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Doom outside Boots…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s quotation is from Vladimir Nabokov’s 1933 novel Laughter in the dark: ‘I want to live with you quite openly,’ she blubbered. ‘In your own home. And to see people…’ ‘Very well,’ he said, rising to … Continue reading
Posted in abstract, academia, art, arts, books, brain, composition, conversation, creation, drama, Dulltown, existentialism, expletives, Hull.UK., humour, information, people, poetry, reading, serendipity, style, surrealism, words, writing
Tagged 1933, art, arts, Boots Pharmacy, celebrities, conversation, dictionary word, Doom, existential angst, expletives, Laughter in the Dark, lockdown, madness, Margo, ne'er-do-well, poetry, posting a letter, queueing, quotation, serendipity, Simon Doom, slobbering, spoem, style, surrealism, The Hull Surrealist League, two metres apart, vladimir nabokov, words, writing
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The undersea marauder began to whirl…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s existential angst is centred around the sound of the word, word. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> So, what do you fancy today dear reader? Spacemen and spaceships floating about in the blue void? Gladiator antics? High jinks in a … Continue reading
Posted in animals, archeology, art, arts, books, composition, cool, creation, design, drama, drawing, existentialism, history, humour, information, puzzle, reading, serendipity, smiling, story, style, surrealism, words, writing
Tagged 1950s Britain, 1950s illustration, 1956, antics, art, arts, bouncy Land Rover, discovery, diving dare-devils, drawing, existential angst, history, illustration, kid's book, killer shark, madness, pirate's loot, plucky British chaps, serendipity, style, surrealism, The Lion Annual 1956, the word word, undersea marauder, words, writing
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Some opening lines for stories never to be written…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s architectural term is Parvis. In France, the term for the open space around a church or cathedral. In England, a term wrongly applied to a room over a church porch. Damn! I’ve been using the … Continue reading
Posted in abstract, academia, architecture, arts, books, brain, cool, creation, drama, existentialism, food, history, humour, poetry, puzzle, radio, reading, serendipity, surrealism, words, writing
Tagged 20th c. poetry, Agatha Christie, architecture, arts, beer bottle, celebrities, Di, dictionary word, discovery, Donny, doubloon, entry for 'cat', ham sandwich, helicopter, history, in the sunshine, jeans watch pocket, madness, Nancy, nemesis, never to be written, opening lines, over a porch, Parvis., poetry, serendipity, silver coin, story on the radio, style, surrealism, the little engine, words, writing
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Some cobbled together short, but pithy items…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s carefully selected adjectives are: boxy, Bajocian, varsal, quotidian, lageniform, pterygoid, and woolly. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> As you might know dear reader, I used to do these ‘short but pithy’ compilations quite regularly, but with the great lockdown … Continue reading
Posted in abstract, adjectives, arts, brain, cafe, conversation, cool, creation, drama, Dulltown, existentialism, expletives, Grumpiness, history, Hull.UK., humour, information, music, observations, overheard, people, poetry, politics, puzzle, religion, seeing, serendipity, smiling, spam, style, surrealism, swearing, words
Tagged anodyne, arts, Bajocian, BBC Radio 3, boxy., conversation, Da Da Da Trio, dictionary word, discovery, effing and blinding, existential angst, expletives, guitar necks, in the street, Jazz, lageniform, late, madness, misheard, monacle, music, music charts, observations, overheard, overheard remarks, poetry, pterygoid, quotidian, religion, rough area, serendipity, spam, squirming, style, surrealism, TV, varsal, woolly, words, writing
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This is not art. No. 49…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s cuttlefish is the one just about to make a tentative start on Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> What a beautiful, delicate, and dynamic piece this is! Every tiny detail, every wisp of paper, every … Continue reading
Posted in abstract, academia, adjectives, advertising, animals, art, arts, books, brain, colours, composition, creation, Dulltown, Hull.UK., humour, information, joke, observations, photography, puzzle, seeing, serendipity, smiling, style, surrealism
Tagged abstract, advertising, art, art talk, arts, clever cuttlefish, collage, colour, Colours, discovery, found art, madness, observations, paper, photography, poster, ripped paper, serendipity, street art, style, surrealism, this is not art, waffle, water damage, words, writing
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Some more Crush names…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s confused film star is Naul Pewman. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Just as I was noticing how many people in the TV news today had funny – well, unusual names, an old-style airmail envelope, with red, white, and blue … Continue reading
