James S Murphy
@jameslatrmurphy.bsky.social
London Irishman in Nottingham. Podcasts: the Last Exit Show, Pex Lives, Pop Could Never Save Us, We Learned More From a Three Minute Record.
Just realised it's been 19 years since I left secondary school. Here's a picture taken that last day, an image that, thanks to the massive 2006 camera phone pixels, looks as dated as a pal's brigade racing off to the trenches. L to R, Luke, Saul, Richard, Ryan, me, Kumar, and Troy.
November 26, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Just realised it's been 19 years since I left secondary school. Here's a picture taken that last day, an image that, thanks to the massive 2006 camera phone pixels, looks as dated as a pal's brigade racing off to the trenches. L to R, Luke, Saul, Richard, Ryan, me, Kumar, and Troy.
UK Workers: Yes, boss. I'll eat at my desk. Stay late? No problem. Hopefully, we get a chance to speak on Saturday.
Spanish workers: [midday, slamming the table] I may return after my lovely nap!
Spanish workers: [midday, slamming the table] I may return after my lovely nap!
November 26, 2025 at 11:37 AM
UK Workers: Yes, boss. I'll eat at my desk. Stay late? No problem. Hopefully, we get a chance to speak on Saturday.
Spanish workers: [midday, slamming the table] I may return after my lovely nap!
Spanish workers: [midday, slamming the table] I may return after my lovely nap!
And I, I, was trying to update my address with the bank and my driver's license and... change my council tax borough.
And I said, I told them, I said... once the internet made these things *easier*!
Not a hateful Kafkaesque nightmare!
So they locked me in here and called me Crazy Old Maurice.
And I said, I told them, I said... once the internet made these things *easier*!
Not a hateful Kafkaesque nightmare!
So they locked me in here and called me Crazy Old Maurice.
November 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
And I, I, was trying to update my address with the bank and my driver's license and... change my council tax borough.
And I said, I told them, I said... once the internet made these things *easier*!
Not a hateful Kafkaesque nightmare!
So they locked me in here and called me Crazy Old Maurice.
And I said, I told them, I said... once the internet made these things *easier*!
Not a hateful Kafkaesque nightmare!
So they locked me in here and called me Crazy Old Maurice.
Man, it's a funny place, up there on Mars, I gotta tell ya. One guy says to me, "I'd like you to meet my mother, my dog, and clowns."
And there was one woman standing there.
And there was one woman standing there.
November 24, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Man, it's a funny place, up there on Mars, I gotta tell ya. One guy says to me, "I'd like you to meet my mother, my dog, and clowns."
And there was one woman standing there.
And there was one woman standing there.
Most interesting bit of film history near me was the Clockwork Orange Ludovico scene being filmed in the building that became my first library. In terms of larger South London set films, I gotta go with Blow Up.
November 23, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Most interesting bit of film history near me was the Clockwork Orange Ludovico scene being filmed in the building that became my first library. In terms of larger South London set films, I gotta go with Blow Up.
Didn't find time on, I think, Tuesday for any drink or drugs. Decided to take a few days off. Haven't missed anything at all, so it's possible I've gotten a bit bored of them. Feeling the knifesharp clarity that I remember from childhood, but I've learnt enough since not to find it oppressive.
November 23, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Didn't find time on, I think, Tuesday for any drink or drugs. Decided to take a few days off. Haven't missed anything at all, so it's possible I've gotten a bit bored of them. Feeling the knifesharp clarity that I remember from childhood, but I've learnt enough since not to find it oppressive.
Turns out sports pricks use my road for free parking on game day, so I've had to park on the next street for the first time. Guess which racist single glazing enthusiast that one's named after?
November 22, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Turns out sports pricks use my road for free parking on game day, so I've had to park on the next street for the first time. Guess which racist single glazing enthusiast that one's named after?
