The Last Bass Outpost

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/28/too-provocative-mermaid-statue-causes-stir-in-southern-italy





It always made me wonder even as a kid: How and from where do mermaids poo? This sculpture is maybe not the first one to offer biologically sensible clarification, but certainly a very vibrant attempt to do so, molto bellisima!

She's of course not the first mermaid sculpture with a butt, the The Little Mermaid/Den Lille Havfrue in Copenhagen has been watching the harbor for exactly 110 years now in all her tranquil grace.



If not always without criticism. 



One (wo)man's art is obviously another (wo)man's scary-scaly Nordic Nazi statue. 

Have you guys been aware of this here:



https://www.session.de/products/rock-n-roll-relics-thunders-bass-black-heavy-aged/?cpkey=3-AgUI2Zg1i_JBXilNMostLgORCbaB5ABoMHCEhVo1_y0ym3GDimLY2oolP190t_4j8jDwYZZhV_E4jJbe_aKg~~&gclid=Cj0KCQjwxYOiBhC9ARIsANiEIfb0rDuYWOyuR9obyZq07vND9mMenFyXkjcij0NkFH7OczNhItUXB1AaAqriEALw_wcB

A guy named Bill Rowe (ex-Jetboy, the 80ies Californian glam band) is behind these. I'm no artificially aged instruments guy, but if it rocks your boat, then these seem to be well-done - and pricey!

You just wait until they get to you!

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/12/calls-action-on-colombia-hippo-scourge-animal-dies-road-crash

Animals migrate.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jun/06/alligator-found-west-texas-desert

I actually like hippos. I know they're dangerous, but they are graceful underwater.



Couldn't they take the place of your manatees you've managed to make almost extinct? I'm sure they have effective defense mechanisms against too many boats in their environment.

Rob, I'm making amends! I've finally gotten around to listening to the Live (well, sort of) & Dangerous boxed set by Lynott and his men and rather than listening to it from start to end, I started at the end with the full London and Toronto gigs. And, yes, I never thought I'd be writing this, the band is on effing fire and the group interplay is tight and exciting with lots of panache. Impressive, more so than the original doctored Live & Dangerous which always sounded too good and tidy to be true to me. These new releases from the vaults, however, sound both looser and more to the point.

I you, like me, are a fan of scientific documentary nature flicks, you'll miss her. Precumhistoric life was never portrayed more vividly.

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/feb/15/raquel-welch-dies-actor

https://www.theguardian.com/film/gallery/2023/feb/15/raquel-welch-a-life-in-pictures



Nor has chamois leather ever been put to better use.

https://www.loudersound.com/news/roger-waters-seeks-legal-advice-on-incendiary-tweet-by-david-gilmours-partner-polly-samson-calling-waters-antisemitic-to-your-rotten-core-gilmour-says-accusation-is-demonstrably-true?utm_source=Selligent&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=YPG_NWL&utm_content=YPG_NWL_Automated_Airedale_Final&utm_term=2336264&m_i=RD%2Bc_Kbmo%2B5tzEJfb1GIRtW4R3utY6q48LRp4R7v1FlNgxYSP8wsWvsvxRrgCR3SBDs_QqXGsIlKv03RrbBFelhN8UtDaUJaM5rrPhWFRn&lrh=199007781f3533110f3accf4bc0e44864279d3c418099568635739e9512e596e&M_BT=2729425703832

"Sadly you are antisemitic to your rotten core Roger Waters. Also a Putin apologist and a lying, thieving, hypocritical, tax-avoiding, lip-synching, misogynistic, sick-with-envy, megalomaniac. Enough of your nonsense."

Well, I'm glad that Polly aka Ms Gilmour didn't character-assassinate Roger or anything like that! A little even-handed, constructive criticism can go a long way to rescue a friendship.

Does give new meaning to the term Chinese dumpling ...