#date: mar 28th 1982

[fletchermundungus]

the luncheon

LOCATIONS: Pecksniff Manor, Shropshire DATE: March 28th, 1982 STATUS: closed | @arabellafiggaf

The Pecksniff’s Luncheon was an important affair for the upper-class of the wixen world that not even what had happened in Diagon Alley on March 21st could cause the event to be cancelled. Of course, long from wanting to appear tasteless, the Peckniff’s luncheon was said to be dedicated to the victims of an horrific attack and organised to raise awareness and maybe even money to help the survivors. Truth of the matter, though, was it was simply another occasion where purebloods and well-off halfbloods could mingle and talk over the finest food and drinks and the towering cauldron cake that was at the centre of the buffet table.

This was the kind of occasion where people would measure the success of their offspring against one another, compare the number of children and grandchildren, their grades and jobs and where did they went for a holiday the year before and where would the go the coming summer. It was also the first major event of the season, and thus where one would score an invite to all the others that would follow, along with more private and intimate occasions: the kind reserved only for the lucky few.

Mundungus had showed up in his latest disguise exactly to make contact with the person that could grant him an invite to a very special, very hard to get-in event. Usually, this felt more the kind of place where Isla or Lu would go, but he had not been sure about the former and didn’t want to think about the latter, so here he was instead.

Well, to be precise, it was Theophylaktos Dedlock—Phil—that was attending the Peckniff’s Luncheon. He didn’t look that different from Mundungus when it came to his face, the colour of his eyes or of his hair. The differences where in his clothes. Gone was the punk look and the outrageously colourful shirts in favour of fine, dark blue robes. His posture was straight, tense, and completely difference from the relaxed way he usually carried himself. 

Phil was someone who was a little arrogant, whose jokes tended to be more malicious than Mundungus’, and who knew exactly how to eat a cucumber sandwich without getting anything on the expensive silk of his clothes. He knew what to talk about to the pompous pureblood he was talking to and how to make the man laugh at his joke.

But Phil did not know Ophelia Hopkins, Mundungus did. And when he saw her just a few meters from him, he chocked on that blasted cucumber sandwich. “You,” he said, in a croaking and accusatory sound, between one cough and the next, staring at her and for a moment forgetting who he was supposed to be: Theophylaktos Dedlock, or Mundungus Fletcher.

[bitchyheartbird]

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16 Mar, 2015 Sparkle In The Rain – Deluxe Box Set

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Simple Minds Sparkle In The Rain Review

The ultimate ‘Sparkle In The Rain’ box set is available now. Long regarded as one of the jewels in the band’s catalogue, 1983’s ‘Sparkle In The Rain’ kicked off a run of three consecutive Number 1 albums in the UK for Simple Minds and delivered the classic hit singles ‘Waterfront’, ‘Up On The Catwalk’ and ‘Speed Your Love To Me’.

This new 4CD / 1DVD Super Deluxe Box Set version comprises a host of bonus material including; B-sides and extended mixes; BBC sessions; a previously unreleased Glasgow Barrowlands concert; promo videos; Top Of The Pops and Oxford Road Show footage; a booklet containing sleeve notes and interviews plus track by track annotation and a reproduction concert programme. It was extensively remastered in 2014 at Abbey Studios, London.

Also Available: Bluray HD Version, 2CD Version, Vinyl version

DISC ONE: SPARKLE IN THE RAIN REMASTER

Up On The Catwalk

Book Of Brilliant Things

Speed Your Love To Me

Waterfront

East At Easter

Street Hassle

White Hot Day

“C” Moon Cry Like A Baby

The Kick Inside Of Me

Shake Off The Ghosts

DISC TWO

Waterfront – edit

Hunter And The Hunted Live (recorded at Newcastle City Hall, 20th November 1982)

Waterfront- Extended mix

Speed Your Love To Me – edit

Bass Line

Speed Your Love To Me – extended mix

Up On The Catwalk – edit

A Brass Band in Africa

Up On The Catwalk – extended mix

A Brass Band in Africa Chimes

Waterfront – single version

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DISC THREE:

Live at Glasgow Barrowland, 28th February 1984

Shake Off The Ghosts (Intro)

Waterfront

Up On The Catwalk

The Book Of Brilliant Things

Glittering Prize

The American

King Is White And In The Crowd

Speed Your Love To Me

Someone Somewhere In Summertime

DISC FOUR

Live at Glasgow Barrowland, 28th February 1984 continued…

Promised You A Miracle

Big Sleep

New Gold Dream (81,82,83,84) – Take Me To The River (Live) – Light My Fire (Live)

Love Song – Glory (Live)

BBC Radio 1 session – 11th September 1983

Waterfront

Kick Inside

New Gold Dream

DISC FIVE – DVD – NTSC region 0

5.1 Surround Mix by Steven Wilson:

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Up On The Catwalk

Book Of Brilliant Things

Speed Your Love To Me

Waterfront

East At Easter

Street Hassle

White Hot Day

“C” Moon Cry Like A Baby

The Kick Inside Of Me

Shake Off The Ghosts

*As well as High Res Stereo and Dolby Digital 5.1 mixes of the album and:

Promo videos:

Waterfront

Speed Your Love To Me

Up On The Catwalk

TV performance:

Waterfront – TOTP

Speed Your Love – Oxford Road Show

Up On The Catwalk – Oxford Road Show

Includes a 36 page booklet. DVD Worldwide format NTSC region 0

Release date March 16th 2015

Simple Minds - Sparkle In The Rain (1984) Жанр: Pop Rock, Synth-Pop, New Wave Носитель: CD Год издания: 2015 Издатель (лейбл): Virgin Records/Universal Номер по каталогу: 3797350 Аудиокодек: FLAC (*.flac) Тип рипа: tracks+.cue Битрейт аудио: lossless Продолжительность: 01:47:56 ��сточник (релизер): ruskaval Наличие сканов в содержимом раздачи: да

Продолжительность: 44:59 Треклист: 01. Up On The Catwalk (4:47) 02. Book Of Brilliant Things (4:23) 03. Speed Your Love To Me (4:25) 04. Waterfront (4:50) 05. East At Easter (3:34) 06. Street Hassle (5:16) 07. White Hot Day (4:34) 08. C Moon Cry Like A Baby (4:21) 09. The Kick Inside Of Me (4:50) 10. Shake Off The Ghosts (3:59)

Simple Minds Sparkle In The Rain Review

Продолжительность: 62:57 Треклист: 01. Waterfront (Edit) (4:48) 02. Hunter And The Hunted (Live B-Side) (5:58) 03. Waterfront (Extended) (5:52) 04. Speed Your Love To Me (Edit) (4:05) 05. Bass Line (B-Side) (4:43) 06. Speed Your Love To Me (Extended) (7:18) 07. Up On The Catwalk (Edit) (4:06) 08. A Brass Band In Africa (B-Side) (5:08) 09. Up On The Catwalk (Extended) (7:30) 10. A Brass Band In African Chimes (B-Side) (9:25) 11. Waterfront (Single Version) (4:04)

[brookstonalmanac]

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