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Category Archives: fashion
Oh, Dave, not another ripped poster photo?…
But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s politician is the one shunned by all his politician friends, for telling the truth.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes, yes, but I like ripped posters! They are so random, and so stylish. If you were an artist, and you were … Continue reading
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Tagged abstarct, abstract art, abstract Expressionism, art, arts, by the road, conversation, discovery, found art, London, madness, observations, posh gallery, rain, ripped, ripped poster, serendipity, shopfront, style, surrealism, telling the truth, thousands of pounds, wood, words
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But, what is it that the TV ads are trying to tell us?…
But first…Dulltown UK: Today’s carefully selected colours are: Rotten Red, Vile Violet, Yowling Yellow, Brutish Blue, Creepy Crimson, Ghastly Green, Tortured Turquoise, Moribund Mauve, Putrid Pink and Writhing White.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> And which, would you gift? – Google Pixel? – a duo-pack … Continue reading
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Tagged art, arts, Brutish Blue, capsules!, carefully chosen colours, cash!, credit score, Creepy Crimson, discovery, Ghastly Green, gift?, google, madness, Moribund Mauve, Mugler, nose bleed, observations, Putrid Pink. Writhing White., Rotten Red, sensitive skin?, serendipity, shaving?, style, surrealism, Tortured Turquoise, TV advertising, unblock your nose, unstopable!, vile violet, words, Writhing White., Yowling Yellow
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Hm… some more items of overheard, and misheard, café conversation…
But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s carefully chosen colours are: Ghastly Green, Brute Blue, Lurking Lime, Morbid Maroon, Obnoxious Orange, Worried White, and Bilious Black.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ‘Wush’?‘Bugnel’?‘A diffle-tech’?‘That B-mop girl’!‘Broad-minded? Him’?‘What? Derby compost’?‘Simon, it is top-crunchy.’‘See, he was in a theme car…’‘Wee wee … Continue reading
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Tagged a rheme car?, angle of pattern, Aphrodite, art, B-mop?, Bilious Black, Brute Blue, Bugnel?, cafe, carefully chosen colours, conversation, diffle tech?, Ghastly Green, Lurking Lime, madness, Obnoxious Orange, observations, Oh my!..., over-plastic, serendipity, style, surrealism, top-crunchy, words, Worried White, wush!
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And it was just Doom in the queue…
But first…Dulltown. UK: Today’s nice moths names are: the Netted Carpet, the Orange-tailed Clearwing, the Ground Lackey, the December Moth, the Red Sword-grass, the Chimney Sweeper, and the Straw Dot.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes, last week, it was Tuesday afternoon, or was it … Continue reading
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Tagged art, arts, brasses, carols, chafing, conversation, coops, damp node, discovery, Dolphin gate, fingers, floodgates, foot falls, hogs, in the post office, madness, observations, Paragon Railway Station, Paragon Station, Paragon Street, poetry, porcupine, serendipity, Simon Doom, spoem, style, surrealism, The Hull Surrealist League, Tony Mayonaise, void?, words
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What? A lino print, a bit like a previous one?…
But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s elephant in the room is the one that nobody has noticed.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You see, dear reader, in my studio/workshop (I love calling it that, it makes me seem like a proper artist) when I do a rough … Continue reading
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Tagged a snap?, another print?, art, arts, better design, conversation, copy paper, discovery, elephant in the room, in a tin?, knives and forks, lunch, mackerel, madness, observations, satsumas, scratchiness, serendipity, small drawing, sticky tape, style, surrealism, two cubes, words, workbench
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Mail Art Postcard. No. 4984…
But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s instructions are:Slit the cardboard cover with a very sharp craft knife – attach the mains electricity lead, or cord (if that’s what you prefer to call them) to the device – switch the power on and … Continue reading
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Tagged art, arts, arty, camp?, discovery, glitter globe?, goild on red?, golden things, green card, grinning, madness, mail art postcards, medals, musical?, observations, out of focus, red coat, Royal Family, serendipity, style, surrealism, who is it?, words
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What is it that the TV ads are trying to tell us?…
