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Keeping the dream alive in a variety of ways
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Poladroid stories

Before there was Instagram there was a little app called Poladroid which let you produce faux-Polaroid square digital photos. These are mine


https://www.instagram.com/poladroidstories/

I came to the Natural history museum in search of a new band name and I wasn't disappointed...

Welcome to Sheffield

This is Istanbul

"This is who I am and this is what I do"

Passenger Instagrams, originally uploaded by Southcoasting.

St James' House

St James' House, originally uploaded by Southcoasting.

My alternative architectural world. This would make a great design for a tower block.

The Morning Rush

The Morning Rush, originally uploaded by Southcoasting.

on the train again

This is England

This is England, originally uploaded by Southcoasting.

Yes it is http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-26205767

The songs of Hip Hip Hooray Hurrah

I adore the 1983 single by the Newcastle band Hurrah called 'Hip Hip'



but it sent me on a search for other similarly titled songs, with some excellent results.

First up is this 1967 slice of French ye ye pop from the formidable Claude Francois



some nice moves and sexy dancers.

But Claude pales in comparison with the prince of Pakistani film music
Ahmed Rushdi, who came up with this classic 'Three Cheers Per Bhabi Hip Hip Hurray'



The 1950s/1960s Pakistani film song is not a genre well known to me,
but on the basis of this example I think it seems pretty good.

More modern Bollywood provides this song 'Hip Hip Hurrah' from the recent film Mere Dad Ki Maruti



The lyrics are a little bit naughty, as you can tell from the audience reaction.
I think the film may be a comedy. The singer is Sonu Kakkar, although she isn't the actress playing the part.

Next up we have appropriately some Hip Hop in the form of Naughty By Nature's Hip Hop Hooray,
also a fine song derived from what one would think is a pretty shallow pool of inspiration



Finally, some modern American slacker indie-rock from the band Coming This Fall. No, I'd not heard of them either.



That's it. But let us know if you find another. Hip Hip.

Fury at expat banker expressed

Fury at expat banker expressed, originally uploaded by Southcoasting.

(another passenger shot)

The Thinker

Battersea Power Station in the rain

...another train shot by Jon Southcoasting

This is the game

Towering above, originally uploaded by Southcoasting.

and today I am winning