Ian Lee
@ianlee23.bsky.social
Live the rich diverse intensity of life but fight the bullshit within. Author of '1000 Gigs'. Music, nature, books, architecture, politics and much more. Luton Town fan. Birmingham UK based. MD ANT - Memorial Device Alternative National Treasure!
@c20society.bsky.social
You need to know that John Madins’ Chamber of Commerce building in Birmingham. with the John Piper artwork, has been boarded up this week.
You need to know that John Madins’ Chamber of Commerce building in Birmingham. with the John Piper artwork, has been boarded up this week.
November 1, 2025 at 6:21 PM
@c20society.bsky.social
You need to know that John Madins’ Chamber of Commerce building in Birmingham. with the John Piper artwork, has been boarded up this week.
You need to know that John Madins’ Chamber of Commerce building in Birmingham. with the John Piper artwork, has been boarded up this week.
1/2 @gidcoe.bsky.social @marcrileydj.bsky.social Thanks for reading my email out last night re last train after gig. My friend Andy worked at Euston in the 1980s; we are going to gigs in London at least once weekly then. Andy, a friend from 1969 - lived in the next street. ...
August 6, 2025 at 8:02 AM
1/2 @gidcoe.bsky.social @marcrileydj.bsky.social Thanks for reading my email out last night re last train after gig. My friend Andy worked at Euston in the 1980s; we are going to gigs in London at least once weekly then. Andy, a friend from 1969 - lived in the next street. ...
@osaumarezsmith.bsky.social 1/2. Been reading ‘100 20th-Century Sports and Leisure Buildings’ today. Re your piece on ‘The Leisure Centre Boom’ - me and my family often visited Bletchley Leisure Centre, from our nearby home town of Leighton Buzzard. Good memories of it, including…
May 28, 2025 at 10:26 PM
@osaumarezsmith.bsky.social 1/2. Been reading ‘100 20th-Century Sports and Leisure Buildings’ today. Re your piece on ‘The Leisure Centre Boom’ - me and my family often visited Bletchley Leisure Centre, from our nearby home town of Leighton Buzzard. Good memories of it, including…
For reference.
It's Blue Monday, which is a load of nonsense, but it is an excuse for a thread about the UK's best-selling 12-inch single of all time #BlueMonday
January 20, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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Cool cats.
January 7, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Cool cats.
Pete Murphy joining in on a Birthday Party soundcheck, back in 1981.
peter murphy, nick cave and rowland s howard mucking about during soundcheck at the cambridge corn exchange, 1981
December 14, 2024 at 9:28 AM
Pete Murphy joining in on a Birthday Party soundcheck, back in 1981.
Serious clear thinking and total honesty is needed. A lot of that here. My thought: loyalty is a totally overvalued attribute- you’ve got to produce the goods.
🧵 Post-Leeds (A) & Edwards' Future
Leeds 3 - 0 Luton.
Insipid. Rudderless. Humiliating at times.
A widely-predicted defeat but a performance that was telling of where we are and where we're going (or not, in this case).
(1/X)
Leeds 3 - 0 Luton.
Insipid. Rudderless. Humiliating at times.
A widely-predicted defeat but a performance that was telling of where we are and where we're going (or not, in this case).
(1/X)
November 29, 2024 at 8:50 AM
Serious clear thinking and total honesty is needed. A lot of that here. My thought: loyalty is a totally overvalued attribute- you’ve got to produce the goods.
@marcrileydj.bsky.social And whilst I remember, that email should have read punk/post-punk, not punk/punk-punk.... Do'h!!! Anyway, Daren Garratt requests that you give him and David Lance Callahan a session on your 'beautiful formed' (my words) show. Daren sends you his love, he says. Over to you...
November 28, 2024 at 5:32 PM
@marcrileydj.bsky.social And whilst I remember, that email should have read punk/post-punk, not punk/punk-punk.... Do'h!!! Anyway, Daren Garratt requests that you give him and David Lance Callahan a session on your 'beautiful formed' (my words) show. Daren sends you his love, he says. Over to you...
