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  G'day cobbers, and behold the glorious return of #ThePlaylist. Our theme this week: A Land Down Under where we've got two hours of songs that we'll be playing upside down, while fighting off kangaroos and emus and flaming galahs and that, while some mongrel nicks our ute. #TheArchive - https://djdarren.site/archive/podcast/theplaylist-090-a-land-down-under/ Mixcloud - https://www.mixcloud.com/DJDarren/theplaylist-02022026-a-land-down-under/ Listen! Enjoy! Tell all your friend!...

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  Behold, this week's all-star edition of #ThePlaylist, where our theme is: Shoes Or, well, footwear as a whole if we're honest. Because MOST of you seem to believe that a boot is a shoe. Two hours of the finest footwear themes for your fanciest footwork. #TheArchive - https://djdarren.site/archive/podcast/theplaylist-088-shoes/ Mixcloud - https://www.mixcloud.com/DJDarren/theplaylist-26012026-shoes/ Listen! Enjoy! Tell all your friend! // https://stream.djdarren.site // Monday 19:0...

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  On this week's episode of #ThePlaylist... Two weeks ago I admitted the terrible secret of my birth, and the disco banger that heralded it, which has led to wanting to hear your: Birthday Number Ones We weren't cruel though, and allowed you to pick from tracks that have attained the summit of Mount Pop on any of your birthdays, be they singles, or from albums. And there are some CRACKERS in the pile. #TheArchive - https://djdarren.site // https://stream.djdarren.site // Monday 19:00-...

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  This week on #ThePlaylist we have a theme brought to you by none other than @daveybot@mastodon.scot, Laird of the Wild Lands Beyond The Wall, who wanted to hear your best songs about: Furniture So we've got two hours of tunes about tables and chairs and ottomans and beds, and armchairs and sofas and that. Or whatever sparked in your brains at seeing the word 'furniture'. #TheArchive - https://djdarren.site/archive/podcast/theplaylist-120-furniture/ Listen! Enjoy! Tell all your fr...

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  The iMac stuff will have to wait until later though, because first: Eastleigh Pride! The sun is shining and it ought to be lovely.

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  There was a small market in our town yesterday, alongside a car show. Something I noticed on the market was just how many of the products being sold were based on AI slop artwork. Drinks bottles, coasters, stickers, pins; different stalls selling similar items with similar designs. Oh, and the now obligatory stall selling the same 3D printed tat as the same stands at every other local market. It was all kinda bleak.

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  Live your life so that people will donate to a charity close to your heart when you die, not a charity you would have hated as an act of spite.

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  A year or so back, I did a new start induction for the most stunningly, openly bigoted man that I've encountered a good long while. He's a white guy who spent 20 years living in South Africa. He didn't know me from Adam, but recognising me as a fellow straight¹ white guy, led him to thinking that it was ok to say racist, homophobic shit. Well, today his son starts working for us, so I'm interested to see how far the apple has fallen from the tree. _ ¹ lol

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  We have arrived at #DWCon26, where I've seen two people walking around without ducks on their heads.

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  The other night in #TheChat, I was reminded that, for many years I thought that Twoflower the Agatean tourist in the Discworld books literally had four eyes, because he was described as having four eyes. I have been a spectacles-wearer since I was 7, yet somehow I didn't clock that it was a reference to him wearing glasses. I am not a smart man. HOWEVER, I was vindicated when someone noted that apparently Josh Kirby, the cover artist for the early books didn't clock it either, accord...

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  Having never been to a Discworld Con before, I'm reading through the traditions page on the website to familiarise myself with some of what to expect. This entry is lovely: Silas T Firefly Sir Terry Pratchett was always happy to engage with his fans and attended the DWCons when he could, usually as Guest of Honour. Before becoming a famous author, Terry was a fan himself and understood how Conventions worked from both perspectives. This led to him fostering a good relationship with his f...

