Simon Beard
@simonmbeard.bsky.social
Founding member of Gourmet Left. Lover of Fender. All views are not my own.
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Simon Beard
@simonmbeard.bsky.social
· Aug 28
In the other place, I've been sharing the (very slow) build of a semi-solid Jaguar.
For no particular reason, I'm going to share it here as well.
#guitar
For no particular reason, I'm going to share it here as well.
#guitar
Today's earworm.
Don't Let Him Waste Your Time
YouTube video by Jarvis Cocker - Topic
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December 2, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Today's earworm.
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www.timeanddate.com/calendar/rep... I don't know who needs to hear this, but 1998 had the same dates on the same days as 2026 will, and there are myriad craptastic 90s calanders on ebay for your enjoyment.
I've personally ordered a 1998 Star Trek original series one for myself but you do you 😘
I've personally ordered a 1998 Star Trek original series one for myself but you do you 😘
Repeating Calendar – years equal to 2026
Find calendar years that start on the same day and have the same number of days as 2026 or any other year
www.timeanddate.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:02 AM
www.timeanddate.com/calendar/rep... I don't know who needs to hear this, but 1998 had the same dates on the same days as 2026 will, and there are myriad craptastic 90s calanders on ebay for your enjoyment.
I've personally ordered a 1998 Star Trek original series one for myself but you do you 😘
I've personally ordered a 1998 Star Trek original series one for myself but you do you 😘
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This is extraordinary.
December 2, 2025 at 10:16 AM
This is extraordinary.
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Every year we make a free-to-download-and-print-off-yourself colouring-in Advent Calendar. This year’s heavily features Bigfoots. Please share!
Download it for free here… www.worldofmoose.com/pages/2025-b...
Download it for free here… www.worldofmoose.com/pages/2025-b...
November 29, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Every year we make a free-to-download-and-print-off-yourself colouring-in Advent Calendar. This year’s heavily features Bigfoots. Please share!
Download it for free here… www.worldofmoose.com/pages/2025-b...
Download it for free here… www.worldofmoose.com/pages/2025-b...
This is fabulous.
Every year we make a free-to-download-and-print-off-yourself colouring-in Advent Calendar. This year’s heavily features Bigfoots. Please share!
Download it for free here… www.worldofmoose.com/pages/2025-b...
Download it for free here… www.worldofmoose.com/pages/2025-b...
November 29, 2025 at 1:48 PM
This is fabulous.
A song for our times.
Jarvis - Running The World
YouTube video by Rough Trade Records
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November 29, 2025 at 9:20 AM
A song for our times.
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Oddly specific graffiti, spotted near Euston last week
November 26, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Oddly specific graffiti, spotted near Euston last week
Goodbye, old friend. It was good while it lasted.
November 23, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Goodbye, old friend. It was good while it lasted.
Six years ago, I took a photo of the back of some bloke's head at a Squeeze gig.
November 19, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Six years ago, I took a photo of the back of some bloke's head at a Squeeze gig.
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International Men's Day does a great job of raising awareness but unfortunately we're still no closer to finding a cure.
November 19, 2025 at 9:39 AM
International Men's Day does a great job of raising awareness but unfortunately we're still no closer to finding a cure.
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Warning: World Kindness Day ends at midnight. If you haven’t used up all your kindness by then, you’ll have to save it until next year.
November 13, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Warning: World Kindness Day ends at midnight. If you haven’t used up all your kindness by then, you’ll have to save it until next year.
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I know which one I'm ticking.
November 13, 2025 at 10:15 AM
I know which one I'm ticking.
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My advice: if your chicken mews, check it’s not a kitten.
November 12, 2025 at 8:06 AM
My advice: if your chicken mews, check it’s not a kitten.
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You don't know what you've got till it's gone. And you don't know it's gone till you can't find it. And then you can't remember why you wanted it in the first place. And now you’ve forgotten what you came in here for.
November 10, 2025 at 11:10 AM
You don't know what you've got till it's gone. And you don't know it's gone till you can't find it. And then you can't remember why you wanted it in the first place. And now you’ve forgotten what you came in here for.
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On a personal note, I’m selling my beloved electric guitar as it’s less suited for our stage show than the studio and I’ll be on primary live axe duties going forward. This guitar’s appeared on most of the Fold catalogue. Here’s the listing if you’re interested:
reverb.com/item/9165357...
reverb.com/item/9165357...
Vintage Early 70s Voxton X-215 Hollowbody (Gibson ES-175 Copy), Excellent Condition, With Old Hard Case | Reverb
Bought in 2009 from a pawn shop in New Orleans, this guitar has been maintained in a smoke free environment ever since. It is in excellent condition, as close to its original state as one might hope f...
