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Duncan Parsons
@jefph.bsky.social
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A drummer who gets distracted.
Making music as if the 80s never quite happened, music from nineteen seventy twelve or thirteen..
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Duncan Parsons @jefph.bsky.social · Dec 6
A stomping frustrated end-of-love song, as one friend put it - "death by key change"!

If you like The Feeling, Pilot, Alan Parsons, The Alan Parsons Project, 70s pop.. you might like this from my first album, Abandoned Buildings :-)

#BandcampFriday

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Answerphone, by Duncan Parsons
from the album Abandoned Buildings
duncanparsons.bandcamp.com
I find myself in need of bits of work, if anyone knows of or hears of things. Full time permanent positions, alas, are not for me, more contract/project/etc are the things that work better with all the streams of things I do

The last year has seen me doing..
/more..
October 29, 2025 at 1:27 PM
This Saturday (25th Oct) I'll be opening for the fabulous @boohewerdine.bsky.social at @thelanternsheff.bsky.social <3

Tix - www.ticketsource.co.uk/thelanternsh...

:-)
October 21, 2025 at 5:08 PM
On Sat 8th Nov I'll be playing with @cathwarr.bsky.social & Mark Beltane at @knutsfordtheatre.bsky.social

Tix - wegottickets.com/event/669239/

If you're within reach, do come!
Catherine Warr, Mark Beltane, and Duncan Parsons At Knutsford Little Theatre
The Eighth of November – the Bodleian Library is opened to the public in 1602, and Rupert Bear, illustrated by Mary Tourtel, makes his first appearance in print in 1920. ..and in 2025, we're delighte...
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October 21, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Those near #Brighton #Hove, #JohnHackettBand are playing The Brunswick tonight (Sat 18th)!

I would note that new Rush drummer #AnikaNilles was on our guitarist #NickFletcher's last couple of albums
Steve Hackett calls Nick "the best jazz-rock guitarist in the country"

Do come!

#prog #livemusic
October 18, 2025 at 4:26 PM
We had a silly conversation last band practice..

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There are Gnome Gnomes,
Gnomes UnGnomes,
and UnGnome UnGnomes..
Gnome UnGnomes and UnGnome UnGnomes by jefph | Redbubble
While Donald Rumsfeld echoed philosophical ideas from down through the ages, the guardians of garden developed their own version..
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October 8, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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elhopkins.bsky.social
Our governments should be focusing on better vaccine solutions, reusable plastic free masks which are already in existence and clean air. They are doing none of this because facial surveillance seems to be the priority.
September 25, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Sat 4th Oct sees Angel Snow return to #Sheffield, this time to @thelanternsheff.bsky.social

Expect an evening of bluesy #Americana infused immersive songs <3

The evening will be opened with a set from Sheffield artist Teah Lewis

tix - ticketsource.co.uk/thelanternsh...
#livemusic
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August 29, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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thewhn.bsky.social
Canada is on the verge of adopting a national standard requiring N95s in healthcare—and your voice can help make it happen.
At the top, a green button reads: “Take Action.” Below it: Canada is on the verge of adopting a national standard for universal respirator use in healthcare. Subtext: For the first time, N95s would be expected for all healthcare workers, patients, and visitors — unless equally protective substitute measures are in place. Final paragraph: To our knowledge, this is the first national standard of its kind — anywhere in the world. In the background is a faint image of a CAN95 respirator. The WHN logo and a row of six colored dots appear at the top. Headline in bold: If this CSA standard is finalized, it sets a critical precedent for other countries to follow. Followed by: It can shape global policy for decades on: • Clean air in healthcare • Pandemic preparedness • Protection of the most vulnerable Final sentence: This is about making healthcare safer — for everyone. Background includes a faded image of an N95-style respirator. The WHN logo and six colorful dots are at the top. Bold headline: Every single person can help. Subtext: The CSA is accepting public comments until August 19. You can help make this a reality — by submitting your comment. A dark green button reads: “See caption for details.” Faint background shows a close-up of a CAN95 mask. Top shows the WHN logo and colored dots.
August 6, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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sturdyalex.bsky.social
Having just watched a report on the increasing number of people turning to AI agents for relationship advice, we can't be far away (if not already there) from a significant slice of voters asking ChatGPT/Grok/Siri/Whatever to tell them for whom they should vote. Take a moment to think about that.
July 19, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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ellendanso19.bsky.social
The older you get, the more you realize it's not who has known you the longest, but who sees you, hears you, understands you, supports you, brings out your inner child, makes you laugh, brings you more peace, soothes your nervous system, relaxes you and gives you more energy.
April 5, 2025 at 10:08 AM
..her mocking smile says it all..

