John Nomiddlename Iser

Chestnut Shetland pony in field with faded grass. Blue sky behind and pony main sticking up

Shetland ponies have the BEST hair ❤️ #Shetland

How I feel when someone blocks me

Name a cover that you love more than the original
#musicsky
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Fluffy chestnut Shetland pony with sunshine and fields and hills behind

A fluffy pony to brighten your Monday #Shetland

Concetta Caristo is a comedian who has appeared on shows like The Weekly.

Gary Sweet is an actor, known to me from Police Rescue 30+ years ago.

Luke Bateman I had to look up. Former Thugby League player turned contestant on The Batchelors.

So yeah, 'celebrity' is over-egging it a bit.😀

Getting a serene picture of a Shetland pony isn't easy when they are so friendly 😂

Grey Shetland pony with snow around and the sea behind

After weeks of gales the islands are enjoying snow, sunshine and stillness #Shetland

Appalachian Swing [1964] - The Kentucky Colonels YouTube video by Take's Bluegrass Album Channel

Kentucky Colonels came up earlier in the feed.

Reminded me of one group of Kentucky Colonels who came from California via Maine, and who AFAIK never vomited on their shoes in the urinals at the Churchill Downs racecourse.
youtu.be/fmhTUlYuVgI

Snippet from Hunter S. Thompson's article The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent And Depraved: "Steadman wanted to see some Kentucky Colonels, but he wasn't sure what they looked like. I told him to go back to the clubhouse men's rooms and look for men in white linen suits vomiting in the urinals. “They'll usually have large brown whiskey stains on the fronts of their suits,” I said. “But watch the shoes, that's the tip-off. Most of them manage to avoid vomiting on their own clothes, but they never miss their shoes.”"

Kentucky native Hunter S. Thompson had Kentucky colonels sussed:

Outside, the patient millions
Who put them into power
Expect a little more back for their taxes
Like school books, beds in hospitals
And peace in our bloody time
All they get is old men grinding axes

IIRC Sussan also claimed that she became a big fan of Margaret Thatcher, and her policies, in that era.

Never mind that 'Thatcherite punk' is an oxymoron that's up there with 'celibate pornstar' and 'Protestant Pope'.

Police accused of striking student at Armidale Secondary College incident | New England Times An incident at Armidale Secondary College on Tuesday morning led to a school lockdown, and ended with arrests, people in hospital, a police officer accused of striking a child, and school leadership a...

3. No connection between these people and me, but - punching a 13-y-o girl, for goodness' sake.
www.netimes.com.au/2025/03/25/p...

Fatal crash police officer 'silly and dangerous' The Coroner criticises a policeman who caused a fatal crash in northern NSW as he was responding to an emergency call.

2. I knew this woman, who worked at Centrelink, from when I was on Newstart.
www.abc.net.au/news/2012-12...

Police 'hasty' in shooting of mentally ill man: Coroner The police shooting of a mentally ill man at Armidale, in northern New South Wales, was "hasty", a coroner has said.

Here are a few stories for the collection, from the small town where I live.

1. Three degrees of separation between this guy and me. (I played in a band with a guy who played in a band with this guy's father.)
www.abc.net.au/news/2014-05...

Post a banger that isn't in English
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Dark grey Shetland pony with wild sea behind

People can be surprised to see Shetland ponies out in wild weather but the breed was literally shaped by storms #Shetland

Always read the fine print:
"GDP figures are in current U.S. dollars (not adjusted for inflation)"

Does anyone want to have another go at this, except with PPP and inflation adjustment? I would, but I have to trim my toenails tonight.

Why the fuck would we “socially cohere” for monsters?  - The Shot Yesterday, the gulf between the will of the Australian people and the actions of the Australian government revealed itself to...

Here's me. "Why the fuck would we 'socially cohere' for monsters?"

Post a banger that is not in English
youtu.be/q0lPeQA2hu4

Cover of the gospel album The Joy Of Knowing Jesus by The Reveleaires. Five people in red suits stand around an outdoor pulpit featuring a large cross.

