Dave King
@daveking.bsky.social
Director, producer, writer, lecturer in film & animation. Would-be lounge singer. Vinyl junkie. An Englishman in Norway.
One of the joys of a quick trip back to the UK...
December 27, 2025 at 10:15 AM
One of the joys of a quick trip back to the UK...
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"Facism has had a great year!"
@jimmykimmel.com was pure class all the way in his alternative Christmas speech for Channel 4.
#JimmyKimmelforPresident
@jimmykimmel.com was pure class all the way in his alternative Christmas speech for Channel 4.
#JimmyKimmelforPresident
December 25, 2025 at 6:23 PM
"Facism has had a great year!"
@jimmykimmel.com was pure class all the way in his alternative Christmas speech for Channel 4.
#JimmyKimmelforPresident
@jimmykimmel.com was pure class all the way in his alternative Christmas speech for Channel 4.
#JimmyKimmelforPresident
"Facism has had a great year!"
@jimmykimmel.com was pure class all the way in his alternative Christmas speech for Channel 4.
#JimmyKimmelforPresident
@jimmykimmel.com was pure class all the way in his alternative Christmas speech for Channel 4.
#JimmyKimmelforPresident
December 25, 2025 at 6:23 PM
"Facism has had a great year!"
@jimmykimmel.com was pure class all the way in his alternative Christmas speech for Channel 4.
#JimmyKimmelforPresident
@jimmykimmel.com was pure class all the way in his alternative Christmas speech for Channel 4.
#JimmyKimmelforPresident
"Freshly cut Christmas trees smelling of stars and snow and pine resin - inhale deeply and fill your soul with wintry night..." — John Geddes
#christmas
#christmas
December 21, 2025 at 5:09 PM
"Freshly cut Christmas trees smelling of stars and snow and pine resin - inhale deeply and fill your soul with wintry night..." — John Geddes
#christmas
#christmas
Anyone surprised by the massively redacted Epstein files hasn't been paying attention in class.
#EpsteinFiles #Trump
#EpsteinFiles #Trump
December 20, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Anyone surprised by the massively redacted Epstein files hasn't been paying attention in class.
#EpsteinFiles #Trump
#EpsteinFiles #Trump
Now listening: Hatsumi Shibata's Singer Lady (1975). Fantastic slice of jazz-funk-soul-disco, produced by the legendary Yuji Ohno.
#musicsky #citypop #funk #yujiohno
#musicsky #citypop #funk #yujiohno
Hatsumi Shibata - Singer Lady (1975, Original Press)
YouTube video by ZUJAGO Jazz
www.youtube.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Never mind post-truth, we are now in a post-satire world...
The White House has installed new plaques along President Donald Trump's "Presidential Walk of Fame," featuring descriptions that read like his Truth Social posts, including insults and random capitalization. CNN's Kaitlan Collins reports from the White House.
Read more: https://cnn.it/3N6RlwP
Read more: https://cnn.it/3N6RlwP
December 18, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Never mind post-truth, we are now in a post-satire world...
Reposted by Dave King
A less than subtle reminder that I'll be appearing at the #maltacomiccon on the 8th and 9th November at the Eden Arena. I hope to meet some of you there. I'll be taking part in the Manga and Animation panel.
Get your early access tickets and save some euros from the Malta Comic Con website now
Get your early access tickets and save some euros from the Malta Comic Con website now
November 2, 2025 at 9:21 AM
A less than subtle reminder that I'll be appearing at the #maltacomiccon on the 8th and 9th November at the Eden Arena. I hope to meet some of you there. I'll be taking part in the Manga and Animation panel.
Get your early access tickets and save some euros from the Malta Comic Con website now
Get your early access tickets and save some euros from the Malta Comic Con website now
Happy 71st anniversary #GodzillaDay
Celebrating with these Yamakatsu sofubi I picked up in 1984 (the same day I saw Nina Simone at legendary jazz club, Ronnie Scott's) and looking forward to #GodzillaMinusOne director Takashi Yamazaki visiting here in Norway when he films #GodzillaMinusZero
Celebrating with these Yamakatsu sofubi I picked up in 1984 (the same day I saw Nina Simone at legendary jazz club, Ronnie Scott's) and looking forward to #GodzillaMinusOne director Takashi Yamazaki visiting here in Norway when he films #GodzillaMinusZero
November 3, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Happy 71st anniversary #GodzillaDay
Celebrating with these Yamakatsu sofubi I picked up in 1984 (the same day I saw Nina Simone at legendary jazz club, Ronnie Scott's) and looking forward to #GodzillaMinusOne director Takashi Yamazaki visiting here in Norway when he films #GodzillaMinusZero
Celebrating with these Yamakatsu sofubi I picked up in 1984 (the same day I saw Nina Simone at legendary jazz club, Ronnie Scott's) and looking forward to #GodzillaMinusOne director Takashi Yamazaki visiting here in Norway when he films #GodzillaMinusZero
A less than subtle reminder that I'll be appearing at the #maltacomiccon on the 8th and 9th November at the Eden Arena. I hope to meet some of you there. I'll be taking part in the Manga and Animation panel.
Get your early access tickets and save some euros from the Malta Comic Con website now
Get your early access tickets and save some euros from the Malta Comic Con website now
November 2, 2025 at 9:21 AM
A less than subtle reminder that I'll be appearing at the #maltacomiccon on the 8th and 9th November at the Eden Arena. I hope to meet some of you there. I'll be taking part in the Manga and Animation panel.
Get your early access tickets and save some euros from the Malta Comic Con website now
Get your early access tickets and save some euros from the Malta Comic Con website now
Has he rage-Truthed from his toilet at 4 a.m. about Nexstar restoring Kimmel yet...!?
