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Alex Monteith
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Husband & Father
Leukaemia survivor
Reluctant Essex boy clinging to Lancastrian & Scottish heritage
Tottenham Hotspur victim
Music fan
Free Palestine
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Revisiting this as I've seen it on a few end of year lists and I don't recall it being particularly noteworthy on first listen. Not sure what planet I was on that day, it's spectacular.

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Album cover for Djrum’s 'Under Tangled Silence'. The main body of the cover is a blurry, mix of green and blue shapes on a pale grey background, I think it may be portrait photos of the artist's head in various positions. The artist name and album title are below on a white background that frames the main image.
December 1, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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Honestly staggering how much Nikita looks like Gru's brother from Despicable Me 3

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Dru from the Despicable Me franchise. He's got a round face, dark set eyes a long pointy nose and shoulder length blond hair in a centre parting. He's wearing a white jacket and a white scarf
November 29, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Really enjoying this, great tv. Nobody plays 'snivelling little toad' like Matthew McFadden.
A poster for the netflix series 'Death By Lightning'. The poster mimics the stars and stripes but upright with the blue corner in the top right hand side. The two leading characters can be seen at the bottom of the image, Michael Shannon's 'James Garfield' is on the right hand side facing away from Matthew McFadden's 'Charles Guiteau' who is pointing a gun at his head. The stripes coming from James Garfield's head look like lightning bolts
November 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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I was on the fence about purchasing 'Album Name' by 'Artist Name' but this has swung me, thanks Rough Trade
"Artist Name has truly outdone themselves with this latest release, solidifying their place in the music industry as a powerhouse of creativity and passion. Don't miss out on experiencing the magic of Artist Name and their incredible album Album Name. Get your copy today and immerse yourself in the world of their music."
November 28, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Created some balance in my universe by immediately ordering a lovely rug that's going to tie my living room together
Jeff Bridges as The Dude in The Big Lebowski. He's a middle aged man with shoulder length hair and a greying goatee that grows down below his chin. He's leaning in a doorway in a pale mauve dressing gown holding a white Russian cocktail
November 28, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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You just died.

The sixth picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
A strange hand-written note I found on my driveway this morning. It says: Marked BMW X5 Jeep Talking Speeding Speeding 50mph-40mph Pluging charger Call 1061 Straigh away Not deliting(?) 2061
November 27, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Just had a nice photo with some cool graffiti I took years ago pop up in memories. One of those rare features of modern technology I actively really like.
A tired old blue shelter with benches sits above a pebble beach in front of a blue sky with some dark grey fluffy clouds. There is grafitti visible on the bench, "GET HIGH" in large letters, with "tax pays for war against the poor" underneath. Behind the shelter you can see a block of flats that almost go up like steps.
November 27, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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They're all like that
A tweet by Arsenal fan podcast "Le Grove" it reads: "Arsenal isn't just a football club-it's a cultural phenomenon. The global reaction to their success shows they operate on another level. All thanks to Mikel Arteta's vision and drive. #Arsenal #Arteta"
November 27, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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Dangerous children's playground or contemporary art piece?
A photo of an ominous looking tangle of chains and plastic ball like objects that was once part of a children's playground on a sandy/pebbly beach.
November 27, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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Two albums in a year! Are Sharp Pins the successor to GBV in more than just sound?
Sharp Pins - Balloon Balloon Balloon (2025) A vintage style reminiscent of the psychedelic era featuring a circular black and white photo framed by ornate yellow scrollwork on a bright orange background. Inside the circle, a person stands outdoors beneath a large umbrella decorated with red dots. The album title is curved inside the top of the photo in a warped psychedelic font and the artist name is in the bottom left corner of the photo in a smaller poppier font
November 27, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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Looks like an evil Edwardian industrialist
Peter Crouch with a hefty moustache.
November 26, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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Just watched Dear Zachary. 10/10, would not recommend, and I may never forgive my wife for suggesting we watch it.

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Film poster for Dear Zachary: A Letter To A Son About His Father. It's an illustration of an autumnal tree that has been sliced through the middle with an elderly couple on either side, there are a series of frames in the centre of the tree with different items like a gun and justice scales and a small boy at the top of the tree.
November 24, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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Been calling this 'barn brick' my entire adult life like some sort of idiot. Thanks a lot Mum
Five slices of intensely well buttered barmbrack (a sort of fruit loaf) on a chopping board
November 24, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Not many debuts that pair as well with an artists final album as this does. Mission statement to epitaph
Photo of Gil Scott-Heron's final studio album I'm New Here. The cover is a close up black and white photograph of the profile of his face smoking a cigarette with his eyes closed. The album title is in the top left corner in pink font with his name in green font below. The cover is sitting on top of the inlay which is a black and white photo of the artist from the shoulders up. Both are on a teak wooden table
November 24, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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"You motherfuckers are nothing, you cannot harm me, I'll resurrect every aborted baby and start an army, storm the planet, huntin' you down..."
Pope Leo speaking into a microphone. It looks like he's singing karaoke.
November 24, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Graham Potter looking out of his depth on a training pitch in a navy blue Chelsea tracksuit Thomas Frank looking out of his depth on a training pitch in a navy blue Spurs tracksuit Pam from The Office saying "they're the same picture"
November 24, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Best soundtrack ever

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A section taken from the cover of the official soundtrack for the 1972 film "The Harder They Come" starring Jimmy Cliff. The image is a collage of illustrations featuring a gangster with a pistol in each hand and aviator sunglasses on, Jimmy Cliff singing, a dreadlocked man on a motorbike, a high rise building and a soft top car. The album/film title is across the top in funky 70s style font
November 24, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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Gone but never forgotten. Greggs could never
Photo of a Bakers Oven shop front. Their branding was a really classy maroon with a flash of mint green.
November 20, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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Revisiting the album of the decade and continuing to cross my fingers for some UK dates.

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November 18, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Bunkering down from the cold for the afternoon.

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A hand holding a copy of Roy Harper - Stormcock in front of a wooden shelving unit housing stereo equipment, books and records
November 18, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Richie Rich
A portrait of a Tudor lord and Privy Councillor called Richard Rich
November 17, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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Manifesting
A screenshot from Wallace and Gromit Vengeance Most Fowl that shows Gromit's beautiful English garden before Norbot ruins it
November 16, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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Last seven days. Lots of classics, some first time listens, some AOTY contenders, and one enforced listen to a band I no longer respect
25 albums in a 5x5 grid, left to right: Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One Broadcast - Tender Buttons Unwound - Leave Turn Inside You Valerie June - Owls, Omens, and Oracles D.K. Harrell - Talkin' Heavy Greg Freeman - Burnover Hatchie - Licourice Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation Sorry - Cosplay Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister Cate Le Bon - Michelangelo Constant Smiles - Moonflowers St. Paul & The Broken Bones - Self Titled Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited Insecure Men - A Man For All Seasons Tortoise - Touch Horsegirl - Phonetics On & On Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool Nick Drake - Bryter Later Steve Gunn - Daylight Daylight Mavis Staples - Sad & Beautiful World Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue Keith Jarrett - The Köln Concert Neil Young - No album image for some reason and it says Over & Over but it must have been Ragged Glory Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left
November 14, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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Noticed a free to use sensory booth thing in my local shopping centre today, pretty cool idea
A photo of a 'Cubbie' sensory booth in a shopping centre. It's a large box with doors, akin to a photobooth
November 13, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Just seen the trailer for the film and was reminded it's been a while. Feels quite autumnal as well actually.

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Hand holding the record sleeve of a copy of Keith Jarrett - The Koln Concert
November 13, 2025 at 2:42 PM