Liner notes from the album The Joy Of Knowing Jesus by The Revelaires. THEY SING FROM THE HEART! How many times have you heard this tired, time-worn statement said of some Gospel singing group only to realize quickly ... that was just not so? Many times I'm certain, especially if you have been around, in and part of Gospel music as I have. Now, though, I can say without reservation ... THE REVELAIRES SING FROM THE HEART! I have not been moved very often by singing groups, but here is a combination of sincere singers and piano accompaniment that can make me listen! Chill bumps appear and I am frozen in the web as they reveal their innermost selves with the outpouring of their hearts extolling God's great love with pure devotion and adoration. Reverend Bill Funderburk sings "He Cared That Much For Me"; Charles Surratt introduces his own composition "On Calvary For Me"; "The Joy Of Knowing Jesus" is a song of pure delight featuring John Barbee; the pure tenor quality of the voice of Harold Montgomery gives a special interpretation to the grand old hymn "The Old Rugged Cross; ... on and on the songs roll and soon you are caught up in the sermon in each rendition as you come to feel the devotion and dedication that is poured forth. Suddenly, you know they are real, they mean it! "Let your light so shine..." could not be more aptly applied as there shines a light from heaven on your heart through their singing as you are showered with blessings. Rhonda Montgomery exemplifies piano artistry. An accompanist that is truly an artist who know when to play and when not to play lest the spell be broken. That's Rhonda! An artist! This album of gospel songs can be the instrument to mend a broken heart or to straighten out your life. You will be introduced to Jesus through the sincere testimony in the songs of THE REVELAIRES. A must! J. ELMO FAGG (Founder and leader of THE BLUE RIDGE QUARTET for 33 years)

This is the album from which Stipe borrowed the 'lyrics':

From the liner notes of R.E.M.'s contractual-obligation album Dead Letter Office: WALTERS THEME KING OF THE ROAD I suppose that if we had any shame we would have never allowed this little gem to see the light of day. This was recorded at the vey end of a long alcohol soaked day, and I casn barely remember cutting it. The first part was an attempt at writing a commercial for Walters Bar-B-Q. The second part is King of the Road, kind of. If there was any justice in the world, Roger Miller should be able to sue us for what we did to this song. Well, not a very uplifting way to end the album, but somehow appropriate. As [disgraced former manager] Jefferson [Holt] is wont to say "A little bit of Uh huh and a whole lot of Oh yeah." See ya'll later [signed] Peter Buck

Love the way Mills shouts the chord changes to Buck.

I bought Dead Letter Office because the CD version was the only way to acquire the Chronic Town EP in Austalia. The transition from King Of The Road to Wolves, Lower is a case of "from the ridiculous to the sublime".

NASHVILLE WEST (ft. Clarence White) - "Ode to Billy Joe" - 1967 YouTube video by BobSeger1981

Instrumental version of Ode To Billy Joe by Nashville West with the late Clarence White giving a master class on Fender guitar with the B Bender youtu.be/zLTMu6uaqHI?...

THE CHATS - SMOKO (OFFICIAL VIDEO) YouTube video by The Chats

Forgot about this one. The Chats claim that this video cost $5 to make, for the sausage roll that Pricey the guitarist is eating while "perched atop of his milk-crate throne".
youtu.be/j58V2vC9EPc

The Certificate Of Merit that I received from my high school for coming 1st in Englsih in Form III, 1969.

Once I get it unglued from my scrapbook, I'll send the Certificate Of Merit I got for topping English in Form III.

"I cannot in good conscious [sic]..."

The word Adams is looking for is 'conscience'. Please tell him that if he's going to spout pompous drivel, then he should at least use the right word.

Bicentennial YouTube video by Paul Kelly - Topic

#InvasionDay
38 years later, no-one has expressed my feelings about this day better.

"Take me away from your dance floor
Leave me out of your parade
I have not the heart for dancing
For dancing on his grave"
youtu.be/ggeeA0FrnZY

John Cooper Clarke - I Don't Want to Be Nice (Old Grey Whistle Test 1978) YouTube video by johncooperclarkeVEVO

Genius.

"I'm not your psychoanalyst, I'd rather talk to mice."
youtu.be/k1gB-KNqa9k

Low - Sunflower YouTube video by PPLDTV

#MusicChallenge
#IsmuasMonthOfMusic
Day 26 - Song that led you to an artist's full catalog

Was vaguely aware of Duluth, MN's best musical export since Bob Dylan. Later, I heard this song in an episode of the British crime TV series Silent Witness.

RIP Mimi.
youtu.be/USrasR6Xo5U

Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, and post the second sentence.

"The slope of a positive relationship is positive; the slope of a negative relationship is negative."🙄

I was at that concert. Garrett came out wearing a surf club skullcap and carrying a surfboard under his arm. (You can see the surfboard propped up against the drum riser.)

I think it was a 'unity' gesture as the clubbies and surfers tended not to get on in those days.

RIP Rob.