mellotronworker
@mellotronworker.bsky.social
🎹worker of mellotrons, from edinburgh, 🎼composer and musician, 📐mathematician, 🐈cat wrangler, 🏎️F1, ⛪ordained archbishop, reaper user, Bach, King Crimson and Arvo Part acolyte.
www.mikedickson.org.uk
mikedickson.bandcamp.com
www.mikedickson.org.uk
mikedickson.bandcamp.com
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mellotronworks 100 (2007-2024), by Mike Dickson
24 track album
mikedickson.bandcamp.com
As a slight diversion from the norm, and in deference to this being my #100th album, I have decided that this release will instead be a look back at some of the music that I have made in that whole period, in a couple of cases reaching right back
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Happy holiday or not or whatever
November 27, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Happy holiday or not or whatever
Possibly one of the greatest two chord songs ever written, with one of the most beautiful lyrics, and the most delicate arrangement, all put together by one of the most deeply unpleasant people music has to offer.
Astral Weeks (1999 Remaster)
YouTube video by Van Morrison - Topic
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Possibly one of the greatest two chord songs ever written, with one of the most beautiful lyrics, and the most delicate arrangement, all put together by one of the most deeply unpleasant people music has to offer.
Seismic. The only team to be led by an actual genius.
What could be bigger news than this? Alonso to TP at Ferrari?
"I'd like to introduce you all to your new boss...er...Lewis, could you leave the room for just a second?"
#F1 #AstonMartin
What could be bigger news than this? Alonso to TP at Ferrari?
"I'd like to introduce you all to your new boss...er...Lewis, could you leave the room for just a second?"
#F1 #AstonMartin
Adrian Newey to become Aston Martin team principal in 2026
Formula 1 design legend Adrian Newey is to become Aston Martin's team principal next year.
www.bbc.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Seismic. The only team to be led by an actual genius.
What could be bigger news than this? Alonso to TP at Ferrari?
"I'd like to introduce you all to your new boss...er...Lewis, could you leave the room for just a second?"
#F1 #AstonMartin
What could be bigger news than this? Alonso to TP at Ferrari?
"I'd like to introduce you all to your new boss...er...Lewis, could you leave the room for just a second?"
#F1 #AstonMartin
The East Lothian Christmas lights are looking good this year
November 26, 2025 at 2:50 PM
The East Lothian Christmas lights are looking good this year
Do all #airports look the same? Is it a matter of designing for familiarity or is it just a lack of imagination? Are there any that look surprisingly different? Are there any that are surprisingly stylish or appealing?
#AreThereAnyThatDon'tHaveACosta?
#AreThereAnyThatDon'tHaveACosta?
November 25, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Do all #airports look the same? Is it a matter of designing for familiarity or is it just a lack of imagination? Are there any that look surprisingly different? Are there any that are surprisingly stylish or appealing?
#AreThereAnyThatDon'tHaveACosta?
#AreThereAnyThatDon'tHaveACosta?
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Sometimes you see medieval torture chambers in films or pictures, but what I wonder about is that someone had to actually design them.
'I think we will have the Stocks over there and the Breaking Wheel nearer the door'
And people had to make these things as well. And sell them.
'I think we will have the Stocks over there and the Breaking Wheel nearer the door'
And people had to make these things as well. And sell them.
Frank Zappa - The Torture Never Stops (Visualizer)
YouTube video by FrankZappaVEVO
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Sometimes you see medieval torture chambers in films or pictures, but what I wonder about is that someone had to actually design them.
'I think we will have the Stocks over there and the Breaking Wheel nearer the door'
And people had to make these things as well. And sell them.
'I think we will have the Stocks over there and the Breaking Wheel nearer the door'
And people had to make these things as well. And sell them.
What could have been...
#FuckNigelFarage
#FuckNigelFarage
November 25, 2025 at 11:33 AM
What could have been...
#FuckNigelFarage
#FuckNigelFarage
One of mine - I think this one reeks of the #Residents from when they were weird and inventive and their music sounded like evil little apples. @risottodrake.bsky.social
Mandala 07, by Mike Dickson
from the album Mandala
mikedickson.bandcamp.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:39 AM
One of mine - I think this one reeks of the #Residents from when they were weird and inventive and their music sounded like evil little apples. @risottodrake.bsky.social
I used to program for #OS/2 to this soundtrack, along with the music of This Heat and Ron Geesin.
Maybe this is why the OS failed in the end.
Maybe this is why the OS failed in the end.
The Residents - The Knife Fight
YouTube video by MrWzzzW
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 8:31 AM
I used to program for #OS/2 to this soundtrack, along with the music of This Heat and Ron Geesin.
