David Quantick

They should play the Richie Havens version.

Class.

@ianmartin.bsky.social said it not me.

The finest line in all of literature.

(From @anthonyhorowitz.com's THE TWIST OF A KNIFE)

The cast of Only Fools and Horses pictured like they are in the shining

🎶 we got a snow drift,
Danny’s gift
and plasma from the bloody lifts
axed doors,
maze tours
and creepy twins you can’t ignore,
red rum, scared mum, barman chum and you must say
when he’s typing all the day
it’s all work and never play
play, play, play, play, play, play, play, play. 🎶

Thank you Dan at Faber.

He did Wonderful Christmastime which sort of counts.

"Bip Bop, a lot of people say to me, it's their favourite song, so you know, yeah."

fifteen picture flat books, i'm giving away to a school.

SCHOOLS!

Here are fifteen books.

I'm giving them away.

If you're a UK school and would like them, let me know.

I'll pick one of you this evening.

You can share it too, if you like.

Ta.

Bowie's 52 Elvis Presley soundtracks rolled into one.

It’s time to ban social media for the over-60s, restrict their screen-time and implement upper-limit age verification.

Written by Martin Brammer of The Kane Gang. Pete Paphides summed it up perfectly “It exists merely to make the world feel like a slightly kinder place.” Lovely...

It doesn’t really matter ’bout the rain
‘Cause we’ll get through it anyway
We’ll get up and start again

‘Cause we could be lifted …

YouTube video by Javier & the 80's Ghosts (Positive Noise, 1981)

Number one in my Joy Division-alike chart.
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Imagine A Friend My first novella.

Bit of a slow day so here's a Substack memory:

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FAKE OR REAL INDIFFERENCE IS A POWERFUL PERSONAL WEAPON

Funny People is also good.

Five things the film “Is This Thing On?” gets wrong about the world of stand up. Stand-up comedy is not about constantly talking about your feelings; if it was-why would straight men be so successful at it?

This is also good.

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YouTube video by Into Creative MARMALADE from And Other Stories by David Quantick

A short story from me and Jim. What's that sweet smell?

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MY PETS (Palindrome)

Dog.
A sad dog
or fat cat.
Nine dragons
(no garden intact).
A frog,
odd as a god.

Pretty sure he’s trying to hide the scar he got trying to steal a medallion off a woman in a bar fire in Nepal in the 1930s.

This is out in March. It is one of my favourite stories I've written.

YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free

Regardless of the egregious error in the RT copy, this is NEXT Wednesday, I repeat, NEXT WEDNESDAY. I had a lucky escape.

*stops writing Melania 2 screenplay*

AUNT FRITZI HAS SERVED NANCY PANCAKES FOR BREAKFAST NANCY HAS HER HANDS UP IN THE AIR WHEN SHE SAYS… NANCY: I CAN'T ЕАТ МУ PANCAKES WITHOUT MAPLE SYRUP FRITZI: WE'RE ALL OUT OF IT

I CAN'T ЕАТ МУ PANCAKES
WITHOUT MAPLE SYRUP

Maybe. Thank-you!

The Radio Times is never wrong.

Michel Kricorian - Transexuel Express [France, Synth-pop] (1981)

Michel Kricorian - Transexuel Express [France, Synth-pop] (1981)
https://redd.it/qz5rc0
https://youtu.be/4ylS1Z2SpA4

I wish I'd hashtagged this. Some very jolly replies.