White orcs and black orcs and green orcs and the daffodils

Posted on by thaumaturge

Heartbroken by Ireland’s tragic crash-out last week, I forgot about putting up a new post yesterday. So this is a rushed affair.

Further reading

Don’t miss Deebee’s analysis of the quarter-finals, or Utnapistm’s predictions for this weekend.

On the telly this week

Friday 25th October

Ulster v Cardiff 19:35 S4C / Premier Sports 1
Munster v Ospreys 19:35 TG4 / Premier Sports 2
Bath v Exeter 19:45 BT Sport 1

Saturday 26th October

England v New Zealand09:00ITV
Dragons v Glasgow14:45Premier Sports 2
Gloucester v Wasps15:00BT Sport 1
Treviso v Kings15:00FreeSports
Connacht v Cheetahs17:15TG4 / Premier Sports 1
Zebre v Leinster17:15Premier Sports 2
Edinburgh v Scarlets19:30Premier Sports 2

Sunday 27th October

Wales v S Africa09:00ITV
Leicester v Saracens15:00BT Sport 1

1,071 thoughts on “White orcs and black orcs and green orcs and the daffodils”

  1. tichtheid's avatartichtheid
    29/10/2019 at 21:22

    Now you’re talking Thaum, Derek Trucks looks like he should be an Allman, I know of the Tedeschi Trucks Band but haven’t listenend to them that much

    That is country in my book

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  2. thaumaturge's avatarthaumaturge
    29/10/2019 at 21:23

    Scotch whisky is fantastic … just there are a few very good Irish ones. The rest are rubbish, obvs.

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  3. thaumaturge's avatarthaumaturge
    29/10/2019 at 21:25

    Ticht – that’s a demented definition of country, but if you say so, it’s a version of country I like!

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  4. Borderboy's avatarBorderboy
    29/10/2019 at 21:26

    Country? Try this lot….

    http://everynoise.com/engenremap-country.html

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  5. tichtheid's avatartichtheid
    29/10/2019 at 21:31

    Southern Rock, as was/is, is a subgenre of rock with a cross over into Americana, where Country is the larger part of the Venn diagram

    Can you tell me where my country lies?

    (that’s for BB)

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  6. thaumaturge's avatarthaumaturge
    29/10/2019 at 21:32

    To hell with this country-influenced shit.

    Here’s my favourite choon(s) of all time:

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  7. tichtheid's avatartichtheid
    29/10/2019 at 21:37

    There is all sorts in Country, from the Hanson Family style Southern Gothic, to Red Dirt to well…

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  8. thaumaturge's avatarthaumaturge
    29/10/2019 at 21:38

    That version doesn’t have great sound….

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  9. Borderboy's avatarBorderboy
    29/10/2019 at 21:38

    said the unifaun to his true love’s eyes

    Classic lyrics from old Pete there….

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  10. thaumaturge's avatarthaumaturge
    29/10/2019 at 21:42

    For my dad, who I think took this to heart:

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  11. Borderboy's avatarBorderboy
    29/10/2019 at 21:42

    Thaum – if you like the more rocky side to country/blues, try Blackberry Smoke and/or The Cadillac Three. Both sort of update the Southern Rock sound with bits of country/bluegrass and so on.

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  12. tompirracas's avatartompirracas
    29/10/2019 at 21:43

    They’re good those Tedeschi Trucks. Has a Revelator connection with GW and DR.

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  13. thaumaturge's avatarthaumaturge
    29/10/2019 at 21:47

    Cheers, BB. Are the Cadillac Three anything like the Alabama 5? They are great.

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  14. Borderboy's avatarBorderboy
    29/10/2019 at 21:54

    Like this….

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  15. tompirracas's avatartompirracas
    29/10/2019 at 21:55

    Am a bit worried that the Kamikaze Twins nickname might not end well for England’s 6 & 7.

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  16. thaumaturge's avatarthaumaturge
    29/10/2019 at 22:03

    Cheers, BB – off to bed for tonight, but have opened it to listen mañana.

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  17. thaumaturge's avatarthaumaturge
    29/10/2019 at 22:03

    Oh, and – cheers, BB.

