Gavin™ Esq.

Mike Nichols being right in 2005

Each man thought: one of the others is bound to say something soon, some protest, and then I’ll murmur agreement, not actually say anything, I’m not as stupid as that, but definitely murmur very firmly, so that the others will be in no doubt that I thoroughly disapprove, because at a time like this it behooves all decent men to nearly stand up and be almost heard… But no one said anything. The cowards, each man thought. - Guards! Guards!

@TheCinesthetic "People are only now catching on to how good it always was." - citation please.

Sneakers (1992) got buried by a goofy title and clumsy marketing, but underneath it is a ridiculously well cast, sharply written caper with real wit and gorgeous early 90s craft. People are only now catching on to how good it always was.

Can - Vitamin C A relentless warning about losing your spark, powered by the octopoid brilliance of Jaki. Slightly unhinged, utterly unstoppable; Eurofunkadelia for the mind and body alike. 1972.

Insane transition shot in 'Highlander' (1986) Directed by Russell Mulcahy

@WUTangKids Is this an old people’s home for icons?

Incredible

I need you to know there's an INCREDIBLE HULK episode where David Banner tries acid, freaks out, turns into the Hulk, and then beats everyone up while tripping balls 😅👏

Tune of the day Float In Oriental Spring SINSUKE FUJIEDA GROUP youtube.com/watch?v=Jos2Z5…

@AyoCaesar That’s crazy!!

@gavinaldrich Not in the UK, unless the adult is in a "position of trust" (i.e. certain professions like teacher, doctor, social worker, etc).

Aside from the specifics of the allegations against Russell Brand, stuff like this is why I think we ought to have a staggered age of consent – a 16 year old having sex with someone who's 17 or 18 is very different from having sex with someone who's 30!

@MatthewStadlen @MichaelRosenYes You're right. Starmer was in Mandelson’s group.

@MichaelRosenYes I don’t think Mandelson was in a Starmer group.

When Corbyn was accused of surrounding himself with people who agreed with him, the press was full of names and terms for this group and their alleged ideology. How strange that when it comes to the Starmer-McSweeney-Mandelson group, the press has no ideological terms for them.

The Kodak Carousel scene in Mad Men. After that, it became our favorite series of all time. The way the snapshots unfolded in Don’s pitch had that emotional weight you don’t often see on TV. A masterpiece.

@flying_rodent If it ended with McSweeney: Without him you wouldn’t be fucking sat here it would be perfect

Told you, didn’t I

@SaulStaniforth Does Ed Balls think Yvette Cooper has a chance to bEComE PM?

Ed Balls: "Its very hard to blame Robbins. He didnt announce Mandelson was the new ambassador, Starmer did, & that is going to be.. the judgement we'll make.. did he make a terrible judgement & is he trying to blame everybody else" Starmers gone so theres no point defending him

@implausibleblog A man driven to succeed: son of a toolmaker, human rights lawyer, DPP, knighted and yet somehow now a passenger in his own government, unaware of anything that matters.

Whatever happens today, don’t lose sight of the double standard Shabana Mahmood and Keir Starmer pushed for the resignation of Craig Guildford over failures within his force—despite him acknowledging the errors and taking corrective action Yet Keir Starmer does not apply that same standard to himself: not for mistakes made by his own team, nor for appointing Peter Mandelson despite longstanding concerns about his record Labour promised to clean up politics after 14 years of Conservative cronyism. Instead, this looks uncomfortably similar - one rule for others, another for themselves And to those arguing that leadership cannot change during a time of conflict: that’s precisely when standards matter most. In difficult moments, the country needs consistency, accountability, and integrity - not selective responsibility

@SaulStaniforth A man driven to succeed: son of a toolmaker, human rights lawyer, DPP, knighted and yet somehow now a passenger in his own government, unaware of anything that matters.

Louisa James: "As one MP put it to me.. the bad decision was appointing Mandelson, the rest is just details" Susanna Reid: "How on earth did the PM appoint someone who he'd already been told was a walking red flag.. and then claim, more than a year later, 'well no-one told me'"

Roy Ayers getting down with Herbie Hancock on “Chameleon”, live in ‘77. Featuring Harvey Mason, John Klemmer, Jean-Luc Ponty, and Phil Upchurch.

@flying_rodent Why does the Prime Minister always end up being the passenger when he should have been the driver? Is this what the son of a tool maker who became a human rights lawyer become - a passenger?

Who is this supposed to impress

In 1995, Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola helped restore and re-release I Am Cuba (1964). Considered a masterpiece, this continuous shot shows why.

The obsessive symmetry in Stanley Kubrick’s cinema.