Paul Campbell
@almondslice.bsky.social
Film and music enthusiast, DW enjoyer, game player, mandolin persister. Parent, he/him, UKer. East Kent.
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We need to look at creative ways of dealing with shop lifting.
One solution might be to ask shops to write to each thief in advance, to re-assert their rights to their products, and to opt out of having them taken.
Such a solution recognises the unique challenges and balances the rights of the…
One solution might be to ask shops to write to each thief in advance, to re-assert their rights to their products, and to opt out of having them taken.
Such a solution recognises the unique challenges and balances the rights of the…
March 26, 2025 at 9:42 AM
We need to look at creative ways of dealing with shop lifting.
One solution might be to ask shops to write to each thief in advance, to re-assert their rights to their products, and to opt out of having them taken.
Such a solution recognises the unique challenges and balances the rights of the…
One solution might be to ask shops to write to each thief in advance, to re-assert their rights to their products, and to opt out of having them taken.
Such a solution recognises the unique challenges and balances the rights of the…
Reposted by Paul Campbell
Every year the IFS publishes a version of this chart. Every year people ask why that blue line is so high. Every year the sector can’t answer. Not really 🧵
November 25, 2024 at 6:02 PM
Every year the IFS publishes a version of this chart. Every year people ask why that blue line is so high. Every year the sector can’t answer. Not really 🧵
Reposted by Paul Campbell
Slowly building a new recording nook in my new space - still unpacking/work in progress, but everything's easier with a buddy (tune is 'Red Prairie Dawn')
November 22, 2024 at 9:35 PM
Slowly building a new recording nook in my new space - still unpacking/work in progress, but everything's easier with a buddy (tune is 'Red Prairie Dawn')
My least favourite part of playing mandolin. First course done = the worst is over and chances of being hit in the eye by a rogue string snapping feel lessened (this has never happened, but it doesn't stop me worrying)
November 20, 2024 at 12:59 PM
My least favourite part of playing mandolin. First course done = the worst is over and chances of being hit in the eye by a rogue string snapping feel lessened (this has never happened, but it doesn't stop me worrying)
Charity shopping after work yesterday and experienced the shock of seeing someone you know in an unexpected and unfamiliar context. A real conscious effort not to buy it.
November 15, 2024 at 5:38 PM
Charity shopping after work yesterday and experienced the shock of seeing someone you know in an unexpected and unfamiliar context. A real conscious effort not to buy it.
SM1975: Brian Eno - Another Green World
More accomplished but also more bloodless than Warm Jets. The move towards instrumental textures as mood objectives rather than song colour means compositions arriving in a completed state and without development over their duration. Sometimes this works -
More accomplished but also more bloodless than Warm Jets. The move towards instrumental textures as mood objectives rather than song colour means compositions arriving in a completed state and without development over their duration. Sometimes this works -
November 2, 2024 at 7:16 PM
SM1975: Brian Eno - Another Green World
More accomplished but also more bloodless than Warm Jets. The move towards instrumental textures as mood objectives rather than song colour means compositions arriving in a completed state and without development over their duration. Sometimes this works -
More accomplished but also more bloodless than Warm Jets. The move towards instrumental textures as mood objectives rather than song colour means compositions arriving in a completed state and without development over their duration. Sometimes this works -
SM1975: Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
The glacial opening feels cumbersomely portentous in this context, but this is so immaculately put together at a recording level that a certain aloofness feels forgivable. It's grumpy though, and cynical - but the sense of grove is intact. The best bit is...
The glacial opening feels cumbersomely portentous in this context, but this is so immaculately put together at a recording level that a certain aloofness feels forgivable. It's grumpy though, and cynical - but the sense of grove is intact. The best bit is...
November 1, 2024 at 5:32 PM
SM1975: Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
The glacial opening feels cumbersomely portentous in this context, but this is so immaculately put together at a recording level that a certain aloofness feels forgivable. It's grumpy though, and cynical - but the sense of grove is intact. The best bit is...
The glacial opening feels cumbersomely portentous in this context, but this is so immaculately put together at a recording level that a certain aloofness feels forgivable. It's grumpy though, and cynical - but the sense of grove is intact. The best bit is...
