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Eric K

@kleptones.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

Piano player in the whorehouse of life.

Background check:
https://w.wiki/Eu9x

Vintage non-responsive website:
https://www.kleptones.com

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Eric K

@kleptones.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

So long Frank Gehry, I liked your style.

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2025/dec/05/frank-gehry-architecture-in-pictures

#rip #FrankGehry

December 6, 2025 at 2:51 PM

Eric K

@kleptones.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

#stewartlee bang on the (musical) money as usual. Those were indeed the days.

Remember the Our Price? Remember the Zavvis?
Remember the Virgin MegaMegaStores? Remember when
music consumption had a cultural currency? Remember
walking home with the record under your arm so the other
kids knew what you were into? Thomas Dolby! The
Piranhas!! Asia!!! Remember paying the travelling
community to caper and sing for small change on the
common? Remember walking home with the travelling
community under your arm so the other kids knew what
you were into. Romantic Romany ballads! Concertinas from
County Clare!! Clogs!!! Remember listening to the throb of
your own heart, the rustle of air in your lungs, and the hum
of electromagnetic energy in your ears, realising that you
yourself were a form of music, and walking home with
yourself under your own arm so that the whole cosmos
knew what you were into? Those were the days!

December 5, 2025 at 4:57 PM

Eric K

@kleptones.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

You what, The Guardian???

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/dec/03/share-your-views-on-music-produced-by-ai

#music #TheGrauniad

‘We'd like to know your feelings on music produced by Al The tide, it seems,
is unstoppable. In July, the band the Velvet Underground went viral,
amassing more than 1m Spotify streams very quickly - only to be revealed as
an entirely AI confection. One week in November, three Al songs rode high in

December 3, 2025 at 2:10 PM

Eric K

@kleptones.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

Greatest tunes of the 20th century, part 24, an ongoing series.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vn_or9gEB6g

#music

December 2, 2025 at 10:55 PM

Eric K

@kleptones.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

Gall’s law says: “A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be patched up to make it work. You have to start over with a working simple system.”

- from Tom Whitwell's "52 Things […]

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December 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM

Eric K

@kleptones.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

“I like cliches! I use them often. With my work it helps for the audience to know where they are now and then.” - Tom Stoppard

#rip #theatre #amentothat

December 1, 2025 at 5:23 PM

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The Listening Club

@listeningclub.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

Right then, that was the #lowendvortex that was, and a splendidly subby sound selection it was too. Many thanks to everyone for chipping tunes in, and double plus thanks to @saucer for the fine mixmaking.
We return to regularly scheduled programming next […]

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Ned Steinberger with dark hair and mustache wearing a plaid shirt holds a prototype black headless bass guitar against a light background.

November 30, 2025 at 9:22 PM

Eric K

@kleptones.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

Ah, another Perfect Cut!

#listeningclub #iwaitwwait

November 30, 2025 at 9:01 PM

Eric K

@kleptones.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

my pick, Dead Kennedys, natch, really had to pay tribute to teenage me learning the bass in my bedroom, this was always a real joy to play, and hey, as topical as ever!

#listeningclub

November 30, 2025 at 9:00 PM

Eric K

@kleptones.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

Wow, double fraggle! #listeningclub

November 30, 2025 at 8:54 PM

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The Listening Club

@listeningclub.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

Hola, folks! Today's #listeningclub #lowendvortex has arrived on the blog, thanks to @saucer 's fine ministrations. Grab what you need and hope to see you back here at 20:00 GMT for playback and some mighty fine four-string low […]

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Paul McCartney in a blue Sgt. Pepper uniform playing a Rickenbacker electric bass guitar and making an "OK" hand gesture against a yellow background.

November 30, 2025 at 5:54 PM

Eric K

@kleptones.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

Starting to feel like we've gone on holiday and gatecrashed someone's wedding reception by accident #listeningclub #buffetclub

November 23, 2025 at 8:38 PM

Eric K

@kleptones.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

*taps foot* #listeningclub

November 23, 2025 at 8:02 PM

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The Listening Club

@listeningclub.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

Let's listen!

#music #nowplaying #listeningclub

Woman in blue clothes relaxes in a lounge chair next to a white media console featuring a reel-to-reel, amplifier, and turntable against a light green wall.

November 23, 2025 at 8:01 PM

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The Listening Club

@listeningclub.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

Hola folks, today's #listeningclub pick from @akx has landed on the blog for your requirements. Grab what you need and hope to see you back on the above hashtag at 20:00 GMT later today for playback and some interesting cocktails, from the sounds of it […]

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Black and white photograph of a radio disc jockey in a white shirt and tie operating vintage broadcast equipment, including a turntable and microphone.

November 23, 2025 at 5:37 PM

Eric K

@kleptones.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

Walked past the local (Dutch) school whilst the kids were being taught "Last Christmas" in their English lesson. Whamageddoned before the season even started.

#whamageddon #music

November 18, 2025 at 9:30 PM

Eric K

@kleptones.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

TIL Gil Scott-Heron delivered the punchline for this advert.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqm-s6h8l1I

(via https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/nov/17/perforated-eardrums-how-we-made-the-tango-ads-gil-scott-heron)

#music #rap #gilscottheron #advertising

‘People still blame me for their perforated eardrums’: how we made the Tango ads

‘Gil Scott-Heron did the closing voiceover. He was giggling away, saying, “You English guys are crazy!”’

www.theguardian.com

November 17, 2025 at 8:33 PM

Eric K

@kleptones.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

On board with the horns already

#listeningclub

November 16, 2025 at 8:02 PM

Reposted by Eric K

The Listening Club

@listeningclub.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

Time to hit play.

#listeningclub #music #nowplaying

Woman in a yellow dress reads a magazine while relaxing in a living room featuring 1970s decor, orange walls, and wooden cabinetry.

November 16, 2025 at 8:01 PM

Reposted by Eric K

The Listening Club

@listeningclub.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

Hup ho! Today's #listeningclub pick from @holette has arrived on the blog for your requirements. Grab what you need and hope to see you back here on the above hashtag at 20:00 GMT for playback and maybe a slice or two of warm apple pie […]

[Original post on mastodon.social]

Black and white photo of a smiling male DJ (Tony Blackburn) wearing headphones in a studio operating turntables and a mixing console with numerous buttons.

November 16, 2025 at 4:40 PM

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The Listening Club

@listeningclub.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

Right then, big thanks to @Nessiest for the extra-crunchy super-cyclical selection. We return next Sunday same time same place with @vinomadic in the chair. Until then, good to see everyone, thanks for stopping by, hoping for a mighty fine week for y'all.

#listeningclub #music