Gave that Bluesky wrapped gimmick a go and this is who I mostly interact with. Look at them, nothing but trouble the lot of them. Can't trust any of them. If you like interacting with @itsjoels.bsky.social so much why don't you marry him Ash!

Gave that Bluesky wrapped gimmick a go and this is who I mostly interact with. Look at them, nothing but trouble the lot of them. Can't trust any of them. If you like interacting with @itsjoels.bsky.social so much why don't you marry him Ash!

Always convinced any one hit wonder with a lengthy career must have a few more hidden bangers. Today I ended up down a rabbit hole of Robin Beck (of 'First Time'/ coca-cola ad fame). This straddles that late 80/early 90's twain of power ballad and it's rather enjoyable. Bloody love a ballad me!

Morten Harket for reasons my brain can't explain looks like a stunning high end fashion model version of Norm Macdonald, and I can't unsee it #totp

Morten Harket for reasons my brain can't explain looks like a stunning high end fashion model version of Norm Macdonald, and I can't unsee it #totp

Ash, do you remember New Year's Eve 2019? Where instead of a house party, you went out in Manchester. Remember that? Right ol' laugh wasn't it!

Ash, do you remember New Year's Eve 2019? Where instead of a house party, you went out in Manchester. Remember that? Right ol' laugh wasn't it!

Like Christmas, New Year is something I'm just not into much anymore. However, lots of you are, so I hope it's a complete mess, you get ratted and fail your resolutions like a true champ. 2026 prediction... Spontaneous Human Combustion makes a comeback! Yes, I'm hot. Drink me in.

Like Christmas, New Year is something I'm just not into much anymore. However, lots of you are, so I hope it's a complete mess, you get ratted and fail your resolutions like a true champ. 2026 prediction... Spontaneous Human Combustion makes a comeback! Yes, I'm hot. Drink me in.

No interest in this season anymore, just grew out of it. LOOK... IT CAN HAPPEN! But, if you are celebrating something today with friends, family, people you genuinely don't like but have to tolerate through gritted teeth, that's well skill, have a great day of it. Here's me and the beagle.

25 years ago, Kirsty MacColl was cruelly taken away from us. My favourite female singer/songwriter, I adore her work. Deserves to be remembered way beyond the manner of her passing and that Pogues song. She was fantastic! Here she is absolutely smashing 'Miss Otis Regrets'. A real one was Kirsty.

25 years ago, Kirsty MacColl was cruelly taken away from us. My favourite female singer/songwriter, I adore her work. Deserves to be remembered way beyond the manner of her passing and that Pogues song. She was fantastic! Here she is absolutely smashing 'Miss Otis Regrets'. A real one was Kirsty.

2001, OTD we lost Stuart Adamson. A musical hero of mine. His voice, lyrics and guitar work are just wonderful to me. It's such a shame he couldn't defeat his demons. From every account you'll ever hear, he was a really nice man. Here's an excerpt of Big Country bopping about on 'The Tube' in 1984.

Something that I wanted to ask the people on this app, because I think it's weird and I'm not boasting or trying to be some weird hipster but... I just have no active interest in new media, films, music, TV etc. But I'm not sure why! I don't hate it, I just feel unmotivated to bother (Cont. 👇)

Something that I wanted to ask the people on this app, because I think it's weird and I'm not boasting or trying to be some weird hipster but... I just have no active interest in new media, films, music, TV etc. But I'm not sure why! I don't hate it, I just feel unmotivated to bother (Cont. 👇)

2001, OTD we lost Stuart Adamson. A musical hero of mine. His voice, lyrics and guitar work are just wonderful to me. It's such a shame he couldn't defeat his demons. From every account you'll ever hear, he was a really nice man. Here's an excerpt of Big Country bopping about on 'The Tube' in 1984.

Dick Van Dyke is 100 years old today. Delightful! As a big Columbo fan, he's absolutely brilliant in the episode 'Negative Reaction' playing not only a rare villain role, but sporting a top tier beard.

Final wrestling bout of John Cena tonight. Really good at his craft, but a very strange man IRL. No actual opinions, cold, an AI inspirational quote machine in possible human form. What normal person describes a killing as "caught and compromised to a permanent end" He's wrestling's Michael Owen.

