Jo dB
@jodb.bsky.social
Music, books, other stuff.
Idiots, the lot of you.
Idiots, the lot of you.
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I see it’s the Van der Graaf Generator derby today @joebankswriter.bsky.social
January 17, 2026 at 3:51 PM
I see it’s the Van der Graaf Generator derby today @joebankswriter.bsky.social
I KNEW IT KLAXON #TheTraitors #Uncloaked
January 16, 2026 at 9:14 PM
I KNEW IT KLAXON #TheTraitors #Uncloaked
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If you’d said 20, 30, 40 years ago that we’d get a Liza Minnelli autobiography on the occasion of her 80th birthday, we’d never have believed you.
Isn’t it great?
Isn’t it great?
January 15, 2026 at 8:38 AM
If you’d said 20, 30, 40 years ago that we’d get a Liza Minnelli autobiography on the occasion of her 80th birthday, we’d never have believed you.
Isn’t it great?
Isn’t it great?
Enjoying #TheArchers ripping right through the utter bollix of the wellness guru people and the hypocrisy of the “be kind” bullies.
January 16, 2026 at 11:16 AM
Enjoying #TheArchers ripping right through the utter bollix of the wellness guru people and the hypocrisy of the “be kind” bullies.
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Delighted to announce that my new album, Library Music, is now available to preorder on vinyl. Released on or around April 3rd, initial copies will also get an A5 Jack Regan print and a random sticker of Keith Mansfield, Alan Hawkshaw or Ronnie Hazlehurst.
ballardpop.bandcamp.com/album/librar...
ballardpop.bandcamp.com/album/librar...
Library Music, by Darren Riley
14 track album
ballardpop.bandcamp.com
January 16, 2026 at 9:44 AM
Delighted to announce that my new album, Library Music, is now available to preorder on vinyl. Released on or around April 3rd, initial copies will also get an A5 Jack Regan print and a random sticker of Keith Mansfield, Alan Hawkshaw or Ronnie Hazlehurst.
ballardpop.bandcamp.com/album/librar...
ballardpop.bandcamp.com/album/librar...
January 16, 2026 at 8:54 AM
Jake Humphries fist pumping, with Steven Bartlett nodding along with that cold, constipated glare that someone has told him makes him look wise.
January 15, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Jake Humphries fist pumping, with Steven Bartlett nodding along with that cold, constipated glare that someone has told him makes him look wise.
I’ve not had a great day, but I’ve not been outwitted by Kemi Badenoch, a very stupid person, so it’s not been a disaster.
January 15, 2026 at 1:16 PM
I’ve not had a great day, but I’ve not been outwitted by Kemi Badenoch, a very stupid person, so it’s not been a disaster.
If you’d said 20, 30, 40 years ago that we’d get a Liza Minnelli autobiography on the occasion of her 80th birthday, we’d never have believed you.
Isn’t it great?
Isn’t it great?
January 15, 2026 at 8:38 AM
If you’d said 20, 30, 40 years ago that we’d get a Liza Minnelli autobiography on the occasion of her 80th birthday, we’d never have believed you.
Isn’t it great?
Isn’t it great?
A Sondheim NYT crossword today (spoiler alert) #finishingthehat
January 14, 2026 at 10:08 PM
A Sondheim NYT crossword today (spoiler alert) #finishingthehat
The one on the left is our new striker, etc etc
January 14, 2026 at 9:12 PM
The one on the left is our new striker, etc etc
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"Well, Fiona blew up and came across as mental and got banished. I'll try that. " - Harriet #thetraitors
January 14, 2026 at 8:53 PM
"Well, Fiona blew up and came across as mental and got banished. I'll try that. " - Harriet #thetraitors
If this shows us anything, it’s that we are all, as humans, basically fucking idiots #TheTraitors
January 14, 2026 at 8:46 PM
If this shows us anything, it’s that we are all, as humans, basically fucking idiots #TheTraitors
Barristers aren’t getting the best PR on this show are they? #TheTraitors
January 14, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Barristers aren’t getting the best PR on this show are they? #TheTraitors
In v good news, my close friend’s parents got out of Tehran on Sunday and are safely asleep in spare room.
