Andy Mackenzie
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To be honest it's mainly about records. MDANT🏅 unlikely though that seems
Film related stuff at Letterboxd https://boxd.it/DBM1
Film related stuff at Letterboxd https://boxd.it/DBM1
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A Month in the Headphones #88
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My latest monthly playlist is now available. Old records, new records, and new to me records, that span decades, genres and continents. All of them have made the last few weeks a lot easier to deal with. I hope somewhere on the playlist is something that'll make you go wow! and play it again.
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Perfect Tom Stoppard story from DTel obituary:
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
November 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Perfect Tom Stoppard story from DTel obituary:
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
Re watching Anthology
Big Train - George Martin
YouTube video by SparkyMarky
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November 29, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Re watching Anthology
Carrow Road has always been the graveyard for QPR's ambitions.
November 29, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Carrow Road has always been the graveyard for QPR's ambitions.
Twenty four years gone. I hope you're enjoying your journey George wherever you are in the universe.
November 29, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Twenty four years gone. I hope you're enjoying your journey George wherever you are in the universe.
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50 years ago I was a 5 year old boy living in Barnet, developing an obsession with aircraft of all types. We lived in an area often overflown by planes landing at or taking off from Elstree aerodrome, the closest general aviation airfield which was a few miles away to the north west.-
November 29, 2025 at 8:25 AM
50 years ago I was a 5 year old boy living in Barnet, developing an obsession with aircraft of all types. We lived in an area often overflown by planes landing at or taking off from Elstree aerodrome, the closest general aviation airfield which was a few miles away to the north west.-
Saturday morning music
November 29, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Saturday morning music
Just pulled out of a festive Rotterdam
November 27, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Just pulled out of a festive Rotterdam
Everyone on this train is a massive pain in the arse. From constantly rustling bags woman, to "I know I'm in the wrong seat but I want to sit with my friends so that's your problem", man.
November 27, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Everyone on this train is a massive pain in the arse. From constantly rustling bags woman, to "I know I'm in the wrong seat but I want to sit with my friends so that's your problem", man.
Last Amsterdam pint
November 27, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Last Amsterdam pint
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Stuart Sutcliffe inventing Suede here
November 26, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Stuart Sutcliffe inventing Suede here
This is such a beautiful record, heartbreaking and soothing in equal measure.
Sirenesque
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November 26, 2025 at 10:28 PM
This is such a beautiful record, heartbreaking and soothing in equal measure.
I think I've found my new favourite record shop. Concerto in Amsterdam is a rabbit warren of brilliant music. It's been here since 1955 and seems to have gradually expanded down the street, the absorbed shops give it an appealing higgledy piggledy feel.
November 26, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I think I've found my new favourite record shop. Concerto in Amsterdam is a rabbit warren of brilliant music. It's been here since 1955 and seems to have gradually expanded down the street, the absorbed shops give it an appealing higgledy piggledy feel.
One thing I love about Northern European cities is the madly futuristic optimism of the post war architecture.
November 26, 2025 at 12:50 PM
One thing I love about Northern European cities is the madly futuristic optimism of the post war architecture.
We went to the Anne Frank house earlier this afternoon. What an incredibly moving place it is. On the way out we passed an American couple talking as they exited. As we walked by the husband exclaimed "No disrespect, but that was fucking boring", a phrase that is now burned into me.
November 25, 2025 at 7:39 PM
We went to the Anne Frank house earlier this afternoon. What an incredibly moving place it is. On the way out we passed an American couple talking as they exited. As we walked by the husband exclaimed "No disrespect, but that was fucking boring", a phrase that is now burned into me.
Amsterdam at night.
November 24, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Amsterdam at night.
A (hotel) room with a view
November 24, 2025 at 1:15 PM
A (hotel) room with a view
Early morning Eurostar adventure
Jacques Brel - Amsterdam (Live officiel Les Adieux à l’Olympia 1966)
YouTube video by Jacques Brel
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November 24, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Early morning Eurostar adventure
Girls in the windows New York, 1960 📷Ormond Gigli
November 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Girls in the windows New York, 1960 📷Ormond Gigli
South of the river.
November 22, 2025 at 1:05 PM
South of the river.
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Farage can now be easily boxed in to a corner where his only ‘defence’ becomes: “Yes I spouted Kremlin propaganda & Putin worship but, unlike Nathan Gill, I didn’t need bribes to do it.”
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
November 22, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Farage can now be easily boxed in to a corner where his only ‘defence’ becomes: “Yes I spouted Kremlin propaganda & Putin worship but, unlike Nathan Gill, I didn’t need bribes to do it.”
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
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Every week this advert seems to be in The New Yorker. Every week (without fail) it makes me laugh. The most New Yorker advert in the New Yorker.
November 21, 2023 at 10:25 AM
Every week this advert seems to be in The New Yorker. Every week (without fail) it makes me laugh. The most New Yorker advert in the New Yorker.
