An irregular verb: some contrasting pieces of western terminology
A8
When did you last hear the noun “mercenary”?
“If you must eat a shit sandwich, choose one with an olive”
A6
Sometimes terrible advice, sometimes astute and wise.
Wild Man Fischer
A5
In the year of 1963, he was committed to a mental institution.
Words that unmistakably mark a pretentious fool: “the way in which”
A4
This revolting phrase grates so horribly in the lugholes of all who value precision and clarity. Avoid!
The parable of the pebbles
A3
In his book “The Revolution of Everyday Life” (1967), Raoul Vaneigem attributes this parable to the fictional “Mr Keuner”, the character in whose name Bertolt Brecht wrote many short parables between the 1920s and the 1950s, but it is probably original to Vaneigem.
Cockney rhyming slang for rude body parts, and a tip for how to induce an attention spike
A2
Read this and here’s the useful gem you’ll take away: “Why does a dog lick its town halls?”
Adrian Mitchell reads his poem “Tell Me Lies about Vietnam”
A1
This was filmed in 1965 in Kensington, London, inside a circular concert hall that a forgettable bunch of imperialists once named after a forgettable German prince.