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N. P. Ryan
@npryan.bsky.social
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From London, currently West Coast. Vegetarian verging on vegan

Loves: music; ale; books; Chelsea

Writes (mostly): music reviews/history; poetry (often on mental health)
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If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.
January 24, 2026 at 8:29 PM
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The ScareBears debut single, my review!

FFO: Petrol Girls Illuminati Hotties; Gang of Four; My Ruin; The Workhorse Movement; Tool

#punk #music #newmusic #postpunk #bristol #newmusicfriday #newmusicthursday

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Scarebears’ ‘Scapegoat’: the scorching debut single reviewed
Scarebears debut single ‘Scapegoat’ opens with stern spoken word that acts as launch pad for an audio OOF! factor ten take-off, each note from there unleashing like a tightly coiled spr…
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January 15, 2026 at 3:52 PM
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P.S. No DMs - @bsky.app sky doesn't think I'm old enough to see them 😂😂😂
December 14, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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N P Ryan vs. Poetry: Sock Drawer - the sort of poetry that happens when having a bad cold / variant of covid / even a subdued flu thanks to having the shot. Who knows? - either way this is the feeling-sorry-for-self result!
#poetry #poem #selfpity #death #socks #mortality
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Sock Drawer
My sock drawer Isn’t so important As I think Soon won’t matter What will happen— emptied forever or refilled in the name of another— I don’t know Except to be certain The day will come When my sock…
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December 14, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Incredible night @ Cafe Kino feat Hermeticus & @ritesofhadda.bsky.social
#anarcho #gothic #bristol #food #foodie #livemusic #london #music #NHS #noiseattack #punk #psychedelic #queerpunk #witchpunk #roxymusic #seaquarium #thrash #vegan #whitehills #xrayspex #newmusicfriday
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Rites of Hadda / Hermeticus live @ Café Kino, Bristol: plus Inevitable Machete album review
I first caught Rites of Hadda at the Easton Punk Festival, 2024. During the set singer Wasperella jumped into the crowd to embrace members of the audience; in the process, I was lucky enough to be …
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December 12, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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FFO Strawberry Switchblade / Mobiles / Tubeway Army /Cats
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#vengacats #cats #meow #music #newmusic #newmusicalert #punk #electro #garynuman #musicreview #pink #strawberryswitchblade #synth #TheMobiles #tubewayarmy #vengacats

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vengacats: bosscat – an electro punk cat’s whiskers
vengacats’ bosscat makes for compelling listening across its six tracks. Always punk, the album can be Strawberry Switchblade poppy to having a dark sinister, yet playful, edge similar to that of t…
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December 3, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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BelzebonG's upcoming EP is going to be MAMMOTH! My review ⬇️
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HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS #music #musicreview #musicrelease #rock #metal #stoner #doom #sludge #psychedelic #tour #TourDates

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BELZEBONG: The End Is High EP Incoming
The 20th February, 2026, will see the release of BELZEBONG’s The End Is High EP; in the meantime track ‘420 Horseman’ is available for a listen and to download for pre-orders.
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December 2, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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vs. poetry
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#poem #poetry #bliss #CannonFodder #capitalism #consumption #degradation #How #life #sunday #sundayreads #reading #sunday

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November 30, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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The decision of @bsky.app to restrict UK users from using DMs unless age verified is an utterly ridiculous decision with absolutely no reasoning behind it - I know this as I wrote & asked & beyond 'we just decided' they got nothing as nothing in the leg requires it #bluesky #ageverification #age
October 17, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Poetry for a rainy Sunday; part two: considering things done in the name of connection ⬇️
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#poetrycommunity #poetry #poem #poetrylovers #poetryforlife #rain #raining #sunday #SundayReads #sundayreading #writing #writingcommunity #connection

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That’s Interesting (hand-in-hand)
Let us go Hand in hand Around halls Warm in winter Sheltered in summer While calling the things
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September 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Poetry for a rainy Sunday; part one: asking what really might be going on ⬇️
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#poetrycommunity #poetry #poem #poetrylovers #poetryforlife #behindthedisguise #rain #raining #sunday #SundayReads #sundayreading #writing #writingcommunity

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It’s Possible If
It’s possible that: there’s a lovely day behind those grey clouds; a shy snout is stifled by the bravado of snarling;
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September 14, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Latest Weedian release features 157 tracks of stoner and doom that can be downloaded for whatever you can afford to pay, which includes free!