September 27, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Has he rage-Truthed from his toilet at 4 a.m. about Nexstar restoring Kimmel yet...!?
Reposted by Dave King
The upside to living in the country as a writer: sitting on the veranda at 6 a.m watching the sun rise and hit the trees, and listening to the deer bark out a territorial scuffle in the field below while drinking a passable coffee for a late night/early morning shift.
#filmsky #scriptsky
#filmsky #scriptsky
September 26, 2025 at 4:06 AM
The upside to living in the country as a writer: sitting on the veranda at 6 a.m watching the sun rise and hit the trees, and listening to the deer bark out a territorial scuffle in the field below while drinking a passable coffee for a late night/early morning shift.
#filmsky #scriptsky
#filmsky #scriptsky
The upside to living in the country as a writer: sitting on the veranda at 6 a.m watching the sun rise and hit the trees, and listening to the deer bark out a territorial scuffle in the field below while drinking a passable coffee for a late night/early morning shift.
#filmsky #scriptsky
#filmsky #scriptsky
September 26, 2025 at 4:06 AM
The upside to living in the country as a writer: sitting on the veranda at 6 a.m watching the sun rise and hit the trees, and listening to the deer bark out a territorial scuffle in the field below while drinking a passable coffee for a late night/early morning shift.
#filmsky #scriptsky
#filmsky #scriptsky
Whoever said that living in the countryside would be peaceful and good for writing has never had a farmer roaring up and down in the field next to the house from midnight to 2 a.m., in a whining tractor with every bolt rattling and lights flashing like SFX from Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind.
September 25, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Whoever said that living in the countryside would be peaceful and good for writing has never had a farmer roaring up and down in the field next to the house from midnight to 2 a.m., in a whining tractor with every bolt rattling and lights flashing like SFX from Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind.
Reposted by Dave King
As I was saying…
Jimmy Kimmel is Back!
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
youtu.be
September 24, 2025 at 4:27 AM
As I was saying…
Reposted by Dave King
Latest from me: on the constant modern spectacle of violence, argument, strife & division... and how it assists the right-wing voices who bang on about imminent civil war... and makes life impossible for incumbent govts www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com
September 14, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Latest from me: on the constant modern spectacle of violence, argument, strife & division... and how it assists the right-wing voices who bang on about imminent civil war... and makes life impossible for incumbent govts www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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* Actual footage of the US Justice Dept going through the Epstein files just before they release their client list memo to the public *
#epstein #whitewash
#epstein #whitewash
July 7, 2025 at 10:49 PM
* Actual footage of the US Justice Dept going through the Epstein files just before they release their client list memo to the public *
#epstein #whitewash
#epstein #whitewash
* Actual footage of the US Justice Dept going through the Epstein files just before they release their client list memo to the public *
#epstein #whitewash
#epstein #whitewash
July 7, 2025 at 10:49 PM
* Actual footage of the US Justice Dept going through the Epstein files just before they release their client list memo to the public *
#epstein #whitewash
#epstein #whitewash
Reposted by Dave King
Latest from me: All of us, it sometimes seems, are suffering from the political equivalent of road rage, manifested in either futile shouting or tense silence...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The English question now isn’t about Reform or any party politics. It’s we can’t even talk to each other any more | John Harris
My time in Lincolnshire highlighted our country’s most serious problem: the disconnection that means solutions can’t be reached, says Guardian columnist John Harris
www.theguardian.com
May 4, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Latest from me: All of us, it sometimes seems, are suffering from the political equivalent of road rage, manifested in either futile shouting or tense silence...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Genuine White House medical report on Agent Orange:
"His active lifestyle continues to contribute significantly to his well-being... his days include... frequent victories in golf events."
Satire is dead.
#trump #agentkrasnov #agentorange
"His active lifestyle continues to contribute significantly to his well-being... his days include... frequent victories in golf events."
Satire is dead.
#trump #agentkrasnov #agentorange
April 15, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Genuine White House medical report on Agent Orange:
"His active lifestyle continues to contribute significantly to his well-being... his days include... frequent victories in golf events."
Satire is dead.
#trump #agentkrasnov #agentorange
"His active lifestyle continues to contribute significantly to his well-being... his days include... frequent victories in golf events."
Satire is dead.
#trump #agentkrasnov #agentorange
Sunday morning spin: my OP 12" of Kenshi Yonezu singing M 87, the theme song from Shinji Higuchi and Hideki Anno's 2022 love letter feature to Tsuburaya's beloved franchise, Shin Ultraman.
#vinylsky #musicsky #nowplaying #shinultraman #filmsky #tsuburaya
#vinylsky #musicsky #nowplaying #shinultraman #filmsky #tsuburaya
April 13, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Sunday morning spin: my OP 12" of Kenshi Yonezu singing M 87, the theme song from Shinji Higuchi and Hideki Anno's 2022 love letter feature to Tsuburaya's beloved franchise, Shin Ultraman.
#vinylsky #musicsky #nowplaying #shinultraman #filmsky #tsuburaya
#vinylsky #musicsky #nowplaying #shinultraman #filmsky #tsuburaya
A beautiful, sunny day, so spinning Yurie Kokubu's Relief 72 Hours, a classic of city pop jampacked with mellow funk/soul grooves.
#vinylsky #musicsky #nowplaying #citypop
#vinylsky #musicsky #nowplaying #citypop
April 12, 2025 at 3:22 PM
A beautiful, sunny day, so spinning Yurie Kokubu's Relief 72 Hours, a classic of city pop jampacked with mellow funk/soul grooves.
#vinylsky #musicsky #nowplaying #citypop
#vinylsky #musicsky #nowplaying #citypop