Alan Burns
@alanburns.bsky.social
Kilmarnock-born Edinburgher, civil servant who likes a lot of music, niche trivia and funny stuff
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Unless they faithfully remake the Fleming Bonds, complete with egg obsession and deranged politics then really what's the point? I want audiences to gasp as Bond eats an avocado or categorises the races
November 11, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Unless they faithfully remake the Fleming Bonds, complete with egg obsession and deranged politics then really what's the point? I want audiences to gasp as Bond eats an avocado or categorises the races
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Whoever they cast, they should play James Bond as Mr Pastry
November 11, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Whoever they cast, they should play James Bond as Mr Pastry
Now playing: venturing further into the Winston catalogue
![CD cover of Forest by George Winston [Dancing Cat/Windham Hill/BMG, 1994]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tzkttulzcpjkfy2ohmblfcnf/bafkreifiv6upjr6vqetsxdzvtpeopbmcvityhn4asglzjmllucjbgkx44e@jpeg)
November 11, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Now playing: venturing further into the Winston catalogue
NP: Satie a la Windham Hill, 1st piano album they ever released (Winston would record Autumn in the same studio the following year). Striking in how belt & braces straightahead an interpretation this is, and a sharp-eared reviewer I've read has noted a poorly-tuned piano: a quite sweet naivety to it
![CD cover of The Piano Solos Of Erik Satie performed by Bill Quist [Windham Hill, 1979]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tzkttulzcpjkfy2ohmblfcnf/bafkreicg4d6wnzzgirjbuc4mtd6ngjtmnkm766a2okfoupqyhzqp37rjvy@jpeg)
November 11, 2025 at 9:21 AM
NP: Satie a la Windham Hill, 1st piano album they ever released (Winston would record Autumn in the same studio the following year). Striking in how belt & braces straightahead an interpretation this is, and a sharp-eared reviewer I've read has noted a poorly-tuned piano: a quite sweet naivety to it
Now playing, 'night all
![Album cover of Satie: Piano Works performed by Daniel Varsano and Philippe Entremont [Sony Classical compilation, 1992]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tzkttulzcpjkfy2ohmblfcnf/bafkreias4hc5dsqtuibgusup2eib7ixzu67f2bijwhgkywinbieoh2sja4@jpeg)
November 11, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Now playing, 'night all
Post a non-religious photo you think of as holy.
November 10, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Post a non-religious photo you think of as holy.
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RIP Baudrillard you would have loved this shit
New uncanny valley unlocked: inflatable corn maze for urban fall fests.
November 9, 2025 at 4:25 AM
RIP Baudrillard you would have loved this shit
Yesss it's Mia Goth time
November 9, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Yesss it's Mia Goth time
@rolandbates.bsky.social
@kirkdalebooks.bsky.social
@davidwilloughby.bsky.social
If only there was one perfect winning phrase for this, something three words long and evoking gastronomical patience, where the middle word just happened to be 'for'
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@davidwilloughby.bsky.social
If only there was one perfect winning phrase for this, something three words long and evoking gastronomical patience, where the middle word just happened to be 'for'
The Mamdani political sign generator is kinda fun https://homes.luddy.indiana.edu/ccshan/for/for.html
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
@rolandbates.bsky.social
@kirkdalebooks.bsky.social
@davidwilloughby.bsky.social
If only there was one perfect winning phrase for this, something three words long and evoking gastronomical patience, where the middle word just happened to be 'for'
@kirkdalebooks.bsky.social
@davidwilloughby.bsky.social
If only there was one perfect winning phrase for this, something three words long and evoking gastronomical patience, where the middle word just happened to be 'for'
Where’s your fucking poppy?
November 8, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Where’s your fucking poppy?