But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s architectural term is, Peripteral.Of a building, surrounded by a single row of columns.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Shaped with precision – the joy is shared! – re-engineered! – a spectacular camera – a quick and cold wash? – mini-almond! – … Continue reading
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Tagged aching legs, architectural term, architecture, columns, dentists, Dictionary of Architecture, energy costs, fast delivery, favourites, for all of us, happy tiger, madness, money, money!, mud and sweat, observations, peripteral, platinum, reengineered, serendipity, style, surrealism, tigers, TV ads, words
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That woman, Stella, said that she might pop round…
But first…Dulltown UK: Today’s problem is concerning comedians, why aren’t the BBC’s radio and TV comedians funny any more?…>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ‘Look! Just stop it!…’ ‘What’?‘You don’t have to lean on the doorbell button like that – it is most annoying’!‘Hello David. … Continue reading
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Tagged a cat?, art, arts, bad commedians, BBC, black ink, chocolte biscuits, conversation, discovery, eats like a horse, gluten free, not a cat!, observations, pastels, ringing the door bell, serendipity, Stella dancing, style, surrealism, Taylors of Harrogate Yorkshire Tea, wooly hat, words
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A little bit more on playing blues guitar…
But first…Dulltown UK: Today’s great puzzle centres around the reason why people all over the world are constantly killing each other.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes, a few days ago I was ranting on about how people who play blues guitar these days are … Continue reading
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Tagged art, arts, atnding on stage, be noisy, Blues guitar, discovery, don't be bland, emotion is better, expressing emotion with guitar, expression, madness, not medium!, serendipity, soft and loud!, style, the audience, the great puzzle, they wont do it!, tortex, words
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What about some TV forensics?…
But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s dictionary word is, indumentum.Oh, the spell-checker didn’t like this one!>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Well, it doesn’t seem long ago that I did a watching a ‘TV forensics’ post, but maybe I’m just getting confused with one of my ‘misheard … Continue reading
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Tagged art, arts, battered guitar, big hats indoors, conversation, crime solving, detective drama, fat coppers, jotting down, Lightnin' Hopkins, observations, Radiotone guitar, real life, Robert Johnson, serendipity, style, surrealism, TV Forensics, watching TV, wearing hats indoors, words
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Pound the meat with four anchovies washed and boned…
But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s unusual china teapot is the one shaped like a politician’s smirk. This teapot is an awful pourer.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Today, I thought we might blow the dust off that old book (ninety years old), flick it open a … Continue reading
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Tagged 1934, 90 year old, allspice, at home day, awful pourer, bed airing, cailling card, cloves, discovery, earthen jar, interesting china teapot, mace, nutmeg, old book, politician., potted meat, proverb, salt, serendipity, smirk, sore throat, style, surrealism, The Daily Express Enquire Within, washed and boned, words, words of wisdom
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What is it that those TV ads are trying to tell us?…
But first.Dulltown, UK: Today’s dictionary words are: marrowsky, samshoo, hesternal, Supralapsarian, muggins, and dodecagon. Please have these words looked up and placed in suitable sentences ready for Professor Mouldie first thing after breakfast tomorrow morning. Extra marks will be awarded … Continue reading
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Tagged a gift, art, arts, cleaning, dastardly, dictionary words, discovery, dodecagon, drug free, dust, ear drops, first thing after breakfast, good again?, hesternal, joy!, Lenor!, madness, marrowsky, Mayonnaise, muggins, observations, OMG!, Profdessor Mouldie, samshoo, serendipity, shop now!, style, Supralapsarian, surrealism, tigers?, TV advertising, words
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Adrian, talking about painting interiors…
But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s dictionary word is, mad-apple.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes, dear reader, we are today looking for artistic knowledge, and we have opened the book The Beginners’s Book of Oil Painting by the popular TV artist, and celebrity, from Britain in … Continue reading
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Tagged .painting, adrian, Adrian Hill, art, arts, beginners book, Britain 1950s, celebrity, colours, cravat, dictionary word, discovery, half closed eyes, mad-apple, observations, Oil Painting, serendipity, smock artist, style, The beginners Book of Oil Painting, TV 1950s, Windows 10, with eyes closed, words
