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Alan Moulsdale
@alanmoulsdale.bsky.social
Used to be the youngest in the room, now an old git
This lunchtime's listening #nowspinning #simpleminds #sparkleintherain Up on the catwalk, a big wheel is spinning And Dollars to Deutchmarks, and pennies from heaven And up on the catwalk, there's one hundred million With letters from thousands that say "Just who are you?"
November 17, 2025 at 12:12 PM
This afternoon's listening #nowspinning #azteccamera #love My girl She fled the fatherland And all it's dumb demands - My girl She is the essence pure She's super sure, she's got the cure She's love ambassadress
With a message
November 12, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I already have it, and it's wonderful - if you don't win a copy, give yourself a treat and buy one

Reposting for reach
This is my latest novel. (It almost killed me.) One person who reposts this extract www.tom-cox.com/granny-kettl... will receive a signed hardback AND one of these fab original linocuts

You might like it if you like:
Folklore
Old buildings
Friendship
Records
The power & magic of landscape
..
November 10, 2025 at 7:48 PM
This lunchtime's listening #nowspinning #tubewayarmy #replicas The alarm rang for days - You could tell from conversations - I was waiting by the screen - I couldn't recognize my photograph - Me, I disconnect from you
November 7, 2025 at 12:32 PM
This morning's listening #nowspinning #depechemode #speakandspell I stand still, stepping on the shady streets - And I watched that man to a stranger - You think you only know me when you turn on the light - Now the room is lit red danger
November 7, 2025 at 11:48 AM
This morning's listening #nowspinning #blondie #autoamerican Based on the desire for total mobility - And the serious physical pursuit of religious freedom - The auto drove mankind further than the wheel - And in remote areas even today is forbidden as a device too suspect for human conveyance
November 7, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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I was just leafing through 1725 occult tome The Secret Magic of Abramelin the Mage in search of scary invocations for the BOOK, and I came across this list of subordinate spirits to the princes of Hell.
November 5, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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Hello! My CEO Roscoe and I are giving away TWO signed copies of my novel 1983 to two randomly selected people who repost this & pop a reply below. You also get a free postcard of this illustration of Roscoe by my mum.

It’s been called “Stranger Things rewritten by Kurt Vonnegut & Sue Townsend”…
November 1, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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In case anyone in the UK would like to buy one of these direct from me & Jim (signed & personalised, of course) with a beautiful free bookmark or postcard featuring the art of my mum, Jo, please drop me an email at hello@tom-cox.com with your address.

Extract here: www.tom-cox.com/the-reason-y...
October 26, 2025 at 6:44 PM
This morning's listening #nowspinning #thehumanleague #travelogue Been out all night, I needed a bite, I thought I'd put a record on - I reached for the one with the ultra-modern label, and wondered where the light had gone
October 26, 2025 at 11:13 AM
This morning's listening #nowspinning #fleetwoodmac #rumours I know there's nothin' to say - Someone has taken my place
October 26, 2025 at 10:32 AM
I finished this wonderful book earlier in the week and I have revisited many times in my mind since then. It's full of characters I would like to meet and places I would like to go and the central friendship is a lovely thing. I thoroughly recommend
THREAD.
Hello new followers! This is my latest novel. It's about many things.
1 Old dusty objects (especially records)
2 The power of friendship, and landscape.
3 Quieter forms of magic
4 Folklore (the kind we know, and the kind still to come).
5 The differences between the 20th & 21st Century...
October 25, 2025 at 12:21 PM
I've already got a copy so sharing this for reach
I love maps so I'm giving away TWO signed paperbacks of my psychedelic/folkloric novel Villager each with these fantastic maps my dad illustrated of the fictional village in the book.Just repost this/reply below for a chance to win.

Here's an extract from the book: www.tom-cox.com/the-village-...
October 24, 2025 at 8:26 PM
In light of today's terribly sad news there was only one choice for this evening's listening #nowspinning #softcell #nonstoperoticcabaret I have life - Ordinary wife -I have car - A favourite bar - I have job - A moderate wage - I get the pains - That come with age - I am so ordinary
October 23, 2025 at 7:28 PM
This afternoon's listening #nowspinning #therollingstones #itsonlyrocknroll The band's on stage and it's one of those nights, oh yeah - The drummer thinks that he is dynamite, oh yeah
October 22, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Sgt Pepper 10 years commemorative book project is in for review with Kickstarter… Click the notify me button if you wish to be notified… #sgtpepperX10
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sgt...
Coming soon: A Decade in the LIves
Ten years of Sgt Pepper celebrity tribute montages
www.kickstarter.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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To celebrate the rerelease of my short story collection Help The Witch via @swiftpress.bsky.social I’m giving away TWO signed copies each with a beautiful original linoprints by my mum, from the book (now v rare & worth £40).

To enter you just need to repost this and pop a reply below.
October 20, 2025 at 4:41 PM
This afternoon's listening #nowspinning #themonkees #heyheyitsthemonkees Here we come, walkin' down the street - We get the funniest looks from every one we meet - Hey, hey, we're the Monkees and people say we monkey around - But we're too busy singing to put anybody down
October 20, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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I've got (for those in the UK) a few signed paperbacks of this with a lovely free postcard of the map my dad illustrated for it. £9.99 RRP plus p&p. Drop me an email at hello@tom-cox.com and a reply here if you'd like one.

Hills, folklore, psychedelic music, social history, magic, rivers, ghosts.
October 19, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Me reading some poetry about bloody cats. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QY3V...
Macavity: The Mystery Cat by T.S. Eliot. Read by Count Arthur Strong.
YouTube video by Faber Books
www.youtube.com
October 16, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Whilst I'm always looking to buy record collections, at the moment it's a priority!

Do you know anyone looking to shift their collection, or perhaps are you embracing a different format... or moving, whatever the reason.

DM
WhatsApp - 07455680866
Email - brighterdayviny@gmail.com

Let's chat! 🌞
October 15, 2025 at 4:07 PM
This morning's listening #nowspinning #thebeatles #blue1967to1970 Let me take you down - 'Cause I'm going to Strawberry Fields - Nothing is real - And nothing to get hung about - Strawberry Fields forever
October 5, 2025 at 10:10 AM
This morning's listening #nowspinning #thethe #infected Infect me with your love...
October 5, 2025 at 9:24 AM
This morning's listening #nowspinning #neworder #substance1987 This is why events unnerve me - They find it all a different story - Notice if the wheels are turning - Turn again and turn towards this time
October 4, 2025 at 10:54 AM
This evening's listening #nowspinning #japan #tindrum Once I was young Once I was smart - Now I'm living on the edge of my nerves
The things we said weren't quite so tough -When we were young
September 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM