Simoncarbon
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Music, beer, gadgets/tech. Assertive bitterness. Mixcloud show
https://www.mixcloud.com/simoncarbon/
Oh yeah!
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This turned up today, which was nice….
@super-deluxe.bsky.social
excellent service as always. Will give it a spin after work to see what
@stevenwilsonhq.bsky.social
has done with this classic album
4 days ago
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Same as it ever was. Legendary beer. 🍺
17 days ago
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Black Sabbath The Cure Radiohead King Crimson Porcupine Tree
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about 2 months ago
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The best gig I ever saw cost £4. Spiralling concert prices are a cultural disaster | John Harris
Tickets for big tours have vastly outstripped inflation, while smaller artists and venues struggle. The magic is in danger of being snuffed out entirely, says Guardian columnist John Harris
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/08/music-spiralling-concert-prices-arena-grassroots-tickets?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Sometimes decisions are easy.
2 months ago
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If this ain’t a Mark E Smith lyric I don’t know what is! 😂
#thefall
3 months ago
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MOJO Magazine
3 months ago
MOJO’s next How To Buy is on modern-day progfather Steven Wilson. Reply to let us know your favourite Wilson albums and why, and we’ll print the best responses in a future issue 👇
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Michael Deakin
3 months ago
NEW BLOG POST 📢 I feel like I might be opening myself up to a world of abuse with this, but I hope people take it with a pinch of salt and with the intended humour. TLDR: gravity pour sucks (most of the time)
www.thecrowinn.co.uk/post/as-the-...
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As The Crow Flies - Ed.9 - Defying Gravity
A slightly tongue-in-cheek lament on gravity poured pints and their over-utilisation by regional beer festivals.
https://www.thecrowinn.co.uk/post/as-the-crow-flies-ed-9-defying-gravity
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PaulaGoodale
3 months ago
I've never really used Spotify, and given more recent revelations about the owner's wider business interests, I now never would. What really infuriates me though is how media outlets routinely embed Spotify playlists into their music features. Time to change that too...
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Parody Nigel Farage
3 months ago
"I said they are just ordinary people with legitimate concerns, peacefully protesting. What did I say Roy?" "You said they're a bunch of far right racist twats"
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No, I didn’t manage to get Radiohead tickets either. ☹️
3 months ago
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Will Hawkes
3 months ago
Sorry to be right about this. No GBBF next year as it made “a substantial loss”, according to CAMRA
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Matthew Curtis
8 months ago
Less than 300 responses for this petition to get an official response from the government. Take two minutes to do something good today.
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New CMAT album! Waited ages for this. Will probably be number 1 by next week. 🎶😊🎶
4 months ago
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When in Falmouth…. The
@verdantbrew.bsky.social
Seafood bar never disappoints. Fish Taco totally on point.
5 months ago
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When in the South West….
#bskybeer
5 months ago
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Jess Calarco
5 months ago
In a horrifying article about the dangers of Teslas, one point stands out: Teslas automatically disengage self-driving mode <1 second before an imminent crash--not enough time for the driver to react, but enough for Tesla to deny responsibility for fatal crashes, since self-driving "wasn't engaged."
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Osees at Glasto. Total face melt.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002fbnp/glastonbury-osees
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Glastonbury - Osees
Powerhouse riffs from the veteran psych-rock band on the Park Stage.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002fbnp/glastonbury-osees
6 months ago
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New Pulp album just turned up a day early ….which was nice. 👌
6 months ago
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A great way to start Sunday - The Waterboys!
7 months ago
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Great
@waterboysmusic.bsky.social
show in Brum tonight. Do not miss them on this tour!
7 months ago
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Sometimes you just have to go for a classic
7 months ago
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@kernelbrewery.bsky.social
and Red Willow conjured something special with this. KRAFTless ticks all the boxes. Peak condition as expected from
@thecolmoretap.bsky.social
7 months ago
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Duration Brewing | Norfolk, UK
8 months ago
Great read here on monopoly of pub co’s by bigger brewers
www.theguardian.com/business/2025/apr/27/indie-brewers-kept-out-uk-bars-pubs-by-multinationals
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Indie brewers kept out of UK bars and pubs by multinationals, study finds
About 60% of venues within 40 miles of small firms now inaccessible as major brewers and some pubcos restrict access
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/apr/27/indie-brewers-kept-out-uk-bars-pubs-by-multinationals
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Reform Party UK Exposed
8 months ago
HOW TO KEEP REFORM OUT IN YOUR AREA… Great tool just launched - Vote tactically in the May 1st local elections:
stopreformuk.vote
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Stop the Tories and Reform
Your vote is your power. Use it tactically to get the Tories and Reform out, then influence your new MP and the next government.
https://stopreformuk.vote/
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John Robb official
8 months ago
Whatever happened to 3 Alveston Place? The pre internet hub!
louderthanwar.com/whatever-hap...
via @louderthanwar
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Whatever happened to 3 Alveston Place?
One of the most well-known addresses in music - but what happened to 3 Alveston Place, Leamington Spa?
https://louderthanwar.com/whatever-happened-3-alveston-place/
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Andrew S. 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🌈
8 months ago
Sign the petition, people.
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/ap...
