mattypenny
@mattypenny.bsky.social
Bloke from Salisbury
Pop and folk and reggae music, Chelsea FC, podcasts, slow af running, Powershell, a bit of politics
Posting mainly from my micro.blog account. When I go on a bit it renders as a link on here - sorry about that.
Pop and folk and reggae music, Chelsea FC, podcasts, slow af running, Powershell, a bit of politics
Posting mainly from my micro.blog account. When I go on a bit it renders as a link on here - sorry about that.
“I guess if it’s unintentional, you don’t apologize”
An interesting point of view
An interesting point of view
November 15, 2025 at 8:11 AM
“I guess if it’s unintentional, you don’t apologize”
An interesting point of view
An interesting point of view
My Crucial Tracks for this week were cheerful and tearful - Stone in Love, Driving Away From Home, Goin' Back, Illegal, Sycamore Tree, the 59th Street Bridge Song.and the first Fairy Tale of the season?: https://mattypenny.micro.blog/2025/11/14/my-crucial-tracks-for-this.html
November 14, 2025 at 6:23 PM
My Crucial Tracks for this week were cheerful and tearful - Stone in Love, Driving Away From Home, Goin' Back, Illegal, Sycamore Tree, the 59th Street Bridge Song.and the first Fairy Tale of the season?: https://mattypenny.micro.blog/2025/11/14/my-crucial-tracks-for-this.html
Some nice quotes in the Cramps article in Vintage Rock magazine this month: https://mattypenny.micro.blog/2025/11/14/some-nice-quotes-in-the.html
November 14, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Some nice quotes in the Cramps article in Vintage Rock magazine this month: https://mattypenny.micro.blog/2025/11/14/some-nice-quotes-in-the.html
AI just described the image on my last post as a “child-like drawing”
I mean….it is very child-like, in fact most children over the age of 3 could do an awful lot better, but AI is normally so polite ! 😡😡
I mean….it is very child-like, in fact most children over the age of 3 could do an awful lot better, but AI is normally so polite ! 😡😡
November 13, 2025 at 8:56 AM
AI just described the image on my last post as a “child-like drawing”
I mean….it is very child-like, in fact most children over the age of 3 could do an awful lot better, but AI is normally so polite ! 😡😡
I mean….it is very child-like, in fact most children over the age of 3 could do an awful lot better, but AI is normally so polite ! 😡😡
Scored my first own goal for a few weeks.
I can’t think of another sport where own goals are a feature. Players of basketball, cricket, rugby, golf, netball, baseball and ice hockey will never have quite that feeling.
I can’t think of another sport where own goals are a feature. Players of basketball, cricket, rugby, golf, netball, baseball and ice hockey will never have quite that feeling.
November 13, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Scored my first own goal for a few weeks.
I can’t think of another sport where own goals are a feature. Players of basketball, cricket, rugby, golf, netball, baseball and ice hockey will never have quite that feeling.
I can’t think of another sport where own goals are a feature. Players of basketball, cricket, rugby, golf, netball, baseball and ice hockey will never have quite that feeling.
I’m getting attached photos through from Bluesky in my micro.blog feed now :)
(You can’t see too many photos of the Chelsea ’60s/’70s team)
(You can’t see too many photos of the Chelsea ’60s/’70s team)
November 12, 2025 at 8:53 AM
I’m getting attached photos through from Bluesky in my micro.blog feed now :)
(You can’t see too many photos of the Chelsea ’60s/’70s team)
(You can’t see too many photos of the Chelsea ’60s/’70s team)
Thoughts on Don’t Look Now at Salisbury Playhouse
it’s very tense and very dark
it’s well worth seeing
you can’t quite get the “drowning in beauty” in Venice thing in the theatre
I’d be interested to see the film
I’ve be... https://mattypenny.micro.blog/2025/11/11/thoughts-on-dont-look-now.html
it’s very tense and very dark
it’s well worth seeing
you can’t quite get the “drowning in beauty” in Venice thing in the theatre
I’d be interested to see the film
I’ve be... https://mattypenny.micro.blog/2025/11/11/thoughts-on-dont-look-now.html
November 11, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Thoughts on Don’t Look Now at Salisbury Playhouse
it’s very tense and very dark
it’s well worth seeing
you can’t quite get the “drowning in beauty” in Venice thing in the theatre
I’d be interested to see the film
I’ve be... https://mattypenny.micro.blog/2025/11/11/thoughts-on-dont-look-now.html
it’s very tense and very dark
it’s well worth seeing
you can’t quite get the “drowning in beauty” in Venice thing in the theatre
I’d be interested to see the film
I’ve be... https://mattypenny.micro.blog/2025/11/11/thoughts-on-dont-look-now.html
Ben Jennings on the BBC resignations – cartoon
November 10, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Ben Jennings on the BBC resignations – cartoon
Thoughts on going to a silent disco in Salisbury Cathedral: https://mattypenny.micro.blog/2025/11/10/thoughts-on-going-to-a.html
November 10, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Thoughts on going to a silent disco in Salisbury Cathedral: https://mattypenny.micro.blog/2025/11/10/thoughts-on-going-to-a.html
I didn’t get round to getting a poppy this year so I chipped in a few quid here
Royal British Legion -Donate
Pic is Klatschmohn by Christian Rohlfs from Wikimedia
Royal British Legion -Donate
Pic is Klatschmohn by Christian Rohlfs from Wikimedia
November 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I didn’t get round to getting a poppy this year so I chipped in a few quid here
Royal British Legion -Donate
Pic is Klatschmohn by Christian Rohlfs from Wikimedia
Royal British Legion -Donate
Pic is Klatschmohn by Christian Rohlfs from Wikimedia
Reposted by mattypenny
BBC ‘100% fake news’, says Donald Trump’s press secretary
Explains why they keep telling me that the Arsenal are at the top of the table ⚽
Explains why they keep telling me that the Arsenal are at the top of the table ⚽
November 8, 2025 at 2:34 PM
BBC ‘100% fake news’, says Donald Trump’s press secretary
Explains why they keep telling me that the Arsenal are at the top of the table ⚽
Explains why they keep telling me that the Arsenal are at the top of the table ⚽
I looked up Dead Christ in the Tomb, and I’m entirely with Anna
"In 1867 the novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky and his second wife. Anna, honeymooned in Basel. There, in the city’s Kunstmuseum, the newlyweds saw a painting that made ... https://mattypenny.micro.blog/2025/11/08/i-looked-up-dead-christ.html
"In 1867 the novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky and his second wife. Anna, honeymooned in Basel. There, in the city’s Kunstmuseum, the newlyweds saw a painting that made ... https://mattypenny.micro.blog/2025/11/08/i-looked-up-dead-christ.html
November 8, 2025 at 10:39 AM
I looked up Dead Christ in the Tomb, and I’m entirely with Anna
"In 1867 the novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky and his second wife. Anna, honeymooned in Basel. There, in the city’s Kunstmuseum, the newlyweds saw a painting that made ... https://mattypenny.micro.blog/2025/11/08/i-looked-up-dead-christ.html
"In 1867 the novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky and his second wife. Anna, honeymooned in Basel. There, in the city’s Kunstmuseum, the newlyweds saw a painting that made ... https://mattypenny.micro.blog/2025/11/08/i-looked-up-dead-christ.html
My Crucial Tracks this week - Just Like Honey, Emerald City, Working Class Hero, Lost Platoon, World Is Africa, Ain't Goin' to Goa, Mas Que Nada, and Are You Being Served?: https://mattypenny.micro.blog/2025/11/07/my-crucial-tracks-this-week.html
November 7, 2025 at 6:22 PM
My Crucial Tracks this week - Just Like Honey, Emerald City, Working Class Hero, Lost Platoon, World Is Africa, Ain't Goin' to Goa, Mas Que Nada, and Are You Being Served?: https://mattypenny.micro.blog/2025/11/07/my-crucial-tracks-this-week.html
🚌 #TodayILearned that Ctrl-Shift-G, G (the ctrl and shift and G keys all together, then G on its own) lands you in the Commit message box in VS Code
November 7, 2025 at 6:01 PM
🚌 #TodayILearned that Ctrl-Shift-G, G (the ctrl and shift and G keys all together, then G on its own) lands you in the Commit message box in VS Code
John Cleese on the telly just now said that another prominent actress, who had been starring in an Ayckbourn play, was offered the role of Sybil but turned it down because she didn’t think it was funny. I wonder who it was?
November 5, 2025 at 8:44 AM
John Cleese on the telly just now said that another prominent actress, who had been starring in an Ayckbourn play, was offered the role of Sybil but turned it down because she didn’t think it was funny. I wonder who it was?
"[When he settled in London, Voltaire’s] only major problem seems to have been getting used to the local sense of humour. Instead of being subtly witty, Londoners talked surreal nonsense."
Plus ça change!
Currently reading: 1000 Years of Annoying the French by Stephen Clarke 📚
Plus ça change!
Currently reading: 1000 Years of Annoying the French by Stephen Clarke 📚
November 4, 2025 at 10:01 PM
"[When he settled in London, Voltaire’s] only major problem seems to have been getting used to the local sense of humour. Instead of being subtly witty, Londoners talked surreal nonsense."
Plus ça change!
Currently reading: 1000 Years of Annoying the French by Stephen Clarke 📚
Plus ça change!
Currently reading: 1000 Years of Annoying the French by Stephen Clarke 📚
I liked Carry-On. A couple of years back I sat down to watch Die Hard with Kid #2….and we were both a bit disappointed to be honest. It wasn’t as good as I remembered it. In a way this is more like the Die Hard that I remembered than the actual Die Hard was.
