Phelim O’Neill
@phelimoneill.bsky.social
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LOVE all the proper indie memorabilia and ephemera in this new video from The Primitives. I worked in an independent record shop when a lot of this was going on. Evocative of the time. youtu.be/lMOrH0lw3mA?...
The Primitives - Sweet Sister Sorrow
YouTube video by theprimitivesVEVO
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November 9, 2025 at 1:03 PM
LOVE all the proper indie memorabilia and ephemera in this new video from The Primitives. I worked in an independent record shop when a lot of this was going on. Evocative of the time. youtu.be/lMOrH0lw3mA?...
After all that drama the other night, went to a nice, relaxing big movie red carpet premiere.
November 6, 2025 at 10:10 AM
After all that drama the other night, went to a nice, relaxing big movie red carpet premiere.
Yeah, that’s me alright. Hashtag Running man premiere.
November 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Yeah, that’s me alright. Hashtag Running man premiere.
Last night, heard a horrible wailing outside, found someone jumped off the railway bridge, failed suicide attempt, broken legs, great distress. Called 999 but line was bad so had to flag down passers by to call. No neighbours came out, passers by had ear buds, I was the only person who heard it!
November 5, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Last night, heard a horrible wailing outside, found someone jumped off the railway bridge, failed suicide attempt, broken legs, great distress. Called 999 but line was bad so had to flag down passers by to call. No neighbours came out, passers by had ear buds, I was the only person who heard it!
If you’ve seen the excellent Mancunian Man documentary you’ll be pleased to hear a load of Cliff Twemlow movies have just arrived on AmazonPrime youtu.be/yxkIOhWMsKw?...
MANCUNIAN MAN: THE LEGENDARY LIFE OF CLIFF TWEMLOW Trailer (2023) FrightFest
YouTube video by BritFlicks | Indie Film Trailers Worldwide
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November 3, 2025 at 4:13 PM
If you’ve seen the excellent Mancunian Man documentary you’ll be pleased to hear a load of Cliff Twemlow movies have just arrived on AmazonPrime youtu.be/yxkIOhWMsKw?...
RIP Peter Watkins, one of Britain’s least known yet most influential film directors. Here’s a Guardian review I did yonks ago for his relentlessly relevant Punishment Park, all his films are worth checking out; The War Game, Culloden, Privilege, etc. www.theguardian.com/film/2012/ja...
This week's new DVD & Blu-ray
Punishment Park | Tommy, Mahler | Too Fat For 40 | Sherlock: Series 2 | Two-Lane Blacktop
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November 1, 2025 at 12:50 PM
RIP Peter Watkins, one of Britain’s least known yet most influential film directors. Here’s a Guardian review I did yonks ago for his relentlessly relevant Punishment Park, all his films are worth checking out; The War Game, Culloden, Privilege, etc. www.theguardian.com/film/2012/ja...
Went to see The Young Gods for the umpteenth time, first saw them around ‘87ish. With samples/drums/singer lineup they basically invented a new way to be a band. Still great, never let me down. Set mostly fab new LP, also managed bangers like Skinflowers, Gasoline Man and L’amourir. Top night.
October 31, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Went to see The Young Gods for the umpteenth time, first saw them around ‘87ish. With samples/drums/singer lineup they basically invented a new way to be a band. Still great, never let me down. Set mostly fab new LP, also managed bangers like Skinflowers, Gasoline Man and L’amourir. Top night.
This lp was a big deal for me: local band made good, went to school with two of the guitarists, one was a neighbour since the late 70’s, went to their first gigs and was integral to that newfangled Shoegaze scene. Will deffo be going to this.
Shoegaze legends Chapterhouse will perform their classic 1991 debut album ‘Whirlpool’ in full at Islington Assembly Hall in London on April 29, 2026 – exactly 35 years to the day since it was released...
October 27, 2025 at 10:57 AM
This lp was a big deal for me: local band made good, went to school with two of the guitarists, one was a neighbour since the late 70’s, went to their first gigs and was integral to that newfangled Shoegaze scene. Will deffo be going to this.
Oscar Isaac and Mia Goth in the new Frankenstein from @realgdt.bsky.social not seen it yet but looks like a winner if this pic is anything to go by…
October 26, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Oscar Isaac and Mia Goth in the new Frankenstein from @realgdt.bsky.social not seen it yet but looks like a winner if this pic is anything to go by…
Reading people, local boy Peter Strickland’s excellent dress based horror film In Fabric (2019) is on iPlayer. All character/place names are locally sourced, the spooky department store setting is based on Jacksons - check out the pneumatics. I love this movie so much that I actually appear in it!
October 26, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Reading people, local boy Peter Strickland’s excellent dress based horror film In Fabric (2019) is on iPlayer. All character/place names are locally sourced, the spooky department store setting is based on Jacksons - check out the pneumatics. I love this movie so much that I actually appear in it!
I don’t see how you are all acting so calm when this country is having to manage without a Duke of York.
October 18, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I don’t see how you are all acting so calm when this country is having to manage without a Duke of York.
I love Diane Keaton’s incredible 1987 documentary Heaven, where she intersperses movie afterlives with talking head interviews about what heaven will be like. I hope she’s enjoying the irony of a lot of it now. Whole film is on YouTube. RIP Diane Keaton youtu.be/gsvi4-zbq0g?...
Diane Keaton's Heaven Trailer
YouTube video by Lightyear Entertainment
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October 12, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I love Diane Keaton’s incredible 1987 documentary Heaven, where she intersperses movie afterlives with talking head interviews about what heaven will be like. I hope she’s enjoying the irony of a lot of it now. Whole film is on YouTube. RIP Diane Keaton youtu.be/gsvi4-zbq0g?...