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November 9, 2025 at 9:23 PM
On a personal note, I’m selling my beloved electric guitar as it’s less suited for our stage show than the studio and I’ll be on primary live axe duties going forward. This guitar’s appeared on most of the Fold catalogue. Here’s the listing if you’re interested:
reverb.com/item/9165357...
reverb.com/item/9165357...
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Just heard that big Sam Allardyce will be caretaker Director General of the BBC until the end of the season.
November 9, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Just heard that big Sam Allardyce will be caretaker Director General of the BBC until the end of the season.
Light squirty cream...
November 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Light squirty cream...
This is worth reading. If only to discover what one of Michael Stipe's favourite songs is.
From the venerable UNCUT way back in 2003, a selective critical listing of the band’s mid and later-period “singles” (1988-2001). Particularly fun to see the guys’ realtime reactions to some of these songs.
www.uncut.co.uk/features/lis...
www.uncut.co.uk/features/lis...
REM's 20 greatest singles of their major-label era
As chosen by Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe themselves
www.uncut.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 3:21 PM
This is worth reading. If only to discover what one of Michael Stipe's favourite songs is.
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Woman on the bus: How was your blind date?
Man: Awful. I panicked and said I had to go. And when she asked where, I said ‘prison’.
Man: Awful. I panicked and said I had to go. And when she asked where, I said ‘prison’.
November 5, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Woman on the bus: How was your blind date?
Man: Awful. I panicked and said I had to go. And when she asked where, I said ‘prison’.
Man: Awful. I panicked and said I had to go. And when she asked where, I said ‘prison’.
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Royal family shakeup:
Harry gets the US olive oil business. Charles to control gambling, drugs, smiling and waving. Edward takes over his Duchy overpriced jam racket. Anne runs the docks. Andrew will live in a remote Italian village until the heat dies down. Luca Brasi still sleeps with the fishes.
Harry gets the US olive oil business. Charles to control gambling, drugs, smiling and waving. Edward takes over his Duchy overpriced jam racket. Anne runs the docks. Andrew will live in a remote Italian village until the heat dies down. Luca Brasi still sleeps with the fishes.
November 1, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Royal family shakeup:
Harry gets the US olive oil business. Charles to control gambling, drugs, smiling and waving. Edward takes over his Duchy overpriced jam racket. Anne runs the docks. Andrew will live in a remote Italian village until the heat dies down. Luca Brasi still sleeps with the fishes.
Harry gets the US olive oil business. Charles to control gambling, drugs, smiling and waving. Edward takes over his Duchy overpriced jam racket. Anne runs the docks. Andrew will live in a remote Italian village until the heat dies down. Luca Brasi still sleeps with the fishes.
Damn, I won't be able to use @mooseallain.bsky.social's Claudia Winlkeman joke after this season of Strictly.
Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman to leave Strictly Come Dancing at end of series
www.bbc.co.uk
October 23, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Damn, I won't be able to use @mooseallain.bsky.social's Claudia Winlkeman joke after this season of Strictly.
Underwater Moonlight is one of my favourite albums and I Wanna Destroy You is one of thr best opening songs on an album.
Some thoughts on "I Wanna Destroy You" are now on my Substack.
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All posts on the page/ subscriptions are free 🦀
robynhitchcock.substack.com/p/i-wanna-de...
I Wanna Destroy You
I don’t really write political songs.
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October 17, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Underwater Moonlight is one of my favourite albums and I Wanna Destroy You is one of thr best opening songs on an album.
For a while, I thought I'd lost my copy of Dr Alimantado's Best Dressed Chucken In Town.
I'd filed it under 'D', rather than 'A'.
Panic over.
I'd filed it under 'D', rather than 'A'.
Panic over.
October 14, 2025 at 8:44 PM
For a while, I thought I'd lost my copy of Dr Alimantado's Best Dressed Chucken In Town.
I'd filed it under 'D', rather than 'A'.
Panic over.
I'd filed it under 'D', rather than 'A'.
Panic over.
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A man lies on the grass in the park next to his girlfriend. They are holding hands and their eyes are closed. A dog walks up to the man, licks his forehead and runs away. The man opens his eyes and sits straight up, looking with shock, and sort of awe at his confused girlfriend.
October 14, 2025 at 1:17 PM
A man lies on the grass in the park next to his girlfriend. They are holding hands and their eyes are closed. A dog walks up to the man, licks his forehead and runs away. The man opens his eyes and sits straight up, looking with shock, and sort of awe at his confused girlfriend.