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Thom Venables-Gordon
@beardyrecordbox.bsky.social
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Vinyl DJ. Good singer, competent bass player, bad guitarist. Older than Homer, younger than Bart. If you pay me I'll play records for you. FKA @GordyODT He/They 🏳️‍⚧️
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When you see this, post an image from your gallery to describe your mental health
A picture of me, in drag, as Pat Butcher from Eastenders.
November 27, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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So much this! I said the other day after Mani's passing that two of my top 5 ever favourite gigs were Mani/Shields era Prml Scrm.
An excerpt from Daniel Dylan Wray's review of a recent My Bloody Valentine gig. It reads: Those who saw Primal Scream live during their XTRMNTR era, in which Mani was on bass and Shields was on guitar, speak about it with a giddy reverence of a band operating at the full throttle peak at its apex.
November 25, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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Working on an assignment that uses the Barclays outage in January as a case study. I find myself on the Barclays Wikipedia page and I didn't have to read too far before finding something utterly horrifying...
In 1941, during the German occupation of France, a branch of Barclays in Paris, headed by Marcel Cheradame, worked directly with the invading force. Senior officials at the bank volunteered the names of Jewish employees, as well as ceding an estimated one hundred Jewish bank accounts to the German occupiers. The Paris branch used its funds to increase the operational power of a large quarry that helped produce steel for the Germans. There was no evidence of contact between the head office in London and the branch in Paris during the occupation. Marcel Cheradame was kept as the branch manager until he retired in the sixties
November 19, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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A picture of Chris Morris on the satirical news program The Day Today. Behind him is a screen which reads: BLOODY HELL
November 18, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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Which Bad Boys tho?
Martin Lawrence and Will Smith in the film Bad Boys Sean 'P Diddy' Combs and Shyne. Photo presumably taken some time prior to Diddy shooting a woman in the face in a nightclub and getting Shyne to take the fall for it. Allegedly.
November 11, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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I’m sure this has already been done but…
Tea For The Tillerman in the style of Zohran For New York.
November 8, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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Living Just Enough For The City in the style of Zohran For New York. Happy Music For Happy People in the style of Zohran For New York.
November 8, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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#NowPlaying The hardest repudiation of the concept of a ‘sophomore slump’ in the history of music. #SkunkAnansie #Stoosh
The cover of Stoosh by Skunk Anansie. It’s a black and white photo of the band. Lead singer Skin takes up the majority of the shot, screaming but out of focus. The rest of the band can be seen behind her in focus.
November 8, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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The Tightpussy Industrial Complex claims another victim… @katie.bzky.team
A tub of Optimum Nutrition branded Micronised Creatine Powder. It is Fruit Punch flavour.
October 30, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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Oh shit lxds…
Two new Boss BIC-10A instrument cables in blue and orange. The packaging looks like a classic Boss stompbox guitar pedal. The same two cables as in the previous picture but now each one is next to its matching guitar pedal. The blue cable is next to a Boss Super Chorus CH-1 and the orange cable is next to a Boss Waza Craft Distortion DS-1w.
October 21, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Just discovered that Boss do a range of cables which match their classic compact pedal series colours and never have I felt so obviously called out by a product before.
An advert for Boss BIC-10A instrument cables showing a classic Boss Distortion DS-1 pedal wrapped in a cable of the same orange hue. The main text says: "MATCH BIC-10A CABLES With Iconic BOSS Compact Pedals" then at the bottom of the advert is a small disclaimer saying: "*BOSS DS-1 Not Included."
October 20, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Strong Original Pirate Material vibes.
The cover art from The Streets seminal debut LP Original Pirate Material. This record is 23 years old. 😭
October 14, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Post you from a different era. This was 2010, in Manchester, the day before my 28th birthday.
