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Simon Ward
@drrubberfunk.bsky.social
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Musician. Make music & play records as Dr Rubberfunk. Occasional co-producer of Olympic Cyclone Band. Founder member of Mr Güder.
‘Ectopic Beats Vol.1’ out now on Limited Edition Cassette.
https://linktr.ee/drrubberfunk

https://drrubberfunk.bandcamp.com
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drrubberfunk.bsky.social
On deck from the ‘must get round to listening to these’ pile - McCoy Tyner from 1972, going in hard with Sonny Fortune on saxes, Calvin Hill on bass & Alphonze Mouzon on drums. Can’t remember where I picked it up, cheap I think, plenty of noise & crackle, into the ‘should probably get cleaned’ pile.
LP sleeve of ‘Sahara’ by McCoy Tyner on Milestone Records, standing on a shelf. The spines of other albums are visible to either side of the cover.
November 11, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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fold.fm
On a personal note, I’m selling my beloved electric guitar as it’s less suited for our stage show than the studio and I’ll be on primary live axe duties going forward. This guitar’s appeared on most of the Fold catalogue. Here’s the listing if you’re interested:

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Vintage Early 70s Voxton X-215 Hollowbody (Gibson ES-175 Copy), Excellent Condition, With Old Hard Case | Reverb
Bought in 2009 from a pawn shop in New Orleans, this guitar has been maintained in a smoke free environment ever since. It is in excellent condition, as close to its original state as one might hope f...
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November 9, 2025 at 9:23 PM
drrubberfunk.bsky.social
@jalapenorecords.bsky.social are celebrating 25 years with a new 3LP compilation out this week - available wherever you get music.
This remix from 2020 for label mates @smooveandturrell.bsky.social isn’t on it, but it’s one of my favourites, so I thought I’d post it anyway :)
youtu.be/-ZAFnN8Nw8E
Smoove & Turrell - Never Wanted You More (Dr Rubberfunk Remix)
YouTube video by Jalapeno Records
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 12:26 PM
drrubberfunk.bsky.social
Donned some odd socks yesterday in support of #antibullyingweek but forgot to post a pic, but I’m wearing them again today as handily I discovered another identically odd pair in the drawer this morning. 🥁 #oddsocksday
Odd Socks for #oddsocksday. One sock is dark blue & black with thin pink and pale blue stripes, the other is evenly striped from the toe in white, red, black, brown, light blue, pink, white, magenta. POV from a drum stool showing Odd Socks on drum pedals for #oddsocksday. One sock is dark blue & black with thin pink and pale blue stripes, the other is evenly striped from the toe in white, red, black, brown, light blue, pink, white, magenta and french blue. Two drums and a microphone are also visible.
November 11, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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ncb.org.uk
We all have the power to do good!
This #AntiBullyingWeek, we pledge to always use our #PowerForGood to safely speak up and raise awareness when we see bullying.
Let’s make the world free from bullying for every child!
Make your pledge too at bit.ly/4lzDafp
November 11, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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vinylsanta.bsky.social
LAST CALL.

Today is the Deadline to DM to be part of this year’s #VinylSanta
Wee Daniel is a very jazzy Denim jacket.
November 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
drrubberfunk.bsky.social
Enjoying some super autumnal afternoon listening with this stunning album, courtesy of Bristol legend Ben Dubuisson.
Picked it up last Bandcamp Friday - the first lathe cut run sold out, but there's a second red vinyl edition, plus CD & digital
deeppatterns.bandcamp.com/album/comple...
Hand printed letterpress sleeve for 'Completely Deep Patterns' LP by Deep Patterns. Hand printed letterpress sleeve for 'Completely Deep Patterns' LP by Deep Patterns with a letterpress poster featuring the words 'Hold Your Head Up High' in red block capitals. Close up detail of hand printed letterpress poster featuring the words 'Hold Your Head Up High' in red block capitals.
November 8, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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vinylsanta.bsky.social
Deadline to participate is Sunday 9th November.
If you haven’t sent a DM get on it. If you’ve got a pal has missed out in the past give them a nudge.

See pinned post for instructions.
German band leader and king of the charity shops James Last dressed as Santy.
November 8, 2025 at 1:26 PM
drrubberfunk.bsky.social
Realising that maybe the crush was actually Robert Palmer all along, and not the ladies in his other video #totp
November 7, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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jem-stone.bsky.social
Here’s my new single featuring @bencastle.bsky.social and a host of other incredible musical talent… buy/stream here ffm.to/bona015

@www.junodownload.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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firstword.bsky.social
OUT NOW!