Watched: Carry-On 🍿
Watched: Carry-On 🍿
November 4, 2025 at 6:13 PM
There’s a nice bit about Brief Encounter in the Grauniad today
Brief Encounter at 80: why we’re still falling for David Lean’s 1945 romance
I didn’t know that the Kardomah cafés were a real thing Wikipedia
Brief Encounter at 80: why we’re still falling for David Lean’s 1945 romance
I didn’t know that the Kardomah cafés were a real thing Wikipedia
November 4, 2025 at 1:05 PM
There’s a nice bit about Brief Encounter in the Grauniad today
Brief Encounter at 80: why we’re still falling for David Lean’s 1945 romance
I didn’t know that the Kardomah cafés were a real thing Wikipedia
Brief Encounter at 80: why we’re still falling for David Lean’s 1945 romance
I didn’t know that the Kardomah cafés were a real thing Wikipedia
My Crucial Tracks for last week - Elvis, Pussycat, Black Grape, Sandy Denny, Shane MacGowan and Sinead O'Connor, the Wurzels and my daughter: https://mattypenny.micro.blog/2025/11/03/my-crucial-tracks-for-last.html
November 3, 2025 at 9:49 PM
My Crucial Tracks for last week - Elvis, Pussycat, Black Grape, Sandy Denny, Shane MacGowan and Sinead O'Connor, the Wurzels and my daughter: https://mattypenny.micro.blog/2025/11/03/my-crucial-tracks-for-last.html
When someone on the telly says “You do NOT want to miss it”, I nearly always do
October 31, 2025 at 1:17 PM
When someone on the telly says “You do NOT want to miss it”, I nearly always do
There’s a bit in Spinal Tap where they are accused of being sexist, and the band are confused and bewildered because surely it’s good to be sexy.
I have the same feeling of bewilderment and confusion when people use ‘antifa’ as if it’s a bad thing. Surely it can only be good to be anti-fascist?
I have the same feeling of bewilderment and confusion when people use ‘antifa’ as if it’s a bad thing. Surely it can only be good to be anti-fascist?
October 30, 2025 at 4:37 PM
There’s a bit in Spinal Tap where they are accused of being sexist, and the band are confused and bewildered because surely it’s good to be sexy.
I have the same feeling of bewilderment and confusion when people use ‘antifa’ as if it’s a bad thing. Surely it can only be good to be anti-fascist?
I have the same feeling of bewilderment and confusion when people use ‘antifa’ as if it’s a bad thing. Surely it can only be good to be anti-fascist?
I haven’t seen this before…the White Hart is still a hotel in Salisbury. It’s titled “The departure from the ' White Hart', Salisbury, attended by Landlord, waiters, Postboys, Hostlers etc etc”
I don’t know if the statue of the hart would be the same one that’s now on top of the Hotel
I don’t know if the statue of the hart would be the same one that’s now on top of the Hotel
October 30, 2025 at 11:47 AM
I haven’t seen this before…the White Hart is still a hotel in Salisbury. It’s titled “The departure from the ' White Hart', Salisbury, attended by Landlord, waiters, Postboys, Hostlers etc etc”
I don’t know if the statue of the hart would be the same one that’s now on top of the Hotel
I don’t know if the statue of the hart would be the same one that’s now on top of the Hotel
Yasuji Ariga, a Japanese prison guard, on Paul McCartney
(Extracted in the Times from the new book about Wings )
(Extracted in the Times from the new book about Wings )
![Yasuji Ariga [prison guard] He is very&10;&10;polite and has made a good impression on the guards.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jludyel22w7rjwrqog2n7zny/bafkreigmhivj2vpufwvfuuxrj5lezlyqutggkqolm5rxcgl725mlxirrla@jpeg)
October 30, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Yasuji Ariga, a Japanese prison guard, on Paul McCartney
(Extracted in the Times from the new book about Wings )
(Extracted in the Times from the new book about Wings )
I enjoyed Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere 🍿.
I enjoyed the music performances, and the Americana of it. Also it’s fun to be a fly on the wall when the music biz guy (Jimmy Iovine?) first the hears Nebraska LP.
It’s an odd film though - I guess the process of writing music isn’t easy to film.
I enjoyed the music performances, and the Americana of it. Also it’s fun to be a fly on the wall when the music biz guy (Jimmy Iovine?) first the hears Nebraska LP.
It’s an odd film though - I guess the process of writing music isn’t easy to film.
October 28, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I enjoyed Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere 🍿.
I enjoyed the music performances, and the Americana of it. Also it’s fun to be a fly on the wall when the music biz guy (Jimmy Iovine?) first the hears Nebraska LP.
It’s an odd film though - I guess the process of writing music isn’t easy to film.
I enjoyed the music performances, and the Americana of it. Also it’s fun to be a fly on the wall when the music biz guy (Jimmy Iovine?) first the hears Nebraska LP.
It’s an odd film though - I guess the process of writing music isn’t easy to film.