#blaggers i t a

[spilladabalia]

Blaggers ITA

live circa 1990-91, 2 songs

[godsavethequeen1]

SEX PISTOLS

1972 - school friends Steve Jones and Paul Cook decided to form a band with the original name of The Strand it then became The Swankers. Glen Matlock later joined in 1974. The band took inspiration for the music from the 60s mod and rock n roll of The Who and The Small Faces. However it was not until John Lyndon (John Rotten) that the band took on a whole new identity and renamed themselves ‘The Sex Pistols’. Malcolm McLaren (the bands manager at the time) spotted Lyndon in his shop wearing a homemade ‘I HATE Pink Floyd’ T-Shirt.

Having made their live debut as quickly as November 1975, by early 1976 the band began playing live regularly, in any place that would book them. With their unique looks the Sex Pistols were something special. This was a time period where you style and looks could get you in to serious trouble. They would have to fight their way to the van after a gig as people would try to attack them. A majority of time when the Pistols would play people just simply didn’t get it. Everyone thought the band could not play and that John couldn’t sing. The pistols managed to affect everyone who laid eyes upon them, whether the it was negative or positive they always managed to get a reaction.

The band signed to EMI for £40,000 on October 8th 1976. The band were not going to sign to just any old record label. They had the help of Malcolm McLaren aka the blagger. ‘Anarchy in the UK’ was eventually released November 26th 1976.

Rotten and Matlock started having issues with each other and so with that Matlock officially left on ‘mutual consent’, with thatJohn decided to bring his old friend John Simon aka Sid Vicious. Sid already knew Steve and Paul and fitted the bands image a lot better than Matlock. Although Vicious basically couldn’t play the bass. The band got a new label with A&M and their next single was the extremely famous ‘God Save The Queen’. Rotten’s alternative National Anthem. The release of God Save The Queen basically set the band up for life and sent shock waves up and down the whole country.

Sex Pistols Official. (2007). Bio - Sex Pistols. [Online]. SexPistolsOfficial. Available at: https:///.www.sexpistolsofficial.com/bio/ [Accessed 21 February 2023].

Wednesday 22 February

[merlinfic]

Lights, camera, action...it’s a Merlin/Arthur rec list involving FAME! From being actors, musicians, athletes, to simply being rich and famous here is a (in no way comprehensive) fic list of some Merlin/Arthur fics of just that! And, as always, if there’s a fic you would like added to the list just let us know! Hope you all enjoy! :D

General Celebrity (rich, internet famous, authors, theatre, hosts, etc.):

But It's a Good Refrain by lady_ragnell

Call it 'Destiny' by theonceandfuturequeen

Cloudy With A Chance Of Something by donutsweeper

contained in a beginning by helloearthlings

Emroomie by supercalvin

The Fastest Clock In The Universe (Is Love) by Polomonkey 

Fundamental Imperfection by Starlingthefool

How to Overcome Writer's Block: A Guide by Merlin Emrys by anivhee

I Am Gwen (the cutest cat on the Internet!) by gwyllion

Love in the time of the Internet by skullkidd

A Modern Manservant by Mamalazzer

Pairing Pendragon/Merlin by Anonymous

When was the last time you saw a penguin in England anyway? by Anonymous

Actors:

Acting can get the best of us by Jamallywaljaffa

All Eyes On Us by ambrosius

Camelot's Sweethearts by mariana_oconnor

Clickbait by rou, xancredible

Don't Judge a Book by It's Cover by InTheShadows

Fame and Fortune by Bounding-Heart (Brief_and_Dreamy)

Fan Favorite by harrycrewe

It's Nice to Finally Tweet You by Pendragons Dragonlord (PseudoAuthor)

The Kingdom of the Blaggers by hackthis

Marked by Anonymous

Master Shot by rotrude

No Business Like Show Business by lady_ragnell

Pull You Into Me by evereda 

a question to which the answer is not by ctimene

to slay the monster first speak its name by Camelittle

Would You Be Mine, Could You Be Mine by lady_ragnell

Athletes:

Bringing On The Great by Detochkina (need ao3 account)

Caught in a bit of a scandal by quiet_ghost

Champagne from a paper cup (is never quite the same) by anna_zee

Complications (With Spiderman T-Shirts and Optimistic Outcomes) by herbeautifullie

The Dare by Seravia

Game, Set, Match by ingberry

oh, darling dear by crookedemrys

Rainbow Laces by fifty_fifty

Snowboarding Is More Fun With Two by AidraMyrdin

Stepping Up by fifty_fifty

Straws In The Wind by i_claudia

There Are No Gays in Football by Malu_3 (Grainne)

This Is Not What I Came for (It's Better) by GeekLover

This Silly Ol' Dance Is Perfect for Two by SlantedKnitting

Three lions on a shirt by bunnysworld

twitterature by cominupforair

Musicians & Singers:

.and i am alive by thisissirius

Chasing the Dragon by Camelittle

Father and Son by Clea2011

Feel the Chemicals Kickin' In by supercalvin

In My Cardboard Walls by tinylilremus

No Business I Know by 55sunsets

Now That I'm Rich They Give Me Coffee by lady_ragnell

An Old Knot in the Heart by maarzanna

Public Image by orphan_account

Sorcerers & Knights, and their long-lost Prince by DracoWillHearAboutThis

Step By Step by eldee (need ao3 account)

Turning Page by mightypretty

We Are All Diamonds by Footloose

[marmikeblogman-blog]

Day 27,

Finding it hard to keep up with this lark....now sat in front of the beach on Gili T, Bintang in hand - maybe that’s why I’m struggling to write? Listening to a nice reggae cover of Adele - I Will Always Love You whilst trying to transfer my diving adventures into words not too convoluted.

Koh Tao was a crazy busy time and island itself - so much competition between the diving schools you gotta watch whose taking you. So I smashed out the Open Water PADI course. It took awhile for the novelty of breathing under water to wear off but once it did I had an inkling of where I might be heading to with my next 5 year plan. 

After being laid off with an ear infection midway through my advanced course I decided to go shopping, I decided to go shopping at a place called the ‘High Bar’. Once I’d jumped on to the back of a moped taxi and shouted that in his earhole he circled the block, took me into the back of his place and started dishing out bongs before I even got there. Result! This was proper green as well - no bushweed on Koh Tao, oh no! Knocked me for 6. 

I thought I’d be clever upon leaving later and stashed a joints worth then handed the rest behind the bar for a rainy day. Upon leaving and jumping on the same guys moped things went a bit pear. I wanted to return the favour to this legend that had shared with me earlier so I also had a few bongs in there. Once I relayed this too him though he started acting strange, mentioning police stops and attempting to confirm whether I had any on me or not. He pulled up at some resort, begun speaking Thai with one of the security guards. Now as you can imagine my heart at this stage is going like The Flying Scotsman at full tilt. After a few brief exchanges I resolved that the best thing to do since these guys weren’t police was to politely excuse myself. 

“I go home now,” I said before hopping off the back, walking around the corner then legging it in the opposite direction and chucking the stash! When I reached the next resort I ordered a pickup then lay down in the back of it like a paralysed ninja. 

Side note: you’d have thought I’d have learnt my lesson at that point, the main thing going through my mind was ‘shit, I’ve let them down’ thinking about my family....So high. 

But no! Off I went again the next day, minus moped man, plus 2 divers and feeling a bit safer I accidentally ended up somewhere called ‘Natural High’. This is where it gets good. Sat down looking comfy was a Brit I’d played pool with the previous day. Surprise, surprise, he was stopped! The lucky blagger got away with it mind I know I wouldn’t have. So it turns out this moped man from the previous day was in all likelihood just trying to save mine and his skin before getting to said stop. What a muppet! 

There we have it. That is Thailand, I’d made it out alive [barely]. It wasn’t the most conventional period of travel and backpacking but I still managed to experience a couple of pure, sober and memorable moments along the way.