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  18. tichtheid's avatartichtheid
    29/10/2019 at 22:04

    My favourite song of all time can be changed at any given moment, for example I was in Sainsburys the other day and they had a box of LPs beside the second hand books that you can swap. There were a few Tony Joe White LPs there and since then I’ve been singing this in my head

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  19. tichtheid's avatartichtheid
    29/10/2019 at 22:07

    General Election on 12th of December then

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  20. Borderboy's avatarBorderboy
    29/10/2019 at 22:28

    IndyRef2 on 13th of December?!?!

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  21. tompirracas's avatartompirracas
    29/10/2019 at 22:30

    Hugo with a DNA line on The Guardian. Solid.

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  22. tompirracas's avatartompirracas
    29/10/2019 at 22:30

    Ugo with a DNA line on The Guardian. Solid.

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  23. tichtheid's avatartichtheid
    29/10/2019 at 22:34

    There was a DNA reference to Scarlets on Saturday in the commentary, something about giving up is not in their DNA, and then Matt Scott, who trained as a lawyer so you’d think think accuracy of language was important to him, said something about DNA in the post match stuff

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  24. sunbeamtim's avatarsunbeamtim
    29/10/2019 at 23:29

    For Thaum :)

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  25. craigsman's avatarcraigsman
    29/10/2019 at 23:35

    Sbt – I was thinking that Thaum prefers Banjo Sullivan

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  26. ClydeMillarWynant's avatarClydeMillarWynant
    29/10/2019 at 23:38

    Now here’s a thing:

    https://deadstate.org/christian-author-hidden-spells-in-country-music-songs-will-change-your-dna/

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  27. craigsman's avatarcraigsman
    29/10/2019 at 23:39

    Quite like to sea some sick Steve too:

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  28. ClydeMillarWynant's avatarClydeMillarWynant
    29/10/2019 at 23:42

    And another thing:

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  29. ClydeMillarWynant's avatarClydeMillarWynant
    29/10/2019 at 23:45

    @BB – if the Tories win then I suppose the SNP could go down the Catalan route…

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  30. ClydeMillarWynant's avatarClydeMillarWynant
    29/10/2019 at 23:52

    My favourite Gram Parsons song (not actually by him). Echoes of the Dead Flowers conversation the other night.

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  31. deebee7's avatardeebee7
    30/10/2019 at 04:40

    @Thaum

    I advise you to take a tour of the Bushmills distillery one day.

    A friend of mine took her old Dutch dad to Bushmills a good few years back. He’s a whisky nut of note and engaged them on all sorts of technical issues (made his own drambuie at home) and they were clearly impressed with the breadth and depth of his knowledge. When it came to the tasting, he stood and sipped, swirled etc and said, without any malice aforethought “very, very good. But you just don’t make whisky like the Scots do.” They left shortly thereafter.

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  32. deebee7's avatardeebee7
    30/10/2019 at 04:53

    Magical walk through some superb music in the late night dinghy folks! Sent a few links to the missus who likes country more than I do. She’s a massive Chris Stapleton fan and the Dolly Parton Coat of Many Colours was her mum’s favourite song. Johnny Cash doing Personal Jesus is stunning. but covering Nick Cave’s Mercy Seat is another level. Loved Cash and Cave’s “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry” and whilst listening to it, came across this as well, which I hadn’t heard before:

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  33. deebee7's avatardeebee7
    30/10/2019 at 05:08

    All Blacks to face Wales on Friday:

    New Zealand: 15-Beauden Barrett, 14-Ben Smith, 13-Ryan Crotty, 12-Sonny Bill Williams, 11-Rieko Ioane, 10-Richie Mo’unga, 9-Aaron Smith, 8-Kieran Read (captain), 7-Sam Cane, 6-Shannon Frizell, 5-Scott Barrett, 4-Brodie Retallick, 3-Nepo Laulala, 2-Dane Coles, 1-Joe Moody

    Replacements: 16-Liam Coltman, 17-Atu Moli, 18-Angus Ta’avao, 19-Patrick Tuipulotu, 20-Matt Todd, 21-Brad Weber, 22-Anton Lienert-Brown, 23-Jordie Barrett.

    Weak, over the hill, out of form or never any good for the most part. Wales by 21.