#SuzanneVega
Two pictures of Suzanne Vega from the 80s are side by side. The picture on the left is blurry with a title "Suzanne Vague" On the right the picture is very blurry with a title "Suzanne Vega"
April 8, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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supertanskiiii.bsky.social
It’s obvious what Trump’s doing, the huge short, disaster capitalism on a big scale.

Why? Also obvious, huge profits for him and his billionaire associates.

How do I know? It’s happened here twice.

Meanwhile, CEOs build compounds because civil war is guaranteed.

youtu.be/BTSnojxvnEM
What Trump Is Doing and WHY. Heads Up, It’s Disaster Capitalism…
YouTube video by Supertanskiii
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April 4, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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georgetakei.bsky.social
Gen Z and Millennials: In ten years when we’re still without a cure and you’re caring for your parents, remember what he did.
The image is a screenshot of a tweet from Neil Stone (@DrNeilStone ). The tweet reads: "RFK Jr has cut Alzheimers research. ALZHEIMERS. One of the most devastating, urgent and increasing health problems we face today. He’s not interested. He’s a nasty piece of work."
April 4, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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embers1.bsky.social
Do you know of the history of riots in the USA?

What's hampering them and why they are not happening now? The more I try to understand the what and the why, the more confused I am.
They are attacking civil rights from all sides, yet people only think of peaceful demonstrations.
April 4, 2025 at 11:32 PM
A pleasing review of the new John Hackett Band out next Friday :-)
April 4, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Heather Findlay will be at @thelanternsheff.bsky.social #Sheffield on Fri 28th Mar for the launch of her new album, "Wildflower"

@robyngair.bsky.social will open the evening

An intimate show in the gorgeous setting of Sheffield's oldest working theatre!

See www.ticketsource.co.uk/thelanternsh...
March 21, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Del Scott Miller will be at Sheffield's Lantern Theatre on Fri 4th April 2025 launching his new EP, "How The Night Gets In"
Songs of love, loss & the underdog, filtered through the gentle cynicism of his native Yorkshire

The night will be opened by Lofter

see www.ticketsource.co.uk/.../del-scot...
March 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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elhopkins.bsky.social
Please will the opposition point out to Labour that there are over 3.1 million people suffering #Longcovid due to lack of airborne mitigations and UKHSA not following the WHO guidance. I feel this is morally wrong, failing to prevent and failing to even mention it. This has greatly increased the 🧵
March 19, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I'm tech'ing a conference today, and very impressed that the refreshments table has milk jugs for both left- and right-handed folk

Literally catering for everyone
A refreshments table with two milk jugs with handles facing different directions
March 19, 2025 at 12:30 PM
First John Hackett Band gig of the year..

I've added keys to the right, and a new chapeau for when we play bits of @stevehacketthq.bsky.social's Voyage Of The Acolyte - or when I need to impersonate a dome of St Basil's
March 14, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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One of the lessons that I learned from Covid is that a lot of people really struggle with the fact that their reality has been upended. They long for what WAS and struggle with what IS and we're experiencing that right now with Trump.

Every moment litigating what could have been is denying what IS
March 10, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Very pleased this is on its way now :-)

It was a fairly long road to get it finished, but lovely that it's being released with a gig on home turf!

We're playing around the UK through the year, so if you fancy an evening of the ol' progressive music, we'll probably be somewhere close..
March 9, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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joho.bsky.social
According to a former editor of JAMA, we need more studies on whether or not vaccines cause autism.

What mistakes does he make?

🧵
Interesting that some Senators criticized @DrJBhattacharya for saying he would fund research at the @NIH to show that vaccines do not cause autism. The critics argued that this was 'settled science.' Yes, there is compelling evidence against the vaccine-autism relationship. However, a large swath of the public do not believe it. Because of public skepticism, it is not settled science. There is a need for further research intentending to convince the public regarding vaccine safety. It is not good enough to say "I am a scientist at a prestigious university, and you should believe what I say because of who I am." That does not work anymore, especially after the pandemic when science's reputation took a big hit...
March 7, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Nick Battle nearly got fired for his edit of R.E.M.’s ‘It’s The End Of The World As We Know It’

He's had his songs recorded by Cliff, Michael Ball, & Engelbert Humperdinck

He's promoted Take That, Clannad, & Paul Hardcastle, tho' not on the same bill!
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March 4, 2025 at 6:42 PM