Simon Ward
@drrubberfunk.bsky.social
Musician. Make music & play records as Dr Rubberfunk. Occasional co-producer of Olympic Cyclone Band. Founder member of Mr Güder.
‘Ectopic Beats Vol.1’ out now on Limited Edition Cassette.
https://linktr.ee/drrubberfunk
https://drrubberfunk.bandcamp.com
‘Ectopic Beats Vol.1’ out now on Limited Edition Cassette.
https://linktr.ee/drrubberfunk
https://drrubberfunk.bandcamp.com
Happy ‘It’s #BandcampFriday This Week’ Day to all who, or have yet to, celebrate.
It's not #bandcampfriday til next week, but there's never a bad day to buy some merch, especially if you want to get something in time for gift giving. Only one MLA45 Mixtape left, handful of Funky Xmas CDs - can be personally dedicated to lovers, friends, family etc
drrubberfunk.bandcamp.com/merch
drrubberfunk.bandcamp.com/merch
Merch from Dr Rubberfunk
Merch from Dr Rubberfunk
drrubberfunk.bandcamp.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Happy ‘It’s #BandcampFriday This Week’ Day to all who, or have yet to, celebrate.
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Radiophrenia 2026 Open Call – now open for submissions.
We are pleased to announce that Radiophrenia will be returning to the airwaves in September 2026. You can find details of our new open call for radio works and how to submit in the link below.
submissions.radiophrenia.scot
We are pleased to announce that Radiophrenia will be returning to the airwaves in September 2026. You can find details of our new open call for radio works and how to submit in the link below.
submissions.radiophrenia.scot
November 30, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Radiophrenia 2026 Open Call – now open for submissions.
We are pleased to announce that Radiophrenia will be returning to the airwaves in September 2026. You can find details of our new open call for radio works and how to submit in the link below.
submissions.radiophrenia.scot
We are pleased to announce that Radiophrenia will be returning to the airwaves in September 2026. You can find details of our new open call for radio works and how to submit in the link below.
submissions.radiophrenia.scot
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Bidding is now open on my fuzzy felt Mari Lwyd, along with so many other wonderful works of art.
All funds go to domestic violence charities, please do bid if you can afford to and feel able, it would be great to raise as much money as possible🐴💀👻
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/15748996...
All funds go to domestic violence charities, please do bid if you can afford to and feel able, it would be great to raise as much money as possible🐴💀👻
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/15748996...
December 1, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Bidding is now open on my fuzzy felt Mari Lwyd, along with so many other wonderful works of art.
All funds go to domestic violence charities, please do bid if you can afford to and feel able, it would be great to raise as much money as possible🐴💀👻
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/15748996...
All funds go to domestic violence charities, please do bid if you can afford to and feel able, it would be great to raise as much money as possible🐴💀👻
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/15748996...
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Resharing my #GoodGifts guide for all you #BlackFriday shoppers.
100+ links where you can spend your cash with charities, museums, artists and small businesses rather than billionnaires.
100+ links where you can spend your cash with charities, museums, artists and small businesses rather than billionnaires.
Good Gifts 2025
Use your Secret Santa or present giving to support charities, museums and small businesses.
madlinblog.wordpress.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Resharing my #GoodGifts guide for all you #BlackFriday shoppers.
100+ links where you can spend your cash with charities, museums, artists and small businesses rather than billionnaires.
100+ links where you can spend your cash with charities, museums, artists and small businesses rather than billionnaires.
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This Black Friday why not buck the trend and get yourself some delicious Fold vinyl? It’s subversive, dissenting and the man won’t even know you’re listening to it.
There’s even a bundle with all 4 of our 12” releases for £35.
fold.bandcamp.com/merch
There’s even a bundle with all 4 of our 12” releases for £35.
fold.bandcamp.com/merch
November 28, 2025 at 9:41 AM
This Black Friday why not buck the trend and get yourself some delicious Fold vinyl? It’s subversive, dissenting and the man won’t even know you’re listening to it.
There’s even a bundle with all 4 of our 12” releases for £35.
fold.bandcamp.com/merch
There’s even a bundle with all 4 of our 12” releases for £35.
fold.bandcamp.com/merch
Got my first ‘Non-sexual Nudity’ content warning label lads, Merry Christmas ya filthy record collecting animals!
Afternoon turntable sounds courtesy of Ry Cooder, and another LP for the ‘Jim Keltner Doing Very Tasteful Things On Drums As Per’ shelf. Nice WEA inner sleeve too, RIP Jimmy Cliff.
November 28, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Got my first ‘Non-sexual Nudity’ content warning label lads, Merry Christmas ya filthy record collecting animals!
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It's not #bandcampfriday til next week, but there's never a bad day to buy some merch, especially if you want to get something in time for gift giving. Only one MLA45 Mixtape left, handful of Funky Xmas CDs - can be personally dedicated to lovers, friends, family etc
drrubberfunk.bandcamp.com/merch
drrubberfunk.bandcamp.com/merch
Merch from Dr Rubberfunk
Merch from Dr Rubberfunk
drrubberfunk.bandcamp.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
It's not #bandcampfriday til next week, but there's never a bad day to buy some merch, especially if you want to get something in time for gift giving. Only one MLA45 Mixtape left, handful of Funky Xmas CDs - can be personally dedicated to lovers, friends, family etc
drrubberfunk.bandcamp.com/merch
drrubberfunk.bandcamp.com/merch
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So, trying something new today. as our new issue is on sale at DriveThruRPG I just had an idea & added an extra file, a voucher with a code which will get you the price of the PDF (in fact a few pennies more) off at our store so you can upgrade to print for free & escape the tyranny of your screens
Wyrd Science (Vol.1, Issue 7) - Wyrd Science | DriveThruRPG
The award winning Wyrd Science returns for another exploration of the strange worlds and new horizons of tabletop games...
In this issue...
Roleplaying Games & the Cold War! What can they tell us ...
www.drivethrurpg.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:49 AM
So, trying something new today. as our new issue is on sale at DriveThruRPG I just had an idea & added an extra file, a voucher with a code which will get you the price of the PDF (in fact a few pennies more) off at our store so you can upgrade to print for free & escape the tyranny of your screens
There's also the Funky Christmas EP, if you're after some seasonal digital treats to get you booed off the Pioneer controllers at the office Christmas party, which includes this jaunty jinglin' gem. drrubberfunk.bandcamp.com/track/goose-...
November 27, 2025 at 5:19 PM
There's also the Funky Christmas EP, if you're after some seasonal digital treats to get you booed off the Pioneer controllers at the office Christmas party, which includes this jaunty jinglin' gem. drrubberfunk.bandcamp.com/track/goose-...
It's not #bandcampfriday til next week, but there's never a bad day to buy some merch, especially if you want to get something in time for gift giving. Only one MLA45 Mixtape left, handful of Funky Xmas CDs - can be personally dedicated to lovers, friends, family etc
drrubberfunk.bandcamp.com/merch
drrubberfunk.bandcamp.com/merch
Merch from Dr Rubberfunk
Merch from Dr Rubberfunk
drrubberfunk.bandcamp.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
It's not #bandcampfriday til next week, but there's never a bad day to buy some merch, especially if you want to get something in time for gift giving. Only one MLA45 Mixtape left, handful of Funky Xmas CDs - can be personally dedicated to lovers, friends, family etc
drrubberfunk.bandcamp.com/merch
drrubberfunk.bandcamp.com/merch
Nearly lunch time, time for some Hot Dog action, courtesy of Lou Donaldson on his heavily sampled 1969 outing for Blue Note. Slightly battered 90s reissue but was pleased to find it for a good price in Underground Solution in Edinburgh back in the summer. #vinylcollection #records #musicchallenge
November 27, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Nearly lunch time, time for some Hot Dog action, courtesy of Lou Donaldson on his heavily sampled 1969 outing for Blue Note. Slightly battered 90s reissue but was pleased to find it for a good price in Underground Solution in Edinburgh back in the summer. #vinylcollection #records #musicchallenge
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TOMORROW!
