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James Quin @jimquin.bsky.social · 2h

Fascinating new side offered at my local coffee shop here in "Posh Blackpool", the #NoFilter presents a tray of jalapeno poppers for six quid. WARNING: filling v. hot and runny, but tastes great mixed in with the mayo. #SnackPalace🌶️🌶️🌶️

Three green jalapeno peppers stuffed with pimento cheese, breaded and deep-fried. Served with cowboy candy (candied jalapeno pepper) mayonnaise and bacon jam for dipping.

James Quin @jimquin.bsky.social · 6h

Got me a 4k Ultra-Hi-Def disc of the greatest work in John Carpenter's thematic Apocalypse Trilogy, so let's make like WWE Network's presentation of ECW One Night Stands and fire up something a bit like Enter Sandman but legally distinct... Because it's time to dive In The Mouth Of Madness!

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James Quin @jimquin.bsky.social · 4d

"Oh, well, never did want to live forever..." Ahead, hovering in the distance like some vast, predatory bird, it's:

Chris McFeely @chrismcfeely.bsky.social · 4d

TRANSFORMERS: THE BASICS on SIMON FURMAN is now live! Sponsored by supporter CD Freedom, it's my first episode about a real person! From Marvel to Dreamwave to IDW, from G1 to Beast Wars to the movies, learn The Basics on the most prolific TF comic book writer of all time!

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TRANSFORMERS: THE BASICS on SIMON FURMAN

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James Quin @jimquin.bsky.social · 5d

She does get the same delivery-by-drone in Metro City that you do, plus obviously unlimited free xiaobing shared with Li-Fen. Whoa, there's an idea for next big patch when Alex or Ingrid drops, a side-quest to unlock new food trucks in different areas of the city!

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waltydunlop @waltydunlop.bsky.social · 5d

True "Salem's Lot" story - back in 1981, when BBC1 did "a special two-part presentation", one of my friends and I (being big strong and tough boys) decided to convene in my bedroom to watch it. IN THE DARK. Now : the layout in my bedroom - two single beds, in the middle of the room <more>

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James Quin @jimquin.bsky.social · 7d

Yes, the great Scots master of poetry and lyricism, good oul Rabbie Broon himself wrote:
Had 'em throwin' a party for a bunch of children
All the while the slime was under the building
So they packed up their group, got a grip, came equipped
Grabbed their proton packs off their back and they split

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James Quin @jimquin.bsky.social · 7d

@maxdood.bsky.social @mattmcmuscles.bsky.social I believe that Capcom's SF6 fighting pass events should give you moves in the "Other" category to add to your custom avatar. Like Allen's Triple Break and Justice Fist from EX and Fighting Layer, sort of thing.

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Charlie Ashby @charlie-ashby.co.uk · 8d

RIP Drew Struzan - a man whose talent and imagination etched onto so many minds throughout the last 40+ years.

His art & posters are some of the first visuals I think of when I think about cinema - an invitation to watch these stories and worlds.

A massive loss 💔

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James Quin @jimquin.bsky.social · 8d

Bold of you to assume EA doesn't just force entire development teams into bomb vests and employ junior middle-management types to hover their fingers over the switch like Stimpy with the History Eraser Button.

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James Quin @jimquin.bsky.social · 9d

Hell yeah, that's a sandwich I'd have for lunch. Along with a serving of perfectly golden crispy fries artfully drizzled with the same curry ketchup and sprinkled with crunchy fried onions.

James Quin @jimquin.bsky.social · 9d

The blind man waving at the camera while his dog tries to attack him again. And introducing: Haunted Victorian Doll as "Albert"

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James Quin @jimquin.bsky.social · 10d

And then it would later be colorized and used as material to fill early issues of DC's very own "Weird Mystery Tales, part of their great Bronze Age run of horror anthologies that would eventually birth Swamp Thing, and thus the Vertigo imprint.

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James Quin @jimquin.bsky.social · 10d

Drop BBC3 back to iPlayer-exclusive channel, have BBC4 maybe start broadcasting from 1pm every day. Bit more "Wisconsin Death Trip" than "Kirstie and Phil step one picometre outside London to laugh at the regional accents", if you don't mind.

Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social · 10d

I say it all the time but how is there no regular weekly TV programme about cinema or art or music (apart from Later, sometimes) or media, or books - and yet there seem to be about 45 programmes a week on the Royal Family or true crime.

James Quin @jimquin.bsky.social · 10d

No doubt he's got somebody coming in Thursday to fit the pipes that spray stage blood all over the main dining area.

James Quin @jimquin.bsky.social · 10d

Ever since my previous American import candy supplier of choice started being arsey about taking non-PayPal payments, I'd been reticent to try another. Until today, when I discovered the rather reasonably-priced WorldSnacks, selling much the same sort of items and possibly more!

They even had Little Debbie Oatmeal Pies, for fuck's sake! Sold out of them, but still! Oatmeal Pies!

James Quin @jimquin.bsky.social · 11d

Well, at least he's not hanging around with that little shit Mikey any more.

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James Quin @jimquin.bsky.social · 11d

I have to say I'm not overly fond of the way the Big Finish audio stories retconned out the '90s Tomorrow People. By saying that yes, they DID exist but their "breaking out" actually killed them and everything that happened to them was a shared dying hallucination.

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James Quin @jimquin.bsky.social · 11d

@britishcrisps.bsky.social @cheapshow.bsky.social These are a welcome surprise! Part of the latest Indian-inspired product rollout at Aldi. Give off a pleasing aromatic huff of spices that soon go full SWAT team battering-ram on your tongue, you'll be wanting a cool drink handy. #TheSnackPalace

Forget "Andy Capp" branded crunchy fries, these are fully full-on "Dave Lister" snacks. Best enjoyed with a beer milkshake, perhaps?

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James Quin @jimquin.bsky.social · 11d

Idea for the opening shot of a murder-mystery film:
Man (late 50s) found with "internal decapitation" and his penis up to the hilt in a cup of McDonald's strawberry milkshake. No marks on the body, no obvious signs of a struggle anywhere. Initial X-ray reveals missing disc in spinal column...