Johnny Carrington
@johnnywow5.bsky.social
Film, Vinyl, Architecture, Folk Weirdness
I appear to have wandered into a remake of ‘The Signalman’
December 20, 2025 at 7:57 AM
I appear to have wandered into a remake of ‘The Signalman’
The #1 movie when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 is going to go.
Intriguing
Intriguing
December 19, 2025 at 7:07 PM
The #1 movie when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 is going to go.
Intriguing
Intriguing
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As a former editor of Popbitch – and the proud owner of a legal letter sent by HarperCollins, accusing me of being "highly likely to cause serious harm to [their former star client]’s reputation both as an individual and author” – may I just say: GET IT RIGHT UP YE
December 19, 2025 at 5:46 PM
As a former editor of Popbitch – and the proud owner of a legal letter sent by HarperCollins, accusing me of being "highly likely to cause serious harm to [their former star client]’s reputation both as an individual and author” – may I just say: GET IT RIGHT UP YE
Roy Wood’s late 60s and early 70s really were something
December 19, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Roy Wood’s late 60s and early 70s really were something
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To everyone on Bluesky finding out about Walliams and despairing at the fact that "I read those books to my kids" I just want to reassure them that it's OK. He didn't write them.
December 19, 2025 at 5:22 PM
To everyone on Bluesky finding out about Walliams and despairing at the fact that "I read those books to my kids" I just want to reassure them that it's OK. He didn't write them.
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Bad news for the poor man's Duncan Norvelle.
December 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Bad news for the poor man's Duncan Norvelle.
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and tiny tim, who was NOT in the epstein files,
December 18, 2025 at 7:52 PM
and tiny tim, who was NOT in the epstein files,
Pan pipes and organ has to be one of the worst combinations ever devised… deep bass and shrill warbling 😂😂
We need to talk about Saydisc and their maverick approach to Christmas music
December 18, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Pan pipes and organ has to be one of the worst combinations ever devised… deep bass and shrill warbling 😂😂
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MY GOD look at how much comedy used to be on the BBC.
One of those promos the BBC used to be so good at making. A raft of comedy talent on display here
December 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM
MY GOD look at how much comedy used to be on the BBC.
We need to talk about Saydisc and their maverick approach to Christmas music
December 18, 2025 at 5:11 PM
We need to talk about Saydisc and their maverick approach to Christmas music
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That trailer for the new Animal Farm film brought to mind this banger of a tweet
December 17, 2025 at 9:14 PM
That trailer for the new Animal Farm film brought to mind this banger of a tweet
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I long for a tile on BBC iPlayer called something like Play-For-Today-niverse or whatever. And you click there are all 306 episodes just there for anyone to watch. And the 28 missing ones have been lovingly animated.
Why is this too much to ask??
Why is this too much to ask??
December 17, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I long for a tile on BBC iPlayer called something like Play-For-Today-niverse or whatever. And you click there are all 306 episodes just there for anyone to watch. And the 28 missing ones have been lovingly animated.
Why is this too much to ask??
Why is this too much to ask??
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A little Christmas treat to you from us at the Railway Museum - watch us make (and judge) early c19th mince pies from George Stephenson's own recipe book:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQMz...
Caution: may contain curators...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQMz...
Caution: may contain curators...
How to Bake George Stephenson’s 200-year-old Mince Pies | National Railway Museum’s Bakeoff Showdown
YouTube video by National Railway Museum
www.youtube.com
December 17, 2025 at 9:21 AM
A little Christmas treat to you from us at the Railway Museum - watch us make (and judge) early c19th mince pies from George Stephenson's own recipe book:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQMz...
Caution: may contain curators...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQMz...
Caution: may contain curators...
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The holy Christmas trinity: someone shat in the fitting room, someone tried to return extravagantly cum stained jeans that were from another shop & accused me of ruining Christmas because I didn’t refund her, then a guy threw a handful of Quality Street at me for not having a coat in his son’s size
man i have never had as many stupid questions as when i worked at Lush, just thinking about it now and we really put retail workers Through It don't we
December 16, 2025 at 3:44 PM
The holy Christmas trinity: someone shat in the fitting room, someone tried to return extravagantly cum stained jeans that were from another shop & accused me of ruining Christmas because I didn’t refund her, then a guy threw a handful of Quality Street at me for not having a coat in his son’s size
New Insult just dropped
December 16, 2025 at 1:41 PM
New Insult just dropped
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The etymology is so glaringly obvious when you *see it*, but I’ll admit this was “news to me”.
December 15, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The etymology is so glaringly obvious when you *see it*, but I’ll admit this was “news to me”.
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“Back in 19 dickety 2, it was the fashion to put on your spats, climb the Rockefeller Center, and take photos of each other. Eeeeevryone was up there. Cab Calaway, Jimmy Stewart, Eleanor Roosevelt…”
December 15, 2025 at 1:54 PM
“Back in 19 dickety 2, it was the fashion to put on your spats, climb the Rockefeller Center, and take photos of each other. Eeeeevryone was up there. Cab Calaway, Jimmy Stewart, Eleanor Roosevelt…”
He’s been! He’s been! @vinylsanta.bsky.social
December 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
He’s been! He’s been! @vinylsanta.bsky.social
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‘This is some of our best work’
- a band about to drop what is easily the worst album in their catalog
- a band about to drop what is easily the worst album in their catalog
December 14, 2025 at 2:07 PM
‘This is some of our best work’
- a band about to drop what is easily the worst album in their catalog
- a band about to drop what is easily the worst album in their catalog
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Maigret and Van der Valk are men with stable, even boring, home lives. They come into other people's chaos and sort it out. Then go back for dinner, once it's all settled.
my favorite thing about the benoit blanc movies is that they aren't really about benoit blanc. he is not grappling with demons from his past. we are not getting flashbacks to the husband whose murder he never solved. he just shows up and does his job like mary poppins for homicides
December 14, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Maigret and Van der Valk are men with stable, even boring, home lives. They come into other people's chaos and sort it out. Then go back for dinner, once it's all settled.
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One of my big bugbears -- the way Spotify playlists have, in just a handful of years, replaced British Xmas music (leery boozed-up Brummies with ridiculous facial hair) with American Xmas music (cardigans and expensive dentistry).
The sudden cratering in value of Merry Xmas Everybody in place of smarmy Perry Como crap is seriously making the world worse
December 13, 2025 at 2:07 PM
One of my big bugbears -- the way Spotify playlists have, in just a handful of years, replaced British Xmas music (leery boozed-up Brummies with ridiculous facial hair) with American Xmas music (cardigans and expensive dentistry).