back me up against a wall - put a gun to my head and ask me 🖇️ who my top 10 artists - ever - were, XTC would be on that list.

📼 Just finished watching this

Just lovely and a tremendous trip down memory lane.

📼 🎵 But We Had Music

… via the inimitable Maria Popova

The Ostrom Sessions are part of a program running at Indiana University - curated and directed by Doc Searls.

They haven’t all been the best, though the speakers have always been ‘real names’. The video is the latest with guest Jeff Jarvis. This one was good.

Enjoy.

🔗 📼 The Video

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🔗 📼 Why is England called England?

.. and lots more besides if you have interest in the history of names.

At the beginning of the year I had grand plans for this series. A daily long-form post about something that was rattling my brain that day. And then life. For a while, I was even just dropping markers - to revisit. I came to realise that part of the problem was the complexity of the structure for each post - so that went away. Simplicity really is rather nice. As I write on 240413, I am now going back and filling in the gaps. PLUS - unless something strikes me immediately, I will not classify until the end of the day and go back to move one of the posts of the day into the 366. Also - if you are wondering how I have update the words at the bottom of over 100 posts at a stroke, well - THANK YOU Andy Sylvester and his Glossary plugin.

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🔗 📼 Why is England called England?youtube.com/watch)

.. and lots more besides if you have interest in the history of names.

Some people respond to me with musical references.

I do it. A lot. In reverse? Not so much.

This is an example of someone who has done it a few times. ❤️

So, may I introduce you to - no, not ‘Billy Shears’.

Elvis.

No, not that Elvis.

This Elvis.

🔗 🎵 📼 Elvis Costello Performance

📼 The Arc people continue to think out of the box AND create really nice and different introduction videos

Not sure how I knew but had the Arc search app installed before I understood what it was doing.

It is doing clever things.

📼 🎵 Orbital

Gorgeous. Totally gorgeous. Welling with tears.

In the spirit of John Cooper Clarke and Simon Armitage.

🔗 From my friends at Steam

You’ll be hearing more about them soon as part of a larger initiative I am working on.

Oh - and if you like Orbital - you might also enjoy 🎵 📼 🔗 this

On a business call this morning, we took a sidetrack down the path of ‘the problem with flying’. Flanders and Swann were mentioned - and specifically the ‘bit’ they did about excess baggage. I know their stuff - this one didn’t ring a bell.

🔗 Just found it

😂 Fell on the floor laughing.