Robert Tait

Lordy.

And track two. It’s not a “track” in the sense that it would be recognised on hearing.

There’s no tack called “tubular bells”? It’s the album itself that has that title and is his best known work.

Break On Through is far from being the best known Doors track. On the contrary, at risk of being overlooked in any compilation of their highlights. And Tubular Bells wasn’t a “first track” but the title of an entire concept album, so really shouldn’t be considered as part of such a list.

I doubt that but I do my best.

Don’t think it was very well circulated. I went to the forum and told them I was surprised that it hadn’t been sent to me beforehand. I had to ask them to email it to me.

Is this a metaphor for events in certain other parts of the world?

Way better than his Live Aid performance.

Yep. Americans totally spooked. It’s the mood of the times here.

Correct. But the whole thing was surely a set up in advance.

The perfectly timed social media post.

Four essentials for the press right now If we have any hope of preventing a full slide into permanent autocracy, these must happen

"Big Journalism’s leaders need to think hard — and fast — about whether they are just presenting facts or actually getting the nightmarish reality across." @sulliview.bsky.social

MUST READ. ⬇️

margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/four-essen...

It’s the “and Germany” bit that has my eyes popping. Stuck in a cultural stereotype time warp surely.

The Logic of Destruction And how to resist it

snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-... Tim Snyder on the need Stand Up Now.

“This is likely a lie” is not a line you ever see in news journalism - a discipline with which you clearly have scant familiarity. Now kindly acquire a life - or go for a walk in the traffic. Journalists didn’t cause Trump.

Absolutely. I’ve written such things many times. Obviously, Mr/Ms Anonymous.

Let me help you. The word you’re grasping for is “sorry.” Save your rage for where it’s needed. Or maybe put some of your professional successes on display to let us see your qualifications to judge.

I merely report. Neither stupid nor naive. And less inclined than you to be insulting towards total strangers.

Don’t be triumphalist. Some of us are in distant lands.

Frustrating? It’s terrifying. Like a scene from Hitchcock.

I wasn’t reporting on his speech but on his earlier farewell letter, in which he made no comments on oligarchy, etc. Those comments were reserved for the speech, which was covered in a later report by another journalist.

Iran hostages reflect on a crisis that defined Jimmy Carter’s presidency: ‘A fine man that did his best’ When revolutionary students seized the US embassy in Tehran, they initiated a 444-day ordeal that had a huge impact on Carter in both political and human terms

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Your basis of knowledge and expertise is zero and opinion worthless and devoid of validity. Delete your account and leave the platform. And perhaps spend some time searching for a better purpose in life - though that’s up to you. Your funeral.

I see your anonymous. Very courageous way of attacking other people.

If you like trees, coming to visit us is one thing you could do. We’ve got a lot more than one in our backyard.

This looks like my backyard. What are you doing out there?

You’re a true bohemian rhapsodiser.

Trump’s ‘stunningly unqualified’ diplomatic team shapes up at breakneck speed Trump is hardly the first US president to introduce miscast nominees, but he has nominated ambassadors at a rate not recalled in recent memory

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

Great story George

You’re still going to school?