Comments on: “Equus On The Buses”, starring Mr Ed

By: Richard Lovell

Richard Lovell — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 18:28:14 +0000

Ah, life is one PBR.

Just saw that Lloyd Cole is doing a gig in Buxton, went to the venue’s website and they are doing the play Equus. No sign of Mr Ed though.

By: John Burscough

John Burscough — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 13:36:24 +0000

Not much better in that London, it appears.

By: llamafarmer

llamafarmer — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 11:20:08 +0000

This is no time hair splitting! The good folk of Lincolnshire are suffering real and present swing cancellation!

By: Vendor of Quack Nostrums

Vendor of Quack Nostrums — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 18:41:06 +0000

The nights are currently drawing in since we put the clocks back so I’m quite happy with ‘nights’ but the whole The Ezekiel Code and Dan Brown reference has me slightly leaning towards ‘knights’ as it’s such a lovely image.

A bruised and blooded hack-who-struck-lucky, reeling after receiving an unprovoked thumping from an Old Testament prophet, being slowly encircled by a mysterious and secretive group of chivalrous and honourable knights out for revenge on the man who could come up with sentences as clumsy and clumpy as ‘ “The Knights Templar were warriors,” Teabing reminded, the sound of his aluminum crutches echoing in this reverberant space.’

Having suffered another beating from the vengeful Templers, Dan Brown stumbles away, confused and dazed, his mind unable to focus on anything, until he realises that as a final insult, his Evening of Swing has indeed been cancelled.

By: Charles Exford

Charles Exford — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 12:04:03 +0000

I like it, and why not indeed ? After all, it turned out to be “polishing the knave” in JDOG, where we had believed for aeons that it was “nave”.

Legend tells us that King Arthur’s knights sleep in a cave just a couple of miles from the boulders strewn between GF & GF, and why shouldn’t the boulders of Castell y Gwynt be the petrified warriors of old from some such legend ? The same boulders have served Hollywood as dragon scales after all.

So I’m with you, squire, the noisy campaign for a “k” is on. Where there is no “k”, there will be no peaceful nights. Unquiet slumbers for the sleepers.

[See also forthcoming "Biccipedia" entry examining the hidden meanings of references to Welsh hilltops in the Works of HMHB].

By: Mac

Mac — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 20:30:41 +0000

When I listen to this I always think it’s

And Ezekiel punched Dan Brown
And the KNIGHTS are drawing in

as in The Knights Templar. A reference to 2007 book “The Ezekiel Code”

Or do I just need to go with the flow?

By: Ricardo

Ricardo — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:56:40 +0000

While pursuing my life’s goal of completing the entire works of PG Wodehouse (I am nothing if not ambitious), I came across the following in Lord Emsworth and the Girl Friend, one of the short stories in the Blandings Castle collection:

“A function like the Blandings Parva School Treat blurred his conception of Man as Nature’s Final Word.”

By: Norbert D

Norbert D — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:41:12 +0000

Yeah, I always assumed it was “maize”, thinking “maze in the shape of a sled? That can’t be right.” Just reread the lyrics, changed my mind, and slapped my forehead with my palm.

I was hearing it as “pleasure grounds…. with maize in the shape of a sled”. But in fact, surely it’s “pleasure grounds with maze… in the shape of a sled.” I.E. the pleasure grounds are in the shape of a sled, and they have a maze. Or to put it another way, “pleasure grounds (with maze), in the shape of a sled.” If you see what I mean.

By: Charles Exford

Charles Exford — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:09:17 +0000

Oh yeah, anyway I only came on to say it’s confirmed as “maze”.

By: Charles Exford

Charles Exford — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:06:37 +0000

I asked about the “hath/had” thing and NB57 said no, all “has”. Might be ‘cos of double tracking on the vocals again.

I forgot to ask about my theory that the Behemoth & “seven score and nine” refers to “Cloud 149″, a seminal song by Pere Ubu, AKA David Thomas who used to be known as Crocus Behemoth. Probably one of me more bollocks theories to be fair though.

But anyway, look at this for sheer value for money in Snowdonia, very tempting.