Jim Irvin
@jimirvin.bsky.social
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Jim Irvin
@jimirvin.bsky.social
· Nov 24
It’s been done up since, but this is what the Shakespeare’s Head in Brighton looked like when we took Lana Del Rey there after writing This Is What Makes Us Girls. She got a round in too. Should have a blue plaque: “Lana Del Rey ordered three pints of lager here…”
NYT Pips #94
Easy 1:36
Medium 2:29
Hard 1:39
Easy 1:36
Medium 2:29
Hard 1:39
November 20, 2025 at 8:05 PM
NYT Pips #94
Easy 1:36
Medium 2:29
Hard 1:39
Easy 1:36
Medium 2:29
Hard 1:39
Best thing on telly in ages.
November 20, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Best thing on telly in ages.
Top 5 Documentaries:
1. In this powerful love story a serial killer drag queen and a defrocked priest find redemption together in cake.
2. We dress up as peasants and live on barley for a week.
3. Cautionary tale: I used to be something but now I’m just a source of smug pity.
1. In this powerful love story a serial killer drag queen and a defrocked priest find redemption together in cake.
2. We dress up as peasants and live on barley for a week.
3. Cautionary tale: I used to be something but now I’m just a source of smug pity.
November 17, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Top 5 Documentaries:
1. In this powerful love story a serial killer drag queen and a defrocked priest find redemption together in cake.
2. We dress up as peasants and live on barley for a week.
3. Cautionary tale: I used to be something but now I’m just a source of smug pity.
1. In this powerful love story a serial killer drag queen and a defrocked priest find redemption together in cake.
2. We dress up as peasants and live on barley for a week.
3. Cautionary tale: I used to be something but now I’m just a source of smug pity.
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I won’t be taking any further questions at this time. Cheers, T.
November 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I won’t be taking any further questions at this time. Cheers, T.
I’m currently listening to Woody Herman’s cover of Sly Stone’s Sex Machine. How’s your day going?
November 17, 2025 at 12:33 PM
I’m currently listening to Woody Herman’s cover of Sly Stone’s Sex Machine. How’s your day going?
‘There will always be anger in the world as long as there is clingfilm.’ Big Jim Patterson
November 17, 2025 at 12:32 PM
‘There will always be anger in the world as long as there is clingfilm.’ Big Jim Patterson
An estate agent has just walked past me, doused in some cheap Lynx-like scent so strong it literally made me cough as he went by.
November 14, 2025 at 10:20 AM
An estate agent has just walked past me, doused in some cheap Lynx-like scent so strong it literally made me cough as he went by.
Apparently the only way to contact Linked In, to say you can’t sign in, is by signing in.
November 13, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Apparently the only way to contact Linked In, to say you can’t sign in, is by signing in.
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A new instalment of INVENTORY is available now via the @backlisted.bsky.social Patreon. Sign up as a Locklistener today, learn about the greatest song you’ve probably never heard of, support the podcast.
This week: Clearlake, ‘I Want to Live in a Dream’.
www.patreon.com/backlisted
This week: Clearlake, ‘I Want to Live in a Dream’.
www.patreon.com/backlisted
November 12, 2025 at 9:37 AM
A new instalment of INVENTORY is available now via the @backlisted.bsky.social Patreon. Sign up as a Locklistener today, learn about the greatest song you’ve probably never heard of, support the podcast.
This week: Clearlake, ‘I Want to Live in a Dream’.
www.patreon.com/backlisted
This week: Clearlake, ‘I Want to Live in a Dream’.
www.patreon.com/backlisted
So, it turns out that side 1 of this is REALLY good.
November 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM
So, it turns out that side 1 of this is REALLY good.
From doo-wop to hip-hop, they had hits across six decades. Tell us about your essential Isley recordings…
MOJO’s next How To Buy guide is on The Isley Brothers. Reply to let us know what your favourite albums from Ronald, Rudolph and O’Kelly are and why and we’ll print the best responses in a future issue 👇
November 6, 2025 at 3:12 PM
From doo-wop to hip-hop, they had hits across six decades. Tell us about your essential Isley recordings…
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MOJO’s next How To Buy guide is on The Isley Brothers. Reply to let us know what your favourite albums from Ronald, Rudolph and O’Kelly are and why and we’ll print the best responses in a future issue 👇
October 29, 2025 at 9:57 AM
MOJO’s next How To Buy guide is on The Isley Brothers. Reply to let us know what your favourite albums from Ronald, Rudolph and O’Kelly are and why and we’ll print the best responses in a future issue 👇
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MOJO’s next How To Buy guide is on The Isley Brothers. Reply to let me know what are your favourite albums from Ronald, Rudolph and O’Kelly and why. The best responses will be used in the feature.
November 4, 2025 at 10:36 PM
MOJO’s next How To Buy guide is on The Isley Brothers. Reply to let me know what are your favourite albums from Ronald, Rudolph and O’Kelly and why. The best responses will be used in the feature.
MOJO’s next How To Buy guide is on The Isley Brothers. Reply to let me know what are your favourite albums from Ronald, Rudolph and O’Kelly and why. The best responses will be used in the feature.
November 4, 2025 at 10:36 PM
MOJO’s next How To Buy guide is on The Isley Brothers. Reply to let me know what are your favourite albums from Ronald, Rudolph and O’Kelly and why. The best responses will be used in the feature.
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Mark’s passion and precision is spot on. And so very vital. The WAC is a *stunning* resource. It must be allowed — empowered — to thrive. SHARE.
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DEFENDING THE WAC: MARK LEWISOHN LOOKS AT WHY RENEWED APPRECIATION IS URGENTLY REQUIRED
I was asked to write an op-ed piece saying why I think the BBC’s Written Archives Centre (WAC) is a unique and brilliant resource, which I can do because it’s both – and why, therefore…
cstonline.net
October 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Mark’s passion and precision is spot on. And so very vital. The WAC is a *stunning* resource. It must be allowed — empowered — to thrive. SHARE.
cstonline.net/defending-th...
cstonline.net/defending-th...
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Keep getting ads for this indelicate game.
October 19, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Keep getting ads for this indelicate game.
These too. Ibrahim Maalouf album is fantastic.
October 19, 2025 at 2:09 PM
These too. Ibrahim Maalouf album is fantastic.
Brightening up a rainy Sunday afternoon.
October 19, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Brightening up a rainy Sunday afternoon.
End of days stuff…
October 19, 2025 at 1:43 PM
End of days stuff…
Keep getting ads for this indelicate game.
October 19, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Keep getting ads for this indelicate game.
Headlines about houses insulated under government scheme already needing costly remedial work. Anyone who knows the barest minimum about how buildings work could have predicted this. Why didn’t they?
October 14, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Headlines about houses insulated under government scheme already needing costly remedial work. Anyone who knows the barest minimum about how buildings work could have predicted this. Why didn’t they?
Re: the opening shot of Black Rabbit on Netflix. Pretty sure the creatures depicted are hares.
October 4, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Re: the opening shot of Black Rabbit on Netflix. Pretty sure the creatures depicted are hares.
Oh no. Danny Thompson. May have played on more of my favourite records than anyone else. Totally distinctive sound that made every track he touched come alive. Interviewed him once about Sandy and he was a sweetheart. Farewell, uncrowned king of the low end.
September 27, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Oh no. Danny Thompson. May have played on more of my favourite records than anyone else. Totally distinctive sound that made every track he touched come alive. Interviewed him once about Sandy and he was a sweetheart. Farewell, uncrowned king of the low end.
Mmm, “lamb shank with mind sauce…” brain food.
September 15, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Mmm, “lamb shank with mind sauce…” brain food.