Victoria Port
'Barefoot in the Garden' EP

Vinyl & Digital: lnk.to/barefoot

Recorded at Abbey Road Studios and featuring Moses Boyd, JNR Williams, Hemai, LeaLea & more.

Radio love inc. Gilles Peterson & Craig Charles on BBC 6 Music + "Track of the Week" on DJ Spoony's Radio 2 show 📻
November 7, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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gkfunkdub.bsky.social
Digging out some big bass lines, opening up for Wirral’s finest Dub Defenders @futureyard.org next weekend 🔥🔥🔥
Dub HQ 08.11.2025 - Future Yard - Birkenhead - Celebrating 9 Years Of Dub Defenders
October 30, 2025 at 10:02 AM
drrubberfunk.bsky.social
Today’s answer to ‘why is crate so heavy?’ is this 7m long EDAC / ELCO 56 pin to 8in / 8out TRS jack snake for connecting your ADAT machine to a mixer. From a long way away. Anyone needing to do that this weekend? Operators are standing by to take your order.

Very chunk, much industrial.
56pin EDAC connector on one end of a multicore cable snake. The other end terminates in 16 TRS jack plugs.
November 7, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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mariegardiner.bsky.social
The second print run of Changing Landscapes is with me, so it's back for sale via my website at £10 including P&P (UK only I'm afraid). Good for gifts for Christmas, dare I suggest. As always, appreciate how much you've got behind this project.

#Photography

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Changing Landscapes Zine
Changing Landscapes – Ruins of the North Pennines is my second zine, following on from Transporter. For those who don’t know, a zine is a mini magazine, usually focused on one subject, and it…
www.mariegardiner.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 10:41 AM
drrubberfunk.bsky.social
I've got them!
bsky.app/profile/drru...
theunfinished.bsky.social The Unfinished @theunfinished.bsky.social · 5d
Today's studio question:

Where do all my 9 volt PSUs go???!!!
November 7, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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rspb.bsky.social
These Linnets got the #FlyDay memo! ✨🍂

📷 @ronpon22.bsky.social
A swirling flock of Linnets takes to the air in a burst of gold and chestnut, their wings flashing silver in the light. The birds fill the frame in a blur of motion, twisting and turning in perfect unison above a tangle of autumn seed heads.
November 7, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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regretteruane.bsky.social
Glasgow loves please join me & @benpester.bsky.social at Mount Florida Books on the 6th of November to talk about the marvel that is The Expansion Project.
Everyone* is saying it’s going to be the real fireworks night

*No one is saying that. But it will be good
mountfloridabooks.com/products/the...
Green text on cream background reads The Expansion Project, Ben Pester, 6th November with Rose Ruane
October 17, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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vinylsanta.bsky.social
Any Canadiens out there following that want to be part of Vinyl Santa? If so submit a DM with info (see pinned post) and let’s see if we can get the numbers for 🇨🇦
mattpark10.bsky.social Matt 🇨🇦 @mattpark10.bsky.social · 6d
Just leaving us Canadians out eh? 🙃😕
November 5, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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thriftonaut.bsky.social
I’ve done this many times, would recommend to any vinyl/ charity shop heads.
This is a 32 county shout-out to anyone in Ireland that wants to participate (we do need numbers for to run an Irish leg successfully).
Please read rules before committing. Check out #VinylSanta to see more.
vinylsanta.bsky.social Vinyl Santa @vinylsanta.bsky.social · 6d
🔔🔔🔔 #VinylSanta applications for 2025 are now live. Please see rules, regulations and directions below. 🎅
Welcome to Vinyl Santa 2025 For those that are new to this, the idea is for record heads to send each other a package of records to be opened on Christmas Eve. Similar to a regular secret Santa, we ask that participants maintain their anonymity. Participants will be given a recipient to send records to. They can then check out their VS’s timeline to get an idea of what they might be into. We ask that folks send £10/$12 dollars worth of records. Guidelines for records: Ideally from a thrift/charity shop but dollar bin or pulling from own collection is acceptable. Please do not use third parties to fulfil your VS as this has caused delays and upsets in the past. A good VS would be a few records (3 to 5) in good condition. Sending a tat record within a bundle is fine; sending all tat is not. And the records do not have to be Christmas records! This is Vinyl Santa, not CD Santa. Bulking packages so that they're primarily CDs, magazines, DVDs etc is not approved and may result in suspension from future VS's. The instructions… 1. If you wish to participate please drop us a DM with your name and address by Sunday November 9th. If in the UK, you'll need to verify your account to access DMs if you haven't done so already, or use a VPN. 2. There’ll be 2 draw pools: UK and USA. We’ll do Ireland too if there's sufficient interest. 3. We'll aim to let you know who your recipient is w/c Nov 10th. 4. We recommend you stalk your recipient’s timeline for clues as to their musical tastes. As many people are new on here this is a good opportunity to put up some posts to give your sender a few clues. 5. Please mail out in good time and be sure to mark your parcel #VinylSanta. Your recipient will likely receive many record-shaped parcels and we wouldn't want any opened early in error! 6. The tradition is to open parcels from 7pm GMT onwards on Xmas Eve and share photos on BlueSky of what you’ve received. This is important - if you're unavailable then by all means share a photo earlier but please do not leave it until after Christmas. 7. Please don’t participate if you’re not going to make good on your commitment and send a thoughtful and considered parcel.
November 6, 2025 at 12:07 PM
drrubberfunk.bsky.social
Lads I think I found ur lost power adaptorz !!!!11!!

