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Simon Tomes
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Music Explorer | 💿 HiRes Digital Album Lover | Drummer | 🥁 #DrumsForWellbeing | Community Professional | Writing about Community Confidence simontomes.com | Bluesky User #383 since Feb 23 | he/him | Not active here for testing stuff, I use LinkedIn.
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Open your heart, open your mind.

Happy Prince day everyone!
Qobuz Mac desktop music player. Prince "Around The World in a Day (Deluxe Edition)(2025 Remaster) is playing.
November 21, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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And you too Marcus Miller. Pack it in!!!
Luther Vandross See Me
November 18, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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The bass line is too funky. This classic should come with a warning sticker.
Qobuz music player playing “Stomp” by The Brothers Johnson.
November 18, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Good vibes from this track.
Qobuz music player. Album art for Atmosfear's "Altered Slates" featuring an astronaut figure against a blue background, and music playback details for the track "Motivation (Dimitri's Motivated Respect Mix)"
November 17, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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Can't argue with Nigel Tufnel.

I just revisited his genius.
A section of script from the film, Spinal Tap. NIGEL: Exactly. Now this is special, too, it’s a...look...see ...still got the uh...the ol’ tagger on it...see...never even played it ...see... MARTY: You just bought it and.... NIGEL: Don’t touch it! Don’t touch it! No one...no one...no! Don’t touch it. MARTY: Well uh I wasn’t...uh I wasn’t gonna touch it...I was just pointing at it...I.... NIGEL: Well don’t point, even. MARTY: Don’t even point? NIGEL: No. It can’t be played...never...I mean I.... MARTY: Can I look at it? NIGEL: No. MARTY: Don’t look at it. NIGEL: No, you’ve seen enough of that one. This is a top to a, you know, what we use on stage, but it’s very...very special because if you can see... MARTY: Yeah... NIGEL: ...the numbers all go to eleven. Look...right across the board. This is Spinal Tap 11 MARTY: Ahh...oh, I see.... NIGEL: Eleven...eleven...eleven.... MARTY: ..and most of these amps go up to ten.... NIGEL: Exactly. MARTY: Does that mean it’s...louder? Is it any louder? NIGEL: Well, it’s one louder, isn’t it? It’s not ten. You see, most...most blokes, you know, will be playing at ten. You’re on ten here...all the way up...all the way up.... MARTY: Yeah.... NIGEL: ...all the way up. You’re on ten on your guitar...where can you go from there? Where? MARTY: I don’t know.... NIGEL: Nowhere. Exactly. What we do is if we need that extra.. push over the cliff...you know what we do? MARTY: Put it up to eleven. NIGEL: Eleven. Exactly. One louder. MARTY: Why don’t you just make ten louder and make ten be the top... number... and make that a little louder? (pause) NIGEL: These go to eleven.
November 17, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Over several years, Doves have become and will likely always be my favourite UK indie band.

Great to listen to their latest greatest hits collection. Every tune full of depth and emotion.
“So, Here We Are: Best Of Doves” playing on the Qobuz music app.
November 15, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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😍
Qobuz music player: Prince Pop Life (Extended Version)(2025 Remaster) us playing in Hi-Res 24-Bit audio at 44.1 kHz Stereo.
November 14, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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A health and safety crossword. “POB” has been highlighted. Children’s television character called Pob.
November 13, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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A health and safety crossword. “LOL” is highlighted.
November 13, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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Well that’s a rather pleasing notification.

I look forward to revisiting, @andydunn295.bsky.social @ono-ch1.bsky.social

🎧
Screen grab of a phone notification for One Night Only at the Social 2 08/11/25 - part 1
November 12, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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🎶 Tunes on! Dimitri from Paris Salsoul Re-Edits. 🎶
Screenshot of an album page showing "Salsoul Re-Edits Series One: Dimitri from Paris (2017 - Remaster)", with tracklist including four songs and album details.
November 10, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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Red wine. Blog writing. Listening to Herbie.
Qobuz desktop music player. Come Running to Me by Herbie Hancock is playing, as part of the album Sunlight.
November 9, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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I totally forgot about the badges!!!

