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Prof Col Macpherson
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Rock ̵e̵t̵ ̵ scientist @durhamearthsci.bsky.social 🧪⚒️
Husband, dad, typographical errer
Had some "interesting times" when my in-laws lived in Branston.
November 11, 2025 at 12:27 PM
It’s great … BUT … the collab version drops the original’s bass line which is one of the funkiest in rock.
November 11, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Sorry I couldn't make your talk, I was teaching 😢
November 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Don’t panic. It will drown long before it gets there.
November 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
November 9, 2025 at 4:21 PM
"in 1981 ... rock bands didn’t have keyboards"
Rick Wakeman, Jon Lord, Don Airey, Dave Greenfield, Tony Banks, Rick Wright, Edgar Winter, Keith Emerson, Rick Davies ...
November 7, 2025 at 5:45 PM
"traitors, traitors, spiders traitors, they'll betray us and they'll make us human slaves in an ..."
youtu.be/-2mmTDT6W7E
Bill Bailey - Insect Nation - Cosmic Jam
YouTube video by billbailey
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November 7, 2025 at 11:39 AM
The Stranglers, Newcastle City Hall, 21 October 2025 🖤🐀
November 7, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Surly this has to get worked into the "tear gas in the back of the lorry" screenplay you've been floating today?
November 6, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Did that pilot balloon practical muffledy-flam years ago on a glorious, clear day. Felt like we tracked it forever. Absolute highlight of that course.
November 6, 2025 at 9:38 AM
JCMB's one redeeming feature was the magnificent views from the meteorology labs on the top floor, where I spent innumerable hours during second year of degree. Actually, that might just be Stockholm Syndrome talking. 😬
November 6, 2025 at 9:24 AM
... second only in severity to the trauma of finding one's way around the James Clerk Maxwell Building
November 5, 2025 at 5:19 PM
For all its flaws, REF (or the UAE) got rid of “esteem” for a reason.
November 3, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Mandias at Work
November 1, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Reopening the Leamside Line would be amazing for Durham residents.
October 31, 2025 at 3:47 PM