Start the weekend the way you mean it to go on!
#music #newmusic #rock #metal #stoner #doom #newmusicfriday
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Trip to England (+150 Bands), by WEEDIAN
157 track album
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September 12, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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Tamir Rice was 12.
Trayvon Martin was 17.
Michael Brown was 18.
Stephon Clark was 22.
Elijah McClain was 23.
Ahmaud Arbury was 25.
Breonna Taylor was 26.
Sandra Bland was 28.

Since y’all, now, recognize how young 31 is.
September 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Tune!
bbcradio6musicbot.bsky.social BBC Radio 6 Music Now Playing Bot (Unofficial) @bbcradio6musicbot.bsky.social · Sep 4
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September 4, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Tbf after its first best use the bands prob wouldn't have reason to exist!
edoggthered.bsky.social Erik the Rural Juror @edoggthered.bsky.social · Aug 31
I believe that the second best use of time travel technology would be to go see all your favorite bands before they broke up or when they were at their peak.
August 31, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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Think Kayo Dot + The Crest: yep that good!
#music #review #newmusic #avantgarde #baroness #darkwell #deftones #depechemode #duranduran #folk #garynuman #goth #igarka #italy #kayodot #LeavesEyes #metal #shoegaze #silvery #sinsofthybeloved #thecrest #TheatreOfTragedy
npryan.com/2025/08/28/i...
Igarka’s Dopamine Ocean is a debut E.P. drenched in excellence
‘Hider’ entices the listener along a path leading towards an enchanted forest; the opening vocals and guitar the deep green vines that intertwine all across the way. The trees can be seen, but are …
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August 28, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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My review of Certified Bozos stunning debut EP Frozen Death.
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FFO: The Clash; The Dead Kennedys; Motorhead; Anthrax; Metallica & Jimmy Carr's mum
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#music #musicreview #newmusic #punk #metal #bristol #motorhead #theclash #anthrax #metallica #thrashmetal #rock #rocknroll
npryan.com/2025/08/19/b...
Bozos debut E.P. Frozen Death; high-octane rock n roll at its scorching best!
Bozos are a booze-fuelled rocket of behemoth rock n roll; an unstoppable juggernaut of brain-shaking sonic bliss. It doesn’t matter if you want to bang your head, bounce in the mosh pit, punch a fi…
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August 19, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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Couple of thoughts on the joyous experience of seeing WHITE HILLS and GNOD back in May at Strange Brew, including the footage I took on the night x
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#music #musicvideo #livemusic #psychedelic #rock #stoner #postpunk #bristol #toronto #WhiteHills #GNOD

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GNOD / White Hills: Bristol; 02/05/25
On Friday 2nd May GNOD and White Hills brought the utterly incredible Drop Out collaboration to Bristol’s Strange Brew for a sold out show.I first caught White Hills live in the early 2010s at the …
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August 10, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Space Rock pioneers and legends Hawkwind live in Chepstow Castle last night. Incredible show! 👏👏👏
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#music #hawkwind #spacerock #rock #psychedelic #livemusic #musicvideo #stonerrock #stoner #wales #castle

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Hawkwind live @ Castell Roc Festival, Chepstow Castle, Wales, 07/08/25
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August 8, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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#poetry #poem #purple #purpleflame #purplerain

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flame
Does the purple rain Put out the purple flame Or do two meld to one Opposite yet One giver of life The other protector Harmony Synchronisation Swans with bonds Beyond comprehension With much love a…
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July 25, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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#truth #poetry #poem #lies #jks

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truth
if you want the truth speak a lie With much thanks, love and gratitude to JKS for use of the header image; get well soon x
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July 24, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Thoughts inspired by a seagull and nature's will

#poem #poetry #perspective

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The Seagull
The seagull glides across the sky. Wings barely move. Only when jostled by the wind do they slightly shift. Clouds above hang heavy and grey; what might predictably be called ominous. Except the fe…
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July 11, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Don't normally do live reviews; not only were Tomar Control incredible, efforts to find the gig a new venue at such short notice & why they had to shouldn't be forgotten👏👏👏
#punk #music #livemusic #review #bristol #moorbeer #IDF #glastonbury2025 #BobVylan #BBC #palestine
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¡Tomar Control! live in Bristol 2025
Monday 30th June; ¡Tomar Control! (Perú); The Exchange, Bristol: The night opened when Jed and the Microwave travelled from the future to manifest on stage Terminator-esque, the main difference bei…
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July 10, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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Remarkable.

MSNC: "I want to reiterate this has been 100% peaceful."

Seconds later, LA County sheriffs start firing on the crowd.

Yet again, "law enforcement" deliberately escalated.
June 14, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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just watched this netflix documentary on the oklahoma city bombing and once again i'm struck by how so many of the popular media takes on this event just avoid entirely the connection to organized white supremacism
June 14, 2025 at 9:13 PM