Ed Mortimer
ed-mortimer.bsky.social
Ed Mortimer
@ed-mortimer.bsky.social
Social researcher. Occasional pedant. Likes: music cinema books allotments travel food drink politics sport...
What's this, David, your motivational speech for the day?

I'm going back to the duvet...
November 9, 2025 at 10:13 AM
I think Mister Sidmouth is code for calling BTP to remove unauthorised air guitarists. It's quitecommonly heard after heavy metal gigs in the west midlands, though less so in Southeast England.
November 6, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Surely we've all had enough of experts, no?
What we really want are actors interpreting key moments in history without the benefit of dialogue or context-specific narration.
November 6, 2025 at 1:51 PM
And because you play air guitar compulsively.
November 6, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Guys on the beach in Spain will sell you a perfectly decent* copy for a fraction of the price.

* ok, maybe not, but you're not being completely ripped off. Mot sure about workers' conditions in either case.
November 1, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Tbh, I always preferred the sound on a tinny transistor.

Was it Nick Lowe who, when a producer, always used really cheap speakers so the records would sound good on cheap radios?
October 31, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Andrew MOUNTBATTEN Winsor, if you please, James.
October 30, 2025 at 9:33 PM