Posted in arts, brain, celebrities, cool, creation, Dulltown, Film, Grumpiness, history, Hull.UK., humour, information, people, puzzle, reading, story, style, surrealism, thinking, words, writing
Tagged air mail, arts, celebrities, Confused film stars, discovery, MBE, MD, Paul Newman, puzzle, Ra, shite, style, surrealism, the glory days, The Hull Surrealist League, TV, Veronica Crush, words, writing
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Just a few short but pithy items…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s aspidistra is the one that does plenty of deep thinking. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> These ‘short items’ pieces have thinned out quite a lot over the last few months of self-isolation, but I have managed to collect just … Continue reading
Posted in arts, blues, brain, cafe, composition, conversation, cool, creation, drama, dreaming, Dulltown, existentialism, fashion, food, history, Hull.UK., humour, information, instruction, music, observations, overheard, people, puzzle, reading, serendipity, spam, style, surrealism, writing
Tagged 'ordinary music', arts, bacon blob, brexit, chord changes, classical music, colour, conversation, fashion, history, instruction, journalism, late, lips, madness, music, name change, observations, overheard, overheard remark, past tense, printers, self-isolation, serendipity, shimmer, simple riff, singeing, sorry I'm late, spam, style, surrealism, writing
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Scrap the arrows, keep the stripy floor!…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s quotation is from Vladimir Nabokov’s 1933 novel Laughter in the Dark: He was sure that if Elizabeth had not read the letter, he would be able to explain his absence somehow – he might say … Continue reading
Posted in abstract, academia, art, arts, books, brain, composition, creation, design, drawing, fine art prints, humour, information, lino cut printing, lino printing, photography, prints, reading, serendipity, surrealism, writing
Tagged 1933, arrows, art, arts, drawing, fish knife, history, kitchen cutting board, Laughter in the Dark, lino cut printing, lino design, linseed oil printing ink, lockdown easing, observations, opium smoking, pastel drawing, photography, rolling out ink, Speedball ink, stripy, style, surrealism, vladimir nabokov, words, writing
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A good deal of rubbing with a wet towel…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s longish quotation is another from Vladimir Nabokov’s 1933 novel Laughter in the Dark: She fell asleep quite suddenly, as though she had stopped speaking in the middle of sentence, when the electric light was already … Continue reading
Posted in archeology, books, brain, food, history, humour, information, instruction, learning, observations, reading, serendipity, style, surrealism, words, writing
Tagged 1933, 1934, a confection, a wet towel, arts, carving meat, catching a cold, constipation, dictionary word, discovery, duty to god and man, history, instruction, loofah, pink soap, pulp, rusty water, senna, serendipity, style, tamarind pulp, The Daily Express Enquire Within, the dinner table, vladimir nabokov, wineglass of gin, words, writing
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Some song lyrics misheard over the cafe hubbub…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s quotation is from Vladimir Nabokov’s 1933 novel Laughter in the Dark, which I finished re-reading a month or two ago: She (Margot) shrugged her shoulders, picked up the book, and turned her back to him. … Continue reading
Posted in abstract, academia, arts, books, brain, cafe, cool, creation, Dulltown, existentialism, Hull.UK., humour, information, misheard, music, overheard, poetry, puzzle, reading, serendipity, sex, style, surrealism, words, writing
Tagged 1933, arts, BB, black crow, cafe-ing, chubby knee, cups of tea, dictionary word, discovery, goosey, Greta Garbo, history, Laughter in the Dark, like a lizard, love in pieces, madness, misheard, music, novel, poetry, pre-lockdown cafe, pretzel, serendipity, sex, style, surrealism, thether, tight cake, train of seams, unwater, vladimir nabokov, weather beaten, words, worm-hole, writing
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Ludwig and lino…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s carefully selected colours are: Ford fawn, Bentley brown, Toyota turquoise, Maserati mauve, Peugeot pink, Cadillac cream, Volvo violet, and Renault rust. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I am writing this (well actually I was writing this yesterday afternoon, with … Continue reading
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Tagged art, arting, arts, avant-garde, Bentley brown, Cadillac cream, carefully selected colours, colour, discord, discovery, Ford fawn, ice cream, Ice Cream Van Chimes, lino chippings, ludwig van beethoven, Maserati mauve, Match of the Day theme, misheard, music, Peugeot pink, Renault rust., serendipity, style, surrealism, Toyota turquoise, van, Volvo violet, writing
