Paul Bradley
pabradders.bsky.social
Paul Bradley
@pabradders.bsky.social
Family, football, music, righteous anger and latterly woodwork (surprisingly to everyone)
Scouser retired in South Wales
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I write and I write and I write.

So I made a video for a change. Can Bradley replace Alexander-Arnold??

#LFC
Replacing Trent Alexander Arnold with Conor Bradley
YouTube video by Andrew Beasley Football
youtu.be
May 9, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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Thanks to our recent diner Paul for this lovely 5-star Google review 🙏

#wales #abergavenny #foodies
April 8, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Their sound switches between rather polished power pop, late 60s psychedelica, and the jagged punk riffs that would give birth to New Wave.

www.herecomestheflood.com/2025/03/jets...

@jetstreampony.bsky.social
@shelfliferecords.bandcamp.com
@spinoutnuggets.bsky.social
Jetstream Pony: Bowerbirds and Blue Things
A blog about music. The good stuff only.
www.herecomestheflood.com
March 28, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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PALESTINE LIBRE
March 9, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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What a man #YNWA #JFT97
January 1, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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'Ten Thousand Acres', the 2nd single from my new album 'Elan' is out tomorrow!

Based on Benjamin Malkin on the Elan Valley in 1803...

“Mr Groves is a Wiltshire gentleman, who purchased ten thousand of these almost worthless acres a few years since, and is making a paradise of the wilderness…”
🌄 ALLAN FORY / OUT TOMORROW 🏞️
@gentlegood.bsky.social - Ten Thousand Acres

Pre-save orcd.co/tenthousanda...

Tune in to BBC Radio Cymru tonight where Ifan Davies (Sitting in for Huw Stephens) will give it a first spin. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
January 30, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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Some people in recent days have alleged a ‘cover-up’ over the grooming & rape of hundreds of young girls in predominantly northern UK towns, leading to calls for a ‘national’ public inquiry into child sexual exploitation

FWIW here’s a non-exhaustive list of inquiries into #CSE in last 12 yrs…
January 4, 2025 at 1:28 PM
A four mile walk seems to have worn Betty out
December 28, 2024 at 6:21 PM
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24 years ago today, #TheFastShow finally said goodbye in what was then the ‘last ever episode’. (Clip edited for Bluesky 60 second limit)
December 28, 2024 at 9:42 AM
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We've all got a Christmas present - a new cover of Trees & Flowers was released today. The Golden Tree is a project of Bobby Bluebell (The Bluebells) and Grahame Skinner (Hipsway) covering songs by Scottish artists.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgaS...
The Golden Tree - Trees and Flowers (Strawberry Switchblade cover)
YouTube video by Strawberry Switchblade
www.youtube.com
December 25, 2024 at 11:05 AM
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I wrote about Gavin and Stacey’s Christmas special and why - in the age of streaming - “event television” is a small pleasure to hold onto. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Gavin and Stacey’s Christmas special was a joyful reminder that TV can still be a shared experience | Frances Ryan
As people fall out of love with streaming, they’re rediscovering the collective pleasure of ‘event television’, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2024 at 4:14 PM
Two of my favourite and socially eloquent Liverpudlians come together in this piece by Tony Evans which includes the words of Ian Prowse’s masterful Does This Train Stop On Merseyside @tonyevans92a.bsky.social @ianprowse.bsky.social
Feed the Scousers? Yeah, they hate those who hunger for justice. The planks. Featuring Ian Prowse
open.substack.com/pub/tonyevan...
December 23, 2024 at 7:58 AM
So pleased our midfield is scoring
December 22, 2024 at 5:20 PM
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Fun fact:

Back in 2019, around 40,000 songs were being uploaded to Spotify every day

In 2023 it jumped to 120,000 tracks a day!?

With AI slop this is expected to rise further this year

And yet I still attempted to make an albums of the year list 🤷 www.drownedinsound.org/2024s-albums...
2024's Albums of the Year
10 essential, must-hear, obsession-worthy albums from the year twenty-twenty-four.
www.drownedinsound.org
December 21, 2024 at 8:00 AM
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Fans and friends of the marvellous @wallytbm.bsky.social will remember he spent time in the UK this summer. He told @nwrbroadcast.bsky.social all about it and here is the first page of their chat from the Assistant zine. Grab one to read the rest of their lovely chat.
December 19, 2024 at 7:21 PM
The non-absorbent festive towels are out
December 16, 2024 at 12:18 PM
I loved a surprise dub version on the B side of a punk single. I played Wild Dub more than I did Wild Youth by Generation X
December 15, 2024 at 8:26 AM
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Aprovechando que hoy "Last Christmas" ha vuelto al número 1 de la lista del Reino Unido, dejo por aquí la versión que hicieron The xx (que además los covers no cuentan para el #whamaggedon).
The xx - 'Last Christmas' in the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge
YouTube video by BBC Radio 1
www.youtube.com
December 13, 2024 at 9:14 PM
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Wow! 🤩
2.7k followers!
Can you help us reach 3,000 followers by the end of this week? Please share our account with everyone in the pro-Europe movement! ❤️ 🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
December 9, 2024 at 10:43 AM
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New 70-minute long interview with yours truly on the excellent podcast - Songs from a Padded Envelope: X
redcircle.com/shows/songs-...
December 7, 2024 at 9:27 AM
In Bristol airport for a flight to Cork to meet up with friends from university for a few days. We have been getting together on the first weekend in December since graduating in 1980! One of our number has emigrated and it’s his turn to host so Ireland it is 🇮🇪 🎄
December 4, 2024 at 2:47 PM
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1st December 🎄 👼🏼 so I can start playing this beauty of an album ..Christmas Perfection #smithandburrows #funnylookingangels
December 1, 2024 at 2:00 PM
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Summer 1977. Casey Street - Liverpool.
L-R Kath Cherry, Pete Burns, Hilary Steele, Paul Simpson.
December 1, 2024 at 2:14 PM