Wednesday is the day when we focus on the cultural life of the Borough of Barnet. We give you our pick of forthcoming events etc. But before that we love to publish a poem on a Wednesday. I've just acquired a new CD player, my old one broke down before lock down. I've been playing some old CDs and cathcing up with some old songs by my band. I'd forgotten just how good some sounded. The numbers we are doing now are all new. One that stands out is 'Please Myself', an Allen Ashley composition. It is a great song and possibly the favourite lyrics Allen wrote for the band.
We posted a live video of this when we played at The Midland Hotel. The sound quality left a bit to be desired, but this was Allen performing with the False Dots at our raucous best!
Please myself
All you trolls and haters, with your messages and spam
You won’t say things to our faces, coz your only half a
man
All you commentators, trying to set the news
Have you heard the latest, no one’s listening to you
Chorus
We don’t need your adulation, we
are just our own creation
You won’t find us in the
mainstream we’ve been hived off to the slipstream
We’ve been struck off all your
playlists whilst running from the bailiffs
I may be hard of hearing but I’ve
never heard you cheering
But I did the whole thing just to please myself
Please myself!
All you spinning doctors, with your data and your claims
Spinning words to fit your meaning making language just a
game
All you corporations turning workers into clones
Writing algorithmic profiles set to fill the sky with
drones
CH
Or you’ll never kick the habit of trashing things you couldn’t dream of achieving
I’ve stopped watching programs, I won’t vote by phone
Catch us in the margins making shows up of our own
All you fashionistas on your Sponsored chatty shows
Brashly lacking substance just the emperors new clothes
CH
And now onto our cultural roundup.
A great way to see in the new year
Celebrate the end of 2022 with @BerlinPhil’s New Year’s Eve Concert, broadcast live from the #BerlinerPhilharmonie on Dec 31. Led by conductor #KirillPetrenko, star tenor Jonas @tenorkaufmann, the orchestra will present a spectacular programme!
— Phoenix Cinema (@Phoenixcinema) November 30, 2022
Tickets: https://t.co/dh1dku5rM2 pic.twitter.com/GFn3SOcZcj
A wonderful pre Xmas gig in Barnet
The best night you'll have in the Borough of Barnet this Xmas with @The_Silencerz at the Butchers Arms on 17th December, proceeds to @CherryLodgeCC pic.twitter.com/0aS0Fhdz3a
— #MillHillMusicComplex (@MillHillMusicCo) November 28, 2022
Fancy an Xmas Panto? Check out The Grinche's Xmas Adventure at the Bull Theatre, Barnet
https://www.thebulltheatre.com/whats-on
@JamesHylandUK will be discussing "A Christmas Carol - As told by Jacob Marley (deceased)" on @BBCRadioStoke tonight between 6pm and 7pm ahead of the performances at @CreweLyceum on 4 Dec, @artsdepot on 10 Dec and @ORLTheatre on 23 & 24 Dec.
— Brother Wolf (@BrotherWolfUK) November 29, 2022
TUNE IN: https://t.co/r7HxjhelmG pic.twitter.com/KqsHtsxw4O
Join us on the 4th December for the Barnet Christmas Fayre! We’ve got an amazing afternoon of performances, 1pm til 4, ending with our community Christmas Carol concert, at 4:30! We’re delighted to be welcoming @alchemy_urban, and there’ll be cake, soup, and soft drinks too! pic.twitter.com/S9BC4zF5A5
— SJB: Barnet Church (@barnetchurch) November 11, 2022
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