Chris Oakley
@chrisdoakley.bsky.social
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Brit in NZ. linktr.ee/chris_oakley or specifically Kitbliss.co.nz.
'Lost For Words' - Chris Rea, saudade, and the guitarist we forgot to hear. My latest post on Substack.
chrisdoakley.substack.com/p/lost-for-w...
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Lost for Words
There is a word in Portuguese that can’t be succinctly translated into English.
https://chrisdoakley.substack.com/p/lost-for-words
about 23 hours ago
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Watching The Beatles 'Get Back' day by day to tally up with the actual days in the film. Anyone else? Just me?
3 days ago
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A reminder that Donald Trump recently won the FIFA Peace Prize.
6 days ago
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I particularly like how the 90's rave scene is being referenced during
#AFCON2025
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8 days ago
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Dear me... how many goals have been scored from whipped-in crosses that were headed in from close range in this
#AFCON2025
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8 days ago
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Am watching a West Ham for the first time in a while. This is West Ham in 'we'll be relegated but we don't care' mode. Abysmal.
9 days ago
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I keep hearing the occasional clanging bell while watching the African Cup of Nations. I see it as a tribute to The Wheeltappers & Shunters Social Cub, naturally.
16 days ago
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Now I've finished work for Christmas, it's time to catch up on what I've missed so far in the African Nations Cup. Was always a source of excitement when Eurosport covered the competition in the early days of satellite TV. Hope it brings some Christmas cheer... 🎄⚽
16 days ago
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I was lucky enough to see Chris Rea playing live in concert several times. He was my favourite musical artist and I have all his albums. Christmas won't be quite so happy this year.
17 days ago
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Well, I've just worked out when the first batch of 2026 World Cup matches will be played when converted to NZ local time. Apart from a couple of 4am or 5am kick-offs, they're mostly happening between 7am and 2pm. Works for me.
22 days ago
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By law, Scotland HAVE to play Brazil at the World Cup.
#WorldCupDraw
about 1 month ago
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A great draw already!
#worldcupdraw
about 1 month ago
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The first three fixes of the World Cup...
#worldcup
about 1 month ago
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Lionel Scaloni, looking like a snooker referee, there.
#worldcupdraw
about 1 month ago
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He finally got his marching orders. RIP.
bbc.com/news/article...
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Former Aberdeen and Arsenal footballer Willie Young dies aged 73
The defender played for Aberdeen, Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur but is best remembered for a cynical foul which changed the laws of the game.
https://bbc.com/news/articles/c9d666e12l5o
2 months ago
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Slowly dipping my toe back into the water of NFL again.
#DallasCowboys
3 months ago
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@chartmusictotp.bsky.social
The man's a liar...
3 months ago
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reposted by
Chris Oakley
John Smith
3 months ago
Just in case anyone might be interested in reading it, or demanding that others read it. Either would be much appreciated. Please and thank you.
@tftimemachine.bsky.social
@distantpod.bsky.social
@wsc.co.uk
@amylawrence.bsky.social
@davidsquires.bsky.social
@davidhartrick.bsky.social
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It's a long time since I've seen a West Ham side so technically inept, so lacking in effort or motivation. Depressing.
3 months ago
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reposted by
Chris Oakley
Kitbliss
4 months ago
The Kitbliss 100 Greatest Football Shirt Templates: No.31 - Adidas Marseille (1990-93). An inspired one-of-a-kind... Get all the info at
bit.ly/4ppAzbb
where you'll find links to the full template kit gallery and more...
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Belated happy birthday,
@davidstubbs.bsky.social
! Hope it was a special one, surrounded by lots of adoring Chart Music fans... 🙂
4 months ago
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It's a view that no-one will care about, but the amount of money spent on new players in the Premier League is sickeningly appalling. Distasteful in the extreme.
4 months ago
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Gone off football.
4 months ago
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@chartmusictotp.bsky.social
I was recently on the excellent website, BoardGameGeek, looking for a game I once had called Sorry! Imagine my surprise when I discovered they'd made a spin-off game...
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/53...
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Shakin' Sorry
Shakin' Sorry is a game for 2 to 4 players ages 6 and up. It is a fast-paced, easy-to-learn, dice version of Sorry!. The game comes with 17 dice. 16 have the standard Sorry! colors - blue, yellow, ...
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/5387/shakin-sorry
5 months ago
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Liking the Bundesliga brand refresh for 2025. Robust, well thought through... very nice indeed.
youtu.be/WExNyHecKVA?...
