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Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
I thought you said you were never in here before? I wasn’t, I replied.

Was that the barman or the Englishman or the American who asked?

Before pubs, in the middle ages or whatever, there were ale houses run by individuals who may have been brewing their own beer…

God made Guinness. Guinness drinkers make beer. Beer drinkers make lager.

An Irishman, an Englishman and an American walk into an Irish pub for the first time. The fronkey farmer raises his hand to the barman with 3…[Read more]

An expert analysis by a musician/sound engineeer of the Show Them collaboration:

@  PopeBeanie

Well, here’s one you can watch because iot’s official. It’s their collab with Band Maid:

Like many Japanese bands, the level of musicianship they have is just insane. TW can’t compare on that level. Their forte is in their songwriting. Thus, I think the song was largely written by…[Read more]

Unseen wrote:
Pau singing the song Sharks is a highlight and Ale takes a more prominent than usual role on the song as well.

Well it was good while it lasted, which I appreciate. I got to watch half of it before it got blocked. I hope whoever hosted the venue posts more of their shows, but they didn’t post a lot from 2023. I don’t know why. Edit:…[Read more]

@ Simon

I think originally a pub was an establishment run by a brewery as a way of marketing its products. So, if you went to an ABC Brewery pub, you wouldn’t have a choice of various ABC products. Was it that way and is it still that way in today’s pubs?

A couple observations on some cultural difference between the UK and the USA from comparing their mystery/detective series with American cop shows.

First, almost invariable when UK cops visit someone while gathering information, they are offered tea or tea and biscuits. Even substituting coffee for tea, that never happens in American…[Read more]

Simon Paynton wrote:
North Korea have said they want Trump to win so that he will let them have nuclear weapons.

Wake up! a) NK doesn’t need anyone’s permission to have nuclear weapons and b) NK already possesses nuclear weapons. It is estimated that they have around 50 nuclear warheads as of January 2024, with the capability to produce more.…[Read more]

“I’m not leaving the GOP. It left me.”

A very well-recorded concert in Prague the last week or so and it includes some of the songs from the new Keep Me Fed album. Pau singing the song Sharks is a highlight and Ale takes a more prominent than usual role on the song as well.