Poetry for a rainy Sunday; part two: considering things done in the name of connection ⬇️ . . . . #poetrycommunity #poetry #poem #poetrylovers #poetryforlife #rain #raining #sunday #SundayReads #sundayreading #writing #writingcommunity #connection npryan.com/2025/09/14/t...

Poetry for a rainy Sunday; part one: asking what really might be going on ⬇️ . . . . #poetrycommunity #poetry #poem #poetrylovers #poetryforlife #behindthedisguise #rain #raining #sunday #SundayReads #sundayreading #writing #writingcommunity npryan.com/2025/09/14/i...

Latest Weedian release features 157 tracks of stoner and doom that can be downloaded for whatever you can afford to pay, which includes free! Start the weekend the way you mean it to go on! #music #newmusic #rock #metal #stoner #doom #newmusicfriday weedian420.bandcamp.com/album/trip-t...

Tamir Rice was 12. Trayvon Martin was 17. Michael Brown was 18. Stephon Clark was 22. Elijah McClain was 23. Ahmaud Arbury was 25. Breonna Taylor was 26. Sandra Bland was 28. Since y’all, now, recognize how young 31 is.

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Tbf after its first best use the bands prob wouldn't have reason to exist!

Think Kayo Dot + The Crest: yep that good! #music #review #newmusic #avantgarde #baroness #darkwell #deftones #depechemode #duranduran #folk #garynuman #goth #igarka #italy #kayodot #LeavesEyes #metal #shoegaze #silvery #sinsofthybeloved #thecrest #TheatreOfTragedy npryan.com/2025/08/28/i...

My review of Certified Bozos stunning debut EP Frozen Death. . FFO: The Clash; The Dead Kennedys; Motorhead; Anthrax; Metallica & Jimmy Carr's mum . . #music #musicreview #newmusic #punk #metal #bristol #motorhead #theclash #anthrax #metallica #thrashmetal #rock #rocknroll npryan.com/2025/08/19/b...

Couple of thoughts on the joyous experience of seeing WHITE HILLS and GNOD back in May at Strange Brew, including the footage I took on the night x . . . . #music #musicvideo #livemusic #psychedelic #rock #stoner #postpunk #bristol #toronto #WhiteHills #GNOD npryan.com/2025/08/10/g...

Space Rock pioneers and legends Hawkwind live in Chepstow Castle last night. Incredible show! 👏👏👏 . . . . #music #hawkwind #spacerock #rock #psychedelic #livemusic #musicvideo #stonerrock #stoner #wales #castle www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGqO...

#poetry #poem #purple #purpleflame #purplerain npryan.com/2025/07/25/f...

#truth #poetry #poem #lies #jks npryan.com/2025/07/24/t...

Thoughts inspired by a seagull and nature's will #poem #poetry #perspective npryan.com/2025/07/11/t...

Don't normally do live reviews; not only were Tomar Control incredible, efforts to find the gig a new venue at such short notice & why they had to shouldn't be forgotten👏👏👏 #punk #music #livemusic #review #bristol #moorbeer #IDF #glastonbury2025 #BobVylan #BBC #palestine npryan.com/2025/07/10/t...

Remarkable. MSNC: "I want to reiterate this has been 100% peaceful." Seconds later, LA County sheriffs start firing on the crowd. Yet again, "law enforcement" deliberately escalated.

just watched this netflix documentary on the oklahoma city bombing and once again i'm struck by how so many of the popular media takes on this event just avoid entirely the connection to organized white supremacism

On the subject of people from Croydon in poetic form . . . . #poem #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #Croydon #london #people #thorntonheath npryan.com/2025/06/12/p...

My review of Collapsed Vein's incredible Pain Communion. . . . . . #doommetal #deathmetal #stonerdoommetal #heavymetal #rock #music #newmusic #newmusicfriday #musicreview #review npryan.com/2025/06/06/c...

N P Ryan vs. poetry (and any semblance of sense really) . . . . #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #soda #sycophant #language #parlance npryan.com/2025/06/05/s...

An incredible album spanning many genres while telling a chilling tale the Papacy would prefer no one knew ⬇️ ✝️ ✝️ ✝️ ✝️ #music #musicreview #history #pope #papacy #metal #heavymetal #doom #stoner #drone #postmetal #bristol #punk #moorbeer npryan.com/2025/05/26/a...

vs. poetry: thoughts on this time last year x . . . . . . . #poetry #poem #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #MentalHealth #mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealthmatters #writing #writingcommunity #sunday #SundayReading #SundayReads npryan.com/2025/05/11/h...