SM1975: Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
My first go at listening to Springsteen and I wasn't expecting so much Meat Loaf. It's a pretty murky roar of sound though. Which might be why my favourite is the track with breathing room, Meeting Across the River a fantastically empathetic piece of...
My first go at listening to Springsteen and I wasn't expecting so much Meat Loaf. It's a pretty murky roar of sound though. Which might be why my favourite is the track with breathing room, Meeting Across the River a fantastically empathetic piece of...
November 1, 2024 at 8:08 AM
SM1975: Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
My first go at listening to Springsteen and I wasn't expecting so much Meat Loaf. It's a pretty murky roar of sound though. Which might be why my favourite is the track with breathing room, Meeting Across the River a fantastically empathetic piece of...
My first go at listening to Springsteen and I wasn't expecting so much Meat Loaf. It's a pretty murky roar of sound though. Which might be why my favourite is the track with breathing room, Meeting Across the River a fantastically empathetic piece of...
SM1975: Lou Reed - Metal Machine Music
This album is great. A warm bath of distraction and teasing overload. It's so good that - no joke - the spaces between the tracks also sound amazing. It's great when it's on, and it's great in a different way when it stops.
This album is great. A warm bath of distraction and teasing overload. It's so good that - no joke - the spaces between the tracks also sound amazing. It's great when it's on, and it's great in a different way when it stops.
October 25, 2024 at 4:40 PM
SM1975: Lou Reed - Metal Machine Music
This album is great. A warm bath of distraction and teasing overload. It's so good that - no joke - the spaces between the tracks also sound amazing. It's great when it's on, and it's great in a different way when it stops.
This album is great. A warm bath of distraction and teasing overload. It's so good that - no joke - the spaces between the tracks also sound amazing. It's great when it's on, and it's great in a different way when it stops.
SM1975: Neu! '75
I like the calm and reflective side 1 better than the thrashy side 2 - basically the stuff that sounds most like their first album, except I think lead track Isi is better than any of that. What the thrashy stuff misses is the sense of space, and small sounds within it, or...
I like the calm and reflective side 1 better than the thrashy side 2 - basically the stuff that sounds most like their first album, except I think lead track Isi is better than any of that. What the thrashy stuff misses is the sense of space, and small sounds within it, or...
October 17, 2024 at 12:32 PM
SM1975: Neu! '75
I like the calm and reflective side 1 better than the thrashy side 2 - basically the stuff that sounds most like their first album, except I think lead track Isi is better than any of that. What the thrashy stuff misses is the sense of space, and small sounds within it, or...
I like the calm and reflective side 1 better than the thrashy side 2 - basically the stuff that sounds most like their first album, except I think lead track Isi is better than any of that. What the thrashy stuff misses is the sense of space, and small sounds within it, or...
SM1975: Neil Young - Tonight's the Night
I always think I remember less of this than it turns out I actually do, so this sneaks up on me in a pleasant way helped by the deliberately unfixed in-the-moment takes. More living than live, and never finished. Faves Speaking Out, Borrowed Tune, Tired Eyes
I always think I remember less of this than it turns out I actually do, so this sneaks up on me in a pleasant way helped by the deliberately unfixed in-the-moment takes. More living than live, and never finished. Faves Speaking Out, Borrowed Tune, Tired Eyes
October 17, 2024 at 7:22 AM
SM1975: Neil Young - Tonight's the Night
I always think I remember less of this than it turns out I actually do, so this sneaks up on me in a pleasant way helped by the deliberately unfixed in-the-moment takes. More living than live, and never finished. Faves Speaking Out, Borrowed Tune, Tired Eyes
I always think I remember less of this than it turns out I actually do, so this sneaks up on me in a pleasant way helped by the deliberately unfixed in-the-moment takes. More living than live, and never finished. Faves Speaking Out, Borrowed Tune, Tired Eyes
SM1975: Wings - Venus and Mars
On surface better than Band in the Run, but maybe not so good over length - I prefer 80% of this. McCartney's Beatles-filtered stylistic conceits mostly work, and the band has the muscle elsewhere to balance out the ones that only nearly do. I love the mellotron...