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  We're off to Discworld Con this weekend, so the theme for this week's edition of #ThePlaylist is: The Discworld Songs about wizards, and flying turtles, and DEATH, and THE DEATH OF RATS, will abound. Or just songs about discs, or worlds. Are there any flat Earth bangers? #TheArchive - https://djdarren.site/archive/podcast/theplaylist-116-the-discworld/ Listen! Enjoy! Tell all your friend! // https://stream.djdarren.site // Monday 19:00-21:00 UK // // https://djdarren.site/archive/po...

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  In case you've not yet seen it, here's the trailer for Wicker, in which Olivia Colman gets it on with a wicker man. I very much wish to see this film. https://youtu.be/UVAki9SGrlg

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  Quite often I lament that, despite putting out tunes as monumentally exhilarating as Die, Alright!, somehow The Hives didn't end up running the world. https://youtu.be/QI8NccqlygQ

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  If you get paid on the last Friday of the month, then congratulations on surviving another five week month. Treat yourself by paying your bills and buying the basics that you've been running very, very low on.

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  A discussion on here this morning has reminded me once again of one of the finest 2 1/2 minutes of TV ever broadcast. https://youtu.be/oXh4T-ShaL0

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  Perfectly cromulent sky tonight 10/10 would enjoy again.

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  It's a bird! It's a plane! No! It's #ThePlaylist This week we have another guest theme, this time from @FloatingOnion who flew in (without a cape) to ask for songs about: Heroes He wanted to hear YOUR most heroic tunes. He wanted to hear songs that'll save people from a hijacked passenger jet, or have the ability to leave the last chocolate Hob Nob in the packet. He wanted songs that were strong, and fast, and fresh from the fight, and by golly, he got 'em. #TheArchive -...

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  RE: https://mendeddrum.org/@DJDarren/116993006029910367 THE ACTION IS GO! #ThePlaylist

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  One of the things I enjoy about being married to @Troggie@beige.party is seeing an entry on our shared calendar for "There will come soft rains" on the 4th of August, because that's the day the Ray Bradbury short is set.

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  LB: I have an LG TV, and have gotten into the practice of yelling "GO FUCK YOURSELVES LG" repeatedly while watching it. I won't lie, it severely diminishes my enjoyment of almost all TV shows, but there's a principle at stake, and I am a man of principles. @jalefkowit@hachyderm.io https://hachyderm.io/@jalefkowit/116944093949808161

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  Dreamed last night that @daveybot@mastodon.scot and @TheBreadmonkey@beige.party had a restaurant called Davey & Benny's, and they treated all of #ThePlaylist listeners to a big, free meal. So, er, lads: can you make the dream a reality? Cheers.

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  I recently discovered Worse on Purpose, and love it for deep dives like this one. https://www.worseonpurpose.com/p/your-cookware-got-worse-on-purpose Granted, the majority of the brands mentioned in this article are American, but European brands aren't immune to the same kind of fuckery.

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  Ah man, 1970's one hit wonder Kevin Keegan died. https://youtu.be/a6QKT3x3ii8 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c2lyl82n2e2o

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  Join #ThePlaylist once again, where this week the Mainframe has chosen the theme of: Electric Dreams And we're too scared of the Mainframe to go against its wishes. So two hours of whatever the phrase "electric dreams" conjured up in the silicon minds of the LLMs that sent in their suggestions for thematically appropriate songs that humans 'enjoy'. #TheArchive - https://djdarren.site/archive/podcast/theplaylist-114-electric-dreams/ Listen! Enjoy! Tell all your friend!...

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  I regret to inform that Chatty Manager's email still isn't working, so he's launched straight back into the exact same mumblings and grumblings to which I was subjected for the entirety of Friday.

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  And I'm expected to just go to work? Jail for my employer! Jail for one thousand years!

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  "spherical bastard"

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  Alas, I fear my adventures in Work Linux are about to come to a grinding halt. The IT guys finally rolled out MS365 yesterday, and I need admin permission to add the Linux OneDrive plugin, which they probably won't grant because they don't know anything about Linux and think it's all a bit weird.

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  Are you old enough to remember when Vienetta was the fancy dessert choice?