Paul Barrett
@paulbarrett.co.uk
Drummer, Evertonian, UXDev, Meff
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McGoatse
December 15, 2025 at 1:42 PM
McGoatse
okay so I reckon with just over a week to go I can get away with posting xmas tunes. You're welcome youtu.be/38BCklcvALI?...
Clarence Carter - Back Door Santa (Official Audio)
YouTube video by RHINO
youtu.be
December 15, 2025 at 11:43 AM
okay so I reckon with just over a week to go I can get away with posting xmas tunes. You're welcome youtu.be/38BCklcvALI?...
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When I interviewed Spinal Tap and Marty DiBergi this summer, none of them broke character, for the whole hour. Except Rob Reiner, once, losing it when Michael McKean's David St Hubbins talked about minimalism. I didn't use this in the feature and hadn't published any audio, but this is joyful.
December 15, 2025 at 10:24 AM
When I interviewed Spinal Tap and Marty DiBergi this summer, none of them broke character, for the whole hour. Except Rob Reiner, once, losing it when Michael McKean's David St Hubbins talked about minimalism. I didn't use this in the feature and hadn't published any audio, but this is joyful.
Fucking hell not Rob Reiner. Entire friendships based mostly around The Is Spinal Tap. What awful news. RIP Marty DiBergi
December 15, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Fucking hell not Rob Reiner. Entire friendships based mostly around The Is Spinal Tap. What awful news. RIP Marty DiBergi
Scenes we absolutely want to see
December 14, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Scenes we absolutely want to see
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Martin Keown looks like the CGI Robbie Williams monkey
December 13, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Martin Keown looks like the CGI Robbie Williams monkey
Just seen the team, Moyes learning pricisely nothing is it? FFS
December 13, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Just seen the team, Moyes learning pricisely nothing is it? FFS
It's like raaaaaiiiiii-aaaaaaaain
🧵 It's almost a joke. Entshittification by
@pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy
- I order the book, but it doesn't ship for weeks, despite being 'In Stock'. The expected delivery date is changed to May 26, even though the book is still allegedly 'In Stock'.
- It suddenly arrives. The postman doesn't...
@pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy
- I order the book, but it doesn't ship for weeks, despite being 'In Stock'. The expected delivery date is changed to May 26, even though the book is still allegedly 'In Stock'.
- It suddenly arrives. The postman doesn't...
December 12, 2025 at 1:45 PM
It's like raaaaaiiiiii-aaaaaaaain
The delicious irony of RS fans wailing about Salah "making it all about him"
December 9, 2025 at 9:29 AM
The delicious irony of RS fans wailing about Salah "making it all about him"
And Yule Know Us By The Trail Of Dead
#xmasbands
#xmasbands
December 8, 2025 at 9:34 AM
And Yule Know Us By The Trail Of Dead
#xmasbands
#xmasbands
OK this is tremendous open.spotify.com/album/7cS2YH...
Christmas
open.spotify.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:21 AM
OK this is tremendous open.spotify.com/album/7cS2YH...
Enjoyable first day as official hand cream supplier to the England cricket team
December 5, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Enjoyable first day as official hand cream supplier to the England cricket team
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Matthew Hayden has aged like yoghurt in the sun
December 4, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Matthew Hayden has aged like yoghurt in the sun
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Hey Wes, I can save you the trouble. The reason a lot of people are struggling with their mental health in the UK is it fucking sucks here. Aside from usual late-stage capitalism stuff, everything that could be cool about living here has been systematically made worse by people like you, you cunt.
Streeting orders review into mental health and ADHD diagnosis
The health secretary said the aim was to tackle a rising demand for services and the increased pressure on the NHS.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Hey Wes, I can save you the trouble. The reason a lot of people are struggling with their mental health in the UK is it fucking sucks here. Aside from usual late-stage capitalism stuff, everything that could be cool about living here has been systematically made worse by people like you, you cunt.
Craig Charles has more days off than Santa
December 3, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Craig Charles has more days off than Santa
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I know it's too easy to grow numb to the constant flood of bigotry that comes out of his mouth but it does seem morally important you don't allow yourself or anyone else to become desensitized to this vile racism as a normal part of our politics
Trump on Somalis: "We're gonna go the wrong way if we keep taking in garbage into our country. Ilhan Omar is garbage. She's garbage. Her friends are garbage."
December 2, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I know it's too easy to grow numb to the constant flood of bigotry that comes out of his mouth but it does seem morally important you don't allow yourself or anyone else to become desensitized to this vile racism as a normal part of our politics
She said I've been to the Year 3000
Not much has changed but they live underwater
And this game ends Bournemouth 1 Everton 0
Not much has changed but they live underwater
And this game ends Bournemouth 1 Everton 0
December 2, 2025 at 8:04 PM
She said I've been to the Year 3000
Not much has changed but they live underwater
And this game ends Bournemouth 1 Everton 0
Not much has changed but they live underwater
And this game ends Bournemouth 1 Everton 0
Had a job interview last week with the techbro/marketing equivalent of Captain Redbeard Rum "All the other developers say it is... I say it isn't". No version control at all and "we made our own Shopify". Bullet dodged
December 2, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Had a job interview last week with the techbro/marketing equivalent of Captain Redbeard Rum "All the other developers say it is... I say it isn't". No version control at all and "we made our own Shopify". Bullet dodged
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This is extraordinary.
December 2, 2025 at 10:16 AM
This is extraordinary.
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The secret to early retirement; dine out rarely, fly economy and be a Google employee making $390,000/year married to a fellow Google employee 17 years older than you who likely makes twice as much as you.
37-year-old quit her $390,000 Google job after saving up $1.5 million—see the 'no buy checklist' that helps her spend less
She left a $390,000-a-year job and now uses a simple set of rules to make her savings last in Switzerland.
www.cnbc.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The secret to early retirement; dine out rarely, fly economy and be a Google employee making $390,000/year married to a fellow Google employee 17 years older than you who likely makes twice as much as you.
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The many, many flags cable-tied to lamp posts are starting to look dirty, bedraggled, limp and threadbare, who could have predicted this
November 28, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The many, many flags cable-tied to lamp posts are starting to look dirty, bedraggled, limp and threadbare, who could have predicted this