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Bundesliga & 2. Bundesliga: Brand Refresh 2025
YouTube video by DFL
https://youtu.be/WExNyHecKVA?si=uFUTe5zZK7suIDlo
5 months ago
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reposted by
Chris Oakley
5 months ago
#33 in the Kit Bliss 100 Greatest Templates. Most familiar as being worn by France and Rangers. Simple re-colour for the
#GAWA
home with IFA logo shadow. For the away there's a more-modern-retro take on kit releases. Inspired by the lace-up collar we've gone St Patrick's blue with an old-style badge
add a skeleton here at some point
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Can't believe how long it's taken me to notice what a dumb, false smile Roger Moore had as 007. Not that I don't like him or anything...
5 months ago
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Am watching The Professionals and am wondering who made more appearances - Nadim Sawalha or Pamela Stephenson...
6 months ago
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But what if I don't like Oasis?
6 months ago
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Truly saddened to hear the awful news about Diogo Jota. 😢
6 months ago
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Chris Oakley
Kitbliss
7 months ago
The Kitbliss 100 Greatest Football Shirt Templates: No.34 - Adidas Santos / Santiago (1980-85). It's an 80's classic. Read what I think about it in my blog post at
bit.ly/45oOlmM
which contains lots of links including the Santos/Santiago gallery page...
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I think I'm officially bored of YouTube videos that cut away every five seconds to a clip from a TV show / film to insert a short phrase. Overdone now?
7 months ago
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Chuff all on TV tonight. Time to break open The Professionals DVD box set again. 1977 ahoy...
7 months ago
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Musk taking the moral high ground, presumably restricting his arm from doing a Hitler salute in the manner of Dr Strangelove.
7 months ago
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Available for podcast projects, subject to suitability. Enquire within.
7 months ago
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After the season West Ham have had, I'll take 14th in the league, and above Spurs and Man United at that.
8 months ago
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@sofpodcast.com
Great news about Whyteleafe... 🥳
www.bbc.com/sport/footba...
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Third-placed AFC Whyteleafe handed title after top two are docked points
Third-placed AFC Whyteleafe win Combined Counties Premier South and earn automatic promotion after the top two teams are both docked points.
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/cj6r1r45wdyo
8 months ago
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@davidstubbs.bsky.social
@chartmusictotp.bsky.social
I went to a rugby match yesterday between NZ women and Canada women, and can confirm they played Rock and Roll Part 2 by G**y Gl***er just before the start. It's still out there...
8 months ago
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@terryduffelen.com
Congrats on the win today, Terry. A great result for Palace and neutrals everywhere!
8 months ago
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Black Ferns v Canada in Christchurch. 12 - 12 at half time.
8 months ago
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@chartmusictotp.bsky.social
While adding some new text to the Chart Music wiki document, something odd occurred to me: if David Van Day is half of Dollar, does that make him 50 Cent?
8 months ago
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reposted by
Chris Oakley
Chart Music
8 months ago
We're back, but we're taking care of the Pop-Crazed Patreon People first with NEARLY FOUR HOURS on the first episode of The Tube. Oof!
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Get more from Chart Music on Patreon
creating podcasts
https://www.patreon.com/c/chartmusic
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Wanna bet?
8 months ago
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reposted by
Chris Oakley
Mass-Driver
9 months ago
The ‘Piracy. It’s a Crime’ campaign used pirated music, *and* as it turns out, also used pirated fonts. Incredible.
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Pleased to say I've watched two French films over the last few days. 'Au Poste!' and 'Le Furet.' Both were silly, interesting, amusing and highly preferable to virtually everything else appearing at my local cinema.
9 months ago
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I might generate an image of me looking like a doll in a plastic pack, because that'll be original.
9 months ago
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Thanks Trump, you complete f*ckstump. You've lost me NZ$68,000 from my pension fund in four days. Great work. I've owned coathangers that are better at global economics than you, you vile heap of whale excrement.
9 months ago
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@ericidle.bsky.social
While watching 'the Argument sketch' on my Monty Python DVD recently, I was pleasantly reminded that you were in the next door office to Cleese, dealing with complaints! I'd totally forgotten that!
10 months ago
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3-0 to NZL. The All Whites are off to the World Cup again.
10 months ago
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2-0 now. Surely that's it. NCL can't shoot for toffee.
10 months ago
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