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Mine’s a pint of Unesco… brewers chase heritage status for British cask ale
A petition has been launched asking the government to recognise the historic brewing tradition
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2025/apr/12/mines-a-pint-of-unesco-brewers-chase-heritage-status-for-british-cask-ale
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Craft Beer Channel
9 months ago
At some point around 8am we hit 2,000 signatures on our petition to get cask ale recognised as living heritage by the UK government. 8,000 to go to get an official response, 98,000 to get a debate in Parliament!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
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Petition: Recognise the production and serving of cask ale as Intangible Cultural Heritage
Following the UK’s ratification of UNESCO's Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage, we call on the Government to recognise production and serving of traditional British cask a...
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/716686
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Seem to keep ending up here!
9 months ago
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Nice little place for a beer. And a bear.
9 months ago
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Unfiltered. At the source. Perfect way to close a Halve Maan brewery tour.
#Brugges
9 months ago
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All I Want For Christmas is Scoob
9 months ago
This is why it's so important that we fight to keep physical media from disappearing
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First visit to de garre. Won’t be my last.
9 months ago
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Enjoying spending time at Brasserie De La Senne taproom in Brussels. Fantastic beers and great food - burnt hay mayo is out of this world. Smoked beer fans take note!
9 months ago
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Drinking at the source 😊
9 months ago
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@bonsvoeux1.bsky.social
@eoghanwalshbxl.bsky.social
Looking for some Brussels/Brugges advice: what’s the situation with card payments in bars these days? Do I need hit the ATM for € or will card be OK?
9 months ago
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First listen to the new Steven Wilson album. He’s gone prog again 🎶😊🎶 Thanks to
@burningshed.com
for getting the super deluxe box to me on release day, they never let me down 👍
9 months ago
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Best way to spend a Friday lunchtime. 🍻
#bathams
9 months ago
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@daintyvi.bsky.social
and I are part of a team doing a sponsored walk for the local hospice. Link below in case you have a couple of quid you can spare.
www.justgiving.com/team/lynchsm...
10 months ago
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Boak & Bailey (Jess & Ray)
10 months ago
Our monthly newsletter has just gone out, with thoughts on those breweries you might not be boycotting but... Subscribers should find it in their inboxes. Non-subscribers (weird) can read it online. 👇
boakandbailey.substack.com/p/the-soft-b...
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The soft brewery boycott: disenchantment and ennui
Or, how beer drinkers can simply ignore a brand to death without ever quite hating it.
https://boakandbailey.substack.com/p/the-soft-brewery-boycott-disenchantment
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John Robb official
10 months ago
Heartworms: Headrow House, Leeds - Live Review 'Band of the moment Heartworms deliver an electrifying set of gothic post-punk to a sold-out crowd at Headrow House in Leeds.'
louderthanwar.com/heartworms-h...
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Heartworms: Headrow House, Leeds - Live Review
Heartworms deliver an electrifying set of gothic post punk to the crowd at Headrow House in Leeds. Andy Brown reviews for Louder Than War.
https://louderthanwar.com/heartworms-headrow-house-leeds-live-review/
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Browsing the vinyl and drinking coffee at
@roughtraderecords.bsky.social
Bristol. More cafe/bars in record shops please! (Good to see Signature beers on tap too).
#recordshops
#vinyl
#beer
#music
11 months ago
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#JohnGrant
at Bristol Beacon, great show and
#BigSpecial
great support.
11 months ago
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Rhodri Marsden
11 months ago
For more than ten years I’ve kept loose batteries in a metal tin, and yesterday evening I opened it and two of them were red hot, and I thought oh dear, that’s not good, and I looked up whether you should keep batteries in a metal tin, and let’s say I’m glad that I’m not long dead in a house fire.
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And they told us home taping was killing music...
inews.co.uk/culture/musi...
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'We had hit albums but can't afford a house': How much money pop stars really make
Music sales may be booming, but even acts like Everything Everything, Sports Team and Kate Nash aren't getting rich on it
https://inews.co.uk/culture/music/how-much-money-popstars-really-make-3486204?ito=link_share_article-top
11 months ago
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Can't wait for the album from @iamheartworms - the singles so far have been great. Post-punk, gothic drama of the highest calibre channelling Siouxsie, PJ Harvey, Interpol and more.
youtu.be/5htIIBUG0Es?...
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Heartworms - Extraordinary Wings (Official Video)
YouTube video by HeartwormsVEVO
https://youtu.be/5htIIBUG0Es?si=xtbpofXpkNHjkQIM
11 months ago
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First Bass in over 10 years. Sadly starting to turn. Maybe only drink cask beer at weekends when there is good throughput is the lesson learnt here.
#caskbeer
#beer
#bass
11 months ago
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planetbeer.tv
11 months ago
Happy New Year, Hop Lords. In case you missed our candid drink along with Shaun Keaveny & Sith Lord Damian Doherty from Emperor’s Brewery, you can catch that on our YouTube channel. Or audio only, wherever you get your podcasts.
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ICYMI: Pink Noise 18, my Mixcloud show is available to stream here
www.mixcloud.com/simoncarbon/...
Some of the best music from 2024 plus some old classics. Listen without prejudice! 🎶😊🎶
12 months ago
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