Old British comedy songs will leave their punning & metaphors in their last lines to give a serious sounding PSA against the most ghastly behaviour. Like
My hot water bottle sure holds heat
I like to fill it up any place
And when you walk down the ice cold street
Don't kick an infant in the face
My hot water bottle sure holds heat
I like to fill it up any place
And when you walk down the ice cold street
Don't kick an infant in the face
November 22, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Old British comedy songs will leave their punning & metaphors in their last lines to give a serious sounding PSA against the most ghastly behaviour. Like
My hot water bottle sure holds heat
I like to fill it up any place
And when you walk down the ice cold street
Don't kick an infant in the face
My hot water bottle sure holds heat
I like to fill it up any place
And when you walk down the ice cold street
Don't kick an infant in the face
Oh, no I've dropped and broken my kintsugi kit.
November 18, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Oh, no I've dropped and broken my kintsugi kit.
Top 5 Scorseses as of today
1. Goodfellas
2. Mean Streets
3. The Wolf of Wall Street
4. The Last Temptation of Christ
5. Casino
1. Goodfellas
2. Mean Streets
3. The Wolf of Wall Street
4. The Last Temptation of Christ
5. Casino
It’s the GOAT’s birthday
My top 5 Scorseses as of today
1. Taxi Driver
2. Goodfellas
3. Casino
4. The King of Comedy
5. The Irishman
My top 5 Scorseses as of today
1. Taxi Driver
2. Goodfellas
3. Casino
4. The King of Comedy
5. The Irishman
a man wearing glasses and a black suit is talking
Alt: Scorsese pointing at himself with a twinkle in his eye
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November 17, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Top 5 Scorseses as of today
1. Goodfellas
2. Mean Streets
3. The Wolf of Wall Street
4. The Last Temptation of Christ
5. Casino
1. Goodfellas
2. Mean Streets
3. The Wolf of Wall Street
4. The Last Temptation of Christ
5. Casino
Starting the day blasting Chas 'n' Dave. We agree that it's like being at Butlins in the eighties, but that makes me grin and her scowl.
November 17, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Starting the day blasting Chas 'n' Dave. We agree that it's like being at Butlins in the eighties, but that makes me grin and her scowl.
Been watching Hamilton on Disney+, piecemeal. It'd be better regarded if Manuel-Miranda hadn't given himself the lead. He's the worst rapper onstage and, like Seth MacFarlane when he nabs a live action role, the camera has no interest in him. At Lin's best, you think: he's trying hard here.
November 15, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Been watching Hamilton on Disney+, piecemeal. It'd be better regarded if Manuel-Miranda hadn't given himself the lead. He's the worst rapper onstage and, like Seth MacFarlane when he nabs a live action role, the camera has no interest in him. At Lin's best, you think: he's trying hard here.
Starting the day with the Equals. That's a band twenty years ahead of their time. You can drop them into a 2 Tone mix and they'll still sound the newest.
November 14, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Starting the day with the Equals. That's a band twenty years ahead of their time. You can drop them into a 2 Tone mix and they'll still sound the newest.
Cinematic version of Hell: what's the first film that comes to mind?
November 14, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Cinematic version of Hell: what's the first film that comes to mind?
The boss gets a lot but I'm not bitter
That's why I check tinder on the shitter
That's why I check tinder on the shitter
November 13, 2025 at 7:19 PM
The boss gets a lot but I'm not bitter
That's why I check tinder on the shitter
That's why I check tinder on the shitter
In the GP's waiting room yesterday, I was idly Wikipedia diving on the earliest Old English and read about the Franks Casket for the first time. That's not where Dennis Hopper ended up in Blue Velvet, but an eight hcentury artefact where the language is emerging.
November 13, 2025 at 5:38 PM
In the GP's waiting room yesterday, I was idly Wikipedia diving on the earliest Old English and read about the Franks Casket for the first time. That's not where Dennis Hopper ended up in Blue Velvet, but an eight hcentury artefact where the language is emerging.
A mate gifted me a code for a year's free Disney+ so I'm slowly rewatching chunks of the Beatles making Let It Be. McCartney comes off well, with the exception of any interaction with Harrison, where he suddenly becomes an airy, condescending 15 year old barely tolerating an ignorant 14 year old.
November 11, 2025 at 9:38 AM
A mate gifted me a code for a year's free Disney+ so I'm slowly rewatching chunks of the Beatles making Let It Be. McCartney comes off well, with the exception of any interaction with Harrison, where he suddenly becomes an airy, condescending 15 year old barely tolerating an ignorant 14 year old.
