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@stane.bsky.social
Leeds and Dublin, once a musician, now an academic; last refuge of the scoundrel etc.
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And actors with good teeth...
November 30, 2025 at 9:40 PM
And actors with good teeth...
Yeah, I read too fast as well. I like books that demand I slow down. Speaking of which, I think I've found my Fosse breakthrough book: Vaim.
November 30, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Yeah, I read too fast as well. I like books that demand I slow down. Speaking of which, I think I've found my Fosse breakthrough book: Vaim.
Anachronistic guitars and amps...
November 30, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Anachronistic guitars and amps...
Scenes filmed at concerts/ clubs where you can hear the vocals AND characters at the back can have a conversation over the music.
November 30, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Scenes filmed at concerts/ clubs where you can hear the vocals AND characters at the back can have a conversation over the music.
It's been suggested here. Should I be scared?
November 30, 2025 at 6:44 PM
It's been suggested here. Should I be scared?
I have photos of it I think - let me look and I'll email it to you, if I can find it. There was also an interview with Bill Graham which was a little confrontational IIRC.
November 30, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I have photos of it I think - let me look and I'll email it to you, if I can find it. There was also an interview with Bill Graham which was a little confrontational IIRC.
Eamonn McCann reviewed the Easterhouse LP for Hot Press at the time - very perceptive, as you'd expect about their politics and its limits.
November 30, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Eamonn McCann reviewed the Easterhouse LP for Hot Press at the time - very perceptive, as you'd expect about their politics and its limits.
Tbh I hadn't either. It's just Geese have been floating into my feed.
November 30, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Tbh I hadn't either. It's just Geese have been floating into my feed.
Plus the Toby/Jasper/ Casper problem.
November 30, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Plus the Toby/Jasper/ Casper problem.
I do think at pension age I might have outgrown rock.
November 30, 2025 at 11:45 AM
I do think at pension age I might have outgrown rock.
I agree. Unbelievable that outwardly normal looking and sounding people have become the Stasi on their nearest and dearest. Abolish privacy and you abolish freedom.
November 30, 2025 at 8:55 AM
I agree. Unbelievable that outwardly normal looking and sounding people have become the Stasi on their nearest and dearest. Abolish privacy and you abolish freedom.
30+ years ago, working on a gig in Slane, Mountcharles' younger brother took to fraternising with us roughnecks crewing the show. We knew him - though not in his hearing - as Whacker Mountcharles.
November 29, 2025 at 10:18 PM
30+ years ago, working on a gig in Slane, Mountcharles' younger brother took to fraternising with us roughnecks crewing the show. We knew him - though not in his hearing - as Whacker Mountcharles.
It's impossible. I'm somewhere between a 30 and a 32 waist and 32/34 inside leg but any combination of the above will fit or not with no obvious correlation to the numbers on the label.
November 29, 2025 at 3:47 PM
It's impossible. I'm somewhere between a 30 and a 32 waist and 32/34 inside leg but any combination of the above will fit or not with no obvious correlation to the numbers on the label.
Not proud of Dublin (where I'm from) however ..
November 29, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Not proud of Dublin (where I'm from) however ..
Someone sitting beside me works for N Yorks council and is a bit prouder of their employer now.
November 29, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Someone sitting beside me works for N Yorks council and is a bit prouder of their employer now.
Compare and contrast
bsky.app/profile/jose...
bsky.app/profile/jose...
November 29, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Compare and contrast
bsky.app/profile/jose...
bsky.app/profile/jose...
The bit between the 'shift' and 'doing a line'
November 28, 2025 at 5:35 PM
The bit between the 'shift' and 'doing a line'