Flew back from Spain last night, and are my arms tired! I know I promised you regularly scheduled new posts today, but it doesn’t look as if anything notable has happened since Friday — the Cleveland city council is voting tonight on the Browns‘ stadium name, but custom here is to cover that after it happens — so the news isn’t quite cooperating.
One thing that did happen over the weekend, though, is that J.R. Woodward’s Our Social Landscape podcast dropped an episode that he recorded with me last month, so you can listen here to me talking about … honestly I’ve forgotten everything that happened before my vacation, but I’m sure it’s extremely cogent and hard-hitting. Also it includes background music taken from a Mekons song that I didn’t even know existed, which I didn’t think was possible given the level of my fandom, so it’s worth checking out just for that!
Enjoy, and see you back here tomorrow to discuss naming rights and wrongs.
Neil, You didn’t know that song…
Where were you?
I’ll show myself out now
In the toilet, missing out the noise! Wait, wrong song.
I did recognize it as a variation on the backing track to “Dickie, Chalkie, and Nobby,” but I guess I never got the expanded edition of that album somehow. I am filled with shame.
What parts of Spain? Did you ride the bullet train anywhere? What / where was your favorite? We spent some time in Barcelona & Madrid a couple of years ago and mine was Madrid (although Sagrada Familia cathedral was amazing and a must see because of the stained glass).
I didn’t expect a Spanish inquisition!
“noooooobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!”
Really Neil? You said you visited a country that blocked internet (if I am remembering correctly) and you thought no questions would be asked? The first question that came to my mind was “are you MI5?” I know, I know if you told me then you’d have to kill me but at least I would die knowing the answer LOL.
It only blocks Google News – or rather, Google blocks Google News from appearing there because local copyright law would force them to pay for monetizing other people’s headlines without paying for them.
Oh, ok thanks. My imagination tends to run away on me. My apologies!