Post you from a different era: isn't he gorgeous? He's only got his terrible personality holding him back.
November 8, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Post you from a different era: isn't he gorgeous? He's only got his terrible personality holding him back.
welearnedmorefromathreeminuterecord.libsyn.com/13-live-1975...
@kitgonzo.bsky.social and I return to discuss the first disc of the mighty Live/1975-85 with our mate, dogg, @matedog.bsky.social
@kitgonzo.bsky.social and I return to discuss the first disc of the mighty Live/1975-85 with our mate, dogg, @matedog.bsky.social
We Learned More From a Three Minute Record: 13 - Live 1975-85 (1986) Part 1: With Andrew Matey
Returning hero Andrew Matey joins your aul' muckers Kit 'n' James to tackle the first part of the huge (three CDs. Ten sides of vinyl. God only know how many 8 Tracks) boxset that's part greatest hits...
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November 6, 2025 at 8:04 AM
welearnedmorefromathreeminuterecord.libsyn.com/13-live-1975...
@kitgonzo.bsky.social and I return to discuss the first disc of the mighty Live/1975-85 with our mate, dogg, @matedog.bsky.social
@kitgonzo.bsky.social and I return to discuss the first disc of the mighty Live/1975-85 with our mate, dogg, @matedog.bsky.social
You know, you think you've long ago jettisoned your Gifted Kid need for praise, then you find yourself repeatedly imagining the moving man you've hired looking thrilled aa they survey the way you've prepped your flat.
"Wow!" They say in your head. "If only all my customers were like you!"
"Wow!" They say in your head. "If only all my customers were like you!"
October 27, 2025 at 11:09 AM
You know, you think you've long ago jettisoned your Gifted Kid need for praise, then you find yourself repeatedly imagining the moving man you've hired looking thrilled aa they survey the way you've prepped your flat.
"Wow!" They say in your head. "If only all my customers were like you!"
"Wow!" They say in your head. "If only all my customers were like you!"
One of those unusually busy days ahead. What nan would call "running around like a blue arsed fly." Was going to look for a Spotify playlist with a name like Cocaine Is a Helluva Drug, but decided to just put on Rumours by Fleetwood Mac instead.
October 27, 2025 at 8:01 AM
One of those unusually busy days ahead. What nan would call "running around like a blue arsed fly." Was going to look for a Spotify playlist with a name like Cocaine Is a Helluva Drug, but decided to just put on Rumours by Fleetwood Mac instead.
Wrote a Steven Wright joke:
This morning, I couldn't find milk for my cereal. My milk had gone missing. So I put a picture of it on a t-shirt and had a kid from my neighbourhood wear it all over town.
This morning, I couldn't find milk for my cereal. My milk had gone missing. So I put a picture of it on a t-shirt and had a kid from my neighbourhood wear it all over town.
October 25, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Wrote a Steven Wright joke:
This morning, I couldn't find milk for my cereal. My milk had gone missing. So I put a picture of it on a t-shirt and had a kid from my neighbourhood wear it all over town.
This morning, I couldn't find milk for my cereal. My milk had gone missing. So I put a picture of it on a t-shirt and had a kid from my neighbourhood wear it all over town.
Was in a pub that had karaoke on and some young women made the bold move of doing WAP together. Brave, I thought. They owned it at the start, but got sweetly more self conscious as the lyrics continued to unroll the filth. Half hearted choruses, shy giggles, and silence by the end of the song.
October 24, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Was in a pub that had karaoke on and some young women made the bold move of doing WAP together. Brave, I thought. They owned it at the start, but got sweetly more self conscious as the lyrics continued to unroll the filth. Half hearted choruses, shy giggles, and silence by the end of the song.
Ray Charles' Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music this morning. Wish there was less strings & choirs, but a great version of You Win Again. What would country music even be, if not for Hank Williams' wife ethicless non-monogamy? Put that woman's underwear in the country music hall of fame imo.
October 23, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Ray Charles' Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music this morning. Wish there was less strings & choirs, but a great version of You Win Again. What would country music even be, if not for Hank Williams' wife ethicless non-monogamy? Put that woman's underwear in the country music hall of fame imo.
The Kubrick Stare is
October 22, 2025 at 6:55 PM
The Kubrick Stare is