Bren2k
@bren2kk.bsky.social
Woke lefty. Music, vinyl, gaming, books, politics & other stuff that tickles my fancy. Proud to be an #MDANT - yes, I have heard it
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November 19, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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I’ve done for this in two sittings, using my new fully functional eyeballs. 👀
For those people constructing Xmas lists, it’s a strong recommend #nowreading
For those people constructing Xmas lists, it’s a strong recommend #nowreading
November 18, 2025 at 11:11 PM
I’ve done for this in two sittings, using my new fully functional eyeballs. 👀
For those people constructing Xmas lists, it’s a strong recommend #nowreading
For those people constructing Xmas lists, it’s a strong recommend #nowreading
I-I’m a human fly,
A-and I don’t know why…
I do actually - just had my eyeballs sliced open and am now officially a cyborg - an enhanced human. And I can using my phone without specs for the first time in 15 years 🙌
A-and I don’t know why…
I do actually - just had my eyeballs sliced open and am now officially a cyborg - an enhanced human. And I can using my phone without specs for the first time in 15 years 🙌
November 16, 2025 at 12:41 PM
I-I’m a human fly,
A-and I don’t know why…
I do actually - just had my eyeballs sliced open and am now officially a cyborg - an enhanced human. And I can using my phone without specs for the first time in 15 years 🙌
A-and I don’t know why…
I do actually - just had my eyeballs sliced open and am now officially a cyborg - an enhanced human. And I can using my phone without specs for the first time in 15 years 🙌
My longstanding love affair with @theblowmonkeys.bsky.social started here, about 40 years ago. Only just re-got this on vinyl, so had forgotten what a brilliant album it is. Post-punky, jazzy, dark and sophisticated; brilliant songwriting and musically v sophisticated. Great stuff 👌
#NowPlaying
#NowPlaying
September 22, 2025 at 4:42 PM
My longstanding love affair with @theblowmonkeys.bsky.social started here, about 40 years ago. Only just re-got this on vinyl, so had forgotten what a brilliant album it is. Post-punky, jazzy, dark and sophisticated; brilliant songwriting and musically v sophisticated. Great stuff 👌
#NowPlaying
#NowPlaying
A spare hour until Mrs Bren2k returns from a work trip; in what has become a teatime ritual, Iggy Pop and I are listening to a record. We are enjoying this one very much indeed 🙌
#NowPlaying #NowStroking
#NowPlaying #NowStroking
September 18, 2025 at 5:18 PM
A spare hour until Mrs Bren2k returns from a work trip; in what has become a teatime ritual, Iggy Pop and I are listening to a record. We are enjoying this one very much indeed 🙌
#NowPlaying #NowStroking
#NowPlaying #NowStroking
Home alone, so I’m making a solo tea and listening to this ace racket at volumes that are normally prohibited 👌
#NowPlaying
#NowPlaying
September 15, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Home alone, so I’m making a solo tea and listening to this ace racket at volumes that are normally prohibited 👌
#NowPlaying
#NowPlaying
September 9, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Two new pick-ups from the weekend - recommended by my local vinylmonger - have provided me with a delightful hour of funky #jazz ❤️
#NowPlaying
#NowPlaying
September 8, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Two new pick-ups from the weekend - recommended by my local vinylmonger - have provided me with a delightful hour of funky #jazz ❤️
#NowPlaying
#NowPlaying
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Nominate Minutemen singer-guitarist D. Boon for the 2026 Woody Guthrie Prize: it just makes a whole lot of sense.
August 15, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Nominate Minutemen singer-guitarist D. Boon for the 2026 Woody Guthrie Prize: it just makes a whole lot of sense.
I do semi-regular cinema trips with my daughter - this week, she picked the below.
Quite possibly the most terrifying and disturbing film I’ve seen in many a year; I can’t shake it off. Watch at your own peril 😱
Quite possibly the most terrifying and disturbing film I’ve seen in many a year; I can’t shake it off. Watch at your own peril 😱
August 9, 2025 at 7:23 AM
I do semi-regular cinema trips with my daughter - this week, she picked the below.
Quite possibly the most terrifying and disturbing film I’ve seen in many a year; I can’t shake it off. Watch at your own peril 😱
Quite possibly the most terrifying and disturbing film I’ve seen in many a year; I can’t shake it off. Watch at your own peril 😱
Iggy Pop poses for his annual #internationalcatday selfie. He’s quite aware of how fabulous he is
August 8, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Iggy Pop poses for his annual #internationalcatday selfie. He’s quite aware of how fabulous he is
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152 copies of Ghost Signs sold last year and only ONE e-book. Total royalties for 2024/5, eighty three quid 😭 anyone wants to help feed my kids and pay the mortgage, both of which are killing me, you can get it from all the usual bookshops and online outlets.