I’ve a lot to say about the wide misunderstanding of the history, religion & politics of the area and the misunderstanding of where, which and why alliances exist, but none of it for online.
I’ve a lot to say about the wide misunderstanding of the history, religion & politics of the area and the misunderstanding of where, which and why alliances exist, but none of it for online.
January 14, 2026 at 8:44 AM
In v good news, my close friend’s parents got out of Tehran on Sunday and are safely asleep in spare room.
I’ve a lot to say about the wide misunderstanding of the history, religion & politics of the area and the misunderstanding of where, which and why alliances exist, but none of it for online.
I’ve a lot to say about the wide misunderstanding of the history, religion & politics of the area and the misunderstanding of where, which and why alliances exist, but none of it for online.
I’ve been really curious over the last few years how so many, well, massive nerds seem to be into football, but in a theoretical or statistical (expected goals? Oh do fuck off) way.
And seeing a thread, the penny dropped: its computer games & football is just FIFA/football manager but on telly.
And seeing a thread, the penny dropped: its computer games & football is just FIFA/football manager but on telly.
January 13, 2026 at 6:32 PM
I’ve been really curious over the last few years how so many, well, massive nerds seem to be into football, but in a theoretical or statistical (expected goals? Oh do fuck off) way.
And seeing a thread, the penny dropped: its computer games & football is just FIFA/football manager but on telly.
And seeing a thread, the penny dropped: its computer games & football is just FIFA/football manager but on telly.
Ah, Dilbert. Another in a long line of comic strips that raised not even a small titter from me.
January 13, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Ah, Dilbert. Another in a long line of comic strips that raised not even a small titter from me.
In my glorious rule, we will return to a time when men took their bloody hats off indoors #universitychallenge
January 12, 2026 at 8:33 PM
In my glorious rule, we will return to a time when men took their bloody hats off indoors #universitychallenge
I will never not be agog at the ridiculousness of the “awards”season.
Imagine if any other professions spent nearly three months (a quarter of the year) touring around being told how wonderful they were.
“Sorry, no bins to be emptied between January and March during awards season.”
Imagine if any other professions spent nearly three months (a quarter of the year) touring around being told how wonderful they were.
“Sorry, no bins to be emptied between January and March during awards season.”
January 12, 2026 at 9:13 AM
I will never not be agog at the ridiculousness of the “awards”season.
Imagine if any other professions spent nearly three months (a quarter of the year) touring around being told how wonderful they were.
“Sorry, no bins to be emptied between January and March during awards season.”
Imagine if any other professions spent nearly three months (a quarter of the year) touring around being told how wonderful they were.
“Sorry, no bins to be emptied between January and March during awards season.”
In defence of Erich Von Daniken, I learned as an early teenager to avoid the boys reading him and stuff like his.
This has held me in very good stead all my life.
This has held me in very good stead all my life.
January 12, 2026 at 9:05 AM
In defence of Erich Von Daniken, I learned as an early teenager to avoid the boys reading him and stuff like his.
This has held me in very good stead all my life.
This has held me in very good stead all my life.
The early evening’s January hunkering down viewing:
January 11, 2026 at 5:24 PM
The early evening’s January hunkering down viewing:
Written 15 months ago, but still relevant.
LOL at people posting BlueSky culture "rules" and telling people how's it done "around here".
a man with a beard wearing a sheriff 's hat and a netflix logo on his jacket
ALT: a man with a beard wearing a sheriff 's hat and a netflix logo on his jacket
media.tenor.com
January 11, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Written 15 months ago, but still relevant.
Tonight's January hunkering down viewing:
January 10, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Tonight's January hunkering down viewing: