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@frocknrollbrummie.bsky.social
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Not everyone's cup of tea but definitely someone's single malt.
John Waters: Real wealth is never having to spend time with assholes.
(Nope, not on chat.)
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Synchronicity, not just an album by The Police.
Next to each other in my timeline. Jeff Vandermeer, testifying that the squirrels at his house are hungry, followed with a cartoon from Sarah Andersen explaining that birds fly south, bears hibernate and squirrels eat like there's no tomorrow to survive the winter.
December 5, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Current configuration on my work lanyard. (The white skull is Peterloo Massacre related, the sax player is from local jazz combo The Notebenders and finally, Feliz Navibab is from Punks and Chancers here in Brum.
Lanyard with a number of enamel pins including a TARDIS; a round black pin with "Feliz Navibab" in gold; a Robin pin with a subtle rainbow; a white skull pin for the Peterloo Massacre; a black and orange saxophone player pin for local jazz band The Notebenders and finally, a white, blue and pink Chritmas tree.
December 5, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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Tapping the sign. (That also applies to those who link to Spotify tunes.)
If you post a Sp0tify wrapped this year, we'll assume you support both genocide and ICE.
December 3, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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00:47. Already in Whamhalla which is some kinda record for me.
The photo from the cover of Last Christmas: Andrew is on the left of the photo, dressed as a reindeer. George is on the right, dressed as Santa and juggling presents. Snow is falling.
December 1, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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Yes, that's the signed copy from Gosh! collected Monday 13th October. Yes, I'm embarrassed.
A copy of Physics for Cats, a book drawn by Tom Gauld. You can only see part of the cover as it is obscured by the paperwork from Gosh! bookshop in London. The book, still in a plastic bag, rests on a copy of a 7 inch single by the Silicon Teens which, in its turn, is balanced on a copy of the 12 inch single of Japan's The Art Of Parties.
November 29, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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Ryoji Ikeda at 180 Studios: they're not wrong. Also, as you're lying on your bean bag thinking you're engulfed in something from a @greatdismal.bsky.social book, the 17-minute audio visual experience shrinks time. Absolutely staggering.
Sign at the Ryoji Ikeda exhibition in London: features intense lights, high-frequency sounds, and rapid video transitions that may trigger photosensitivity or strong sensory stimulation.
November 21, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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At XOYO for Cabaret Voltaire.
5 red spotlights clustered together as if huddling for warmth - lighting and roof trusses everywhere.
November 19, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Barrowlands neon, you say? That's the @sparksofficial.bsky.social tour bus obscuring the sign.
The legendary neon sign of Barrowlands venue in Glasgow. Actually, the word in the centre of the blue neon stars is Barrowla: the rest of the word is blocked by the Sparks tour bus at the bottom right of the photo. At Barrowlands venue in Glasgow: this is a photo of the neon stars surrounding the name of the club.
October 28, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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And view from row D.
Grand piano at the back, acoustic guitar to the right, several monitors and microphones.
October 1, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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John Butcher, John Edwards, Mark Sanders, soundchecking at Centrala in Birmingham. A Jazz Noise Here, soon.
Synthesiser player to the left, sax player in the middle, percussionist to the right.
September 28, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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Brushing up on what to do post Rapture.
The DVD box set of the TV series The Leftovers.
September 22, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Making knitted frames for photographs of their relatives.
A black and white photograph of a sheep with a black nose. The image has a knitted picture frame in shades of red and burgundy with a knitted bee top left of the frame and a white butterfly bottom right.
September 3, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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It appears this was given as a Christmas present in 1979. Fabulous font.
The lid of a jigsaw box; the reference photo is of Spaghetti Junction interchange near Birmingham in England. It's a tangle of roads, some overpasses, with large cooling towers to top right. The whole photo is surprisingly green but not as bright green as the rest of the box. Lettering on the box is mostly orange and the words in white remind the viewer that the Junction is actually at Gravelly Hill.
September 2, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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Back atcha.
The actor Mads Mikkelsen, wearing a pair of fake fur rabbit ears.
September 1, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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🎵 on the road again, I can't wait to get on the road again 🎵
On my way to New Street then Nottingham. 😀
Tour poster for Michael Shannon and Jason Narducy tour; the centre third of the poster is a photograph of Mr Narducy on the left, looking right and Mr Shannon on the right, looking left.
August 25, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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This one's in Manchester Victoria but looks painted on rather than fired in... I'll have a closer look when I'm back there in early October, this was taken November 2018.
Map of Lancashire and Yorkshire railway in Manchester Victoria station. Although it is made of tiles, it may well be painted on the tiles - the photo was taken in 2018.
August 18, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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This one's in Beverley Station, I was there this time last week. #MapsMonday
A map of the North Eastern Railway, situated in Beverley Station in Yorkshire. The image is on tiles; there are close ups of the lines to Scotland at top right and more detailed maps of the docks at Jarrow, Hartlepool, Hull and Middlesbrough bottom right.
August 18, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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Ah, this is from Wednesday's show in Nottingham. Magnificent set.
Alan Sparhawk on stage, singing; he's already removed his Godzilla t-shirt and is cradling the black shirt with his left arm while gesturing with his right hand. His hair is light coloured and wavy.
August 16, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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Sufficiently humid in Hull that the pigeons are assuming liquid state.
Pigeons on a pavement close to a pub's open air benches and tables.
August 12, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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Well, of course, "Another Girl, Another Planet" was a seditious song. 🤬
Two police officers arresting the 73 year old songwriter Peter Perrett. Both officers are over a head taller than the musician and probably less than half his age.
August 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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On my way to #Hull and glad I remembered these little beauties.
A pair of pastel coloured foam ear plugs on top of their plastic wrapping.
August 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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#SundayPixCoast

#ColwynBay #ColwynBayPier
Colwyn Bay pier; cast iron railings and lights and wooden slats at the bottom of the picture. The rest is filled with pale blue sky and little fluffy clouds. Some pale blue sky and then masses of white fluffy clouds. There's a swathe of blue green sea, blue mountains in the distance then green mountains covered in trees. Waves are breaking on the yellowish beach and 2 people are walking away from the photographer.
August 3, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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A photograph of Russell and Ron Mael; they're holding window frames. The white text on a navy background has details of the booking from 4 years ago for The Sparks Brothers film and a live Q and A with Edgar Wright.
July 29, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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ICYMI 🦇🦇
Flyer for Ozzy Karaoke at the Hare and Hounds in Birmingham on Sunday 24 August.
July 28, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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From seat A16, balcony. Fabulous night.
Ron Mael on stage, dour as ever. The drummer is behind him, the stage lighs are blue, they're both wearing black. Ron Mael of Sparks. Ron Mael of Sparks, seated at the keyboard.
July 20, 2025 at 11:00 AM