I'm off to John-John's this afternoon, to "binge-watch" the whole of Marvel's Agatha All Along series (among other geeky things, no doubt!) - so it's another snippets post today, dear reader:
- Technology news: What do Northern Rail in the UK and Our Patron Saint of Rhinestones Dolly Parton have in common? They still use fax machines for vital communications!
- Shake it Off news: A life-sized cake of Taylor Swift had to be withdrawn from an international baking exhibition after it began to fall apart in transit before it could be displayed.
- Happy Dia de los Muertos: It's the culmination of the traditional Mexican "Day of the Dead" festivities today.
- Flat-pack fast-food news: Purveyor of bafflingly-named cheap furniture IKEA has opened its first high street standalone restaurant.
- Born to be wild news: Forget capybaras, there are raccoons on the loose on the Isle of Wight...
- Property news: If you happen to have £1.6m to spare, you could purchase a whole street of houses, a shop and a post office in Gloucestershire!
- And finally - welcome return news: Jake Shears, Baby Daddy and Del Marquis have announced that - in honour of the (gulp) twentieth anniversary of their eponymous debut album - Scissor Sisters are re-forming (albeit without our darling Ana Matronic) for a grand tour of the UK and Ireland, with support act Alison Goldfrapp! Yay!! As their email stated: "Time passes, things change, but the songs from this album have endured and we can't wait to play them for you alongside all the other favorites from set lists through the years. Besides, Jake's Botox injections won't pay for themselves, and holograms were going to be way too expensive."
Faboo!
And the weather? Mild, but autumn's in the air...
Boy I must be out of touch. I don't know who or what Agatha all along even is? But I do know Scissor Sisters and the idea of them with gold frappe makes me moist.
ReplyDelete"Agatha" was a key character in the utterly faboo Wandavision TV series (that focused on "Wanda Maximoff" from the Marvel Avengers films). This is the spin-off that explains what happened next, after the conclusion of that series. You do have a lot of catching-up to do, dear! Jx
Deletelmao!!!! I don't know what Wandavision is either. When it comes to Marvel it's all like speaking Egyptian.
DeleteSome people are into it, others never watch superhero films. Each to their own, I say! Jx
DeleteAgatha All Along hasn’t been all along with me. I need to catch up. An entire street, houses, and a shop for only €1.6m makes me wonder what it looks like.
ReplyDeleteYou do have a rather big excuse for being behind with your telly-watching, Mitch, being in the middle of a house-move and all...
DeleteAs for that street for sale, there are photos in the linked article (unless, of course, it's "not available in your country"?). Jx
Saturday 02/11/24 - Strictly Come Dancing ... did I just spot you in the audience?
ReplyDeleteNever in a million years. I despise those kind of programmes. Jx
DeleteIt's a shame about the cake, it was looking so nice! I'm afraid the currency exchange rate isn't in my favor for buying the Gloucestershire block. If the tenants had had enough time, they could have tried to turn it into a community land trust for themselves. I'm worried it will be bought by a private equity firm which is ruining everything and raising the prices on everyone but the richest who benefit from them. I hope the UK has stronger laws against private equity monopolies.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure if we'll watch Agath all along. I like the actress and we liked Wandavision well enough but were just so burnt out on Marvel in general.
I feel exactly the same. Plus I infer they have changed Wanda from a strong villain to sort of a hero? Maybe?
DeleteThe tenants of that street have the same concerns about who is going to be their next owner. We'll see...
DeleteAs for Agatha All Along, it is very, very good and - despite some silliness - is a clever and well put-together series, very much in the vein of Wandavision. If you liked that, you'll enjoy this! Jx
Peenee - Wanda was sort-of-redeemed at the end of Doctor Strange: Multiverse of Madness, ostensibly dying in the process. I have no doubt she wasn't killed-off altogether, and will make a return in a later film. She's not in Agatha All Along, however (well maybe, as a corpse)... Jx
Delete"Those washed-up hags?" Indeed. Twenty years ago would you have put money on Jake still being alive this late in the game? I wouldn't have, but hooray for outliving the odds.
ReplyDeleteJake's only 46 years old! Jx
DeleteA whole street for sale? Dear gods! It sounds like a re-make of Monopoly! Residents are probably fearful that someone will buy it and start building stations on it!
ReplyDeleteFrom the look of it, it's hardly Park Lane or Mayfair... Jx
DeleteFab News
ReplyDeleteRemember - I'm a Scissor Sister and so are you
I've always been a Scissor Sister! Jx
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