#1712: Stranger In The Alps (2017) Gotta love anyone who can reference Thoreau’s Walden and Lemmy’s Ace Of Spades within ten seconds of each other. As debuts go it rarely gets better than this: sharp melodies, exceptional lyrics and fine musicianship with nice details. Essential.

1/ Buckle up. There’s a massive move happening in the gold market that almost nobody’s talking about. Huge physical deliveries. Shortages in London. Gold flowing into the U.S. at record levels. Someone with deep pockets is scooping up gold—likely the U.S. Treasury or Fed.

🧵I hope Europe remembers that Canada entered the war against Nazi Germany in 1939, only seven days after France and England. An isolationist America was a bystander until the end of 1941, only after being attacked by Japan. Canada deserves more from Europe than crickets.

In late 1969, Bristol was visited by two submarines. The Oberon class boats were part of a Royal Navy “tour” in which vessels were brought to cities and ports so that the public would have a greater understanding of the nation’s military might.