By The Landlord
“To be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.” – Nelson Mandela
“We forge the chains we wear in life.” – Charles Dickens
“It is often safer to be in chains than to be free.” – Franz Kafka
“I prefer liberty to chains of diamonds.” – Mary Wortley Montagu
“Human beings are born solitary, but everywhere they are in chains - daisy chains - of interactivity. Social actions are makeshift forms, often courageous, sometimes ridiculous, always strange. And in a way, every social action is a negotiation, a compromise between 'his,' 'her' or 'their' wish and yours.” – Andy Warhol
“Often, in horror films, the single most effective device for building a sense of scariness is the soundtrack: the clanking of chains, the groaning of off-stage ghouls, the unmistakable sound of a cannibal rustic firing up a chainsaw.” – John Lanchester
“Jazz came to America three hundred years ago in chains.” – Paul Whiteman
“When my ancestors came from Africa, they were shackled by our neck, our wrists, and our ankles in steel chains. I've turned those steel chains into gold to symbolize the fact that I'm still a slave, only my price tag is higher.” – Mr. T
“According to physical measurements, DNA chains are, on the average, 10,000 units long.” – Arthur Kornberg
Love to faults is always blind,
Always is to joy inclined,
Lawless, winged & unconfined,
And breaks all chains from every mind.
Deceit to secrecy confined
Lawful, cautious & refined
To every thing but interest blind,
And forges fetters for the mind. – William Blake
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Shake, rattle, roll. Click, clank, clink.
Does this week's link inspire some groupthink?
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They're usually metal, or carbonite material.
Joined in a sequence, and mostly in serial.
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Worn as ornate, chainmail, mayor, or bling?
Half-stiff, half-snake-y, weak-strong, status-emotive string.
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They bind, connect, pull, roll, or sometimes lever,
bound by shackle, quick link, clevis, carabiner.
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In prisons, with balls? In roaring chainsaws? On bike?
In supply? Of people, paper, daisies? Join any chain you like.
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Massive on ships, anchors, factories – heavy, spectacular,
or infinitely intricate, helix, down to molecular.
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Music's a chain, a sequence of sound groups,
in serial, or parallel, repeating in loops.
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In lyrics, stories, unshackle songs, open any door –
with contexts linked, literally, and also in metaphor.
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Please chat, inspire, and link ideas – it all makes sense.
In life we're just a chain of some consequence.
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Please welcome then this week's key link in the chain, an excellent interface helping join nominations together into playlists, the marvellous MussoliniHeadkick. So as usual, pleaes place your songs in comments below for deadline on Monday 11pm UK time, for playlists published next week. Let one nomination inspire the next …
The 1989 Baltic Way human chain of around 2 million people across Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, together protesting about being occupied and annexed by the USSR
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