Jamie Oliver is relaunching his Italian restaurant. He's someone I genuinely loathe. A few years ago after a wedding where I had too much rum, the first thing I saw the next day was him having some moan about poor people's eating habits... So I gave out about him. Here you go. I regret nothing!

Always convinced any one hit wonder with a lengthy career must have a few more hidden bangers. Today I ended up down a rabbit hole of Robin Beck (of 'First Time'/ coca-cola ad fame). This straddles that late 80/early 90's twain of power ballad and it's rather enjoyable. Bloody love a ballad me!

A shame it's ending, but RJ City has kept me so amused for years with Hey! Ew. My favourite line was from the Ruby Soho ep 👇 "You identify with the punk rock movement. Is that because you're a DIY rebel, or because you don't know what you stand for anymore?" Raul Julia City, you did a fine job.

Vibes.

Vibes.

Ahh, OG Band Aid. I remember when Band Aid 30 (yeah, you do forget that one don't you) came out and I made a minimalist cover art on my dining room table. #TOTP

The most curiously interesting (and tragic) fact about Jim Diamond is that he was at the dinner party where Father Ted's Dermot Morgan had his fatal heart attack. I know, it's a bit of a 'I beg your pardon?' factoid innit. Terrible song, whiny little man. Phil Collins on a SHEIN budget #totp

I once made a fight video of Ken Barlow and Mike Baldwin to 'Two Tribes' and one day I'll unleash it on this place #totp

Happy Friday everyone. Here's Viko the Beagle pulling his 'What, meeeee?' face when I asked him if he was trying to break into the treat drawer... AGAIN!

Happy Friday everyone. Here's Viko the Beagle pulling his 'What, meeeee?' face when I asked him if he was trying to break into the treat drawer... AGAIN!

You know what we don't talk enough about? That weird bit in the middle of ABBA's 'Take a Chance On Me' video where it's looks like Agnetha has began singing POV in the middle of a blowy, and then Frida does... whatever THAT implies! Swedes. Absolute filth!

There are lots of very good covers of Beatles songs out there. But I still reckon one of the best is by the wonderfully named female group Fanny, absolutely kicking the shit out of 'Hey Bulldog'. Lovely stuff!

You know what we don't talk enough about? That weird bit in the middle of ABBA's 'Take a Chance On Me' video where it's looks like Agnetha has began singing POV in the middle of a blowy, and then Frida does... whatever THAT implies! Swedes. Absolute filth!

Got my A1 French exam in two weeks. I've been doing the course since late September and I still suck. I struggle to write and understand French when it's spoken. I can speak it ok, but issues with the right conjugation. Probably gonna fail. Struggling to remember the words and letting myself down.

Got my A1 French exam in two weeks. I've been doing the course since late September and I still suck. I struggle to write and understand French when it's spoken. I can speak it ok, but issues with the right conjugation. Probably gonna fail. Struggling to remember the words and letting myself down.

There are lots of very good covers of Beatles songs out there. But I still reckon one of the best is by the wonderfully named female group Fanny, absolutely kicking the shit out of 'Hey Bulldog'. Lovely stuff!

What is the 'Die Hard is a Christmas film' of songs played around Christmas or considered Christmas hits?

What is the 'Die Hard is a Christmas film' of songs played around Christmas or considered Christmas hits?

You know in the Shania Twain 'That Don't Impress Me Much' video, where she's lost in the desert. But she turns down a lift in a car, bike, jeep, truck and horseback. So at the end of the clip, there's no resolution, and she's still lost in the desert, yeah... Like... does she die?!

Just thinking about that time I was mooching around a junk shop in Hull, and out in the open, available for purchase was a framed photo of Adolf Hitler.

Something about 'Last Christmas' by Wham that's always amused me, is the gentle chugging synth keyboard sounds exactly like the music they used in Thomas the Tank Engine. It's an uncanny fit.

introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've been to: The Darkness System of a Down Atomic Kitten Big Country David Hasselhoff on a cherry picker at the Berlin Wall