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Dave Ross

@daveamitri.bsky.social

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Lover of popular music but always wanting to find out more. That golden period between 1978 and 1985 is where my heart lies but always willing to try something else. https://open.substack.com/pub/daveross100?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=293r7s

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Dave Ross @daveamitri.bsky.social · May 12

Being given access to Justin Currie's Tremolo Diaries has been a privilege. I just hope my review does it justice. Thanks to @peteselby.bsky.social for trusting me with it. @newmodernbooks.bsky.social

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Dave Ross @daveamitri.bsky.social · 7h

#80sTop30

Day 14

Soft Cell

Say Hello, Wave Goodbye

Selected at random from 100 of my favourite 80s songs by 100 different artists.

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Say Hello, Wave Goodbye - 7" Single Version

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Dave Ross @daveamitri.bsky.social · 16h

God I hope you come across a tuna, Grease, Van Morrison loving chap on the dating apps...

Dave Ross @daveamitri.bsky.social · 16h

Food: Cauliflower Cheese

Film: The Holiday

Song: Queen - I Want To Break Free

Sarah Manvel with a🪝for a 🖐️ @cairdiul.bsky.social · 1d

“Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you’ll never watch again, and one song you can’t stand”

Food: canned tuna fish

Film: Grease. I was horrified by its sexism from my first viewing at a sleepover and I remain correct

Song: Brown Eyed Girl. The worst

Paul Duane 🥔 @paulduane.bsky.social · 1d

“Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you’ll never watch again, and one song you can’t stand”

Food: cucumber, however if you pickle it I'll eat em all day

Film: Jacob's Ladder, avoided it for years then was tricked into seeing it

Song: the whole of the fucking moon

Dave Ross @daveamitri.bsky.social · 16h

Thanks to Gone Fishing I'm currently listening to this and I have a feeling I'll be lost discovering 90s Lloyd Cole for a while. This will be my "Life After Rattlesnakes" period...

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Dave Ross @daveamitri.bsky.social · 17h

#ArtistFave15

Day 14

The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Are You Experienced

Wild Jimi here from 1968 in all his ferocious live glory. Enjoy.

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Jimi Hendrix - Singer Bowl New York 1968 - Are You Experienced

YouTube video by Antonio Cuevas

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Dave Ross @daveamitri.bsky.social · 17h

I just asked for more drawings 👍🏼

Dave Ross @daveamitri.bsky.social · 18h

I've been watching German football teams be relentlessly efficient and technical for over 50 years. I have no idea what's going on here against Northern Ireland. Like no German team I've ever seen.

Dave Ross @daveamitri.bsky.social · 18h

All books would be better with illustrations.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

Dave Ross @daveamitri.bsky.social · 19h

This photo is fabulous and may finally get me watching an episode of Traitors. Charlotte Church is great isn't she? I want to bottle that attitude.

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Eddie Robson @eddierobson.bsky.social · 1d

Starting the working week with this attitude

AAAAH-riadne Griffin @ariadnereviews.bsky.social · 5d

this is honestly so cunt #CelebrityTraitors

Charlotte Church in a white dress next to a grave with her name on it

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Dave Ross @daveamitri.bsky.social · 1d

Nuance. They hate nuance. Be nuanced.

Bold Politics with Zack Polanski @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 2d

Solidarity with all trans and intersex people having their existence debated every time a tv host hasn't done their prep and can't think of any more questions

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WHAT A FUCKING RECORD @whatafuckingrecord.bsky.social · 1d

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WHAT A FUCKING RECORD @whatafuckingrecord.bsky.social · 1d

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Dave Ross @daveamitri.bsky.social · 1d

Great song from the ABBA school of DIY cut and paste covers...

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LostArcNZ @lostarcnz.bsky.social · 2d

The solutions proposed for New Zealand's (and virtually every other country's) problems are always like:
"We need to make people work for more years"
"We have to cut back on services, I'm sorry, there is just no other way"
"We have to cut benefits for young people"

never:
"We need to tax the rich"

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Dave Ross @daveamitri.bsky.social · 1d

#80sTop30

Day 13

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

Messages

Selected at random from 100 of my favourite 80s songs by 100 different artists.

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Messages - Remastered 2019

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Dave Ross @daveamitri.bsky.social · 1d

Not feeling great. Need something to give you a lift? Mortimer and Whitehouse series 5 episode 2 is what you need. The aftermath of Bob downing a bottle of Sprite in one go is the funniest thing I've seen for some time. God bless them.

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Dave Ross @daveamitri.bsky.social · 1d

#ArtistFave15

Day 13

The Jimi Hendrix Experience

1983...(A Merman I Should Turn To Be)

No performance video I could find but just let this 13 minute piece of 60s magic flow over you.

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The Jimi Hendrix Experience - 1983 a Merman I Should Turn To Be (Official Audio)

YouTube video by Jules

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kenny brown @kennybrown131.bsky.social · 2d

Littler is the generational talent that sadly for the rest means he’s got the full 25yrs at the top. Assuming he doesn’t go crazy

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Dave Ross @daveamitri.bsky.social · 1d

Turns out the world number 1 wasn't good enough. 6 sets to 1 not good enough. Brutal.

Dave Ross @daveamitri.bsky.social · 2d

Guys who've been playing professional darts all their adult lives. They're great. Top 0.00001% in the world. But they're not good enough when Littler is at it. Professional sport is hard.

Dave Ross @daveamitri.bsky.social · 2d

You know those albums that arrive exactly the right time in your life? This did. I should have used it as a guide to how I lived in my twenties. Instead I chose another path. A genuine sliding doors moment. I love this album but it comes with a huge slice of melancholy.

WHAT A FUCKING RECORD @whatafuckingrecord.bsky.social · 2d

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Dave Ross @daveamitri.bsky.social · 2d

#80sTop30

Day 12

The Smiths

Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now

Selected at random from 100 of my favourite 80s songs by 100 different artists.

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Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now - 2011 Remaster

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Dave Ross @daveamitri.bsky.social · 2d

Absolutely. I'm in.

Dave Ross @daveamitri.bsky.social · 2d

Guys who've been playing professional darts all their adult lives. They're great. Top 0.00001% in the world. But they're not good enough when Littler is at it. Professional sport is hard.

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Dave Ross @daveamitri.bsky.social · 2d

4 tins of this watching the darts. This is my best life...