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Chris Bickley

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Chris Bickley @bickley.bsky.social · Feb 6

#mwe Once I thought of this I couldn't unthink it until it was done

Mario jumping from a dancefloor into a portrait of the Bee Gees, à la Super Mario 64

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Chris Bickley @bickley.bsky.social · 25d

I paused my run for ten minutes to hunt down this Cetti's warbler, but finally I saw it - never again will I bother to stare at a shrub to look for one #birds

A teeny tiny brown bird amongst leaves and branches

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Chris Bickley @bickley.bsky.social · Sep 30

I saw them on a whim at Green Man last month and you're right - it's just great guitar rock, plain as

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Chris Bickley @bickley.bsky.social · Sep 25

Most weird is that this strange album ends with one of his most conventional songs in years, Strangers When We Meet, such an overlooked single that could be jostling higher up the table of Bowie songs with a different context

Chris Bickley @bickley.bsky.social · Aug 25

Always wonder in a new season if the new Sky graphics can handle an extra temporal digit on the scoreboard clock. I thought this would be football's Y2K moment, but it held on. We held on. #HolyHundred

A man (me) points at the scoreboard clock of the Newcastle Liverpool game, which is having to accommodate an unfathomable five digit as it ticks into 100 minutes

Chris Bickley @bickley.bsky.social · Aug 2

Ah you mean a gooskey

Chris Bickley @bickley.bsky.social · Aug 2

A female mandarin duck, and a mystery hefty duck that really waddled over with passion and you could feel the earth shake - what is it? #birds at Osterley Park

A female mandarin duck, with green-tinged feathers and an off-red bill

Some mad goose on an absolute mission to plod over and say hi

The grey goose in question, with a bobbly red head

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Chris Bickley @bickley.bsky.social · Jul 28

The Hindu Times would have more clout about it if it wasn't ripping off a Stereophonics album-track of all things

Chris Bickley @bickley.bsky.social · Jul 24

Look at this excellent duck. Ask a child to draw a duck, and this is what you'd get. Quintessential duck. What this non-native duck is doing in Snaresbook park is another question #birb

A white duck with an orange beak lolloping in the water

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Chris Bickley @bickley.bsky.social · May 15

I only heard Spinning Away for the first time recently and was just struck down by it - wonderful song

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Chris Bickley @bickley.bsky.social · May 9

Twirling, twirling towards freedom

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Chris Bickley @bickley.bsky.social · May 8

Interesting, I just wish the sound was more dynamic. Some of its most inventive moments feel shy and get flattened - production doesn't immerse me

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Chris Bickley @bickley.bsky.social · Apr 23

All the Best (R.E.M. #39): A song with importance that was only enabled after the fact

All the Best

One of R.E.M.’s most straight-laced rockers hid an obvious secret, in hindsight

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Chris Bickley @bickley.bsky.social · Apr 15

Toscakaka: an almond sponge topped with caramelised marzipan almonds. Note the speed holes in the sponge, to make the cake go faster #baking

The cross section of the cake, with the bottom layer a pale sponge and the top layer caramelised almonds

A bronze almondy cake topped with icing sugar

Chris Bickley @bickley.bsky.social · Apr 12

Very glad to hear, still on my list - her presence at Green Man in 22 was so infectious, and her back catalogue is littered with such beautiful songs

Chris Bickley @bickley.bsky.social · Apr 11

I liked their previous two albums but this feels like a proper step up - favourite album of the year so far, similar vibe to Wishy last year

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Chris Bickley @bickley.bsky.social · Apr 10

I was in an indie 80s Music League league and this was a real highlight for me! So many little bands like this who I'd not have heard otherwise

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Chris Bickley @bickley.bsky.social · Apr 7

I wonder if the screen reader just screams out in pain

A robot on fire, from the Simpsons, with the quote "Why? Why was I programmed to feel pain?"

Chris Bickley @bickley.bsky.social · Apr 5

Release Myself is a lovely song

Chris Bickley @bickley.bsky.social · Mar 29

FFS, don't tell me I need to have watched all previous nine series and 18 episodes to understand this one

The preview for Fulham vs Crystal Palace on ITV, calling it Season 10, Episode 19

Chris Bickley @bickley.bsky.social · Mar 28

Not the most fashionable but I love Ash's cover of Teenage Wildlife musicisalright.wordpress.com/2021/07/02/t...

Beneath the covers: Teenage Wildlife

Ash managed to do the unthinkable. Make a David Bowie song better

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Chris Bickley @bickley.bsky.social · Mar 13

Baking with barm: a deep (if dense) fruitcake and a wonderfully soft white loaf #baking

A square fruited fruitcake backgrounded by a golden boule of bread with a cross

Chris Bickley @bickley.bsky.social · Mar 13

This is exceptional, thank you. Surely the most one-sided stardom:budget ratio around

Chris Bickley @bickley.bsky.social · Mar 7

Are we still accepting new albums? Might I posit We've Got a Fuzzbox and We're Gonna Use It!!'s (or simply Fuzzbox) glam-pop romp Big Bang! youtu.be/ZF0aHzNtYsk?...

Fuzzbox - International Rescue (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by RHINO

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Chris Bickley @bickley.bsky.social · Feb 28

#mwe Roberta Flack - Feel Like Makin' Love: I must confess that her supposed magnum opus First Take rather passed me by, but this for whatever reason had a much more profound and enriching experience. Rightly an icon

Lovely artwork, a pale pink background with a crayon coloured scenery encased in a circle, with trees, a river, a bed, and blue leafs forming the sky

Chris Bickley @bickley.bsky.social · Feb 27

#mwe Blue Sky Black Death - Noir: Is there such a thing as too much euphoria? I feel like I need to work for grand pay-offs, but here I'm being spoonfed catharsis

A sepia tinged shot of a canyon with people around taking photos

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