Just finished adding all my CDs to my Discogs collection (previously vinyl-only). Stunned to see the prices on some of the SACD titles... By way of contrast, the highest median price on any standard (non-boxset) CD is £17 (Luke Haines' The North Sea Scrolls). (Next on the list is Luke Haines too.)

Pic of Epstein just appeared on the telly and the dog barked at it. Making me look at the Amazon delivery guy in a whole new light.

Visited Shore Records in East Wittering yesterday for the first time. Great selection to choose from, and was very pleased to find this one off my wantlist... Artist: The Humblebums Album: The Humblebums #Vinyl #VinylCommunity #NowPlaying

Sometimes, paywalls are just embarrassingly easy to bypass...

Feet in the air like you just don't care... 10 days on from his third (and final) course of radiotherapy, Jethro seems comfortable and content on his heated throw. Fingers crossed that this remains the case for as long as possible 🤞

One would think that renewing an Audible subscription early would work out cheaper than simply topping up with extra credits, but no... Renew early: 24 credits @ £4.58 each Top up: 5 credits @ £3.60 each Always check the details of all the offers! (See also: multi-buys cheaper than multi-packs)

Yesterday's other purchase. Ashamed to say I've never heard it before (although I do know The Obvious Child). It's a pretty impressive follow-up to Graceland, a hard act to follow! Artist: Paul Simon Album: The Rhythm of the Saints #Vinyl #VinylCommunity #NowPlaying

Picked this up yesterday for a fiver in Chichester. The record is pristine - looks barely played - and interestingly is the original pressing, even though the sleeve appears to be a later Philips release... Artist: Clannad Album: Crann Úll #Vinyl #VinylCommunity #NowPlaying

There’s something immensely pleasing about discovering an author I’d not previously been aware of, who perfectly matches my tastes and sense of humour. I’m currently working my way through the books of @caimhmc.bsky.social - luckily there’s quite a back catalogue! 1/2

Lads. You've invented Rumbelows.

‘Defecting to the reform party’ is a polite euphemism for telling guests at a dinner party that you need to go for a poo. “I’d love to hear all about your holiday in Sardinia but first I just need to defect to the reform party”

Surely defecting to a different political party should trigger an automatic by-election? Thankfully, we are a couple of miles away from being in Suella Braverman’s constituency, but if I was a Conservative and had voted for her I’d be furious… cc @newsagents.bsky.social

Stop. Hen harriers are close to functionally extinct in England, because driven grouse shooting estates ruthlessly exterminate them because they predate the red grouse that toffs and traders will pay £35k a day to mow down with shotguns. Carry on.

We look forward to explaining this one at the US border #trumpton #not #trump

It's going to be fun when the MAGA base, already enjoying more expensive medical insurance, realises that Denmark is the US's main source of insulin, Ozempic and Wegovy, and the mad king has just increased the price by 10%.

"it fixed CSS" 🤬 I'm maybe a bit unusual in that I'm comfortable with back-end and front-end code, but it makes my blood boil when CSS (or any technology, for that matter) is dismissed just because there might be a bit of a learning curve... Chris, as always, telling it like it is here.

Arrived in the post today, prompted by the KLF specials on @trientertainment.bsky.social podcast. 1991 Spanish vinyl release - some absolute bangers on here! (ideal first listen on my new Beyerdynamic headphones) Artist: The KLF Album: The White Room #Vinyl #VinylCommunity #NowPlaying #MusicSky

Good to see the Hambledon Protocol being observed over here. It never seemed to catch on over at the other place…

Some important new government policy that Native Americans might be interested in:

Matthew De Villiers, former Dons overseas player, is rapidly making a name for himself in South African cricket. Catch Matt in action for the Joburg Super Kings on Sky Sports...

Not often these days I find myself listening to new music from an artist I don't know. But this is great, definitely sounds influenced by The Primitives (not a bad thing!). Thanks to @gilestur.bsky.social for the tip... Artist: The Cords Album: The Cords #Vinyl #VinylCommunity #NowPlaying

Just received a somewhat (nearly 2 years!) overdue 50th birthday present... Was well worth waiting for, though: the Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here 50th Anniversary Deluxe Boxset. 4 LPs, 1 7" single, 2 CDs, 1 BluRay, plus other materials. Truly a thing of beauty! #Vinyl #VinylCommunity #MusicSky

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This year's addition to the Christmas tree decorations: a limited edition, hand-painted Toyah bauble... Not strictly festive, I know, but we like it!

It is completely glorious how shit this looks. Just magnificent work. Slightly different lettering. A bit wonky. Didn’t even remove “THE” at the beginning of the second line. Chef’s kiss.

Yet more birds of prey getting depressed, killing themselves, removing their satellite tags, then disposing of their own corpses. It's hard to believe, but the statistics don't like. Either that or the shooting industry is involved. But that's a stretch of the imagination too far.

It hasn't even been twelve hours, but all three of us have been overwhelmed with requests from media for comment and I'm mostly writing this now so they'll leave me alone.

Picked up Seven, by James, in a charity shop yesterday for £1 - what a bargain! Somehow, I never owned this album back in the day - I’d forgotten what an absolute banger it is… #NowPlaying #MusicSky

In S17 of #Taskmaster, Nick Mohammed dressed as a vampire for his tasks. The production scrubbed all his reflections when he's dressed like this, but the only way I knew is because someone told me about it. It's subtle and very cool.

I've got a new (old) toy... 😍 Technics SL-P555 CD player from c1990, back when they built them to last (and sound great). Slots nicely into my otherwise-analogue vintage music setup (Technics amp & reel-to-reel, Rega turntable). Long live physical media! #MusicSky #technics #vintageaudio

The venue for the COP30 climate summit actually going up in flames does seem a little on the nose even by modern news standards…

This screenshot of Elite is 23 kilobytes. The entire game was 22 kilobytes.

Jonathan Pie, restrained as ever. And, as always, absolutely spot on... www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCMn...

Another day, another cloud outage. Today it's Cloudflare's turn. Back in my first job, this would be the point at which we retired to the Garrick's Head for a long lunch...

As a newcomer to @caimhmc.bsky.social's work, I've finally caught up on the podcast back catalogue - and I think this is my favourite short story so far!

The Advent of Beeb Games... returns for 2025! youtu.be/RHdgIHr78RM

Just been to Lidl to follow up on wine recommendations from Tom Gilbey. 2 reds, 3 whites, none over £7.99. Currently enjoying the 2022 Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon… I’ve also got an Aldi list to try out 🍷

Make sure you read the alt text captions… 🐑

Gosh, after a seven year absence, my friend @dananddanfilms.bsky.social is back! I mean - i'm thrilled that Dan is back, but i've never much liked Dan to be honest. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7V1K...

I still play this one regularly (on the original hardware). It holds up as an exceptional game… cc @colinhoad.com

Age yourself with gaming

"coup d'twat" 🤣

Today would have been my mother's 80th birthday, so I shall be raising a large whisky to her this evening... 🥃 Much missed, always loved ♥️

Really gutted to say that our resident albino squirrel was run over earlier, on the road just around the corner. Not sure how someone failed to spot him - he wasn't exactly inconspicuous 🤬 He'd been a regular in the garden for about 6 weeks; I saw him out there just this morning... 😢

For $25 (~£19) this is an absolute steal…

EVIL HACKER DID IT And the hacker was SO cunning, they used the same image he had just posted on Twitter, moments earlier. And if you believe that, I have a concrete tree to sell you.