In the comments after a recent post about the weather, Adam from the inestimably brilliant Bagging Area made the observation that "Dew Point would be a good name for a band or project - something ambient maybe." C from the always-wonderful Sun-Dried Sparrows added that she would "give Weather Underground a listen too." I added the usual jokes required whenever something sounds vaguely like an obscure band name, talking about imagined Peel Sessions, and fantasy signings for Rough Trade. I probably patted myself on the back too.
Anyway, it all reminded me of the time I tweeted about seeing Abundance Mindset open for The Fall, on the strength of this cartoon...
Lots has changed since then. I don't use Twitter/X any more, simply because Elon and his audience raise too many antibodies in me. Dilbert cartoons like the one above are much harder to find online now too, since the cancellation of cartoonist Scott Adams. He died as well, of course, which probably doesn't help matters. What hasn't changed, since I work in the world of higher education, is that my salary still doesn't keep up with inflation, and that I'm still peddling the same simple jokes to a readership I can probably count on my fingers. Christ!
A song, then. Here's the actual Fall, in session for John Peel, a mere 46 years ago. This is Container Drivers, for no other reason than it makes me smile more than my own predictable jokes.
This is the first year I can remember that I've not had a Dilbert strip a day tear-off desk diary in my office. Just thought I'd share that with you.
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Pretty sure I once saw Tear-Off Desk Diary supporting The Fall...
DeleteThanks for the very kind mention! There are so many of those Peel session / Rough Trade band name contenders out there like those ones, aren't there? Of course Container Drivers is another.
ReplyDeleteI would say I saw Container Drivers supporting The Fall once, but then that would be like the snake that ate its own tail...
DeleteThanks for the nod Martin- Container Drivers is a great Fall song. In these imaginary Peel band scenarios I always hear him saying '[insert band name here] 2 more from them after the news...'
ReplyDeleteYes! Two more from Abundance Mindset after the news... Perfect.
DeleteI've said that very thing many times over the years, though these days I find that fewer and fewer people get the Peel reference.
DeleteInevitable, I suppose.
DeleteI still have a Dilbert cartoon pinned to my noticeboard as it spoke to me a lot back in the day. The art outlives the artist.
ReplyDeleteVery true. I currently have this one and three others pinned to my board at work.
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