oldnick103
@oldnick103.bsky.social
Middle School Teacher (Religion and Worldview lead + English, French, Humanities & PSHE), Singer, Actor, Cricket, Jazz and Opera.
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We’re further away from The Rolling Stones recording “Sympathy for the Devil” than they were from the murders of the Romanovs when they recorded it
November 4, 2025 at 4:59 PM
We’re further away from The Rolling Stones recording “Sympathy for the Devil” than they were from the murders of the Romanovs when they recorded it
Worst edition of Taskmaster ever...
NEW: Clacton MP Nigel Farage, along with party treasurer Nick Candy, meet Elon Musk in what is believed to be Reform UK leader’s fourth trip to US since UK election.
December 17, 2024 at 8:18 PM
Worst edition of Taskmaster ever...
Bluesky feed beginning to look my Twitter feed from a few years back.
a neon sign for the avengers assemble with a circle around the letter a
Alt: My Bluesky feed building in real time.
media.tenor.com
November 16, 2024 at 7:25 PM
Bluesky feed beginning to look my Twitter feed from a few years back.
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For the past two years I've been making gingerbread replicas of the pubs of St Albans. Gearing up for this year's installment! Here's a peek at some of the previous efforts. There are a LOT of great pubs in St Albans--this is going to take me years!
November 13, 2024 at 11:50 AM
For the past two years I've been making gingerbread replicas of the pubs of St Albans. Gearing up for this year's installment! Here's a peek at some of the previous efforts. There are a LOT of great pubs in St Albans--this is going to take me years!
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I hear it is far nicer over here! Message received. Words of the day start tomorrow.
November 13, 2024 at 7:52 PM
I hear it is far nicer over here! Message received. Words of the day start tomorrow.
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May as well dive right in.
Did you know that dogs in ancient Mesopotamia also refused to drop the ball?
According to a Sumerian proverb, “The dog understands ‘Take it!’ It does not understand ‘Put it down!’”
Source: cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/34...
Did you know that dogs in ancient Mesopotamia also refused to drop the ball?
According to a Sumerian proverb, “The dog understands ‘Take it!’ It does not understand ‘Put it down!’”
Source: cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/34...
November 13, 2024 at 11:20 AM
May as well dive right in.
Did you know that dogs in ancient Mesopotamia also refused to drop the ball?
According to a Sumerian proverb, “The dog understands ‘Take it!’ It does not understand ‘Put it down!’”
Source: cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/34...
Did you know that dogs in ancient Mesopotamia also refused to drop the ball?
According to a Sumerian proverb, “The dog understands ‘Take it!’ It does not understand ‘Put it down!’”
Source: cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/34...
#jazzcorner
Have read some very favourable reviews of this. Finally got some time to listen.... and I can see why.
open.spotify.com/track/3J27Gb...
Have read some very favourable reviews of this. Finally got some time to listen.... and I can see why.
open.spotify.com/track/3J27Gb...
Tranxit
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September 30, 2024 at 9:00 PM
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Have read some very favourable reviews of this. Finally got some time to listen.... and I can see why.
open.spotify.com/track/3J27Gb...
Have read some very favourable reviews of this. Finally got some time to listen.... and I can see why.
open.spotify.com/track/3J27Gb...
#jazzcorner
Spent the day singing Carmina Burana in a workshop in Tring today. Here's some jazz from Germany.
open.spotify.com/track/1siuUD...
Spent the day singing Carmina Burana in a workshop in Tring today. Here's some jazz from Germany.
open.spotify.com/track/1siuUD...
White Moon
Song · Michael Wollny, Eric Schaefer, Christian Weber · 2015
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September 28, 2024 at 9:42 PM
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Spent the day singing Carmina Burana in a workshop in Tring today. Here's some jazz from Germany.
open.spotify.com/track/1siuUD...
Spent the day singing Carmina Burana in a workshop in Tring today. Here's some jazz from Germany.
open.spotify.com/track/1siuUD...
#jazzcorner
This One's from the Heart. One of my favourite singers, with a song from a film that I haven't seen in years.
open.spotify.com/track/7uc2nN...
This One's from the Heart. One of my favourite singers, with a song from a film that I haven't seen in years.
open.spotify.com/track/7uc2nN...
This One's From The Heart
Song · Claire Martin, CHARLIE WOOD, Karl-Martin Almqvist, Niklas Fernqvist, Daniel Fredriksson, Martin SjÖstedt · 2024
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September 27, 2024 at 7:16 PM
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This One's from the Heart. One of my favourite singers, with a song from a film that I haven't seen in years.
open.spotify.com/track/7uc2nN...
This One's from the Heart. One of my favourite singers, with a song from a film that I haven't seen in years.
open.spotify.com/track/7uc2nN...
#jazzcorner
Antidote to all the Donizetti that I've been singing tonight.
open.spotify.com/track/7CnOzC...
Antidote to all the Donizetti that I've been singing tonight.
open.spotify.com/track/7CnOzC...
Cool Struttin'
Listen to Cool Struttin' on Spotify. Song · Sonny Clark · 1958
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September 25, 2024 at 9:28 PM
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Antidote to all the Donizetti that I've been singing tonight.
open.spotify.com/track/7CnOzC...
Antidote to all the Donizetti that I've been singing tonight.
open.spotify.com/track/7CnOzC...
#jazzcorner
I remember having this music on while marking books one lunchtime and a Year 5 pupil, who was working outside asked what it was. She only went and bought the album.
open.spotify.com/track/6WHmpO...
I remember having this music on while marking books one lunchtime and a Year 5 pupil, who was working outside asked what it was. She only went and bought the album.
open.spotify.com/track/6WHmpO...
Praying
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September 24, 2024 at 7:17 PM
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I remember having this music on while marking books one lunchtime and a Year 5 pupil, who was working outside asked what it was. She only went and bought the album.
open.spotify.com/track/6WHmpO...
I remember having this music on while marking books one lunchtime and a Year 5 pupil, who was working outside asked what it was. She only went and bought the album.
open.spotify.com/track/6WHmpO...
#jazzcorner
On what would have been dad's 85th birthday. This is one of my desert island discs.
open.spotify.com/track/1CDBaG...
On what would have been dad's 85th birthday. This is one of my desert island discs.
open.spotify.com/track/1CDBaG...
Song For My Father
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September 23, 2024 at 7:08 PM
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On what would have been dad's 85th birthday. This is one of my desert island discs.
open.spotify.com/track/1CDBaG...
On what would have been dad's 85th birthday. This is one of my desert island discs.
open.spotify.com/track/1CDBaG...
#jazzcorner
Music to listen to, while waiting for the rain to clear so I can take a walk.
open.spotify.com/track/2pRUtk...
Music to listen to, while waiting for the rain to clear so I can take a walk.
open.spotify.com/track/2pRUtk...
Rue De Royal
Listen to Rue De Royal on Spotify. Song · Michael Dease, Virginia MacDonald, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Matt White · 2024
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September 22, 2024 at 3:49 PM
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Music to listen to, while waiting for the rain to clear so I can take a walk.
open.spotify.com/track/2pRUtk...
Music to listen to, while waiting for the rain to clear so I can take a walk.
open.spotify.com/track/2pRUtk...
The Snake
Listen to The Snake on Spotify. Song · Rose Mallett · 2023
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September 21, 2024 at 9:22 AM
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It's the weekend again!
British Library BL Add MS 11695, f.86r
British Library BL Add MS 11695, f.86r
September 20, 2024 at 7:08 PM
It's the weekend again!
British Library BL Add MS 11695, f.86r
British Library BL Add MS 11695, f.86r
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New Tobias Hoffman Jazz Orchestra album released today. Enjoyed this on the journey home this evening.
open.spotify.com/track/0uqvc0...
New Tobias Hoffman Jazz Orchestra album released today. Enjoyed this on the journey home this evening.
open.spotify.com/track/0uqvc0...
Innuendo
Listen to Innuendo on Spotify. Song · Tobias Hoffmann Jazz Orchestra · 2024
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September 20, 2024 at 7:35 PM
#jazzcorner
New Tobias Hoffman Jazz Orchestra album released today. Enjoyed this on the journey home this evening.
open.spotify.com/track/0uqvc0...
New Tobias Hoffman Jazz Orchestra album released today. Enjoyed this on the journey home this evening.
open.spotify.com/track/0uqvc0...
#jazzcorner
Opera rehearsal this evening, so a very late post.
I saw Richard Galliano at the Touraine Jazz Festival in 1993, while cycling to Santiago de Compostela. Couldn't understand why he wasn't a bigger name back then, but people caught on in the end.
open.spotify.com/track/3LK7bH...
Opera rehearsal this evening, so a very late post.