I’ve not been on holiday in almost 25 years. Not technically on one now, but I am in South-West France, having some nice food on a nice day with some nice people, so, for the next hour or so at least it’s Bonne Vacances pour moi!
October 2, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I’ve not been on holiday in almost 25 years. Not technically on one now, but I am in South-West France, having some nice food on a nice day with some nice people, so, for the next hour or so at least it’s Bonne Vacances pour moi!
Gary Numan, Minnesota, 1980 concert footage shot in glorious Super-8, looking both retro AND futuristic youtu.be/I9--dEiF-qQ?...
Gary Numan - Live in St. Paul, MN (October 29th, 1980) - Super 8 Film
YouTube video by Classic Rock Media Archive
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October 1, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Gary Numan, Minnesota, 1980 concert footage shot in glorious Super-8, looking both retro AND futuristic youtu.be/I9--dEiF-qQ?...
Favourite 10 TV comedies, in no particular order.
Darkplace
Veep
King of the Hill
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
Monty Python
Police Squad
Documentary Now
Mst 3000
Wonder Showzen
SCTV
Darkplace
Veep
King of the Hill
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
Monty Python
Police Squad
Documentary Now
Mst 3000
Wonder Showzen
SCTV
Favourite 10 TV comedies, in no particular order.
Cheers
The Phil Silvers Show
Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads
Porridge
First Ten Years Of The Simpsons
New Girl
30 Rock
Hancock
The Larry Sanders Show
Better Things
Cheers
The Phil Silvers Show
Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads
Porridge
First Ten Years Of The Simpsons
New Girl
30 Rock
Hancock
The Larry Sanders Show
Better Things
Favourite 10 TV comedies, in no particular order.
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
Hancock's Half Hour/Hancock
Community
The Day Today
First ten years of The Simpsons
How Do You Want Me?
The League of Gentlemen
Ever Decreasing Circles
Dad's Army until James Beck dies
Big Train S1
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
Hancock's Half Hour/Hancock
Community
The Day Today
First ten years of The Simpsons
How Do You Want Me?
The League of Gentlemen
Ever Decreasing Circles
Dad's Army until James Beck dies
Big Train S1
September 21, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Favourite 10 TV comedies, in no particular order.
Darkplace
Veep
King of the Hill
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
Monty Python
Police Squad
Documentary Now
Mst 3000
Wonder Showzen
SCTV
Darkplace
Veep
King of the Hill
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
Monty Python
Police Squad
Documentary Now
Mst 3000
Wonder Showzen
SCTV
Great evening bouncing on the sprung floor of Islington Assembly Rooms to the greatest “hits” of Krautrock courtesy of
Michael Rother plus added tape drones of Marta Salogni as support.
Michael Rother plus added tape drones of Marta Salogni as support.
September 20, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Great evening bouncing on the sprung floor of Islington Assembly Rooms to the greatest “hits” of Krautrock courtesy of
Michael Rother plus added tape drones of Marta Salogni as support.
Michael Rother plus added tape drones of Marta Salogni as support.
Great to see Marta and her band of open reel tape machines doing their thing supporting Michael Rother tonight.
September 20, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Great to see Marta and her band of open reel tape machines doing their thing supporting Michael Rother tonight.
Saw One Battle After Another projected in glorious VistaVision. Only Cinerama to go and I’ve see all the formats.
September 17, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Saw One Battle After Another projected in glorious VistaVision. Only Cinerama to go and I’ve see all the formats.
Although I have a player and some movies, I’ve never actually watched a 4K disc until now, so starting off as I mean to continue with this corker that I first saw on bootleg Betamax back in 1982 or thereabouts.
September 3, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Although I have a player and some movies, I’ve never actually watched a 4K disc until now, so starting off as I mean to continue with this corker that I first saw on bootleg Betamax back in 1982 or thereabouts.
A Conjuring I did go.
September 1, 2025 at 9:15 PM
A Conjuring I did go.
Man, those were the days to be a Tv reviewer, to see Thunderbirds you had to go to a cinema! None of that low-rez, timecoded, watermarked streamer that can only be watched on a laptop or phone bollox.
On this day in 1965 – Trapped In The Sky is shown to the press at The Scala Cinema in Birmingham on the big screen in colour, ahead of it’s UK debut on ATV Midlands Television at the end of the month #gerryanderson #sylviaanderson #fanderson #thunderbirds
September 1, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Man, those were the days to be a Tv reviewer, to see Thunderbirds you had to go to a cinema! None of that low-rez, timecoded, watermarked streamer that can only be watched on a laptop or phone bollox.
Managed to pop out for a quick Frightfest last night.
August 24, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Managed to pop out for a quick Frightfest last night.
Watching Michael Shannon perform the music of REM at The Garage is very much my pace these days.
August 22, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Watching Michael Shannon perform the music of REM at The Garage is very much my pace these days.
A shockingly wholesome Gibby Haynes backed by the terrific teenage musicians of the Scott Thunes Institute performing a cracking version of Cough Syrup by Butthole Surfers. The kids know the song much better than he does. Enjoy. youtu.be/Gv3_lhH7fiQ?...
Gibby Haynes (Butthole Surfers) - Cough Syrup - Scott Thunes Institute - Live London 2025 Islington
YouTube video by 0bserver44
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August 21, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A shockingly wholesome Gibby Haynes backed by the terrific teenage musicians of the Scott Thunes Institute performing a cracking version of Cough Syrup by Butthole Surfers. The kids know the song much better than he does. Enjoy. youtu.be/Gv3_lhH7fiQ?...