Wisdom from the old man

The only thing that could make this simile better is if someone comes along to Bluesky scold you for kink shaming

Happy Chris Morris was more prophet than satirist day to all who celebrate

Good King Whatshisname looked out On the Beast Of Burden A band called YES played Roundabout Man, you shoulda heard em Brightly shone the moon that night On the streets of Bieber Popped a cookie in his mouth Made by elves of Keebler RS

This is the most horrific trophy I’ve ever seen. It looks like a cursed object found in a desert crypt.

Manic Street Preachers are just Stereophonics for people who say "Actually" a lot

Cannot WAIT to go to the Hammersmith & City line Winter Wonderland.

We are on course to give these filthy war criminals much of what they want. I despise the current US administration as much as most of you, but dear Lord, its predecessor should have done the right thing and let Ukraine win.

I hated Free as a Bird, but this made sense. This still feels like The Beatles. youtu.be/ax7krBKzmVI?...

Until I can watch Gene Clark's Civilisation, I'm not even interested. *niche "Some Misunderstanding" joke goes here*

“You’ll be visited by three spirits.” The three spirits:

@jrowanbxl.bsky.social requests lamb. Some of you will recall that I did a slow-cooked lamb recipe for @brokenbanker.bsky.social but that was Greek, this time let's go Quebecquois.

Any excuse to post this - A Life in the Day of Tom Baker - share.google/6AW86DGjh18v...

It will never not be compelling to me that the same people who produced Goldeneye - a fun, campy Bond in which Bond is both younger than he was in Licence to Kill but also apparently was around in it, also said “you know what Bond needs? Lore!” in the 2020s.

“So it was, on that misty morning, that Brenda set off for the capital. She knew not what she would find there, only that the time had come to move on - away from small-minded rural attitudes and people who called her ‘Oreo’ and ‘the wide panda’ - to seek a more fulfilling life.”

sorry but mamdani and cuomo should have worn blue and yellow hats, respectively

The worry, even if one would never dream of reading Teen Vogue and are far too old now (c'est moi), should be that we are seeing the death of a certain type of intelligent writing aimed at and written by the under 30s. Here in the UK, the NME, Maker, Smash Hits died. For shitty video and adverts.

I think the 80s ban is salient to what’s going on right now, but not in the way that Jenrick or the people cheering WMP’s call think. (I am not including Gen Boles in the latter group.)

Just heard the great news that Warren Zevon will finally be inducted into the Rock N Roll Hall OF Fame by David Letterman! RS youtu.be/iPx4plDNV_g?...

A "pro-Palestine' march passes me in Bath. Perhaps they're good people, I think to myself. The hippyish Quakers I remember from, say, being a member of Bath CND in the 80s. They're not *necessarily* antisemites, I say. So I check out their X feed. And it's awful.

Did u know english people have food that is, in ther opinion of posts I am copying, ver badd and smelle. Plz lak and scribe

Happy Birthday Leonard Cohen RS

Massive Attack showing, apart from anything else, that they have very little idea of what it's actually like to be under a massive attack

In my new role as a Your Party Enjoyer I must inform you there are now the following factions: > Democratic Bloc (Mish Rahman etc.) > Zarah Sultana (affiliates TBD) > Our Party (Owen Jones a fan) > Jeremy Corbyn and his payroll > The Gaza Independents (you'd better believe they're a faction)

Obligatory #TOTP

Worth remembering that when Corbyn was Labour leader he managed to simultaneously be endorsed and denounced by two different versions of UB40.

not an exaggeration to say I am WEEPING with laughter at this reply from someone who hadn't seen that Robert Redford died today

can I interest you in the all-Ed Davey political compass

Thought I'd just pop back from my general boredom with social media to see how 'The Nice Place' is reacting to the news of the murder of a 31 year old father of 2. Yeah, maybe shouldn't have bothered....

I’m going to go out on a limb and say that murder is bad, even when someone you vehemently disagree with is the one who is murdered. We’re not talking about a dictator or a terrorist here. Having abhorrent views isn’t a reason why anyone should die.

I haven’t seen anyone celebrating it, yet, because I don’t follow scum. AFAIK. I have seen more attempts at ‘context’ than I have on the Literal Hitler Site, and frankly, if you recognise yourself in that description, have a word with yourself.

For ep 29 of my music textcast #FirstLastAnything, ace writer, quizzer and theatre reviewer Shanine Salmon (@braintree711.bsky.social) joined me to talk about Michael Jackson compilations, French pop giants Phoenix, nepotism, quizzing and AI-generated music. firstlastanything.co.uk/2025/08/31/f...

Ben Obese-Jecty is the only Conservative MP and frankly one of the vanishingly small number of MPs, full stop, to react to this stuff in a normal way.

As a long term fan of certain Australian bands, it was high time I had a listen to Blackeyed Susans. I knew they were Triffids-adjacent; I didn’t know that their first EP was essentially new Triffids material, written and sung by David McComb. Bloody hell. youtu.be/Rimf9HSQowU?...

I kinda love that Alex Beard's argument is explicitly 'but look, you have to understand. When we said that, it was really easy'.

those damned outdoor pigs can't keep getting away with this

Admiring the way Trump inserts the word “beautiful” inappropriately into sentences “Very beautiful Black & Decker Workmate” “Very beautiful cat litter”.

We are now less than 24 hours from a flight log on the Lolita express with the name “Donald Trump, frequent flyer” on it and photographs & film footage of Trump on Epstein Island in various different seasonal clothing

Revisiting Brutal Youth, realised this is one of those One Room Videos I once talked to @rich-bryant.uk about. Like Up the Junction if it woke up in a really bad mood and decided to murder everyone. youtu.be/fb2tEYNTIDg?...

brilliant The Day Today-esque headline, 10/10, no notes.

Address autofill is like a small child doing a magic trick. “Give me your house number and postcode and I’ll tell you your address” “I mean, I could just fill it in mys—“ “NO! I HAVE TO DO THE MAGIC TRICK!” *produces list of 134 addresses* “IS IT ONE OF THESE?”

I respectfully suggest that this dynamic could perhaps be addressed

£5: No air conditioning £10: John Noakes climbing Nelson's Column £20: A screaming argument and a Vauxhall Corsa being revved aggressively in a resdiential area in Chatham at 2am £50: Chicken Cottage bargain bucket

I, for one, wish Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez every happiness.

If you're having parliamentary troubles, I feel bad for you, son:

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Cow and Robert Ford (2007)