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Blank Frank
@blankfranktoo.bsky.social
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Canadian emigrant who's called Amsterdam his home for 33 years
Ex-guitarist of #NoMeansNo
Continually misplaces his glasses
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Selection of alt album covers from 1979.
November 9, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Extended director's cut. ;-)
Selection of alt album covers from 1979.
November 9, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Bill Burroughs on "regret". Heard this first decades ago. It's been (happily) living in my head ever since.

#WilliamSBurroughs
November 4, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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Seen in passing.

Old Leonard doesn't seem too pleased about this situation.

And yes, as you can see, Rubber Soul was indeed inside. However, its dire condition dampened any temporary enthusiasm I may have had. (The fact it was in mono was kind of cool, though...)

#Beatles #RubberSoul #ThriftStore
Record sleeve of "The Songs Of Leonard Cohen" with the words RUBBER SOUL Beatles written in blue felt pen on it. Sticking out of the sleeve is a Dutch mono copy of the aforementioned lp.
October 30, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Done. Dusted.
#PartijVoorDeDieren
Dark green wooden door with an old round brass doorknob. Taped to the door is a white sign that says "Stembureau" in red letters, with a black arrow pointing left.
October 29, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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F U R F K J R
#griepprik #flushot #oldguy
Hand holding a vaccination jab needle with a bright orange plastic attachment. The background is a dark aqua blue wall.
October 16, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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Well, well, WELL! What do we have here?! 😮

www.eyefilm.nl/en/programme...
A billboard of sorts promoting an exhibition at the Eye Film Museum in Amsterdam about Tilda Swinton. In the background some trees are visible set against a blue sky.
October 1, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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"Il quarto stato", a painting by Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo forms the centerpiece of the opening of Bernardo Bertolucci's masterpiece Novecento (1900), a family epic spanning over 3 decades which chronicles the rise of fascism in Italy in the early 20th century and the struggle against it.
1/3
A very wide painting of a group of farmers and their families walking towards the "viewer".
September 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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😲😲😲

Watching K-drama #TheNiceGuy (2025), I am awoken from my complacent viewing to see one of the characters (actress #OhNaRa) donning a BLACK FLAG JEALOUS AGAIN t-shirt!

It's not every day in the same post that I get to tag both #BlackFlag AND #Kdrama !

#punkrock
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Korean actress Oh Na Ra (in character in the K-drama The Nice Guy) sitting at a table wearing a black t-shirt with the artwork from the punk rock band Black Flag's "Jealous Again" EP. Most of the artwork is out of shot but the band name is clear to read in yellow letters.
September 5, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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Mood.
#TheClash #USA #EnoughAlready
Black and white square photo. On the right half of the frame a man with short greying stands facing towards a light coloured interior wall, his back towards the camera. On his short black windbreaker is white text that reads I'M SO BORED WITH THE USA.
August 24, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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Music For Charity Shops
#Amsterdam #ImSoOld #TheClash #IFoughtTheLaw
August 21, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Amsterdam Noord 15/08/25
#StopTheGenocide #FreePalestine #Gaza
Black and white photo of a tall residential block in Amsterdam Noord with a Palestinian flag hanging from one of the windows.
August 15, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Unconscionable
@ministerbz.bsky.social
#FuckingDoSomething #StopTheGenocide #FreePalestine #Gaza #OxfamNovib #DolfJansen
Black and white posters featuring the face of Dutch minister Veldkamp with a red line running behind his head and the text "Minister Veldkamp, Waar is uw geweten? Alle rode lijnen zijn al overschreden. Stop de genocide in Gaza nú! Oxfam Novib"
August 13, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Over the moon to see the arrival of my lovely Aye Welcome Refugees t-shirt from @scotrefugeecouncil.bsky.social , good people doing good work for folks who need it. We're all in this together. ❤️ #refugeeswelcome #vluchtelingenwelkom #partofthebiggerpicture
Old guy standing looking at the camera, wearing a maroon t-shirt with the text AYE WELCOME REFUGEES on it. A black and white electric guitar (with a green and white sticker with text that reads PART OF THE BIGGER PICTURE) is hanging around his shoulders. In his right hand he is holding a green puzzle piece.
August 5, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Black and white photo of punk rock band The Damned in 76 0r 77 but with Billie Holiday's face replacing singer Dave Vanian's.
August 1, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Red bike parked at the side of a foot path. At the front of the bike is yellow container with the words "THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE MOTORISED" on it
July 21, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Memorials / Into The Ring (2020) Re-visiting one of my favourite comedy series, Korean or otherwise. A total riot! Brilliant cast, writing, direction, art design.
Two pix
1. The characters & 2. Six shots with some stylin' camerawork.
#Memorials #IntoTheRing #출사표 #Nana #임진아 #ParkSungHoon #박성훈 #Kdrama
18 screen shots of individual characters from a Korean TV series. 6 screenshots of wide screen images from a Korean TV series using a very curved lens.
July 19, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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The wonderful power of outsmarting your enemies.
One of my all time favourite Bugs gags. So simple. So ingenious.❤️
(sound ON!)
#clickbait
July 16, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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HIGH AND LOW
Today with @ingridkerr.bsky.social at #Lab111 I saw, for the first time, Akira Kurosawa's 1963 film High And Low.
Amazing.
So amazing, in fact, that I wanted to share some choice screenshots with one and all. Enjoy!