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December: waiting in the bus shelter…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s quotation is from Vladimir Nabokov’s 1933 novel Laughter in the Dark, which I recently enjoyed re-reading, dark though it was: She crossed her feet and rocked gently as she stood there, her eyes roaming. ‘You … Continue reading
Posted in adjectives, advertising, art, arts, books, brain, colours, composition, creation, drama, Dulltown, existentialism, Hull.UK., humour, information, observations, photography, reading, seeing, serendipity, style, thinking, words, writing
Tagged 1933, advertising, afternoon sun, art, arts, balance, cherry on the top of..., colour, composition, dictionary word, discovery, doughnut, drabber, etymology, her eyes roaming, Laughter in the Dark, Margot, muscle, observations, photography, ribs, rich, serendipity, sex, side-board, spell checker, style, sugary, vladimir nabokov, words, writing
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The perp always gets it in the end, you know…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s hippopotamus is the one with two full trolleys completely blocking the cookery aisle in the supermarket. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Humans are just funny like that; for some reason they really love stuff dealing with awful crime, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Agatha Christy, American TV shows, arts, celebrities, crime shows, gaol, Hannibal Lecter, jail, lock up, lockdown, madness, nice murder, perps and cops, pistol, poetry, pokey, Real life TV Detective shows, serendipity, sex, Sir Anthony Hopkins, style, surrealism, the big house, the pen, the slammer, US crime shows, whisky talking, words, writing
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Yes, that lino print’s done now…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s quotation is from Vladimir Nabokov’s 1933 novel Laughter in the Dark, which I recently finished re-reading: The darkness inside the taxi slid and swayed as quarters and halves and whole squares of ashen light passed … Continue reading
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Tagged 'L'-shapes for windows, 1933, Albinus, art, arts, drawing, eyes, history, Laughter in the Dark, mackerel on toast, madness, Margot, Maurice, owl-eyes, owls, sex, simple forms, style, sunlight, surrealism, the unexpected owl, vladimir nabokov, waffle, windows, words, writing
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What’s this? Avenger-Trek?…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s instruction is to take a slim rat-tail file and enlarge the pre-drilled holes around the edge of the rim until they will accept the clear plastic tubing without chafing. Run a thin bead of silicone … Continue reading
Posted in abstract, archeology, arts, brain, celebrities, conversation, cool, drama, history, humour, information, instruction, misheard, music, poetry, puzzle, serendipity, Star Trek, style, surrealism, TV, words
Tagged 1960s, 1960s Star Trek, 1960s The Avengers, arts, blue wires, Captain Kirk, celebrities, conflate my genres, conversation, dictionary word, discovery, history, John Steed, madness, Mr Spock, Mrs Peel, music, Neutral Zone, plasma, poetry, rat-tail file, red wires, Scotty, serendipity, Star Date..., style, surrealism, TV, waggling toes, words, writing, Yankee Doodle Dandy
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The stern-faced man boomed!…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s lost plectrum is the one eventually found between the thumb and forefinger of the right hand on Michelangelo’s ‘David’. (David) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I wonder how those spacemen are doing, are they still poised with their rayguns … Continue reading
Posted in archeology, art, arts, books, composition, cool, creation, design, drama, drawing, history, humour, information, observations, reading, school, seeing, story, style, words, writing
Tagged 1956, art, arts, discovery, drawing, history, Knill, Lion Annual 1956, lost plectrum, Michelangelo's David, observations, old-style illustration, planet, Sammy the Sneak, Sir Walter Raleigh, spacemen, style, surrealism, unusual name, words, writing
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Lunch and a lino design…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s quotation is from Vladimir Nabokov’s 1933 novel Laughter in the Dark, which I recently finished re-reading: ‘Forgive me,’ he said, ‘don’t be cross with me, Margo. I can’t live without you. Look here, I’ve thought … Continue reading
Posted in abstract, art, arts, books, composition, conversation, cool, creation, design, drama, drawing, food, humour, information, learning, lino cut printing, lino printing, prints, reading, seeing, style, surrealism, thinking, words, writing
Tagged 'L'-shapes for windows, a fool, art, arts, buttered toast, conversation, destruction, drawing, history, Laughter in the Dark, lino block, lino print design, mackerel on toast, Margo, Marmite, owls, photography, ripping up prints, Russian literature, sex, style, surrealism, the unexpected owl, vladimir nabokov, windows, words, writing
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