Coming soon: "Drogo's Choice" brand mare's milk, fermented in the skull of a pansy.

Set the controls for the heart of the barcalounger.

Agreed—him or David Cohen.

I think people are right that it's least partly a fascination with the time and place.

That picture of (what was left of) Mary Kelly wrecks my day every time I see it.

I watched a Chris Porter stand-up comedy special on Netflix and was in a pleasant amount of pain from laughing. I'd never heard of him before.

Ah, sorry. Maybe it's better than I thought. It's definitely vivid, like some of the images in "Your Poem, Man" by Edward Lueders. I've just never been able to connect the image to any particular meaning (not that it has to connect).

Fair enough. I'm not as fond of the very early stuff, which gets a bit same-y to me. I think there's a good variety on "Woman King", "In the Reins" and "The Shepherd's Dog".

Is there some quantum of lunch money you're wanting from me?

I'm a basic troll because I called everyone incorrigible? I just meant that the sudden proliferation of 20 news usernames showed some people, none of whom were me, to be incorrigible, or at the very least very naughty. It wasn't a defence of the original (qua original) second cookie monster. Also, I don't even own…

♫ IIIIII was borrrrn a ramblin' tit ♫

Huh. Just did a very quick check and it sounds like it was Brits shipped in from Britland who did the burning. Now let's all enjoy the sweet release of death!

It's what we were taught in school. I assume, without checking (because I suck), that most of what you call British troops were from Upper Canada, which is what Ontario used to be called. Canada wasn't an independent dominion until 1867, but Canadians still consider the Upper and Lower Canadians to be Canadian. …

Ye gave the world Billy Connelly, so nae apology necessary ya c*nt. Connelly's one of the greatest c*nts ay them aw. *wipes away tear*

Say Dellarigg, is the Geordie accent waning in younger generations? I know there are class distinctions, with working classes tending to speak with broader accents, but I'm curious if even that is fading. I saw an interview with a couple of the guys from Alt-J yesterday, and instead of speaking with what I'd…

I do enjoy the melody of it, I have to say. Ours bores me every time.

On behalf of Canada, let me just say: congratulations on that thing that you did. Sorry about burning down your first White House. Now let's all enjoy the sweet release of death!

Huh, I guess I never really looked into it. I always thought "Helpless" was about Thunder Bay, but I guess it must be Omemee.

No love for Neil Young?

@mikevago:disqus ani di franco used to be pretty good, at least when she wasn't doing that thing with her voice that makes her sound like a cat whose tail has just been crushed by an errant rocking chair. Maybe she grew out of that; I haven't heard or seen her for quite a few years.