#Amsterdam #JapaneseCinema #AkiraKurosawa #filmsky
Black and white photo still from the 1963 Kurosawa film High and Low. An intenese looking man with a moustache staring forward on the left of the frame, sitting in a very busy train. Black and white photo still from the 1963 Kurosawa film High and Low. One woman in a kimono sitting down on the lower right, looking very upset as well as six men spread across a minimalist mid-modern living room. Black and white photo still from the 1963 Kurosawa film High and Low. Facing the camera, a man with reflective Ray Bans is peering through a bunch of flowers. Black and white photo still from the 1963 Kurosawa film High and Low. A woman with a concerned expression is looking toward the camera. She is seen between the backs of two men's heads with very short hair and white shirts. The man on the right is holding a phone receiver to his ear.
July 11, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Me messing around, musically and otherwise.
Again.

(sound on)
July 7, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Ok. I *did* own Back In The USA around that time. And that tape may indeed have been the format I had it on. Don't recall having it on vinyl oddly enough. Your mention of a "black soft plastic case" triggered my grey cells...
July 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Memory! After reading your comment I immediately thought of a ROIR cassette. Pink. Looked it up. Yup. Out in 1983 it seems. But did I own it? Uh, no. Did I listen to it with you on the way to or from a Black Swan record run? Weird dream or not, Kev, I'm sure as shit finding this online tomorrow.
July 4, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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2009, last time in NYC, the most amazing city I've ever seen. Dunno if I'll make it back there (or anywhere in the US) one day. But yeah 2025...

W/ my family in the 60s & my band in the 80s I got to experience so many amazing things/people. I miss it still

USA pals, hope y'all have a nice safe 4th
Self portrait taken in front of a moving New York subway train. I can be seen reflected in a pane of glass, holding a small camera.
July 4, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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Throwback supplies temporary respite. One of my favourite 12 inches. ❤️

"Mind over matter, love over gold"

Health And Efficiency - This Heat (1980)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYNE...
Here's a song about the sunshine Dedicated to the sunshine Enthusiasm will energize (hands) Enthusiasm will energize (legs) Enthusiasm will energize (eyes) Enthusiasm will energize (ears) Mind over matter, love over gold (face, touch of the smell) Momentum over stasis (international) Mind over matter, love over gold Momentum over stasis (international) Enthusiasm will energize (laughter) Enthusiasm will energize (smile) Enthusiasm will energize (song) Enthusiasm will energize (dance) Mind over matter, love over gold (rhythm, shape) Momentum over stasis (international) Mind over matter, love over gold Momentum over stasis (international, potential) Enthusiasm will energize (imagination) Enthusiasm will energize (analogy) Enthusiasm will energize (commitment) Enthusiasm will energize (international, potential, international)
July 3, 2025 at 5:09 AM
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Belated birthday greetings to my old pal Jello Biafra! Here's a snap of me, Rob and John on stage with the birthday boy at the Commodore in Vancouver in 1990.
Photo: Kai Korinth

#JelloBiafra #Nomeansno #AlternativeTentacles
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Black and white photo of a punk rock band on stage with a crowd visible down towards the lower left of the frame. From left to right Andy Kerr (me), Rob Wright, John Wright and Jello Biafra.
June 18, 2025 at 12:47 PM