On surface better than Band in the Run, but maybe not so good over length - I prefer 80% of this. McCartney's Beatles-filtered stylistic conceits mostly work, and the band has the muscle elsewhere to balance out the ones that only nearly do. I love the mellotron...
October 10, 2024 at 5:27 PM
SM1975: Wings - Venus and Mars
On surface better than Band in the Run, but maybe not so good over length - I prefer 80% of this. McCartney's Beatles-filtered stylistic conceits mostly work, and the band has the muscle elsewhere to balance out the ones that only nearly do. I love the mellotron...
On surface better than Band in the Run, but maybe not so good over length - I prefer 80% of this. McCartney's Beatles-filtered stylistic conceits mostly work, and the band has the muscle elsewhere to balance out the ones that only nearly do. I love the mellotron...
I watched Threads for the first and so far only time in 2007 or 2008 when I was working a weekend or late night shift by myself. On the tube home I gave my seat up to others at every opportunity.
October 9, 2024 at 10:33 PM
I watched Threads for the first and so far only time in 2007 or 2008 when I was working a weekend or late night shift by myself. On the tube home I gave my seat up to others at every opportunity.
SM1975: Funkadelic - Let's Take it to the Stage
So maybe it's just the horns that are solely Parliament. This has gone up in my estimation - I can appreciate that I Owe You Something Good isn't slow, it's heavy, that No Backstage Pass is a Cosmic Slop style nightmare, and those two centrepiece...
So maybe it's just the horns that are solely Parliament. This has gone up in my estimation - I can appreciate that I Owe You Something Good isn't slow, it's heavy, that No Backstage Pass is a Cosmic Slop style nightmare, and those two centrepiece...
October 6, 2024 at 8:12 AM
SM1975: Funkadelic - Let's Take it to the Stage
So maybe it's just the horns that are solely Parliament. This has gone up in my estimation - I can appreciate that I Owe You Something Good isn't slow, it's heavy, that No Backstage Pass is a Cosmic Slop style nightmare, and those two centrepiece...
So maybe it's just the horns that are solely Parliament. This has gone up in my estimation - I can appreciate that I Owe You Something Good isn't slow, it's heavy, that No Backstage Pass is a Cosmic Slop style nightmare, and those two centrepiece...
SM1975: Parliament - Chocolate City
The horns, keys, girl group backing vox and here the incredible gulping throttling bass sound sets this apart from Funkadelic, even as the similarities are clear - I Misjudged You does right what America Eats It's Young tried and couldn't. But this feels...
The horns, keys, girl group backing vox and here the incredible gulping throttling bass sound sets this apart from Funkadelic, even as the similarities are clear - I Misjudged You does right what America Eats It's Young tried and couldn't. But this feels...
October 4, 2024 at 7:49 AM
SM1975: Parliament - Chocolate City
The horns, keys, girl group backing vox and here the incredible gulping throttling bass sound sets this apart from Funkadelic, even as the similarities are clear - I Misjudged You does right what America Eats It's Young tried and couldn't. But this feels...
The horns, keys, girl group backing vox and here the incredible gulping throttling bass sound sets this apart from Funkadelic, even as the similarities are clear - I Misjudged You does right what America Eats It's Young tried and couldn't. But this feels...
SM1975: Rick Wakeman - The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table
Wakeman tried to split the difference between the approach of his first two albums - an indistinguishable narrative told through individual character pieces. These are often prefaced by a chorale giving..
Wakeman tried to split the difference between the approach of his first two albums - an indistinguishable narrative told through individual character pieces. These are often prefaced by a chorale giving..
October 3, 2024 at 7:53 PM
SM1975: Rick Wakeman - The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table
Wakeman tried to split the difference between the approach of his first two albums - an indistinguishable narrative told through individual character pieces. These are often prefaced by a chorale giving..
Wakeman tried to split the difference between the approach of his first two albums - an indistinguishable narrative told through individual character pieces. These are often prefaced by a chorale giving..
SM1975: David Bowie - Young Americans
This is such a confident album, and I love that here. The title track is great, but my faves are Win with it's sunlight through steam cloud saxophone, and the attempt in Fascination to give every instrument the sound of a Clavinet. Bowie shows a lot of...
