var woopra_id = '2556881967'; Tumblog of Joe Saunders: hirsute, respectable, Manchester based, Head of Internets for Komodo, Metafilterist and sometime taker of photographs, Muxtapist, and generally amiable prick. Stretching the concept of Micro-blogging to breaking point since 2007.Tumblr (3.0; @joethedough)http://www.joethedough.com/<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/GazlqD4mLvw"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/GazlqD4mLvw" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Not many people remember….blah blah blah…Dudley Moore….Classically trained pianist….underrated…blah blah blah.</p> <p>Anyway, fans of the fugue - as I’m sure you all are - will get a kick out of all juice he gets from the central motif* from “Colonel Bogey” - not to mention the false bottom(s) he sticks on it.</p> <p>Also, you know, the term “Classically trained pianist” can mean both “Someone who is a classically trained pianist” and, more frequently, “A famous person who can play the piano”. Moore was very definately in the former camp - check out the part that begins at 1m35s. That, people, is not chopped liver.</p> <p>* Yeah. Central Motif. Suck it, haterz.</p>http://www.joethedough.com/post/59656422http://www.joethedough.com/post/59656422Fri, 14 Nov 2008 07:48:00 -0500My Dad’s a clever bloke. He’s also, as you might already know, a man of minimal fuss and...http://www.joethedough.com/post/59511634http://www.joethedough.com/post/59511634Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:02:00 -0500obama brideshead waugh Look, I know I’m on thin ice even acknowledging this guy, but jesus, it makes me...http://www.joethedough.com/post/59377421http://www.joethedough.com/post/59377421Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:45:56 -0500 (via Whythatsdelightful)http://www.joethedough.com/post/59367783http://www.joethedough.com/post/59367783Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:29:09 -0500So loving this article on the correlation between reported cases of flu and aggregated search...http://www.joethedough.com/post/59299688http://www.joethedough.com/post/59299688Wed, 12 Nov 2008 05:34:33 -0500fludata visualisationgoogle http://www.joethedough.com/post/58934312http://www.joethedough.com/post/58934312Mon, 10 Nov 2008 05:49:00 -0500Dark Days is on Google video. An awesome documentary by Marc Singer [via Metafilter]http://www.joethedough.com/post/58813061http://www.joethedough.com/post/58813061Sun, 09 Nov 2008 12:08:13 -0500An unprecedented second begging post. Never have I abused my reading public’s patience so...http://www.joethedough.com/post/58466928http://www.joethedough.com/post/58466928Fri, 07 Nov 2008 06:15:00 -0500kirstyharris undergroundrailroadTennyson’s poem “The Vision of Sin” contains this couplet: Every moment dies a...http://www.joethedough.com/post/58322412http://www.joethedough.com/post/58322412Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:41:01 -0500 Sometimes you’re just in the mood for some dramatic interpretations of Spanish...http://www.joethedough.com/post/58299457http://www.joethedough.com/post/58299457Thu, 06 Nov 2008 07:52:00 -0500Here’s a few lines on why this New York Times article (for want of a better word) is the best...http://www.joethedough.com/post/57933013http://www.joethedough.com/post/57933013Tue, 04 Nov 2008 11:18:00 -0500That he which hath no stomach to this fight,Let him depart; his passport shall be made,And crowns...http://www.joethedough.com/post/57886723http://www.joethedough.com/post/57886723Tue, 04 Nov 2008 05:33:03 -0500<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.joethedough.com/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/57734363/YnOR6vRcKfus1ti0wuF2Mttw&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/>RIP, Jimmy Carl Black - the Indian of the group. (Lonesome Cowboy Burt by FZ and MOI)http://www.joethedough.com/post/57734363http://www.joethedough.com/post/57734363Mon, 03 Nov 2008 09:53:00 -0500I suspect that the BBC put that wanker on in Jonathan Ross’ place to teach us all a lesson.http://www.joethedough.com/post/57439187http://www.joethedough.com/post/57439187Sat, 01 Nov 2008 10:02:42 -0400As some of you may know, my Dad has a shadowy alter-ego known as Saunders of Bungay who writes to...http://www.joethedough.com/post/57264236http://www.joethedough.com/post/57264236Fri, 31 Oct 2008 06:58:00 -0400Off to west didsbury for supper with in-laws. Weather in s.manchester is sucking an awful lot of...http://www.joethedough.com/post/56310405http://www.joethedough.com/post/56310405Sat, 25 Oct 2008 14:23:23 -0400<a href="http://blow-up-doll.blogspot.com/">I've found the best blog in the world</a>http://www.joethedough.com/post/52755428http://www.joethedough.com/post/52755428Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:31:49 -0400So farewell then / Ruth Kelly / With your 700 children, / your tiny, dead, doll’s eyes / and...http://www.joethedough.com/post/51511916http://www.joethedough.com/post/51511916Wed, 24 Sep 2008 03:19:53 -0400<a href="http://www.d-e-f-i-n-i-t-e-l-y.com/">Definitely.</a>http://www.joethedough.com/post/51436705http://www.joethedough.com/post/51436705Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:35:32 -0400I am married.http://www.joethedough.com/post/48031736http://www.joethedough.com/post/48031736Sat, 30 Aug 2008 07:50:09 -0400