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But, what is it that those TV ads are trying to tell us?…
But first…Dulltown UK: Today’s dictionary words are: akee, femerell, torbanite, limn, wamus, and marcescent. Please have these words looked up and placed in suitable sentences, ready for Professor Mouldie first thing after breakfast tomorrow morning. Extra marks will be awarded … Continue reading
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Tagged akee, arts, broadband, cuddle, dictionary words, discovery, energy, femerell, limn, lingering smells, looked up, madness, marcescent, observations, Professor Mouldie, renewable, serendipity, serum!, speaking French, students, style, surrealism, switchers, torbanite, TV ads, Vimto!, wamus, whipped topping, words
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A short message from Doom…
But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s novel pencil sharpener is the one shaped like an angry right wing politician.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes, a message from Doom – Simon Doom, poet from the glory days of the Hull Surrealist League.It was on a scrap of … Continue reading
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Tagged art, arts, beer, bleet bleet, conversation, discovery, Doom, glory days, madness, pub, pub night, quiz quiz, right wing politician, serendipity, Simon Doom, snarl snarl, sneer sneer, spoet?, style, surrealism, tegs tegs tegs, The Hull Surrealist League, unusual pencil sharpener, words
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Just a few short, but pithy items…
But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s banana is the brown squashed one…>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Excuses for being late. No. 523.I’m sorry I’m late, but I found out that I’d been awarded the Nobel Prize for Surrealism. A single overheard remark:‘Johnny, their house was full … Continue reading
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Tagged another beer?, art, arts, boring, Captain Beefheart, conversation, excuses for being late, flonsy, money?, moonlight on vermont, name change, new music, niceness?, observations, ols music, pithy, poetry, poets, Roy Mail, serendipity, style, surrealism, upset
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What is it that those TV ads are trying to tell us?…
But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s moths are: the Lunar Hornet Moth, the Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk Moth, the Hebrew Character, the Old Lady, the Scarce Vapourer, and the Transparent Burnet.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Our app gives you the best – it feels a real difference … Continue reading
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Tagged arts, bedroom, cinematic, garden furniture, laptop, lifestyle, madness, moth names, observations, odours, razor, Samsung, serendipity, shake and pour!, smell amazing!, style, surrealism, the Hebrew Character, the Lunar Hornet Moth, the Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk Moth, the Old lady, the Scarce Vapourer, the Transparent Burnet, TV ads, words
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Some overheard and misheard snatches of café conversation…
But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s dictionary word is, duumvir.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ‘Ards?…’‘Pemmel’?‘A jockey’s do-ins’?‘They even get bussed in.’‘Just transport your soul, Craig.’‘Simon, he comes across verbally.’‘That’s when he was out drinking…’‘Would you wipe a monster, Margaret’?‘It was only in the spinal sector pirouette.’‘So, … Continue reading
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Tagged a normal one, Ards?, art, arts, Cafe Conversation, conversation, Craig., dictionary word, drinking, duumvir, good, Good I'm glad, guffs!, James, locker, madness, monster, observations, overheard, Pam!, pemmel?, pirourette, serendipity, spinal sector, sports track, style, surrealism, words, your soul
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Mayonnaise leaning against a wall…
But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s moths are: the Horse-Chestnut Leaf Minor, the Light Crimson Underwing, the Pale Eggar, the Silver Y, the Ghost Moth, and Dewick’s Plusia. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I was only just thinking that we, in this area of town, don’t … Continue reading
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Tagged art, arts, carolling, Christmas, conversation, Dewicks' Plusia, discovery, loit, madness, midnight, midnight caller, moth names, observations, poem, posh mode, serendipity, spoof poem, surrealism, the Ghost Moth, the horse-chestnut leaf minor, The Hull Surrealist League, the Light Crimson Underwing, the Pale Eggar, the Silver Y, Tony Mayonaise, trick or treat, words
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