Final Test for Jimmy Anderson ๐
So wrapped up in Euro 24 football that I forgot about cricket. Today is the start of the England v West Indies Test series.
The first Test match at Lordโs will be the final international match for Englandโs all-time leading wicket-taker James Anderson.
I will be listening to TMS on the radio for most of the day and possibly catching a little TV coverage. Just hope the weather remains clear enough for the day’s play to go ahead.
Euro 24. Spain ๐ช๐ธ v ๐ซ๐ท France. Half-time. That was an exceptional half of football, really looking forward to the second half โฝ๏ธ
I was meant to be going to a concert at Chepstow Racecourse this evening to see Hozier and Brittany Howard ๐ต
The event was cancelled by the organisers at lunchtime today due to flooding at the venue. We had very heavy rain for several hours last night. Summer in Wales! ๐ง๏ธ๐
๐ต My Top weekly artists as logged by last.fm:
Scott Ross (15 plays)
Evanescence (12)
Paul Weller (9)
John Shirley-Quirk, Pierre Boulez & Ensemble Intercontemporain (7)
Jessye Norman, Pierre Boulez & Ensemble Intercontemporain (1)
Election night. Iโm not sure why but Iโm staying up. Dual screening. Having a whisky ๐ฅ
Today’s kitchen experiment: Lacto-fermented green beans. Results will be known in about a fortnight ๐ค
New premises in Aberdare for our local independent craft brewery Grey Trees Brewery ๐บ
UK General Election
Vote! ๐ณ๏ธ
If you are bored and disgusted by politics and don’t bother to vote, you are in effect voting for the entrenched Establishments of the two major parties, who please rest assured are not dumb, and who are keenly aware that it is in their interests to keep you disgusted and bored and cynical and to give you every possible psychological reason to stay at home doing one-hitters and watching MTV on primary day. By all means stay home if you want, but don’t bullshit yourself that you’re not voting. In reality, there is no such thing as not voting: you either vote by voting, or you vote by staying home and tacitly doubling the value of some Diehard’s vote.
Up, Simba
David Foster Wallace
Live election results watch-along: July 4th from 9:45pm - Freedom News
We will chart the winners and losers and assess the new political landscape with a panel of anarchist voices. Stick on a news channel, mute their mainstream noise, and have us on a second screen for up-to-the-minute anarchist news and views.
This could be an interesting watch/listen on Thursday night. A lot of time to fill though.
Having an oak aged gin to celebrate ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟโฝ๏ธ
Huge sigh of relief ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟโฝ๏ธ
FFS. Cutting it fine. Nervous wreck ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ โฝ๏ธ
Euro 2024. England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ v ๐ธ๐ฐ Slovakia. Half time. 0-1. Worrying โฝ๏ธ
๐ต My Top weekly artists as logged by last.fm:
Mishka Rushdie Momen (18 plays)
The Who (17)
Glenn Gould (12)
Dmitri Shostakovich (11)
Pina Napolitano, Liepฤja Symphony Orchestra & Atvars Lakstigala (9)
