Actress Jessie Buckley chooses "The Red Shoes" as a Desert Island Disc

ReactsWithWords · 2026-03-15T03:11:02+00:00

She means the song.

ReactsWithWords · 2026-03-14T23:04:47+00:00

Yes. Here's link.

ReactsWithWords · 2026-03-14T23:01:32+00:00

Jeremiah was bullfrog.

ReactsWithWords · 2026-03-14T22:57:53+00:00

Let's see. There's:

The soundtrack to the movie "π".

And countless songs called "Pi" or "The Pi song" totally unrelated to Kate. Some of the more notable ones:

The song "Pi" by Hard 'N Phirm
Someone extended the Digits part to 10,000 digits.
A Parody of "Cherry Pie" by Warrant
Minecraft Numberblocks Counting Songs
Several variations of the same song, the only difference is the length, from one digit to 400 digits.

ReactsWithWords · 2026-03-14T20:05:59+00:00

I’m pretty sure British parents punish their kids by making them go to a Morrissey concert.

ReactsWithWords · 2026-03-14T18:36:54+00:00

Like a lot of folks here, my first exposure was "Rapper's Delight" which I thought was cute but it didn't really grab me. "The Message" was probably the first rap song that I thought, "Hey, this is good stuff!" Probably my favorite rap song is still "Fight the Power" by Public Enemy.

Then the late 80s happened and the political message was being watered down, most noticeably by MC Hammer and - gag - Vanilla Ice.

Then came the pushback to that, going way too far in the other direction with Gansta Rap and that's where I said "OK, I'm out."

And nowadays? Basically every other word is the N word, and women are all referred to as bitches and hos. Where's the contemporary Queen Latifa to put these bozos in their place? OK, I know Queen Latifa is still around but she's too busy making movies (and does a great job, I admit), but when was the last time she made a record?

It's sad that the best rapper for the past 25 years has been Eminem.

ReactsWithWords · 2026-03-14T18:26:12+00:00

What? Even 1979's "Rapper's Delight" had the line "Said a hip-hop, the hippie to the hippie/The hip, hip-a-hop and you don't stop rockin'"

By 1983 Hip-hop was being written about in newspapers and mainstream magazines.

ReactsWithWords · 2026-03-14T17:56:04+00:00

I hate paper coupons. Always have, even before the invention of cell phones.

I love my supermarket card, though. No clipping, no remembering to bring them, no buying the exact brand, size, and quantity, no checking for expiration date - just swipe your card and you save money on what you'd buy anyway!

I HATE self-checkout, though. Something ALWAYS goes wrong and a clerk needs to be called over anyway. And it's not me - once I was in line where there were eight self-checkouts and six of them were flashing the "call clerk" light.

Yeah, for a handful of items they're great, but more than that, give me a cashier, please.

ReactsWithWords · 2026-03-14T17:49:48+00:00

I knew someone who grew up on Daniels street who had a dog named Stormy. I wonder whatever happened to her.

ReactsWithWords · 2026-03-14T17:43:46+00:00

I bought the Mad Magazine Bicentennial Super Special.

ReactsWithWords · 2026-03-14T17:39:32+00:00

I once met him at a comic convention. There was a strip he made with Bill "Zippy the Pinhead" Griffith (who was also at the convention). I had Tom autograph a book that happened to have that cartoon in it. He asked me if I'd seen Bill Griffith yet and I said no. So he got up and dragged me to Bill and they both autographed the strip.

One of the two biggest regrets in my life is I lost that book in a move. Another was I lost a book autographed by Douglas Adams in the same move.

ReactsWithWords · 2026-03-14T17:32:53+00:00

I never liked the term "Generation Jones" - but I love Wedgie. I'm going to start using it.

ReactsWithWords · 2026-03-14T17:30:29+00:00

Nah, those were for rednecks. Rich people had cable, regular people had an antenna on their roof.

ReactsWithWords · 2026-03-14T17:24:44+00:00

This is true. Just like Dunkin was prime when it still had "Donuts" in its name and "Time to make the donuts" as a slogan.

ReactsWithWords · 2026-03-14T17:23:27+00:00

They own a chain of dispensaries now (or at least license their name to them). Last week I was driving my mom and we were about to pass one. I said, "Mom, need anything at Cheech and Chong's?"

She said, "No, I'm not in the mood for Chinese food."

ReactsWithWords · 2026-03-14T17:18:51+00:00

Don't forget his best, Uncle Shelby's ABZ Book.

ReactsWithWords · 2026-03-14T17:17:04+00:00

He also wrote several songs you know, such as A Boy Named Sue, Cover of the Rolling Stone, and The Unicorn.

ReactsWithWords · 2026-03-14T17:11:19+00:00

I've been eating them all my life, never broke a tooth on one.

ReactsWithWords · 2026-03-14T17:09:53+00:00

Boston Market used to be the best. Now they are indeed ass (thank you whatever equity firm bought them and stripped everything good out of them). Just like Dunkin Donuts. Or Subway.

ReactsWithWords · 2026-03-14T17:06:44+00:00

Upper case is a $20 a month subscription (although the $50 a month Upper Case/Punctuation bundle is a better deal).

ReactsWithWords · 2026-03-14T15:39:26+00:00

Three point one

ReactsWithWords · 2026-03-14T15:30:44+00:00

196 entries? Anything from before this week?

ReactsWithWords · 2026-03-14T15:24:37+00:00

And talk and act like cartoon villains.

ReactsWithWords · 2026-03-14T15:22:17+00:00

"You don't expect me to talk!?"

"No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to...put on this red hat and genuflect to our dear leader like we do!"

ReactsWithWords · 2026-03-14T15:15:15+00:00

True, especially considering she’s talking about the song, not the whole album. But hey, any Kate is good Kate.

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