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raymond luxury yacht rock @fordtimelord.bsky.social · 4h

@ricardoautobahn.co.uk Currently listening to a podcast that may be of interest

EUROVANGELISTS
Episode 90: Daz's Eurovision (2006 BBC
Documentary)

The UK's 2006 Eurovision entry was a song called
"Teenage Life," which placed 19th. But what placed far higher in our hearts is the incredible BBC3 documentary Daz's Eurovision about the man, the myth, the legend, Daz Sampson. It's a veritable Spinal Tap's worth of hilarious moments, bizarre musical connections, and at least one moment where Daz suggests he's as good a songwriter as Paul McCartney. OGAE Ireland's president Frank joins us for a very fun deep dive into the doc.

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raymond luxury yacht rock @fordtimelord.bsky.social · 17h

Current reading. (Also finally getting around to The Satsuma Principle by Bob Mortimer)

Tough Breaks: The Story of Baltimore Club Music by Al Shipley, and 168 Songs of Hatred and Despair: A History of Manic Street Preachers by Keith Cameron

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nina milkwalkermoto 🎃 @spacecoyote.com · 20h

had to make this after @bobservo.bsky.social made the joke

A parody of the movie poster for "One Battle After Another" except it says "One Rattle After Another" and features Skinner, Chalmers, and Ralph from The Simpsons (based on a famous scene where Ralph asks "what's a battle?" and Skinner tries to convince Chalmers he said "what's that rattle?")

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Nate Patrin @natepatrin.bsky.social · 1d

damn, @see-saw.fun just reminded me of this and I am going to need a moment

D'Angelo ft. Princess Sometimes It Snows in April

YouTube video by samuel

www.youtube.com

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Nate Patrin @natepatrin.bsky.social · 1d

after getting over the initial shock I got a follow-up "oof" remembering he was just in the Sly Stone doc talking about how white rock stars get to grow old and comfortable

RIP to the man with the greatest three-albums-in-20-years career in music history

D'Angelo - Devil's Pie

YouTube video by kordtyb

www.youtube.com

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raymond luxury yacht rock @fordtimelord.bsky.social · 2d

I remember Jonathan Ross smugly telling Girls Aloud that Tiffany’s version wasn’t the original, it was actually by The Rubinoos.

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raymond luxury yacht rock @fordtimelord.bsky.social · 2d

fair enoughski

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raymond luxury yacht rock @fordtimelord.bsky.social · 2d

What’re yr thoughts on the books?

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raymond luxury yacht rock @fordtimelord.bsky.social · 2d

This week’s Blank Check episode on A SERIOUS MAN (2009) is a much better choice.

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raymond luxury yacht rock @fordtimelord.bsky.social · 2d

In a way WTF (With Marc Maron) Will never end, cos there’s no way I’m listening to all of that episode.

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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 2d

Trump to the Israeli parliament today, gloating about U.S. weapons supplied to Israel over the past two years:

"You obviously used them very well."

www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

Guardian headline: "Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead"

The children’s names below appear on a list of victims of Israel’s offensive in Gaza, maintained by health authorities in the territory. As of the end of July it ran to 60,199 names, of whom 18,457 were under 18s. Far from comprehensive, the list does not include the thousands still buried under the rubble of destroyed buildings, as well as the war’s many indirect victims"

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tombreihan.bsky.social @tombreihan.bsky.social · 3d

Number Ones on a 10.

The Number Ones: Cardi B & Megan Thee Stallion’s “WAP”

In The Number Ones, I’m reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart’s beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Book Bonus Beat:...

www.stereogum.com

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raymond luxury yacht rock @fordtimelord.bsky.social · 3d

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

Truffle-flavoured things
Not sure, Lilya-4-Ever probably
Fairytale of New York

j-e-l 🎃🎄🦇 @jelbugle.bsky.social · 3d

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

Don’t particularly like Olives, probably something like Pulp Fiction, maybe ‘Groove is in the Heart’

Martin Nutbeem @martinnutbeem.bsky.social · 3d

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

Red meat - work experience in a food tech lab taking swabs in an abattoir put pay to that.

Top Gun - Honestly, Tom Cruise gives me the ick.

Mr Brightside - Shouty mindpiss.

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raymond luxury yacht rock @fordtimelord.bsky.social · 3d

Bought this with money I got for my 15th birthday from Virgin in Southampton. (Also was given Morning Glory)

WHAT A FUCKING RECORD @whatafuckingrecord.bsky.social · 7d

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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 4d

Oh yeah I think I read about this being a possibility in DUH DOY Magazine

My wife and I had couples therapy on TV. It nearly wrecked our marriage

After Jessica and I received expert counselling from the hit show Couples Therapy, I became public enemy number one. Here’s what didn’t make it to the screen

www.theguardian.com

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Connor Ratliff @connorratliff.bsky.social · 4d

Re-posting my very long appreciation thread from 7 months ago about the episode of Twin Peaks that Diane Keaton directed.

Short version: I think her work on this episode is very underrated!

Connor Ratliff @connorratliff.bsky.social · Mar 12

February 9, 1991: Diane Keaton's episode of Twin Peaks airs. (S2E15)

It is often cited as one of the worst episodes of the entire series (I disagree -- I think S2E12 is the worst!) but I personally think Keaton's direction is fun.

I am gonna do a thread now of GIFs & clips, all from that episode.

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pickwick @pickwick.bsky.social · 4d

Love this, and a lot of politicians who claim to be pro-trans could learn from it

Bold Politics with Zack Polanski @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 4d

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