I'll be in Lewisham, performing a new score to the silent sci-fi classic METROPOLIS.
The venue have more tickets then capacity but as its free they expect a 30% drop out rate. Starting sharp just after 7pm.
I'll also have the DVD on sale a week before it hits bandcamp.
I'll be in Lewisham, performing a new score to the silent sci-fi classic METROPOLIS.
The venue have more tickets then capacity but as its free they expect a 30% drop out rate. Starting sharp just after 7pm.
I'll also have the DVD on sale a week before it hits bandcamp.
Three weeks tomorrow I'm in Lewisham at the Deptford Lounge performing a live soundtrack to the Fritz Lang classic Metropolis - a rare 1 hour edit of the silent black and white film
November 26, 2025 at 1:59 PM
TOMORROW!
I'll be in Lewisham, performing a new score to the silent sci-fi classic METROPOLIS.
The venue have more tickets then capacity but as its free they expect a 30% drop out rate. Starting sharp just after 7pm.
I'll also have the DVD on sale a week before it hits bandcamp.
I'll be in Lewisham, performing a new score to the silent sci-fi classic METROPOLIS.
The venue have more tickets then capacity but as its free they expect a 30% drop out rate. Starting sharp just after 7pm.
I'll also have the DVD on sale a week before it hits bandcamp.
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There's also a Denys Lasdun UEA ziggurats one which is/was quite popular. Also reduced. www.invisibleworks.co.uk/product/uea-...
UEA Ziggurats | lasdun poster
UEA Ziggurats – Denys Lasdun poster. Ziggurats - at UEA poster A2 (420 x 595) printed on 200gsm uncoated. Order one here.
www.invisibleworks.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 3:49 PM
There's also a Denys Lasdun UEA ziggurats one which is/was quite popular. Also reduced. www.invisibleworks.co.uk/product/uea-...
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Occasional marketing ploy. I sell photos and prints, although increasingly not so much over the last year or so. Anyway, for Norwich folk, seem to like this, and it's reduced currently, A2 look nice framed, brutalism and so forth. www.invisibleworks.co.uk/product/sove...
HMSO Sovereign House | Invisible Works
HMSO, Sovereign House, Anglia Square, poster. A2 (420 x 595) printed on 200gsm uncoated.
www.invisibleworks.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Occasional marketing ploy. I sell photos and prints, although increasingly not so much over the last year or so. Anyway, for Norwich folk, seem to like this, and it's reduced currently, A2 look nice framed, brutalism and so forth. www.invisibleworks.co.uk/product/sove...
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From the archive....
Episode 16 - Early summer breezes (43 mins)
On a bright day during the first lockdown, just the sound of the wind and the birds and a far-off ice-cream van from a hill on the edge of London.
🎧 bit.ly/LenICVn
Episode 16 - Early summer breezes (43 mins)
On a bright day during the first lockdown, just the sound of the wind and the birds and a far-off ice-cream van from a hill on the edge of London.
🎧 bit.ly/LenICVn
November 25, 2025 at 9:03 AM
From the archive....
Episode 16 - Early summer breezes (43 mins)
On a bright day during the first lockdown, just the sound of the wind and the birds and a far-off ice-cream van from a hill on the edge of London.
🎧 bit.ly/LenICVn
Episode 16 - Early summer breezes (43 mins)
On a bright day during the first lockdown, just the sound of the wind and the birds and a far-off ice-cream van from a hill on the edge of London.
🎧 bit.ly/LenICVn
Great article and marvellous middle aged relaxed fit discourse.
A probably rare reference to Mulligan & O'Hare in a fashion article: for The Guardian, I've written about the enduring appeal of workwear, with a focus on how the generous cuts and boxy shapes suit the sportswear-averse, expanding & ageing male body:
www.theguardian.com/fashion/2025...
www.theguardian.com/fashion/2025...
‘It’s an acceptance of where my body is now’ – the modern-day appeal of workwear
Its popularity is as enduring as its fabrics – and it allows men to age stylishly without worrying about their waistlines. One collector delves into the reasons the ordinary clothes of workers past li...
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Great article and marvellous middle aged relaxed fit discourse.