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/ghos...
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/ghos...
Ghost Signs: Poverty and the Pandemic a book by Stu Hennigan.
"When Covid struck in early 2020, librarian Stu Hennigan volunteered to deliver food parcels to vulnerable people in Leeds who were self-isolating and had no other access to food during the savage day...
uk.bookshop.org
August 4, 2025 at 11:35 AM
152 copies of Ghost Signs sold last year and only ONE e-book. Total royalties for 2024/5, eighty three quid 😭 anyone wants to help feed my kids and pay the mortgage, both of which are killing me, you can get it from all the usual bookshops and online outlets.
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/ghos...
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/ghos...
August 6, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Viewing some properties in Macclesfield yesterday. In a derelict and abandoned house, accessible only by climbing and hacking back vegetation, the graffiti started out cool and geographically centred - but quick descended into the hackneyed, schoolboy “cock and balls” staple. Disappointing.
July 31, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Viewing some properties in Macclesfield yesterday. In a derelict and abandoned house, accessible only by climbing and hacking back vegetation, the graffiti started out cool and geographically centred - but quick descended into the hackneyed, schoolboy “cock and balls” staple. Disappointing.
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Six new T-shirt designs now available on my website
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/t-shirts
Preston Bus Station
Cassette Recorder
Lido Lady
Lido Style
El Greco
Blackburn Spiral
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/t-shirts
Preston Bus Station
Cassette Recorder
Lido Lady
Lido Style
El Greco
Blackburn Spiral
July 31, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Six new T-shirt designs now available on my website
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/t-shirts
Preston Bus Station
Cassette Recorder
Lido Lady
Lido Style
El Greco
Blackburn Spiral
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/t-shirts
Preston Bus Station
Cassette Recorder
Lido Lady
Lido Style
El Greco
Blackburn Spiral
Just been down to see me old Ma - turned up with headphones on from the walk.
“What you listening to?”
“The Fall - you wouldn’t like it Ma.”
“Give us a listen….”
<ten seconds of Fortress/Deer Park>
“Bloody Nora - that’s a racket.”
“Told ya…”
“What you listening to?”
“The Fall - you wouldn’t like it Ma.”
“Give us a listen….”
<ten seconds of Fortress/Deer Park>
“Bloody Nora - that’s a racket.”
“Told ya…”
July 13, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Just been down to see me old Ma - turned up with headphones on from the walk.
“What you listening to?”
“The Fall - you wouldn’t like it Ma.”
“Give us a listen….”
<ten seconds of Fortress/Deer Park>
“Bloody Nora - that’s a racket.”
“Told ya…”
“What you listening to?”
“The Fall - you wouldn’t like it Ma.”
“Give us a listen….”
<ten seconds of Fortress/Deer Park>
“Bloody Nora - that’s a racket.”
“Told ya…”
Reposted by Bren2k
My little #Bonsai forest is doing very well; however, they’re growing upwards nicely, but not outwards - the trunks are still very thin and spindly. Am I doing something wrong?!
July 13, 2025 at 9:07 AM
My little #Bonsai forest is doing very well; however, they’re growing upwards nicely, but not outwards - the trunks are still very thin and spindly. Am I doing something wrong?!
The way this guy uses samples and beats is right up there with some of the best of all time. This is a great record - I think he’ll do well 🙌
#NowPlaying
#NowPlaying
July 7, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The way this guy uses samples and beats is right up there with some of the best of all time. This is a great record - I think he’ll do well 🙌
#NowPlaying
#NowPlaying
Faced with an embarrassment of riches at the hospice shop this morning… #NotPlaying
July 5, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Faced with an embarrassment of riches at the hospice shop this morning… #NotPlaying
Just catching up with The Prodge at #Glastonbury. I saw them 30 years ago at Doncaster Dome; loved it then and still do. First heard them in The Wap in the early 90’s and my social life was instantly transformed 🤘
a bald man in a blue shirt is sitting in a car and making a face .
ALT: a bald man in a blue shirt is sitting in a car and making a face .
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June 30, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Just catching up with The Prodge at #Glastonbury. I saw them 30 years ago at Doncaster Dome; loved it then and still do. First heard them in The Wap in the early 90’s and my social life was instantly transformed 🤘
June 30, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Not just excess, it’s a system built to keep people hungry so the rich can keep feasting. But the masses are waking up.
Powerful video…
Powerful video…
June 30, 2025 at 10:22 AM