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  34. OurTerry's avatarOurTerry
    30/10/2019 at 06:06

    The central task of the police, according to classical Foucauldian analysis, has also been to thwart and foil the possibility of revolution, the possibility of transgressing the order of capital: “For the bourgeoisie the main danger against which it had to be protected, that which had to be avoided at all costs, was armed uprising, was the armed people, was workers taking to the streets in assault against the government.”
    Paw Patrol: Mighty Pups, the first theatrical reiteration from the popular animated franchise, is the latest shadowy attempt to normalise state-sponsored thuggery.

    https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/paw-patrol-mighty-pups-cartoon-canines-in-fascistic-mission-1.389312

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  35. craigsman's avatarcraigsman
    30/10/2019 at 06:15

    Deebs – looks weak.

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  36. craigsman's avatarcraigsman
    30/10/2019 at 06:17

    OT – why does that link take me to some heinous page about markets?

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  37. craigsman's avatarcraigsman
    30/10/2019 at 06:18

    Must be state thuggery.

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  38. OurTerry's avatarOurTerry
    30/10/2019 at 06:21

    That’s quite funny. I have no idea. Looks like I deleted a number off the URL.

    https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/paw-patrol-mighty-pups-cartoon-canines-in-fascistic-mission-1.3893125

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  39. tompirracas's avatartompirracas
    30/10/2019 at 06:29

    The argument is basically correct. Dreadful programme.

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  40. tompirracas's avatartompirracas
    30/10/2019 at 06:31

    A XXIII that mixes experience with promise and Hallam Amos:

    15 Hallam Amos, 14 Owen Lane, 13 Jonathan Davies, 12 Owen Watkin, 11 Josh Adams, 10 Rhys Patchell, 9 Tomos Williams, 8 Ross Moriarty, 7 James Davies, 6 Justin Tipuric, 5 Alun Wyn Jones (c), 4 Adam Beard, 3 Dillon Lewis, 2 Ken Owens, 1 Nicky Smith.
    Subs: 16 Elliot Dee, 17 Rhys Carre, 18 Wyn Jones, 19 Jake Ball, 20 Aaron Shingler, 21 Gareth Davies, 22 Dan Biggar, 23 Hadleigh Parkes.

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  41. craigsman's avatarcraigsman
    30/10/2019 at 06:31

    OT – that’s genius. This is my favourite part.

    “Harold and his uncle are not villains but Baudrillardian second-order simulacra, befitting a fake world run by corporations and kept stable by feeble politicians (personified by Adventure Bay’s tulip-obsessed mayor) and bootlickers like Paw Patrol.”

    There’s also a bit about Ryder being a slave owner which made me giggle.

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  42. craigsman's avatarcraigsman
    30/10/2019 at 06:32

    Sorry – slave driver, not owner.

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  43. Chimpie's avatarChimpie
    30/10/2019 at 06:34

    “There is a frequency that is sort of the God frequency and then there is a frequency that is just sort of off from that,” she said. “Our scale of modern music [is] off from the real resonance, it’s just a scale down. We don’t realize it, but all of our music is tainted in this way and sound has a powerful influence, a powerful effect on our bodies, on our minds. We’re 75 percent water, and so when something reverberates though you, it changes your DNA.”

    Eek!

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  44. deebee7's avatardeebee7
    30/10/2019 at 06:43

    Sinckler in doubt for the Final.

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  45. Chimpie's avatarChimpie
    30/10/2019 at 06:44

    Love that paw patrol analysis.

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  46. Chimpie's avatarChimpie
    30/10/2019 at 06:44

    Oh goody, an election. Cos that’s going to solve everything.

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  47. tompirracas's avatartompirracas
    30/10/2019 at 07:08

    This is marvellous:

    “Japan is distinctively unique in its attractiveness as a destination. The subtle balance of culture and futurism intertwine to shape the country’s diverse DNA.”

    https://allblackstours.com/series/rwc-2019/

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  48. OurTerry's avatarOurTerry
    30/10/2019 at 07:08

    It’s all the fault of people with asthma now

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-50215011

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  49. tompirracas's avatartompirracas
    30/10/2019 at 07:09

    “an election. Cos that’s going to solve everything.”

    I think that’s the idea behind having one.

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  50. tompirracas's avatartompirracas
    30/10/2019 at 07:18

    “You know you’re at the Harvard Brexit panel when someone mentions the recent European directive requiring him to insulate his 18th century Oxford home to rent it: “This is what people are complaining about,” he says.”

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