This is such a confident album, and I love that here. The title track is great, but my faves are Win with it's sunlight through steam cloud saxophone, and the attempt in Fascination to give every instrument the sound of a Clavinet. Bowie shows a lot of...
October 3, 2024 at 4:32 PM
SM1975: David Bowie - Young Americans
This is such a confident album, and I love that here. The title track is great, but my faves are Win with it's sunlight through steam cloud saxophone, and the attempt in Fascination to give every instrument the sound of a Clavinet. Bowie shows a lot of...
This is such a confident album, and I love that here. The title track is great, but my faves are Win with it's sunlight through steam cloud saxophone, and the attempt in Fascination to give every instrument the sound of a Clavinet. Bowie shows a lot of...
SM1975: Steely Dan
The Showbiz Kids comp has 5 tracks from Katy Lied, and there is not one of them that I like. Black Friday comes closest but flubs musically on the 'don't let it fall on me' line. I've never paid attention to what came from where before, so this is semi-useful information to me!
The Showbiz Kids comp has 5 tracks from Katy Lied, and there is not one of them that I like. Black Friday comes closest but flubs musically on the 'don't let it fall on me' line. I've never paid attention to what came from where before, so this is semi-useful information to me!
October 2, 2024 at 7:53 AM
SM1975: Steely Dan
The Showbiz Kids comp has 5 tracks from Katy Lied, and there is not one of them that I like. Black Friday comes closest but flubs musically on the 'don't let it fall on me' line. I've never paid attention to what came from where before, so this is semi-useful information to me!
The Showbiz Kids comp has 5 tracks from Katy Lied, and there is not one of them that I like. Black Friday comes closest but flubs musically on the 'don't let it fall on me' line. I've never paid attention to what came from where before, so this is semi-useful information to me!
SM1975: Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
Swaggering, enormous, and getting by on heft the first disc of this is unstoppable. The supposed variety of the second disc fights against Bonham's heavy and homogenising clump, but still has it's moments. But the good stuff is among the band's best, and..
Swaggering, enormous, and getting by on heft the first disc of this is unstoppable. The supposed variety of the second disc fights against Bonham's heavy and homogenising clump, but still has it's moments. But the good stuff is among the band's best, and..
October 1, 2024 at 6:49 PM
SM1975: Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
Swaggering, enormous, and getting by on heft the first disc of this is unstoppable. The supposed variety of the second disc fights against Bonham's heavy and homogenising clump, but still has it's moments. But the good stuff is among the band's best, and..
Swaggering, enormous, and getting by on heft the first disc of this is unstoppable. The supposed variety of the second disc fights against Bonham's heavy and homogenising clump, but still has it's moments. But the good stuff is among the band's best, and..
SM1975: John Lennon - Rock N Roll
It's good when played straight - I like the first four tracks best, but slow down and bloat, the kind of thickening of instrumentation against the spare originals, takes a toll. By the end it sounds like it may have been more enjoyable to make than to listen to -
It's good when played straight - I like the first four tracks best, but slow down and bloat, the kind of thickening of instrumentation against the spare originals, takes a toll. By the end it sounds like it may have been more enjoyable to make than to listen to -
September 30, 2024 at 8:56 PM
SM1975: John Lennon - Rock N Roll
It's good when played straight - I like the first four tracks best, but slow down and bloat, the kind of thickening of instrumentation against the spare originals, takes a toll. By the end it sounds like it may have been more enjoyable to make than to listen to -
It's good when played straight - I like the first four tracks best, but slow down and bloat, the kind of thickening of instrumentation against the spare originals, takes a toll. By the end it sounds like it may have been more enjoyable to make than to listen to -
SM1975: T.Rex - Bolan's Zip Gun
I think the common perception of this as T.Rex's least successful album needs quantifying - the distance is not great, and this is in no way bad. Actually this is a much happier and more focused record than Zinc Alloy. Bolan's reformated sound is more harmonious - ..
I think the common perception of this as T.Rex's least successful album needs quantifying - the distance is not great, and this is in no way bad. Actually this is a much happier and more focused record than Zinc Alloy. Bolan's reformated sound is more harmonious - ..
