Happy New Year, Woes. And congratulations on another terrific Millenniyule. Your closing streams with Morgoth are becoming the stuff of legend. Although I've been an avid consumer of your content since 2016, this is my first time visiting you here at your new home on Substack. I've been binge-reading your essays for much of the day to try and catch up. It's clear to see that you are as insightful, thought-provoking and entertaining to read as you are to listen to, perhaps even more so, and I say that as someone who is very well acquainted with your philosophical and heartfelt monologues and laments straight to camera all those years ago (when I went by the name of Vigilante Jesus). I have reincarnated as Lucky Larry now, and as someone who knows a thing or two about good luck, all I can say is we're very lucky to have you. All the best for 2024.
Blimey, is Milleniyule really upon us once again already? How time does fly. I know you'd rather be doing Substack, but I do have some very fond memories of Milleniyule and I'm very much looking forward to Milleniyule 2023.
I've actually cut down on the amount of DR content that I read/watch this year as I was finding it all so depressing. It's basically just yourself, Morgoth and Endeavour that I chose to remain watching/reading/listening to. It's just you three guys down from about 20 people I used to regularly check out, because you three do what many cannot, and that's to somehow make hearing about the dire state of things engaging and entertaining.
I, as well as many others, are glad you're still around Colin, and I hope that 2024 continues on the upward trajectory for yourself that is clearly taking place.
I'd never heard of you until the Sinead O'Connor piece, after reading it I'll be interested in anything you have to say forevermore. One of those incredibly rare things that just stunned me with its whole truthsiness.
I actually found “Scottish Hospital Food” and “In the Absence of Order” to be some of my favorite essays you did this year. If you’re planning more like them we’re certainly in for a treat!
You’ve really had a great impact on my worldview with some of your writings, certainly being I am stuck in one of the many sh*thole American cities you’ve given me great reflections... May 2024 be a continuation of your excellent works.
Yes the writing is getting better. A list of the sites where we can all read those old newspaper articles would be useful. I remember back in the day when Google were pretending to "do no evil" that they had a project to scan every old newspaper and make it searchable but as I understand it they ditched that project after a few years and handed the work over to another group because people were using the information so found to fight against the actual evil that Google werequite openly perpetrating in the here and now.
Men Behaving Badly from the 90's didn't even try to hide the fact that it was denigrating white men, it was right there in the title. Every show was based around the white men being morons and the women being sensible which from my experience is pretty much the complete antithesis of reality in relationships with the men actually constantly having to pull the women's irons out of the fire the women got them into whether financially or emotionally.
What makes you think you are ever going to die? The fallacy of the "scientific method", or at least the version of it we have on this planet, is the belief that just because something has always happened in the past that it always will continue to happen in the future. It is even more of a fallacy if they know that someone in the past didn't die but is sitting with us here today.
Happy New Year, Woes. And congratulations on another terrific Millenniyule. Your closing streams with Morgoth are becoming the stuff of legend. Although I've been an avid consumer of your content since 2016, this is my first time visiting you here at your new home on Substack. I've been binge-reading your essays for much of the day to try and catch up. It's clear to see that you are as insightful, thought-provoking and entertaining to read as you are to listen to, perhaps even more so, and I say that as someone who is very well acquainted with your philosophical and heartfelt monologues and laments straight to camera all those years ago (when I went by the name of Vigilante Jesus). I have reincarnated as Lucky Larry now, and as someone who knows a thing or two about good luck, all I can say is we're very lucky to have you. All the best for 2024.
Hi VJ.
I remember you, Vigilante Jesus! Thank you for your kind words, and it's good to see you again, in a new place and a new time.
For the record, I love "Scottish Hospital Food." (The essay, that is ...)
:)
'Yes Minister' was 1980's.
But was it subversive, as in anti-Britain?
Is The Office subversive? Im not even sure when that was on tele. Rising Damp is surely subversive
1980s 'alternative comedy' stand-up (Ben Elton, Alexi Sayle etc)?
Blimey, is Milleniyule really upon us once again already? How time does fly. I know you'd rather be doing Substack, but I do have some very fond memories of Milleniyule and I'm very much looking forward to Milleniyule 2023.
I've actually cut down on the amount of DR content that I read/watch this year as I was finding it all so depressing. It's basically just yourself, Morgoth and Endeavour that I chose to remain watching/reading/listening to. It's just you three guys down from about 20 people I used to regularly check out, because you three do what many cannot, and that's to somehow make hearing about the dire state of things engaging and entertaining.
I, as well as many others, are glad you're still around Colin, and I hope that 2024 continues on the upward trajectory for yourself that is clearly taking place.
Take care mate.
I'm so pumped for Millenniyule this year!!!
I'd never heard of you until the Sinead O'Connor piece, after reading it I'll be interested in anything you have to say forevermore. One of those incredibly rare things that just stunned me with its whole truthsiness.
I actually found “Scottish Hospital Food” and “In the Absence of Order” to be some of my favorite essays you did this year. If you’re planning more like them we’re certainly in for a treat!
You’ve really had a great impact on my worldview with some of your writings, certainly being I am stuck in one of the many sh*thole American cities you’ve given me great reflections... May 2024 be a continuation of your excellent works.
It has been a pleasure reading your work in 2023. In the Absence of Order was my favourite essay, superb writing. Looking forward to Millenniyule!
Spitting Image could fit into the 80s slot.
Here’s to another good Yule.
Oh What a Lovely War! Was significant and the precursor comedy to Blackadder 4. It marked the end of Empire for my generation.
Yes the writing is getting better. A list of the sites where we can all read those old newspaper articles would be useful. I remember back in the day when Google were pretending to "do no evil" that they had a project to scan every old newspaper and make it searchable but as I understand it they ditched that project after a few years and handed the work over to another group because people were using the information so found to fight against the actual evil that Google werequite openly perpetrating in the here and now.
Men Behaving Badly from the 90's didn't even try to hide the fact that it was denigrating white men, it was right there in the title. Every show was based around the white men being morons and the women being sensible which from my experience is pretty much the complete antithesis of reality in relationships with the men actually constantly having to pull the women's irons out of the fire the women got them into whether financially or emotionally.
What makes you think you are ever going to die? The fallacy of the "scientific method", or at least the version of it we have on this planet, is the belief that just because something has always happened in the past that it always will continue to happen in the future. It is even more of a fallacy if they know that someone in the past didn't die but is sitting with us here today.
https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
https://www.newspapers.com
Athena! It's certainly good to see you again. :) I have wondered about you often.
Thank you, Ben, that means a lot to me. :)