Daragh O'Toole
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Fun Fact of the Day: So it seems one early member of André the Giant’s posse was none-other-than legendary novelist/playwright/poet Samuel Beckett.
Historical Meet-Ups explains:
In 1953, fresh off the success of Waiting for Godot, Beckett bought a plot of land near the hamlet of Molien, in the commune of Ussy-sur-Marne, about forty miles northeast of Paris. There he built a cottage for himself with some help from a group of locals, including a Bulgarian-born farmer named Boris Rousimoff. Over the years, Beckett and Rousimoff became friends and would occasionally get together for card games. Rousimoff had a son, André, known as Dédé, who was something of a physical marvel. By the age of 12, André was over six feet tall and weighed 240 pounds. No school bus could hold him, and his family lacked the means to buy a car big enough to schlep him back and forth to school in Ussy-sur-Marne. Enter Boris’ old card-playing buddy Beckett, who owned a truck and was more than willing to pay his friend back for his help with the cottage by giving a lift to his enormous pituitary case of a son on his drives into town. Years later, when recounting his conversations with Beckett (which he did often), André the Giant revealed that they rarely talked about anything besides cricket.
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wepostmusic: Michael Jackson — Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’ Or not. In his case.480 plays
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wepostmusic: the Cranberries — Dreams Remember the first time you heard this? Another ‘Just Because’ Link.733 plays
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wepostmusic: Good Luck at the Gunfight — Kimberly240 plays
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wepostmusic: Fleet Foxes — White Winter Hymnal890 plays
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pelicansss: beastie boys- intergalactic yayy - music. And just when I closed down my LastFM account.1034 plays
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“Lightning Bolt” by Jake Bugg is my new jam. ♫ http://t.co/x2OJgyNt
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Tuned into the interval act. They are going to kill Aslan on that slab aren't they? #eurovision
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Getting Chips. Ignoring #eurovision (at Liberos Deansgrange) — http://t.co/YPnxnpI3
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“The Boys are back in Town” by Belle and Sebastian is my new jam. ♫ http://t.co/egtPAKjY
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“Ingrid Bergman” by Billy Bragg & Wilco is my new jam. ♫ http://t.co/AKrJRVax
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The Value of Design Disruptions http://t.co/vU3tkR39
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@onasixpence My pleasure. Best of luck.
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Launch of 1000 DAYS Campaign for Concern. (at @NLIreland) — http://t.co/cVG9Tcwg
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“Faking the Books” by Lali Puna is my new jam. ♫ http://t.co/IH2lwXiI
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Please don't go. We'll eat you up. We love you so. RIP Maurice Sendak.
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“Sister Wife” by Alex Winston is my new jam. ♫ http://t.co/nakmx0CG
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MCA RIP
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“Kangaroo (Big Star)” by This Mortal Coil is my new jam. ♫ http://t.co/6MhAR8fb
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Immanentizing the eschaton since 1970.
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