@marcrileydj.bsky.social Thanks for reading my long email of Monday on your show last night. Tipped off about it, as I was out last night at the Imperial Wax gig (audience varied between 9 - 12, sadly). The band invited me & mate to join them in a drink after, but couldn't as had to ensure we got...
November 28, 2024 at 2:28 PM
@marcrileydj.bsky.social Thanks for reading my long email of Monday on your show last night. Tipped off about it, as I was out last night at the Imperial Wax gig (audience varied between 9 - 12, sadly). The band invited me & mate to join them in a drink after, but couldn't as had to ensure we got...
OK. I joined this platform on 14 November 2024.
But in less than 2 weeks, I've had to block some right-wing filth/nonsense-sprouting arseholes and also a number of would-be scammers. So Bluesky isn't exactly what we hoped for. But obviously it's still a lot better than X/Twitter. Just keep alert.
But in less than 2 weeks, I've had to block some right-wing filth/nonsense-sprouting arseholes and also a number of would-be scammers. So Bluesky isn't exactly what we hoped for. But obviously it's still a lot better than X/Twitter. Just keep alert.
November 26, 2024 at 3:51 PM
OK. I joined this platform on 14 November 2024.
But in less than 2 weeks, I've had to block some right-wing filth/nonsense-sprouting arseholes and also a number of would-be scammers. So Bluesky isn't exactly what we hoped for. But obviously it's still a lot better than X/Twitter. Just keep alert.
But in less than 2 weeks, I've had to block some right-wing filth/nonsense-sprouting arseholes and also a number of would-be scammers. So Bluesky isn't exactly what we hoped for. But obviously it's still a lot better than X/Twitter. Just keep alert.
@sirmichaeltake.bsky.social
I guess this is a, er, flashback to the clothes your Bunty had in her youth!
I guess this is a, er, flashback to the clothes your Bunty had in her youth!
November 20, 2024 at 11:39 AM
@sirmichaeltake.bsky.social
I guess this is a, er, flashback to the clothes your Bunty had in her youth!
I guess this is a, er, flashback to the clothes your Bunty had in her youth!
My politics are formed by a wish that everyone - yes, everyone, even those horrible people we dislike - should be decently housed and healthily fed, enjoy good health, have a good education, rewarding employment/self-employment and then a decent pension. But it all seems too much to ask for...
November 19, 2024 at 9:04 AM
My politics are formed by a wish that everyone - yes, everyone, even those horrible people we dislike - should be decently housed and healthily fed, enjoy good health, have a good education, rewarding employment/self-employment and then a decent pension. But it all seems too much to ask for...
For reference.
Quick Bluesky tip to keep your feeds clear of trolls, bots, maga, alt-right folks and other nut cases:
1. Visit @numb.comfortab.ly 's profile
2. Click on "lists" and subscribe to each, choosing "mute" or "block" accounts.
3. Done!
1. Visit @numb.comfortab.ly 's profile
2. Click on "lists" and subscribe to each, choosing "mute" or "block" accounts.
3. Done!
November 18, 2024 at 10:58 PM
For reference.
@iw-wolves.bsky.social Mr Wollaston! Hello!
November 16, 2024 at 12:28 PM
@iw-wolves.bsky.social Mr Wollaston! Hello!
I can't keep up with all the activity on this website at the moment (besides doing other things). So excuse me if I haven't followed you yet. And of course, so much activity, that Bluesky went down for a time yesterday - or at least become problematic. So many people joining it at the same time!
November 15, 2024 at 9:40 AM
I can't keep up with all the activity on this website at the moment (besides doing other things). So excuse me if I haven't followed you yet. And of course, so much activity, that Bluesky went down for a time yesterday - or at least become problematic. So many people joining it at the same time!
Greetings, friends old and new. I’m still on X/Twitter for now but there will be a time when I’m not. So… overlap period. There’s a good feeling about this.
November 14, 2024 at 8:30 PM
Greetings, friends old and new. I’m still on X/Twitter for now but there will be a time when I’m not. So… overlap period. There’s a good feeling about this.