27 year old me, a bald white man with a big beard wearing a green parka. I’m leaning nonchalantly on a plinth which features THE ACTUAL FUCKING FA CUP! *not pictured is the extremely large member of the security team approximately one inch out of shot, who told me in no uncertain terms that I am absolutely not allowed to touch the FA Cup*
October 13, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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Started listening today to @herecomestomorrow.net where @josie.zone and @tallgirlpetunia.bsky.social talk about Grant Morrison’s run on New X-Men. I’m already on episode 3 and I’ve downloaded Marvel Unlimited so I can read along. #NewSpecialInterestUnlocked
The home screen of Marvel Unlimited showing that I’m currently reading New X-Men from 2001.
September 29, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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I’m soaked to the bone, freezing cold and absolutely buzzing my tits off! Big boat was amazing!
The paddle steamer Waverley steaming towards Folkestone against a moody sky. The paddle steamer Waverley, coming alongside Folkestone Harbour Arm. It has two large red white and black chimneys. Two men I. Orange hi-vis are standing on the Harbour Arm waiting to tie the boat up. A very happy selfie of me in a brown flat cap and black Adidas jacket in front of The Waverley. The photo doesn’t do justice to just how wet and cold I am. A profile shot of The Waverley wreathed in smoke from the tugboat that’s pulling it away. It looks really fucking cool.
September 23, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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Oh lawd, he comin!
A 25x zoomed in photo of a paddle steamer on the horizon. A vessel finder screen grab showing the Waverley in The Channel outside Sandgate.
September 23, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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The last seagoing paddle steamer in the world is docking in Folkestone today. I haven’t managed to spot it yet (probably cos it only left Eastbourne at 10:15!) but I have snapped a few moody seascapes.
A photo of the English Channel taken from Folkestone Harbour Arm. The sun is reflecting off the sea, but the horizon is filled by some dramatic looking rain clouds. The Harbour Arm lighthouse can be seen in the bottom left of the frame.
September 23, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Retvrn
Multicoloured translucent plastic tech from the y2k era. An iMac, multiple flavours of Game Boy, two N64s, a PS2, a Hello Kitty Dreamcast and various other little technological nik-naks. They all look rad as hell if you ask me!
September 13, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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Same energy…
The ‘cover’ of Louis Theroux’s imaginary rap album “The Rap Chronicles.” He is seated like a Bond villain, stroking a cat on his knee and surrounded by a couple of scantily clad young ladies.
September 2, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Well I know what I’m watching tonight…
The Disney+ title card for Die Hard With a Vengeance.
August 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Make a movie of this one you cowards!
The cover of insane 90s crossover comic Archie Meets The Punisher. A Riverdale high-school dance is being ‘chaperoned’ by The Punisher holding a submachine gun.
August 19, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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I grew up on these streets
The opening shot of Duke Nukem 3D. A spaceship is crashing in a fireball against a backdrop of skyscrapers. In the foreground two hands are reloading a pistol. The words HOLLYWOOD HOLOCAUST are written across the screen in red capital letters. If you’re approximately my age, upon seeing this image you will immediately hear John St John saying “Those alien bastards are gonna pay for ruining my ride!” in your head.
August 1, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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This scene starts playing on my belly...
A still from the opening scene of Metal Gear Solid 2, Solid Snake is wearing a sick cagoule in the rain and is about to jump off a bridge in New York.
July 29, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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I’m playing Johnny Cash’s Orange Blossom Special at work. It’s such a good record but holy shit does the quality plummet half way through side 2. Arguably the worst recorded version of Danny Boy, a song so bad the album never recovers. It’s like 3/4 of the perfect Johnny Cash record. 🤷‍♀️
A picture of a bar with a Crowley record player on top of it. Next to the record player is the sleeve of Orange Blossom Special by Johnny Cash.
July 21, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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I was on the other side of the stadium! Wasn’t it phenomenal? 🥰
A photo of Kendrick Lamar performing at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff last night. Spotlights, smoke, dancers, a massive crowd. It was a whole vibe.
July 20, 2025 at 11:06 AM