Watching this again, it's great
November 7, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Watching this again, it's great
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I have seen photos of the 'autechre will perform in total darkness' disclaimer more than my own family recently
November 7, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I have seen photos of the 'autechre will perform in total darkness' disclaimer more than my own family recently
The words "at least one coronal mass ejection from the sun" are not really what I wanted to read just after putting on my favourite shite teatime film (Knowing with Nicolas Cage & Rose Byrne), to be honest
The arrival of at least one Coronal Mass Ejection from the sun, brings the likelihood of enhanced geomagnetic activity over the next few nights.
Aurora sightings are possible in northern areas of the UK with a lower chance of glimpses as far south as the Midlands.
Aurora sightings are possible in northern areas of the UK with a lower chance of glimpses as far south as the Midlands.
November 7, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The words "at least one coronal mass ejection from the sun" are not really what I wanted to read just after putting on my favourite shite teatime film (Knowing with Nicolas Cage & Rose Byrne), to be honest
The first of the Discogs postmen for this month cometh: diversifying my new age solo piano portfolio with the mid-80s debuts of Philip Aaberg & Jim Chappell, and now playing the Michael Jüllich one, which so far is quite promisingly sounding like an hour-long How To Destroy Angels, yes ha ha ha YES
November 7, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The first of the Discogs postmen for this month cometh: diversifying my new age solo piano portfolio with the mid-80s debuts of Philip Aaberg & Jim Chappell, and now playing the Michael Jüllich one, which so far is quite promisingly sounding like an hour-long How To Destroy Angels, yes ha ha ha YES
Returning now to new album of the month: recorded in a cottage on North Uist and giving suitably windswept, folk-infused piano trio wondrousness
![CD cover of The Shieling by Fergus McCreadie with David Bowden and Stephen Henderson [Edition Records, 2025]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tzkttulzcpjkfy2ohmblfcnf/bafkreig7b3h7jq47stl7eoz3nhceoyakeh4sjh5jtsssipofg6qxcy2ndq@jpeg)
November 7, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Returning now to new album of the month: recorded in a cottage on North Uist and giving suitably windswept, folk-infused piano trio wondrousness
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Dump him, girl www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
You be the judge: should my best friend stop calling me by a nickname?
Priscilla knows that when Chioma calls her ‘Pris’ she means no harm – but finds it very annoying. You get to name the offending party
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Dump him, girl www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
![CD cover of Shaker Loops / Light Over Water by John Adams [New Albion, 1987 compilation]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tzkttulzcpjkfy2ohmblfcnf/bafkreihdvzlqtj6txlfikjwdrglkye6woyzyzyxwthzqxsbvx23umg54sa@jpeg)
Trying to wake myself up and a car just honked another car outside in a rapid staccato manner that sounded exactly like the introduction to Akrata by Iannis Xenakis, perhaps they're listening to it on the morning commute
November 7, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Trying to wake myself up and a car just honked another car outside in a rapid staccato manner that sounded exactly like the introduction to Akrata by Iannis Xenakis, perhaps they're listening to it on the morning commute
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HP Sauce is named after HP Lovecraft
November 6, 2025 at 6:30 PM
HP Sauce is named after HP Lovecraft
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succubus - female demon that seduces men
incubus - male demon that seduces women
vengabus - non-binary demon that likes to party
incubus - male demon that seduces women
vengabus - non-binary demon that likes to party
November 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
succubus - female demon that seduces men
incubus - male demon that seduces women
vengabus - non-binary demon that likes to party
incubus - male demon that seduces women
vengabus - non-binary demon that likes to party
![CD cover of Pour Que Les Fruits Mûrrisent Cet Eté / Ach Golgotha / Op Acht Paarden Wedden by Karel Goeyvaerts [Alpha Records, 1973/77; this compilation Finders Keepers, 2013]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tzkttulzcpjkfy2ohmblfcnf/bafkreiasd736j5n7724w5fsfgyey3b3x3cxjnw3nbpugsfj33xqkp2pzrm@jpeg)
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What a golf hole!
November 6, 2025 at 11:36 AM
What a golf hole!