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The Grumpy Scot
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Going with the username I had back on the other place when it all began. Likely to be a fair few pictures of album covers and bits of cities. Feel like my mum when she discovered emojis.
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Tickets for Pulp bought? Two. Number of times I wished eternal damnation on Ticketbastard? Still going. Absolute shower of shitehawks.
February 20, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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So far 2025 has been pretty shite but music is always there. New Richard Dawson arrived yesterday and it's damn near perfect. Nine vignettes that say more in a few verses than many books say in several hundred pages.

#nowplaying #nowlistening #vinyl
February 15, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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WIN! - A Dinked Edition Copy of 'End of the Middle' by Richard Dawson

We're going big for our first Bluesky competition!

Simply like and share this post, and give us a follow to be entered.

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February 7, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Really don't need British Gas sending me airfryer recipes as a way to be healthy and save energy. Would rather they just stopped rinsing me.
January 15, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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Kind of neglected this account again amid a whole lot of questions about the point of various social media platforms. Still not sure.
January 7, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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Infinite Jest update: gone beyond where I gave up last time and it's making a lot more sense. Still got a fair way to go though. Little white marker is the subsidised time years, metal / ribbon one where I actually am in the book and the last one is the footnotes.

#booksky #stillreading 💙📚
A copy of Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace on a small brown table.
October 14, 2024 at 8:54 PM
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"Hi, I'm Microsoft Word. I see you've just opened a document on your work account in the middle of the working day, so this is clearly a good time to ask for feedback."

Even Clippy wasn't that fucking irritating.
October 4, 2024 at 10:32 AM
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It's been an odd week and I'm glad it's nearing an end. It doesn't so much feel autumnal as just cold and shitey. Thankfully there are appear to be a shitload of new albums coming out tomorrow and the coming weeks to make it all better.
October 3, 2024 at 4:05 PM
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An album I didn't know but bought having heard it lauded by many and glad I did. Do love the cover.

New Boots and Panties!! by Ian Dury

#nowplaying #nowlistening #vinyl #musicsky
Cover of New Boots and Panties!! by Ian Dury. It shows Ian Dury and his son standing outside a clothes shop.
October 3, 2024 at 4:01 PM
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Took this last week when arsing about with my camera. Posting now as having had a shite sleep it's kind of how my brain is making the world appear today.

#photography #photo 📷📸
View of buildings, sky and tree through a window covered in condensation.
October 1, 2024 at 6:35 AM
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I'm guessing Paul doesn't do much research on cities other than London and even then is speaking to a fairly narrow audience.
Screenshot from an article. It reads "Paris is a much more dense city,” said Paul Swinney, director of policy and research at Centre for Cities. “Here in Britain we have more space and people are more likely to have a big house in Hampshire or Buckinghamshire and be able to work in their spare bedroom. "
September 29, 2024 at 4:56 PM
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Right, I'm going back in on this big bastard. It beat me once before (I think I got about 300 pages in) but I figure if I can give up drinking for nearly three months I can finally read Infinite Jest.

#booksky 💙📚
Cover of Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace.
September 29, 2024 at 10:06 AM
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A bit of a jump into the unknown with this one as hadn't heard of it but do love The Prisoner and enjoy a spy novel so it has to be worth a go.

#booksky #nowreading 📚💙
September 28, 2024 at 6:47 PM
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"Rarely do you see a man with the stature that he has have such delicate feet" - just say "good touch for a big man" and fucking be done with it.
September 28, 2024 at 1:02 PM
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Finally watched Cocaine Bear and it's what the 16 year old that often operates my brain hoped it would be. A predator hooked on class As. What else does Friday night viewing need?
September 27, 2024 at 10:44 PM
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Spotted today in a little park near my flat. No idea why they're there, where they come from or who put them there. I hope they haven't gone by tomorrow.

#photography #edinburgh #leith
A set of wooden furniture in a little park with a tree in the background.
September 27, 2024 at 10:32 PM
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Went to turn the microwave off at the wall, decided against it for now (though I appreciate that if I were in Australia the spider would be about the size of the microwave and about to kill me).
A two plug electrical socket on a wall. One of the switches has a spider on it.
September 27, 2024 at 7:07 PM
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The book Bohren are currently providing the soundtrack to.

Cahokia Jazz by Francis Spufford.

Alternate history plus noir and bits of Ellroy. Hard not to like it.

#booksky 💙📚
September 27, 2024 at 1:30 PM
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This is slightly out of sync with a sunny afternoon as it makes me think of dark, smoke filled jazz bars at 2am, but it goes very well with the book I'm reading at the moment.

Bohren for Beginners - Bohren & Der Club of Gore

#nowplaying #nowlistening #vinyl #musicsky #jazzsky
Cover of Bohren for Beginners by Bohren & Der Club of Gore.
September 27, 2024 at 1:27 PM
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Waiting on a V Pillow. It will improve my weekend by at least two thirds. It will likely increase my time in bed by at least the same amount.
September 27, 2024 at 12:33 PM
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The sun is shining (though it's fairly chilly) and I'd like to get out but waiting on a delivery, so might as well stick some music on. Time to embrace the madness of The JAMS.

The Justified Ancients of Mumu - 'Who Killed the Jams'

#nowplaying #nowlistening #vinyl #musicsky
Front cover of Who Killed the Jams by The Justified Ancients of Mumu. It shows an American style police car in a field, with two men standing outside it. One has a guitar and the other is talking to him. In the background there are some trees and a fire is smoking in the foreground.
September 27, 2024 at 12:14 PM
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1. Horse is ill
2. Dog on heat (5th week) & has cut paw
3. Mother is ill
4. Nigel does not understand
5. Frozen pipes
6. Selling house & property. Will explain later.
September 26, 2024 at 4:49 PM
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Bit of a palaver to get it delivered but worth the wait. Motorik rhythm and vocals that verge on incantations, excellent cover art and a warming shade of gold.

JuJu by JuJu

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Album cover of JuJu by JuJu. Black background with an ancient looking carving of a human head with eyes closed. Gold vinyl album playing on a black turntable.
September 26, 2024 at 5:01 PM
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Oh god, I've just seen the "Twerk" in "Kraftwerk", and now I can't unsee it.
The members of Kraftwerk, with the word Kraftwerk written in capitals.
September 25, 2024 at 9:30 PM
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Another one from Sunday's haul (cover ding my fault). Saw an incarnation of The Arkestra a few years ago on the recommendation of a friend and it blew my mind.

Nidhamu (Live In Egypt Vol.II) Sun Ra And His Astro-Intergalactic-Infinity-Arkestra

#nowplaying #vinyl #nowlistening #musicsky #jazzsky
September 24, 2024 at 4:16 PM