Posts archive for: 3 August, 2006
  • Songs About Cities

    London
    The Clash “London Calling”
    The Clash “(White Man in) Hammersmith Palais”
    The Clash “Guns of Brixton”
    Gerry Rafferty “Baker Street”
    The Jam “Down in the Tube Station at Midnight”
    The Jam “A” Bomb in Wardour Street
    The Pet Shop Boys “West End Girls”
    Basement Jaxx “I Live in Camberwell”
    Eddy Grant “Electric Avenue”
    The Kinks “Waterloo Sunset”

    New York
    Ryan Adams “New York, New York”
    Frank Sinatra “New York, New York”
    Beastie Boys “No Sleep Till Brooklyn”
    Bob Dylan “Positively 4th Street”
    Simon & Garfunkel “59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy)”
    Bobby Womack “Across 110th Street”
    Joni Mitchell “Chelsea Morning”
    Billy Joel “New York State of Mind”
    Ben E. King “Spanish Harlem”

    Liverpool
    The Beatles “Penny Lane”
    The Beatles “Strawberry Fields Forever”
    The Bangles “Going Down to Liverpool”

    Philadelphia
    Bruce Springsteen “Streets of Philadelphia”
    Elton John “Philadelphia Freedom”

    San Francisco
    Tony Bennett “I Left My Heart in San Francisco”

    Chicago
    Paper Lace “The Night Chicago Died”

    Cleveland
    Ian Hunter “Cleveland Rocks”

    Atlanta
    Jermaine Dupri “Welcome to Atlanta”

    Memphis
    Marc Cohn “Walking in Memphis”

    Montgomery, Ala.
    John Prine “Angel From Montgomery”

    Scarborough
    Simon & Garfunkel “Scarborough Fair (Canticle)”

    Bangkok
    Murray Head “One Night in Bangkok”

    Singapore
    Tom Waits “Singapore”
    Ash “Singapore Song”

  • Nicknames given to people originating from particular English counties.

    Bedfordshire - Bulldog or Clanger

    Buckinghamshire - Beef and Bread

    Cambridgeshire -Camel or Crane

    Essex - Calf

    Hampshire - Hog

    Lincolnshire - Yellowbelly

    Kent - Longtail

    Norfolk - Dumpling or Pudding

    Suffolk - Fair Maid or Silly

    Surrey - Capon

    Wiltshire - Moonraker

    Yorkshire - Tyke

  • Some strange laws in Maine, USA

    Shotguns are required to be taken to church in the event of a Native American attack.

    You may not step out of a plane in flight.

    After January 14th you will be charged a fine for having your Christmas decorations still up.

  • British TV Series & U.S. Remakes.

    Birds Of A Feather - Stand By Your Man

    Dad's Army - The Rear Guard (pilot only)

    Fawlty Towers - Amanda's Payne

    George & Mildred - The Ropers

    Man About The House - Three's Company

    Mind Your Language - What A Country

    Not The Nine O'Clock News - Not Necessarily The News

    On The Buses - Lotsa Luck

    Porridge - On The Rocks

    Robin's Nest - Three's A Crowd

    Spitting Image - D.C. Follies

    Till Death Us Do Part - All In The Family

  • Types of Knots.

    (I never knew there were so many; here are my favourite names.)

    adjustable bend
    adjustable hitch
    Alpine butterfly bend
    Axle hitch
    beer knot
    blood loop knot
    bottle sling
    brummycham bowline
    cat's paw
    Chinese good luck knot
    clinging Clara
    common whipping
    cow hitch with toggle
    double grinner knot
    double munter friction hitch
    eye splice
    grief knot
    granny knot
    gripping sailor's hitch
    half hitching
    highwayman's hitch
    monkey's fist
    perfected whipping
    Simple Simon double
    square Turk's head
    true lover's knot
    tumbling thief knot

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