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PaulaGoodale

@paulagoodale.bsky.social

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Infopro, currently working on an NHS EPR, but this is mostly music, theatre, arts, Sheffield, cats & a bit of leftish politics... Also, @Sheffiness on IG for anyone who likes fuzzy phone gig pics

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PaulaGoodale @paulagoodale.bsky.social · Nov 18

I made a starter pack - mainly to see how it works - comprising some of my music picks - artists and labels - indie with a UK flavour...

I also have a much longer list via my profile page, with loads of additional music related accounts on it.

#IndieMusic
#StarterPack

go.bsky.app/QdRyiTN

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Danny Birchall @dannybirchall.bsky.social · 1d

I wrote a thing about seasickness 🚢 ⛵ 🚢 🤢 🤮

poheritage.com/story/pitchi...

Pitching and rolling: a short history of seasickness | P&O Heritage

Since Ancient Greece, mariners have known seasickness, but a cure has remained elusive, even to doctors intimately acquainted with life at sea.

poheritage.com

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PaulaGoodale @paulagoodale.bsky.social · 1d

On a related note, the ubiquity of Google (other search engines are available) has a tendency to kill curiosity, providing a false sense of 'certainty' far too quickly.

The path of least effort can be irresistible in a world that's always switched on.

AI, of course, only serves to exacerbate this

PaulaGoodale @paulagoodale.bsky.social · 1d

Wasps

PaulaGoodale @paulagoodale.bsky.social · 1d

And yes, I definitely need to put my phone down more often and give in to the creative forces of boredom and uncertainty!

PaulaGoodale @paulagoodale.bsky.social · 1d

And I still soak up other people's creativity like a sponge... whether that is music, art, theatre... and more than a bit of a collector of their outputs, and performances.

And alongside that I now have an expanding collection of 'kit' and materials... squirrelling for future bursts of creativity

PaulaGoodale @paulagoodale.bsky.social · 1d

Remarkably, I turned to active participation in creativity after the age of 40, having had this stifled out of me during my more formative years (I was a bright kid and was manoeuvred into mainly academic pursuits).

I'm still very much a dabbler, but now more much less self-critical...

PaulaGoodale @paulagoodale.bsky.social · 1d

I've dabbled with photography, print-making, drawing and painting, mixed media... and one of these days I will endeavour to learn to play an instrument of some kind.

Others I know are more in tune with 'making'... pottery, yarn crafts, dress- and jewellery-making...

PaulaGoodale @paulagoodale.bsky.social · 1d

An interesting idea, with probably more than a grain of truth.

What I do know from lived experience, is that creative pursuits are balm for the depressed or anxious brain. Time flies, hyper focus sets in, and there's something intensely satisfying with a result even marginally aligned with 'art'.

Open Culture @openculture.bsky.social · 1d

Lynda Barry on How the Smartphone Is Endangering Three Ingredients of Creativity: Loneliness, Uncertainty & Boredom

The phone gives us a lot but it takes away three key elements of discovery: loneliness, uncertainty and boredom.

www.openculture.com

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Richard Hawley @richardhawley.bsky.social · 2d

💐 Coles Corner ❤️ Sheffield
Richard & band will be joined by a string section to perform Coles Corner in full at Sheffield’s City Hall on Tuesday 16th Dec!

Sign up for early access to the presale which goes live this Thursday 16th Oct 10am bit.ly/RichardHawleySignUp

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Richard Hawley @richardhawley.bsky.social · 2d

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#colescorner20 #colescorner

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Abbeydale Brewery @abbeydalebeers.bsky.social · 3d

One of the highlights of our local calendar, the fantastic Sheffield CAMRA Beer Festival starts on Wednesday! There'll be plenty of our beer on the bar (including the first pour of our latest Funk Dungeon release!) alongside hundreds of other tasty treats! Let us know if we'll see you there?!

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Chortle @chortle.bsky.social · 3d

Weekend catch-up: David Baddiel is to make a Channel 4 series about cats. http://dlvr.it/TNd7lp

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Steel City Vegan @indashadoz.bsky.social · 3d

Great interview by @johnrobbofficial.bsky.social with Budgie about Big In Japan, The Banshees, The Creatures and his book, ‘The Absence’, which is every bit as essential as you’d think.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=7SgP...

Budgie : The John Robb interview

YouTube video by JOHN ROBB

m.youtube.com

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PaulaGoodale @paulagoodale.bsky.social · 3d

*that should say 'another', not mother

PaulaGoodale @paulagoodale.bsky.social · 3d

Small kitty, advising us of the folly of climbing so many steps.

And mother one in a makeshift hammock, around half way up.

#NotMyCat
#GreekCats

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PaulaGoodale @paulagoodale.bsky.social · 3d

Proof we made it to the top!

PaulaGoodale @paulagoodale.bsky.social · 3d

Symi, yesterday.

Climbed hundreds of steps up to the little blue and white church at the top... then managed a prat fall on the way back to the late ferry at the far end of the flat harbour.

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WHAT A FUCKING RECORD @whatafuckingrecord.bsky.social · 3d

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PaulaGoodale @paulagoodale.bsky.social · 4d

God Only Knows wouldn't make my top 5 from The Beach Boys - I don't get the all round adulation either. This one I love, but probably no. 3 after Do It Again and Sloop John B.

PaulaGoodale @paulagoodale.bsky.social · 5d

What's stopping you @livenationuk.bsky.social?

Ticketmaster routinely adds up to 30% fees for a ticket at Sheffield City Hall, and facilitates dynamic pricing. A mandatory £1 levy on all LN promoted stadium, arena & larger festival tickets could do so much good

www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...

There’s a £1 idea that could save small music venues. Is Live Nation holding it back?

Artists including Coldplay and Katy Perry have got behind a plan to fund small venues from big gigs – but owners say that without Live Nation on board, it could fail

www.theguardian.com

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@TJChambers @tjchambers.bsky.social · 5d

James Hanley | @ianmurraymp.bsky.social UK Culture Ministers Vows 'We Will Cap (#Ticket) Resale Prices' | @iqmagazine.com

www.iqmagazine.com/2025/10/uk-c...

UK culture minister: 'We will cap resale prices'

MP Ian Murray has warned ticket touts "the days of industrial profiteering will end" as the government moves forward with its plans

www.iqmagazine.com

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Clash Magazine @clashmusic.com · 5d

REVIEW: English Teacher's multi-faceted 'This Could Be A Remix Album' is an eclectic re-working of their Mercury-winning debut...

www.clashmusic.com/reviews/engl...

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PaulaGoodale @paulagoodale.bsky.social · 6d

One of the greatest documentary photographers

PaulaGoodale @paulagoodale.bsky.social · 6d

Like lions after slumber, in unvanquishable number, on yeah...

WHAT A FUCKING RECORD @whatafuckingrecord.bsky.social · 6d

PaulaGoodale @paulagoodale.bsky.social · 6d

Contender for funkiest protest song EVER

WHAT A FUCKING RECORD @whatafuckingrecord.bsky.social · 6d

EDWIN STARR WAR HUH WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR ABSOLUTELEE NUFFIN