I saw Richard Galliano at the Touraine Jazz Festival in 1993, while cycling to Santiago de Compostela. Couldn't understand why he wasn't a bigger name back then, but people caught on in the end.
open.spotify.com/track/3LK7bH...
Tango pour Claude - Live
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September 18, 2024 at 10:27 PM
#jazzcorner
Opera rehearsal this evening, so a very late post.
I saw Richard Galliano at the Touraine Jazz Festival in 1993, while cycling to Santiago de Compostela. Couldn't understand why he wasn't a bigger name back then, but people caught on in the end.
open.spotify.com/track/3LK7bH...
Opera rehearsal this evening, so a very late post.
I saw Richard Galliano at the Touraine Jazz Festival in 1993, while cycling to Santiago de Compostela. Couldn't understand why he wasn't a bigger name back then, but people caught on in the end.
open.spotify.com/track/3LK7bH...
#jazzcorner
I've been listening to the Gary Potter Quartet this week - another regular from the Cross Keys days.
open.spotify.com/track/3m7MzX...
I've been listening to the Gary Potter Quartet this week - another regular from the Cross Keys days.
open.spotify.com/track/3m7MzX...
Minor Swing
Listen to Minor Swing on Spotify. Song · The Gary Potter Quartet · 2008
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September 17, 2024 at 8:17 PM
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I've been listening to the Gary Potter Quartet this week - another regular from the Cross Keys days.
open.spotify.com/track/3m7MzX...
I've been listening to the Gary Potter Quartet this week - another regular from the Cross Keys days.
open.spotify.com/track/3m7MzX...
#jazzcorner
Very busy day. Time to unwind with a classic. This title track was from one of the first jazz albums that I ever bought.
open.spotify.com/track/3zIuHd...
Very busy day. Time to unwind with a classic. This title track was from one of the first jazz albums that I ever bought.
open.spotify.com/track/3zIuHd...
Blue Train
Listen to Blue Train on Spotify. Song · John Coltrane · 1957
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September 16, 2024 at 7:01 PM
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Very busy day. Time to unwind with a classic. This title track was from one of the first jazz albums that I ever bought.
open.spotify.com/track/3zIuHd...
Very busy day. Time to unwind with a classic. This title track was from one of the first jazz albums that I ever bought.
open.spotify.com/track/3zIuHd...
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Alan Barnes and David Newton from thirty years ago. I have a signed copy of this CD after hearing Alan play in the Cross Keys.
open.spotify.com/track/7eF26x...
Alan Barnes and David Newton from thirty years ago. I have a signed copy of this CD after hearing Alan play in the Cross Keys.
open.spotify.com/track/7eF26x...
The Peacocks
Listen to The Peacocks on Spotify. Song · Alan Barnes, David Newton · 1994
open.spotify.com
September 15, 2024 at 4:17 PM
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Alan Barnes and David Newton from thirty years ago. I have a signed copy of this CD after hearing Alan play in the Cross Keys.
open.spotify.com/track/7eF26x...
Alan Barnes and David Newton from thirty years ago. I have a signed copy of this CD after hearing Alan play in the Cross Keys.
open.spotify.com/track/7eF26x...
#jazzcorner
New release from Alan Barnes and David Newton. Alan was a regular at the Cross Keys in Marlow about 30 years ago. Their 'Like Minds' CD got played a lot in our flat.
open.spotify.com/track/4s4quQ...
New release from Alan Barnes and David Newton. Alan was a regular at the Cross Keys in Marlow about 30 years ago. Their 'Like Minds' CD got played a lot in our flat.
open.spotify.com/track/4s4quQ...
A House is Not a Home / Alfie
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September 14, 2024 at 8:18 PM
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New release from Alan Barnes and David Newton. Alan was a regular at the Cross Keys in Marlow about 30 years ago. Their 'Like Minds' CD got played a lot in our flat.
open.spotify.com/track/4s4quQ...
New release from Alan Barnes and David Newton. Alan was a regular at the Cross Keys in Marlow about 30 years ago. Their 'Like Minds' CD got played a lot in our flat.
open.spotify.com/track/4s4quQ...
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The first video I share on here has to be my favourite rendition of Whole Lotta Rosie by Tico (parrot) and Frank (non-parrot) of Tico and the Man (a truly great squawk n' roll band)
September 13, 2024 at 6:08 PM
The first video I share on here has to be my favourite rendition of Whole Lotta Rosie by Tico (parrot) and Frank (non-parrot) of Tico and the Man (a truly great squawk n' roll band)