Maybe this is why the OS failed in the end.
Maybe this is why the OS failed in the end.
I suppose I ought to be pleased to see that my work is being bootlegged on a file-sharing site. It's a sort of flattery, I guess.
November 25, 2025 at 8:28 AM
I suppose I ought to be pleased to see that my work is being bootlegged on a file-sharing site. It's a sort of flattery, I guess.
I know it's meant to be someone supping from their bowl of vastly over-priced and vastly over-seasoned soup, but I always think the Wagamama logo looks like a depressed tardigrade with its head in its hands wondering how it will pay the next nematode bill.
November 25, 2025 at 7:44 AM
I know it's meant to be someone supping from their bowl of vastly over-priced and vastly over-seasoned soup, but I always think the Wagamama logo looks like a depressed tardigrade with its head in its hands wondering how it will pay the next nematode bill.
So you have indirectly racially abused people in the past?
I really wish that plane had come down harder.
I really wish that plane had come down harder.
Nigel Farage says he's 'never directly racially abused anybody'
The Reform UK leader was responding to reports he made racist remarks to his peers in school in the 1970s.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 7:39 AM
So you have indirectly racially abused people in the past?
I really wish that plane had come down harder.
I really wish that plane had come down harder.
Holy. Jumping. Fuck balls.
This could get extremely spicy
This could get extremely spicy
F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix LIVE: Lando Norris & Oscar Piastri disqualified, Max Verstappen wins - result & reaction
Follow reaction as championship leader Lando Norris and McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri are disqualified from the Las Vegas Grand Prix.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Holy. Jumping. Fuck balls.
This could get extremely spicy
This could get extremely spicy
BBC News - Scotland fans shook the earth in win over Denmark
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Scotland fans shook the earth in win over Denmark
Seismic activity was recorded as the Tartan Army celebrated Scotland reaching their first World Cup since 1998.
www.bbc.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:57 PM
BBC News - Scotland fans shook the earth in win over Denmark
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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This is the message that has to get out. Thanks to @chrismurphyct.bsky.social for laying it out in suitably blunt terms. bsky.app/profile/chri...
The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
November 20, 2025 at 6:05 PM
This is the message that has to get out. Thanks to @chrismurphyct.bsky.social for laying it out in suitably blunt terms. bsky.app/profile/chri...
Has #Reform denied all knowledge of this one yet?
Ex-leader of Reform UK in Wales sentenced to 10-and-a-half years for taking pro-Russian bribes
The judge tells Nathan Gill his actions were a
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Has #Reform denied all knowledge of this one yet?
BBC News - Nathan Gill: How WhatsApp messages revealed ex-Reform politician's pro-Russian bribes - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Nathan Gill: How WhatsApp messages revealed ex-Reform politician's pro-Russian bribes
The former leader of Reform UK in Wales has admitted bribery and will be sentenced on Friday.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 10:15 AM
BBC News - Nathan Gill: How WhatsApp messages revealed ex-Reform politician's pro-Russian bribes - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
One is an artistic masterpiece created by a genius at the height of his powers, and the other is the Mona Lisa.*
*Perhaps not to scale.
#Scotland #McTominay #HerWeGoAgain
*Perhaps not to scale.
#Scotland #McTominay #HerWeGoAgain
November 20, 2025 at 9:01 AM
One is an artistic masterpiece created by a genius at the height of his powers, and the other is the Mona Lisa.*
*Perhaps not to scale.
#Scotland #McTominay #HerWeGoAgain
*Perhaps not to scale.
#Scotland #McTominay #HerWeGoAgain
Sorry...what??
In Stunning Admission, DOJ Says Grand Jury Never Saw Indictment Against Comey
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Sorry...what??
One more. Backwards and forwards. Free in either direction.
Carmine, by Mike Dickson
20 track album
mikedickson.bandcamp.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:45 PM
One more. Backwards and forwards. Free in either direction.
Today's top Reddit post about Finnegans Wake:
November 17, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Today's top Reddit post about Finnegans Wake:
"[Starmer] reached for a metaphor that lands somewhere between a John Lewis Christmas ad and a lightly laundered Powell tribute act."
@bearlypolitics.co.uk - bravo, my ursine friend.
*flings the bear a bun
@bearlypolitics.co.uk - bravo, my ursine friend.
*flings the bear a bun
November 17, 2025 at 12:31 PM
"[Starmer] reached for a metaphor that lands somewhere between a John Lewis Christmas ad and a lightly laundered Powell tribute act."
@bearlypolitics.co.uk - bravo, my ursine friend.
*flings the bear a bun
@bearlypolitics.co.uk - bravo, my ursine friend.
*flings the bear a bun