Can’t remember if I might have shared this one before, but anyway, here’s some promo Portishead #cassunday action from 31 years ago. ‘Sour Times’ and associated mixes / versions from the good folks at Go!Beat Records #MusicChallenge
November 23, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Can’t remember if I might have shared this one before, but anyway, here’s some promo Portishead #cassunday action from 31 years ago. ‘Sour Times’ and associated mixes / versions from the good folks at Go!Beat Records #MusicChallenge
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Planning to start your Christmas shopping this weekend?
I've got you covered with over 100 links to charities, museums and small businesses selling interesting things which will bring joy not landfill.
#GoodGifts
I've got you covered with over 100 links to charities, museums and small businesses selling interesting things which will bring joy not landfill.
#GoodGifts
Good Gifts 2025
Use your Secret Santa or present giving to support charities, museums and small businesses.
madlinblog.wordpress.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Planning to start your Christmas shopping this weekend?
I've got you covered with over 100 links to charities, museums and small businesses selling interesting things which will bring joy not landfill.
#GoodGifts
I've got you covered with over 100 links to charities, museums and small businesses selling interesting things which will bring joy not landfill.
#GoodGifts
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6-8pm Soho Radio, my fortnightly Friday night mixtape returns to kick off your weekend.
40 tracks in the crate covering hip hop, soul, jazz, beats, bruk & boogie.
Turn it up to the red, your neighbours will love it.
sohoradio.com // smart speakers // app // DAB London 📻 📡
40 tracks in the crate covering hip hop, soul, jazz, beats, bruk & boogie.
Turn it up to the red, your neighbours will love it.
sohoradio.com // smart speakers // app // DAB London 📻 📡
November 21, 2025 at 4:28 PM
6-8pm Soho Radio, my fortnightly Friday night mixtape returns to kick off your weekend.
40 tracks in the crate covering hip hop, soul, jazz, beats, bruk & boogie.
Turn it up to the red, your neighbours will love it.
sohoradio.com // smart speakers // app // DAB London 📻 📡
40 tracks in the crate covering hip hop, soul, jazz, beats, bruk & boogie.
Turn it up to the red, your neighbours will love it.
sohoradio.com // smart speakers // app // DAB London 📻 📡
November 21, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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November 20, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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Tomorrow. catebrooksmusic.bandcamp.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Tomorrow. catebrooksmusic.bandcamp.com
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Would you mind if I gave my zines a little push again? Hopefully the first batch(es) have reached owners now. Maybe a good Christmas gift for someone who likes photography 👀.
Here are four pics of the same house taken over several years. #Zine #Photography
www.mariegardiner.co.uk/zines-and-pr...
Here are four pics of the same house taken over several years. #Zine #Photography
www.mariegardiner.co.uk/zines-and-pr...
November 19, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Would you mind if I gave my zines a little push again? Hopefully the first batch(es) have reached owners now. Maybe a good Christmas gift for someone who likes photography 👀.
Here are four pics of the same house taken over several years. #Zine #Photography
www.mariegardiner.co.uk/zines-and-pr...
Here are four pics of the same house taken over several years. #Zine #Photography
www.mariegardiner.co.uk/zines-and-pr...
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No AI was used in the production of this artwork. Instead, I commissioned an artist to create it. Cost less and supported someone in their artistic endeavours. Double win.
It comes with music pressed onto a bio-vinyl disc. You can own a copy, too 😉
It comes with music pressed onto a bio-vinyl disc. You can own a copy, too 😉
November 19, 2025 at 4:11 PM
No AI was used in the production of this artwork. Instead, I commissioned an artist to create it. Cost less and supported someone in their artistic endeavours. Double win.
It comes with music pressed onto a bio-vinyl disc. You can own a copy, too 😉
It comes with music pressed onto a bio-vinyl disc. You can own a copy, too 😉
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good chance I might have to bin a 10+ page feature so now really is a great time for games publishers to break the habit of a lifetime and try dropping us a line
November 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM
good chance I might have to bin a 10+ page feature so now really is a great time for games publishers to break the habit of a lifetime and try dropping us a line