September 25, 2024 at 10:08 AM
SM1975: T.Rex - Bolan's Zip Gun
I think the common perception of this as T.Rex's least successful album needs quantifying - the distance is not great, and this is in no way bad. Actually this is a much happier and more focused record than Zinc Alloy. Bolan's reformated sound is more harmonious - ..
I think the common perception of this as T.Rex's least successful album needs quantifying - the distance is not great, and this is in no way bad. Actually this is a much happier and more focused record than Zinc Alloy. Bolan's reformated sound is more harmonious - ..
SM1975: Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
I've never really jibed with this before, but on this pass I had to go round another 3 times because it was all so good. Bob is in great voice here, and how did I miss that Idiot Wind was humourous more than bitter? Maybe held directly against his 60s...
I've never really jibed with this before, but on this pass I had to go round another 3 times because it was all so good. Bob is in great voice here, and how did I miss that Idiot Wind was humourous more than bitter? Maybe held directly against his 60s...
September 21, 2024 at 5:28 PM
SM1975: Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
I've never really jibed with this before, but on this pass I had to go round another 3 times because it was all so good. Bob is in great voice here, and how did I miss that Idiot Wind was humourous more than bitter? Maybe held directly against his 60s...
I've never really jibed with this before, but on this pass I had to go round another 3 times because it was all so good. Bob is in great voice here, and how did I miss that Idiot Wind was humourous more than bitter? Maybe held directly against his 60s...
SM1974: Can - Soon Over Babaluma
I like this better than Future Days, and Damo's absence surprisingly isn't a hinderance. The violin work adds a different and very worthwhile dimension to the sound and for the first half these tunes have that Can nag and pull. Chain Reaction feels like it should...
I like this better than Future Days, and Damo's absence surprisingly isn't a hinderance. The violin work adds a different and very worthwhile dimension to the sound and for the first half these tunes have that Can nag and pull. Chain Reaction feels like it should...
September 20, 2024 at 7:19 AM
SM1974: Can - Soon Over Babaluma
I like this better than Future Days, and Damo's absence surprisingly isn't a hinderance. The violin work adds a different and very worthwhile dimension to the sound and for the first half these tunes have that Can nag and pull. Chain Reaction feels like it should...
I like this better than Future Days, and Damo's absence surprisingly isn't a hinderance. The violin work adds a different and very worthwhile dimension to the sound and for the first half these tunes have that Can nag and pull. Chain Reaction feels like it should...
Accidentally picked up Old El Paso jalepeños instead of shop's own brand at the weekend and have been shocked to discover they are equivalent to cucumber on the Scoville scale. Thought I would eat through them, but may have to chuck to end the constant disappointment and get back to the real ones
September 19, 2024 at 10:22 AM
Accidentally picked up Old El Paso jalepeños instead of shop's own brand at the weekend and have been shocked to discover they are equivalent to cucumber on the Scoville scale. Thought I would eat through them, but may have to chuck to end the constant disappointment and get back to the real ones
SM1974: Ringo Starr - Goodnight Vienna
I like this better than Walls and Bridges. The trilogy of did-you-hear-my-band-broke-up/can we get back together songs hit Ringo's underdog sweet spot - Husbands and Wives, All By Myself, and Call Me especially as it threatens to tumble into a half speed...
I like this better than Walls and Bridges. The trilogy of did-you-hear-my-band-broke-up/can we get back together songs hit Ringo's underdog sweet spot - Husbands and Wives, All By Myself, and Call Me especially as it threatens to tumble into a half speed...
September 19, 2024 at 7:19 AM
SM1974: Ringo Starr - Goodnight Vienna
I like this better than Walls and Bridges. The trilogy of did-you-hear-my-band-broke-up/can we get back together songs hit Ringo's underdog sweet spot - Husbands and Wives, All By Myself, and Call Me especially as it threatens to tumble into a half speed...
I like this better than Walls and Bridges. The trilogy of did-you-hear-my-band-broke-up/can we get back together songs hit Ringo's underdog sweet spot - Husbands and Wives, All By Myself, and Call Me especially as it threatens to tumble into a half speed...