_pulls washing out of washing machine_

Can confirm that the ONO badges are washing machine proof. 💪🏻🫠😀
A wet badge resting on a pair of jeans. The badge has the One Night Only logo on it.
November 9, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Ha, my brother on the left in photo two giving me attempted restoration vibes.
A failed restoration of a famous painting on Jesus. “The authorities in Borja said they had suspected vandalism at first, but then determined that the alterations had been made by a parishioner, Cecilia Giménez, who was 81 years old at the time.”
November 9, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Good times last night at One Night Only. @ono-ch1.bsky.social
Selfie of three men. They are infused with red lighting from within a very cool small nightclub venue. Blurry small crowd lit with red lighting dancing in a small nightclub. Silly selfies from three men. Me in the middle and my brother’s Marc, on the left, and Paul, on the right. Two men smiling to camera one on the left, me, pulling a silly face next to the makeshift cloak room in a small nightclub venue.
November 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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In need of something more chill for a Sunday.

Khruangbin’s rework of their debut album is exactly what’s required.

The Soul II Soul Back To Life style beat on this track is sublime. 😍

youtu.be/wdFQLRm2AQY?...
Qobuz music play playing a Balls and Pins ii by Khruangbin.
November 9, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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The magic makers of @ono-ch1.bsky.social. 🤩
Two DJ’s baked in a hazy red light working over a DJ console. Another DJ stands to the side having completed their set. Two DJ’s baked in a hazy red light working over a DJ console. Another DJ stands to the side having completed their set. Two DJ’s baked in a hazy red light working over a DJ console. Two DJ’s baked in a hazy red light working over a DJ console.
November 9, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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Banging tunes on in the kitchen.

Early dinner cooking so I can leg it later when I tag with my wife getting home from work.

Then dinner out with my bros before ONO.

It’s nearly time for some @ono-ch1.bsky.social. 🕺💃
ONO set in Mixcloud app.
November 8, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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🎶 Currently playing. 🎶
The image is a screenshot of a music or podcast player interface, likely from a mobile phone, displaying details about an event titled "One Night Only". Key Details from the Screen: * Title/Artists: The top of the screen shows "Mick Jarmain and Tony Heslop" and the title "One Night Only". * Event Details (Green Box): * Featured names: Andy Dunn, Adam Guda, Tony Heslop, Mick Jarmain. * Date/Time: Saturday 6th Septemb[er] 7pm til 1am. * Location: Chester, Cheshire. * Playback Information: * Current position: 00:15:29. * Total duration: 02:42:11. * Controls: Seek bar, Play/Pause button (currently paused), Rewind 30 seconds, Fast Forward 30 seconds, Skip Back, Skip Forward. * Interaction/Other Options: * A field to "Write a comment..." is visible. * Icons at the bottom suggest options for Download, Like/Favorite (heart icon), Share, Followers/People, and a Playlist/Queue icon.
November 8, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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Now we’re cooking with more Steve Gadd goodness.

Such a groove on this one. He’s the master of that sweet spot of time keeping and groove keeping.

Two classic Steve motifs in this track:
1. His flam fill
2. Kick snare kick kick snare

Ha, I can’t explain it. Just listen out for them.
Dione Warwick Can’t Hide Love on a BluOS music player.
November 6, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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Enjoying a light Steve Gadd groove on a Thursday morning.

I’m here with you Steve.
BluOS player screen grab. Michael Franks “Sunday Morning Here with You” is playing.
November 6, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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Donating to the Wikimedia Foundation is important. You can learn about Astromech droid's from a galaxy far, far away.
The logo for Wikiversity. It looks like R2-D2 from the Star Wars franchise.
October 29, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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Cool pic.

Defo!

The other day I looked up on Kingston high street.
owl and mouse out of flowers large artwork on the side of a building
October 25, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Funky new tune from Incognito. 🤩
Screen grab of a Qobuz music player with single artwork for Incognito It’s About Time.
October 25, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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Ring camera live view in kitchen.
A still of a ring camera mounted high on the wall in a kitchen. There are evil Halloween pumpkin decorations obscuring the view thus defeating the point of the camera.
October 24, 2025 at 8:58 PM