CarsmileSteve
@carsmilesteve.bsky.social
Beer, wrestling, socialism, trying to avoid doing too much harrumphing about the world in general.
ANY joke/punne that makes me actually groan out loud will be reposted. He/him.
ANY joke/punne that makes me actually groan out loud will be reposted. He/him.
Funny looking pizza!
November 28, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Funny looking pizza!
Much awards, many winning! All very well deserved! :)
November 28, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Much awards, many winning! All very well deserved! :)
Ta! Still a little toppy at £40 but that's live events These Days innit?
November 28, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Ta! Still a little toppy at £40 but that's live events These Days innit?
I have a question. Is it only an hour? Riverside website makes it look like it is...
November 28, 2025 at 12:05 AM
I have a question. Is it only an hour? Riverside website makes it look like it is...
25 years of continuity (I believe this was a @ure.bsky.social project)
November 27, 2025 at 7:07 PM
25 years of continuity (I believe this was a @ure.bsky.social project)
That Thornbridge x Theakston one is lovely, we had it at ISBF
November 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
That Thornbridge x Theakston one is lovely, we had it at ISBF
This would explain the multitude of glasses on the table!
November 27, 2025 at 4:28 PM
This would explain the multitude of glasses on the table!
To New York! For to Do A Gig!!!
November 27, 2025 at 4:04 PM
To New York! For to Do A Gig!!!
[Zooms in on the beer list]
...oof...
...oof...
November 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
[Zooms in on the beer list]
...oof...
...oof...
Ah, no, I'd misremembered, although it was originally "just" an anti-war song
www.theguardian.com/music/2015/d...
www.theguardian.com/music/2015/d...
How we made: Stop the Cavalry
Jona Lewie: ‘I was told it was just another antiwar song. So I played the melody on a kazoo – and they loved it’
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Ah, no, I'd misremembered, although it was originally "just" an anti-war song
www.theguardian.com/music/2015/d...
www.theguardian.com/music/2015/d...
I *think* he was agin the sleigh bells (although not the brass band)? I'm going to have to try and find the blooming article now, aren't I?
November 27, 2025 at 12:54 PM
I *think* he was agin the sleigh bells (although not the brass band)? I'm going to have to try and find the blooming article now, aren't I?
I think I've read that Jonah Lewie didn't intend it to be a Christmas song particularly and was a bit grumpy about it when it was lumped in as one. Imagine he's a little more sanguine these days when he gets his annual royalty cheque...
November 27, 2025 at 12:48 PM
I think I've read that Jonah Lewie didn't intend it to be a Christmas song particularly and was a bit grumpy about it when it was lumped in as one. Imagine he's a little more sanguine these days when he gets his annual royalty cheque...
Yes, I'm not really sure what Matt Everett *does* these days. Used to have a 10 minute slot a couple of times a day for this but he was available enough to pop up very quickly when Jimmy Cliff died the other day...
November 27, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Yes, I'm not really sure what Matt Everett *does* these days. Used to have a 10 minute slot a couple of times a day for this but he was available enough to pop up very quickly when Jimmy Cliff died the other day...
An A1 decision!
November 27, 2025 at 8:45 AM
An A1 decision!
I mean, it was only Owen... no, can't remember his surname...
November 26, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I mean, it was only Owen... no, can't remember his surname...
(Size of a Cow is not on Hup) Found out at Shiiine On that I still know all the words to everything on Hup...
November 26, 2025 at 11:00 PM
(Size of a Cow is not on Hup) Found out at Shiiine On that I still know all the words to everything on Hup...
Ha! Found it! Was Ian McCann and a 9. Apologies for the X The Everything App link...
x.com/nothingelseo...
x.com/nothingelseo...
nothingelseon on X: "Albums! X-Clan! Neds Atomic Dustbin! Birthday Party! Housemartins! And more! NME, 17 October 1992. #NME #MyLifeInTheUKMusicPress #1992 https://t.co/ayPXpr59j6" / X
Albums! X-Clan! Neds Atomic Dustbin! Birthday Party! Housemartins! And more! NME, 17 October 1992. #NME #MyLifeInTheUKMusicPress #1992 https://t.co/ayPXpr59j6
x.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Ha! Found it! Was Ian McCann and a 9. Apologies for the X The Everything App link...
x.com/nothingelseo...
x.com/nothingelseo...
Annoyingly, I can find the (dreadfully written but enthusiastic) Steve Sutherland MM review (with no score, of course) but not the NME one...
November 26, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Annoyingly, I can find the (dreadfully written but enthusiastic) Steve Sutherland MM review (with no score, of course) but not the NME one...
In my head, it was Andrew Collinge getting a bit carried away but I cannot find the actual review...
November 26, 2025 at 10:29 PM
In my head, it was Andrew Collinge getting a bit carried away but I cannot find the actual review...