A rampant ride of humour & social awareness delivered with a sharp punk edge. FFO: Jack Off Jill/Red Hot Chilli Peppers/English Teacher/My Ruin/Lambrini Girls/Hole/Blondie/Debbie Harry/SugarComa #music #newmusic #music #punk #rock #metal #postpunk #grunge npryan.com/2025/04/21/b...

If only folks were as riled up about the right to due process the way they were riled up for their right to walk into a Cheesecake Factory during a pandemic without a mask on. 😕

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A New Hampshire real estate attorney and American citizen returning home from Canada says he was detained at the border without an explanation and "treated like a criminal."

The FDA is asking laid-off employees to temporarily return after mass cuts decimated the agency’s ability to penalize stores that sell cigarettes and vapes to minors.

Some major public institutions in Canada, including a pension management firm and a leading hospital, are advising staff against traveling to the US.

Comparing the promenade and beach at Weston-super-Mare to the film Apocalypse Now in poetic form. . . . . #poem #poetry #writing #beach #westonsupermare #weston #apocalypsenow #summer npryan.com/2025/04/13/a...

I fully was when opening an email a few weeks back claiming to be from a major record label. It asked if I wanted to be involved in an incredible project involving one of the biggest bands around. And so here is my review of AC/DC's final ever album! #review #music #rock #acdc #metal #food #fruits

My review of Disruptive Influence's Brink of War; an album punk af plus brimming classic thrash, prog & glam rock #BBC #billybragg #bristol #glamrock #joestrummer #mötleycrüe #megadeth #metal, #metallica #music #progrock #punk #theramones #thrash #metal #water npryan.com/2025/03/21/d...

Things that annoy me make me write poetry; this week I was particularly vexed by the quality of an orange ⬇️ . . . . #poetry #poem #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #orange #food #fruits #fruitoftheloon #mentalhealth #anger npryan.com/2025/03/16/o...

What better way to acknowledge #internationalwomensday than reposting the review for Hot Flab; four women taking the #patriarchy down one peg at a time! #music #musicreview #newmusic #punk #riotgrrrl #rock npryan.com/2025/02/21/e...

Don't let that orange **** wind you up, read some poetry on the subject of karaoke and germs in the pre-WWIII-post-Covid-era instead ⬇️ . . . . #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #writing #writingcommunity #poem #Karaoke #germs #donaldtrump npryan.com/2025/03/02/d...

Unbelievable, I know, but Ulf Dloc has turned up AGAIN! #poetry #dark #Cryptic #poem #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers npryan.com/2023/01/15/d...

Not only an incredible album in realms of The Clash's debut, it also asks a question: what is punk as a movement? And it turns out Hot Flab are absolutely right to ask! ⬇️ #punk #newmusicfriday #music #feminist #riotgrrrl #NHS #patriarchy#misogyny #rebellion #JeremyVine npryan.com/2025/02/21/e...

After a bit of a health-induced hiatus, I'm back with a poem about one of my fav contradictions: what does the word ‘delighted’ mean to you that feeling of being anything but blue full of . . . (cont in link) #poetry #poem #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #delighted #zen npryan.com/2025/02/16/d...

Free herb bike rack up in the Stool. #bristol #bikes #cliftonsuspensionbridge @privateeyenews.bsky.social

R.I.P. David Lynch Wild at Heart ❤❤❤ Blue Velvet 💙💙💙 www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPYx...

Okay, now the covid/flu has gone, some actual posting! Amazing #acoustic tunes from #queer artist #Dryadic. One track even brought me to tears it's so beautiful!!! Check it out 🔽🔽🔽 #music #folk #newmusic #lesbian #review #musicreview #indieartist #femaleartist npryan.com/2024/05/03/d...

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More train delays this morning Bring back British Rail....I know we moaned but jeez...you were cheap and efficient and fast .... Thanks Margaret Thatcher and John Major ....another fine bloody mess you sold to us and then made us pay for 😡😡 www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cv...

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The government will take South Western Railway into public ownership in May, in Labour's first nationalisation of the passenger rail network. Plans set to be announced as early as Wednesday. Story w/ @pickardje.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/9090...

Watch our most excellent friends, @ritesofhadda.bsky.social play an awesome set at the Rebellion festival. #punk #livemusic #rebellionfest #lgbtqmusicians