Seriously tho send me ur V / mA requirements I don’t need all these.
Two boxes of assorted power adaptors and battery chargers, plus my cute stripey sock clad feet.
November 6, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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mirandakeeling.com
It’s tough out there. For everyone. So I ask this only if you can. Apart from my books, my work doesn’t pay - here on social media, or on my podcast. If you would like to support me so I can continue to afford to offer my writing for free, you can here: ko-fi.com/mirandakeeling no pressure at all ❤️
November 5, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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mariegardiner.bsky.social
In trying to thin down my slightly chaotic work space, I have rediscovered 4 (I think) A3 Forton prints. I was selling them for £30 before. If I sourced some poster tubes and work out posting is there any interest, or should I keep them for our next pop up shop.

#ThePhotoHour #Photography
a concrete tower shaped like an air traffic control is in the middle of the image, bathed in golden light. There are zebra crossings leading pleasingly from the bottom left, to the structure. The sky is the pale blue of dusk.
November 5, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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radiolento.bsky.social
Here's a playlist if you or your furry friends need a distraction from the sound of fireworks tonight.

Bookmark for #BonfireNight and beyond.
More soothing sounds for fireworks season
Episodes to soothe disturbed ears and distract from firework noise.
radiolento.wordpress.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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vinylsanta.bsky.social
🔔🔔🔔 #VinylSanta applications for 2025 are now live. Please see rules, regulations and directions below. 🎅
Welcome to Vinyl Santa 2025 For those that are new to this, the idea is for record heads to send each other a package of records to be opened on Christmas Eve. Similar to a regular secret Santa, we ask that participants maintain their anonymity. Participants will be given a recipient to send records to. They can then check out their VS’s timeline to get an idea of what they might be into. We ask that folks send £10/$12 dollars worth of records. Guidelines for records: Ideally from a thrift/charity shop but dollar bin or pulling from own collection is acceptable. Please do not use third parties to fulfil your VS as this has caused delays and upsets in the past. A good VS would be a few records (3 to 5) in good condition. Sending a tat record within a bundle is fine; sending all tat is not. And the records do not have to be Christmas records! This is Vinyl Santa, not CD Santa. Bulking packages so that they're primarily CDs, magazines, DVDs etc is not approved and may result in suspension from future VS's. The instructions… 1. If you wish to participate please drop us a DM with your name and address by Sunday November 9th. If in the UK, you'll need to verify your account to access DMs if you haven't done so already, or use a VPN. 2. There’ll be 2 draw pools: UK and USA. We’ll do Ireland too if there's sufficient interest. 3. We'll aim to let you know who your recipient is w/c Nov 10th. 4. We recommend you stalk your recipient’s timeline for clues as to their musical tastes. As many people are new on here this is a good opportunity to put up some posts to give your sender a few clues. 5. Please mail out in good time and be sure to mark your parcel #VinylSanta. Your recipient will likely receive many record-shaped parcels and we wouldn't want any opened early in error! 6. The tradition is to open parcels from 7pm GMT onwards on Xmas Eve and share photos on BlueSky of what you’ve received. This is important - if you're unavailable then by all means share a photo earlier but please do not leave it until after Christmas. 7. Please don’t participate if you’re not going to make good on your commitment and send a thoughtful and considered parcel.
November 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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audioobscura.bsky.social
Ok, Just noticed, as have Lewisham library that this poster has the wrong date on it!
See the new poster now with the correct date - Thursday 27th November!
November 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM