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Gerard Starkie
@gerardstarkie.bsky.social
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Musician/singer
Solo stuff and The Jesus Bolt
Ex Witness and Blue Aeroplanes
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I’m going to be playing at The Spinning Top , Stockport this coming Wednesday 17th Sept. Bit last minute, I’ll post full details shortly.
September 13, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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The jazzmaster bringing a smile to my face. New Jesus Bolt ep session underway in Winterbourne yesterday.
August 9, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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Tail in coffee
August 7, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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Bandcamp Friday again. Here’s my latest 👇

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Looking Up Through Consciousness, by Gerard Starkie
track by Gerard Starkie
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August 1, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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My latest single ‘Looking Up Through Consciousness’ is now up on Spotify 👇
Looking Up Through Consciousness
Gerard Starkie · Looking Up Through Consciousness · Song · 2025
open.spotify.com
June 25, 2025 at 6:28 AM
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The Jesus Bolt at yesterday’s launch of Hazel’s new poetry book ‘I Didn’t See Any Bloody Angels’. You can now get the book from Bandcamp along with free accompanying Jesus Bolt track ‘Nobby Stiles’ Special Cake’.

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Photo by Malcolm Harvey
June 2, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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New on the blog: Videos from the Jesus Bolt and @gerardstarkie.bsky.social

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Videos: The Jesus Bolt / Gerard Starkie
A shout out for the excellent Jesus Bolt from Bristol
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May 13, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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It’s Bandcamp Friday again so today would be a good day to grab my new single ‘Looking Up Through Consciousness’ if you have a mind to. Cheers.

rocksvirkerecords.bandcamp.com/track/lookin...
Looking Up Through Consciousness, by Gerard Starkie
track by Gerard Starkie
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May 2, 2025 at 5:32 AM
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The cat displaying her usual levels of enthusiasm for my new material.
April 20, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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Here’s the video to my new single ‘Looking Up Through Consciousness’ Bandcamp link in comments.

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Gerard Starkie - Looking Up Through Consciousness (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Gerard Starkie
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March 29, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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Here’s the video to my new single ‘Looking Up Through Consciousness’ Bandcamp link in comments.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=50vB...
Gerard Starkie - Looking Up Through Consciousness (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Gerard Starkie
www.youtube.com
March 29, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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I had a great time opening for the fantastic @theloftuk.bsky.social in Bristol and London this weekend.The Lovely Basement also played a blinder in Bristol as did Oldfield Youth Club in London.Thanks to @bizarropromo.bsky.social for making it happen.
March 23, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Interruptions 🐾
March 22, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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My new single/video ‘Looking Up Through Consciousness’ is coming out on 28th March. Here’s a live solo version of it from a little while ago in Chester.

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Gerard Starkie - Looking Up Through Consciousness (Live at St Mary's Creative Space, Chester 2024)
YouTube video by Gerard Starkie
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March 14, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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Creation Records legends, @theloftuk.bsky.social are live at The Thunderbolt Bristol on Friday 21st March with guests The Lovely Basement and @gerardstarkie.bsky.social . Get your tickets now wegottickets.com/event/635570 louderthanwar.com/the-loft-fee...
The Loft: Feel Good Now - single review & video
A classic song that ranks alongside timeless gems from the Beatles, Kinks and Modern Lovers. Do The Loft really deserve such high praise?
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February 8, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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@creationrecords.bsky.social legends @theloftuk.bsky.social l are live @thelexingtonlondon.bsky.social ,Saturday 22nd March with guests Oldfield Youth Club and @gerardstarkie.bsky.social
Get your tickets now wegottickets.com/event/635582

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The Loft: video premiere and album out in March 2025
The Loft unveil great video for Dr Clarke and announce 'new'/,debut album 39 years on from their original split.
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January 11, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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I’m very much looking forward to opening for @theloftuk.bsky.social at the Bristol and London dates of their UK tour in March.
January 9, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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#NowPlaying
The Misunderstood - I Can Take You To The Sun
1966 Single
I Can Take You To The Sun by The Misunderstood 1966
YouTube video by Astrological Gems
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January 6, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Heralding the arrival of dinner.
December 31, 2024 at 8:49 AM
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Knights Templar Field Tilting Poppies

#leicacamera ƒ/11 @1/2000 ISO:200 Daylight & Flash (off camera)

#Photographer #Photography #VisualArtist #ArtHistory #VisualLiteracy #Gallery #VisualArts
Knights Templar Field Tilting Poppies. 

A red poppy tilting towards the viewer, lit by an off camera flash, it stands out perfectly amongst the bright green surrounding plants. It reminds me of blood. Maybe a little long as a title? I do like my titles to refer to my mindset while making the photograph. I prefer the language of creating to taking. I loathe the term shots. I associate that with guns. a legacy of american gun ownership. Tempelhofer Feld, near my Berlin home, is the former land of the Knights Templar, a crusading order of young religious men who would not inherit under the feudal system of inheritance. There were a large number of German Knights, in the European order of chivalry, acting as "security" for pilgrims to the so called Holy Land. These religiously motivated individuals would often need to borrow heavily to fund their Papal sanctioned "travels". Often borrowing from Jewish Money Lenders, it was not uncommon for the knights to turn on their lenders and murder them as a God sanctioned act of faith. This convenient antisemitic act of murder also cancelled their debt. It was so common that the pope intervened to stop this unsanctioned act of violence. The German knights had to be reigned in for their barbaric acts that could threaten the funding of the whole crusading initiative. More recently the land has been a military parade ground and an airport, it is now a large park land in the centre of Berlin. Of course it is under threat for redevelopment. There is always someone who can smell money in it. These "people" promise that the land will be redeveloped with "affordable properties". Affordable is a relative term and I would ask affordable to whom? There is still money in this land.
December 29, 2024 at 1:38 PM
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Framwellgate Bridge, Durham.
December 27, 2024 at 3:22 PM
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LANKUM - Hunting the Wren (Live in Dublin)
YouTube video by LankumDublin
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December 26, 2024 at 11:40 AM
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King Creosote - Something To Believe In
YouTube video by Daily Record
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December 23, 2024 at 12:11 PM
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#StreetPhotography Shirley Baker (1965), Hulme, Manchester, England.
December 21, 2024 at 9:55 PM